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PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement

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Reference Estate Name Estate Description
102 & 189 Cuff Sir James Cuff was granted the town and lands of Ballinrobe, barony of Kilmaine, county Mayo, under...
243 and index Browne (Westport) A very large estate in county Mayo, much of it formerly Bourke property, was acquired by Colonel Joh...
222, 241 & 254 Browne (Castlemagarret) The Brownes of Carrowbrowne, parish of Oranmore, county Galway, had estates in the counties Galway,...
273 Lynch (Petersburg) This family settled at Ballynonagh Castle on the shore of Lough Mask, barony of Ross, county Galway,...
239, 245, 253 & 259 Martin (Ballynahinch) A branch of the Anglo Norman family of Martin, one of the Tribes of Galway, was granted the O'Flaher...
245 Martin (Ross) The Martin family were established beside Ross Lake in the barony of Moycullen, county Galway, from...
245 FitzGerald (Turlough) This family from Gorteens in county Kilkenny was transplanted to county Mayo under the Cromwellian s...
162 Vaughan Of Welsh descent, the Vaughan family had an estate in the parishes of Kilbelfad and Ballynahaglish,...
171 Blakeney (Abbert) Robert Blakeney, a member of a family of Elizabethan settlers, was granted lands at Castle Blakeney,...
242 & 247 Bellew (Mountbellew) The Bellew family of Williamstown, county Louth, were granted lands in the parish of Moylough, baron...
262 Lynch (Drimcong) By a patent under the Acts of Settlement, dated 14 Mar 1679, Isidore Lynch of Drimcong, was granted...
252 O'Kelly (Creeraun) Teige Kelly was granted 191 acres in Creeraun, parish of Ballymacward, barony of Tiaquin, county Gal...
270-271 Blake (Ardfry) By patent dated 24 Feb 1681 the Blakes were granted almost 12,000 acres in counties Galway and Mayo,...
275-276 Moore (Brees) Colonel Garrett Moore was granted over 11,500 acres in the barony of Clanmorris, county Mayo as well...
239-240 & 257 Bodkin (Carrowbeg & Thomastown) This branch of the Bodkin family owned an estate of 2,900 acres granted to them by patent dated 29 M...
237 Browne (Moyne) The Brownes of Moyne were descended from the Brownes of Cloonkeely, near Tuam and of Newtown in the...
237 Browne (Ardskea & Cooloo) In a Browne genealogy in the James Hardiman Library, NUI,Galway, the ancestry of this branch of the...
174-175, 236, 266 Blake (Menlo) The Blakes, raised to the peerage as baronets in 1622, were established at Menlough on the bank of t...
93 & 252 Ormsby (Tobervaddy) A branch of the Ormsby family was settled at Toberavaddy in the parish of Fuerty, barony of Athlone,...
165 & 212 (grants to Sir Henry Wadington, 1667) Croasdaile The Croasdaile family had acquired property in the parish of Kilconickny, barony of Dunkellin, count...
246 Burke (Glinsk) Ulick Burke of Glinsk, parish of Ballynakill, barony of Ballymoe, county Galway, was created a baron...
256 Kelly (Boyounagh) A branch of the Kelly family held an estate in the parish of Boyounagh, barony of Ballymoe, county G...
265 Bermingham/Birmingham Edward Bermingham, Lord Athenry, was granted over 5,000 acres, mainly in the barony of Dunmore, coun...
266 & 267 Shee Charles ffrench Blake Forster traces this family's lineage from O'Shee of county Tipperary, who late...
274 Browne (Fort Browne) Fort Browne, parish of Clonbern, barony of Ballymoe, county Galway, originally known as Cappanagoine...
122 Gore (Baronet) In the mid 1850s Sir St George Gore, 8th Baronet, held at least 15 townlands in the parishes of Boyo...
130, 151, 183, 204-206 & 271 King (Kingston/Lorton) The King estate was one of the largest in Connacht including lands in Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo as wel...
237 & 244 Deane Thomas Deane, a merchant, was granted over 1,500 acres mainly in the baronies of Clare and Dunmore,...
238 Porter John Porter was granted 971 acres in the barony of Kilmaine, county Mayo, by patent dated 17 Nov 167...
239 Blake (Merlin Park) The Blakes of Moyne, parish of Shrule, county Mayo, were descended from the Blakes of Ardfry, county...
241 Blake (Doonmacreena & Oranmore) This branch of the Blake family, descended from the Blakes of Ballyglunin, county Galway, was settle...
241 D'Arcy (Houndswood) John D'Arcy was granted almost 1,700 acres in the parish of Cong, barony of Ross, county Galway and...
242 Nolan (Ballybanagher) Over 1,300 acres at Ballybanagher in the parish of Cummer, barony of Clare, county Galway, were gran...
242 Nolan (Ballinderry) The Nolans were Elizabethan settlers in the Ballinrobe area of county Mayo. They lost most of their...
246 Kirwan (Cregg) The Kirwans of Galway city were established at Cregg Castle in the parish of Annaghdown, barony of C...
249 Skerrett (Ballinduff) The Skerretts owned an estate in the barony of Clare, county Galway, which was confiscated at the ti...
254 St. George (Headford) The St Georges were a Cambridgeshire family who were granted lands in the Headford area by the Cromw...
257 Staunton/Lynch Staunton The Stauntons, originally from Buckinghamshire, England, settled in county Galway in the mid 17th ce...
258 Lynch (Rockwell) Mary Lynch and her son Michael were granted 333 acres at Tobberoe by patent dated 16 Mar 1678. At th...
265 Burke (Derrymaclaugha) Richard Burke was granted 1,943 acres in the Derrymaclaughna locality, barony of Clare, county Galwa...
244 & 261 Dillon (Feamore) Gerald Dillon of Feamore, Prime Serjeant and signatory to the Treaty of Limerick 1691, is well docum...
245 Beytagh/Beatty Betagh family members were granted lands in counties Galway and Roscommon in the late 17th century u...
249 Coghlan Under the Acts of Settlement a Francis and Mary Coghlan were granted over 800 acres in the parish of...
250 Geoghegan/O'Neill (Bunowen) Art Geoghegan of Castletown, county Westmeath, was transplanted to the confiscated O'Flaherty lands...
259 Martin (Ballynahinch) A branch of the Anglo Norman family of Martin, one of the Tribes of Galway, was granted the O'Flaher...
267 Bourke (Castleburke) A vast estate in county Mayo had been established by Sir Theobald Bourke, 'Tibbot ne Long', created...
78-79 St. George (Headford) The St Georges were a Cambridgeshire family who were granted lands in the Headford area by the Cromw...
135 & 192 Bingham The Binghams were military commanders sent to Connacht in the 16th century, where they settled in th...
254 Bingham (Newbrook) This estate was founded by John Bingham of Foxford, county Mayo, younger brother of Sir Henry Bingha...
163 Morgan (Monksfield) The Morgan family had acquired the Monksfield estate during the 17th century and were Cromwellian se...
159, 201 & 254 Whaley/Whalley John Whaley was granted over 1,600 acres in the county of the town of Galway with additional lands i...
226 Kelly (Fiddaun Lodge) Donnogh Kelly was granted lands in counties Mayo and Galway by patent dated 4 Apr 1670. McCarthy wr...
239 Blake (Furbogh) Andrew Blake, a merchant of Galway, was granted 2,532 acres in the baronies of Moycullen and Dunkell...
244 & 247 Bodkin (Annagh) The Bodkins, one of the ‘Tribes’ of Galway, were granted Annagh and other lands in the barony of Cla...
257 St. George (Tyrone House) The St.George estate was centred on the house at Tyrone, parish of Drumacoo, barony of Dunkellin, bu...
122 St George (Dunmore) Sir George St George, second son of Sir George St George of Carrickdrumrusk, county Leitrim, was gra...
188 Dillon (Kilkenny West) The Dillon family, Earls of Roscommon, held land in a number of counties including Galway, Roscommo...
119 & 234 French /ffrench (Frenchpark) Patrick French fitzStephen of Galway is recorded as the earliest member of the family to be associat...
225, 236 & 252 Newcomen In the late 17th century a junior branch of the Newcomen family of county Longford moved to Knock, c...
261 Malone The Malones of Ballynahown, county Westmeath, were closely related to the Brownes of Westport House,...
235 Dowdall Sir Luke Dowdall baronet, son of Lawrence Dowdall, was granted over 4,000 acres in the barony of Ath...
240 Moore (Drum) In the 1650s Melchior Moore was transplanted from Cregganstown, county Meath, to the parish of Drum,...
242 Pelly In 1677 Peter Pilley was granted over 800 acres in county Galway (baronies of Longford and Clonmacno...
244 (Gerald Dillon) Crofton (Mote Park) The senior branch of the Crofton family settled at Ballymurray, county Roscommon in the 16th century...
250 Kelly (Aghrane Castle/Castle Kelly) The Kellys were settled at Castlekelly, Ballygar, barony of Killian, county Galway, from the late 17...
235 Nugent (Pallas) In 1677 Thomas Nugent was granted an estate of 3,250 acres in the baronies of Leitrim and Longford,...
255 Nugent (Earl of Westmeath) In April 1678 Richard Nugent, Earl of Westmeath, was granted an estate of over 11,000 acres in the b...
78-79 St. George Richard St George, a member of a Cambridgeshire family, came to Ireland in the 17th century and was...
105 & 235 Ormsby (Ballinamore) The Ballinamore estate, in the parish of Killedan, barony of Gallen, county Mayo, was granted to the...
235, 246 & 247 Beytagh/Beatty Betagh family members were granted lands in counties Galway and Roscommon in the late 17th century u...
74-75, 250 & 262 Lane/Lane-Fox In 1666 Sir George Lane was granted lands in the counties Dublin, Meath, Kilkenny, Longford, Waterfo...
125 & 251 Mahon/Pakenham-Mahon In February 1666 Captain Nicholas Mahon was granted over 2,700 acres in the barony of Roscommon and...
251 Lynch Blosse A Galway family who lost most of their estates in that county under Cromwell but received extensive...
257 French (Tyrone) Jeffrey French was granted various lands in counties Mayo, Galway, Roscommon and Clare by patent dat...
270 Dillon The Dillon family held a large estate on the border of counties Mayo and Roscommon. They were descen...
48 Handcock (Moydrum) The Handcocks were settled at Moydrum Castle, near Athlone, in county Westmeath from the late 17th c...
76-77 & 230-232 Coote The Coote family settled in Queen's county (county Laois) in the early 17th century and the head of...
95 & 212 Sandford/Wills Sandford The descendants of Captain Theophilus Sandford of Moyglare, county Meath, settled at Castlerea, coun...
60 & 203 Gore Booth The Gore Booth family were descended from Sir Francis Booth who was granted land at Ardtermon, bar...
250 Devenish The Devenish family were resident in county Roscommon from the 17th century. By the late 18th cent...
275 Talbot (Mount Talbot) The Talbots were descended from a younger son of the Talbots of Malahide in the 16th century. They w...
251 Dowell (Skehaghard) The sale rental of Edmund Dowell's estate records that Allen Dowell bought the Burke portion of his...
247 Jones (Roscommon) The Jones family were resident in county Westmeath in the 17th century. Richard Jones 3rd Viscount...
234 Aylward A branch of the Aylward family of Faithlegg, county Waterford was transported to Connacht in the mid...
247 Leonard John Leonard of the Waterford family of that name, was granted over 600 acres in the barony of Kilco...
64-65, 104, 183 & 201- 202 Coote (Bellamont) Richard Coote, 1st Baron Coote of Collooney and brother of Sir Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Mountrath,...
101 & 199 Erasmus Smith Schools, Governors (Galway) An estate in the parishes of St Nicholas and Oranmore, barony of Galway, was owned by the Governors...
103 Miller (Milford) A family of Cromwellian settlers who were granted over 1,000 acres in the parishes of Kilmainemore a...
103 Bell (Purrauns) In 1667 Robert Bell, an orphan, was granted over 1,800 acres in the baronies of Kilmaine and Clanmor...
125 French (Moneen) In 1667 Matthew French was granted over 4,000 acres in the barony of Tiaquin, county Galway, includi...
162 Nicholson (Kilmoremoy) A John Nicholson was granted about a thousand acres in the baronies of Tireragh, county Sligo and Ga...
211 Jones (Leitrim) Catherine Penelope Jones was a lessor of land in several townlands in Drumreilly parish as well as e...
234 Nolan/ Ferrall (Lugboy) An estate comprised of nine townlands amounting to almost 1400 acres in the parish of Annagh, barony...
234 Fallon (Runnamoat) [In 1677 Edmund Fallon of Mote, county Roscommon was granted a small acreage in the barony of Tiaqui...
237 Plunkett (Mountplunkett) The Plunketts were a Catholic family residing at Mountplunkett from the 18th century. Christopher Ge...
238 Bell/Gonne Bell In the mid 17th century the Bells were granted the lands of Streamstown, parish of Kilcolman, barony...
238 Kirwan (Gardenfield) An estate in the parish of Tuam, county Galway, was restored to Martin Kirwan and his eldest son Ric...
163 & 238 Forster (Blake Forster) The Forster family were of English origin who first acquired property in Galway in the 1640s. The pr...
240 & 278 Browne (Neale) A family established at The Neale, county Mayo, from the 16th century which they were regranted alon...
240 Browne (Raheens) A junior branch of the Brownes of the Neale held an estate in the parishes of Aglish and Islandeady,...
242 Barnewall In 1677 Lord Trimblestown was granted land in the barony of Tiaquin, county Galway. Papers in the Na...
243, 280 (Killaghmore) Donnellan/Donelan An estate of over 3,000 acres in the baronies of Clonmacnowen and Kilconnell, county Galway, was gra...
244 (grant to Barnewall of Castle Hackett) Kirwan (Castlehacket) In the 16th century the Castlehacket and Cahermorris estates near Tuam in county Galway belonged to...
244 ffrench (Castle ffrench) Originally known as Clogher and purchased by the ffrenches from the O'Kellys in 1636. Confiscated b...
244 D'Arcy (Newforest) This branch of the D'Arcy family were descended from Martin D'Arcy, second son of James 'Riveagh' D'...
245 Kelly (Kellysgrove) James Kealy, son and heir of William Kealy, was granted 612 acres at Kealye's Grove by patent dated...
247 & 276 Butler (Cregg) The Butlers acquired lands at Cregg through marriage with the O'Shaughnessys. Francis Butler is reco...
114 & 248 Yeadon/Yeedon Documents in the Westport Estate Papers show that John Yeadon, a clothier of Boyle, county Roscommon...
248 Prendergast (Ballygowan) The Prendergasts had a small estate in the parish of Kilcolman, barony of Clanmorris, county Mayo an...
249 Cormack/Cormick A family originally from Munster who purchased land in the barony of Erris, county Mayo, in the earl...
249 Bourke (Bunacrower) The Earls of Mayo held an estate in the parishes of Kilmainemore and Kilcommon, barony of Kilmaine,...
249, 259 & 276 O'Shaughnessy (Gort) Lands in the parish of Beagh had been in the possession of the O'Shaughnessy family for a considerab...
250 & 257 Conroy Descended from the Gaelic family of O'Mulconry of county Roscommon, this branch of the Conroy family...
79, 223, 233 & 253 Eyre (Eyrecourt & Eyreville) Giles Eyre, Eyrecourt Castle and Thomas Knutford Eyre, Eyreville, are described as resident propriet...
234, 248 & 255 Browne (Brownhall) An estate established in the mid 17th century by royal grants to Edward Browne. This family of Bro...
241 Browne (Woodstock) From the early 18th century a branch of the Galway family of Brownes held a small estate called Wood...
256 Gore (Castle Gore) In 1666 the Gores were granted extensive estates, over 14,700 acres, in the barony of Tirawley, coun...
262 Trench (Garbally) Burke indicates that the Trenches originated in France but settled in the North of England. Frederic...
262, 270 & 278 Brabazon This family were descended from Sir Anthony Brabazon of Ballinasloe Castle, a younger brother of Sir...
235 & 262 Power (Galway) Richard Power was granted lands in the baronies of Dunkellin and Leitrim in 1677 and James Power was...
263 Blake (Corbally) The Blakes had owned an estate at Corbally, parish of Ardrahan since the 15th century. In 1824 a...
263 Cheevers (Killian) The Cheevers family originally owned estates in counties Wexford and Meath. Following their transpl...
263-264 Burke (Clanricarde) The Clanricarde estate was one of the largest in county Galway. Lord Clanrickard, a minor, is liste...
264 Tyrrell A Christopher Tirrel was granted over 750 acres in the barony of Ballintober, county Roscommon in 16...
267 Swanick Arthur Swanick was residing in the Hollymount area, barony of Kilmaine, county Mayo in the mid 17th...
270 O'Neill A branch of the O'Neills of the Fews, county Armagh, who were transplanted to county Mayo by the Cro...
270 O'Rorke (Oldcastle) The O'Rorkes owned an estate in the parish of Meelick, barony of Gallen, county Mayo, which they app...
271 Browne/Dillon-Browne (Glencorrib) A branch of the Browne family of the Neale, barony of Kilmaine, county Mayo, settled near the villag...
273 Blake (Ballinafad) In the early 17th century a younger son of the Blake family of Ballyglunin, county Galway, acquired...
277 Kirwan (Dalgan) This junior branch of the Kirwans of Cregg Castle, county Galway, were merchants in the city of Galw...
68 Gore (Castle Gore) In 1666 the Gores were granted extensive estates, over 14,700 acres, in the barony of Tirawley, coun...
85 Crofton (Croftonpark) A small estate on the outskirts of Ballina, county Mayo, owned by the Crofton family, probably found...
176 Watts Quinn writes that a Cromwellian soldier named Watts was granted the estate known as Mount Falcon, in...
234, 254, 258 & 279 French (Frenchbrook) Extensive lands in counties Mayo and Galway were granted to George French between 1677 and 1679. He...
234 Jones (Benada) The Jones family were descended from Sir Roger Jones who held mortgages on land which had previously...
257 Plunkett (Mountplunkett) The Plunketts were a Catholic family residing at Mountplunkett from the 18th century. Christopher Ge...
236 & 254 (Pierce & Peirce) Persse (Roxborough & Moyode) The Persse family first received grants of land in counties Galway and Roscommon in the 1670s. Some...
219 (grant to Richard, Earl of Arran) Digby (Aran) The Aran Islands are comprised of three parishes Inisheer, Inishmaan and Inishmore, all in the baron...
160 L'Estrange (Fahy) Thomas and Henry L'Estrange were granted 647 acres in the barony of Longford, county Galway in Decem...
163 Shawe-Taylor Walter Taylor was granted almost a thousand acres in the barony of Kiltartan, county Galway in Febru...
164 Forbes (Earl of Granard) The Irish branch of the Forbes family descend from Sir Arthur Forbes, 1st Baron Granard, originally...
237 Browne (Coolaran, Kilskeagh & Mountkelly) The Browne's lands at Coolaran were confiscated by the Cromwelllian Commissioners but restored again...
246 Daly (Dunsandle & Carnakelly) The Daly family of Dunsandle derived from Daly of Carnakelly in the parish of Kiltullagh. They bough...
246 Shea A John Shea was granted lands in a number of county Galway baronies in March 1678/9. Gartside Shea o...
243 Lawrence (Lawrencetown) The Lawrence family are first recorded in east Galway in the late 16th century. A John Lawrence marr...
237 & 243 Madden (Kiltormer) In November 1677 Fergus Madden was granted over 1,700 acres in the baronies of Leitrim and Longford,...
248 Taylor (Clontuskert) Lands in the barony of Clonmacnowen, county Galway, were granted to Walter Taylor in December 1678....
165 & 212 (grants to Sir Henry Wadington, 1667-1669) Ussher [Usher] (Eastwell) This family share a common ancestry with the other Ussher families in Ireland. At the end of the 17t...
259 Burke (Moyglass) Under the Acts of Settlement John Burke was granted over 300 acres around Moyglass, barony of Leitri...
261. Crofton (Sligo) The Croftons acquired land in the 17th century from the McSweeneys which had previously been part of...
80. Clarke (Graig Abbey) The Clarke family were leasing the Graig Abbey property from the Warburton estate at the time of Gri...
160 & 203 Montgomery Hugh Lyons Montgomery was MP for Leitrim, 1852-57 and served as High Sheriff in 1840. In 1876 the Mo...
56 Wentworth (Strafford) Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, acquired large portions of land in Sligo in the mid-17th centur...
58 Cooper (Markree) Edward Cooper was a soldier in Richard Coote [Lord Collooney]'s, regiment of horse. He is known in...
86 & 151, 159 Parke According to O'Rorke, the Parkes received land under the Cromwellian settlement and established them...
105 Ormsby (Cummeen) Thomas Ormsby acquired land in Sligo in the mid-17th century and the family expanded to hold propert...
202 Hughes (Co Roscommon) The Hughes family appear to have connections with county Sligo and to have been resident at Beechwoo...
114 Ormsby Ruttledge Margaret Ormsby Rutledge held property in Kilmacshalgan and Templeboy parishes, barony of Tireragh a...
200 Jones (Skreen) Toberpatrick was one of the properties held by the Jones family since the 17th century. It was purch...
277 Taaffe This branch of the Taaffe family appear to be linked to that of the Earls of Carlingford. Portions...
80 Morgan (Tireragh) The Morgans were the original owners of the estate in Castlconnor parish, barony of Tireragh, known...
117 Wood (Skreen) Edward and Arthur Wood owned an estate of over 1000 acres in county Sligo in the 1870s, mostly in t...
114, 227, 235 Wingfield Stratford Edward and John Wingfield were twin brothers, sons of Richard Wingfield, 3rd Viscount Powerscourt, a...
265 Barrett (Culleenamore) The Barrett family were descended from prosperous Sligo merchants in the later 17th and early 18th c...
51 Reynolds (Loughscur) George Reynolds of Loughscur, county Leitrim, died in 1769. His only son George Nugent Reynolds was...
280 Donnellan (Kilconnell) The Donnellan family of Hillswood is connected with that of Ballydonelan. Burke states that the fami...
47 Creagh (Dangan) This family descend from Pierse Creagh who was Mayor of Limerick in 1651 and died at Dangan, parish...
247 O'Brien (Dromoland) The introduction to the Inchiquin Papers in the National Library of Ireland records that, in about 1...
129, 246, 247, 260 Ievers (Mountievers) The first member of this family to settle in county Clare in the 1640s was Henry Ievers. He was a c...
177 Bindon The Bindon family were located in the counties of Clare and Limerick from the late 17th century. Dav...
224 Bentley (Hurdleston) The ancestors of the Bentleys received land in county Clare under the Cromwellian settlement of the...
213, 235 Butler (Carrick) In July 1677 Pierce Butler and his wife Ellice were granted 648 acres in the barony of Bunratty, cou...
236 Drew (Drewsborough & Drewscourt) A branch of a Devonshire family who settled in county Waterford in the reign of Elizabeth I. By th...
241 Pery Sometime in the mid 17th century Susanna Sexton, eventually heiress to the Sexton estates in county...
247 Arthur (Glenomera) A family who moved from county Limerick to Ballyquin, county Clare when they purchased land from the...
247 O'Loghlen The Burren area in county Clare was the territory of the O’Loghlens until its confiscation in the mi...
250 Lysaght (Ballykeel) Cecil Stacpoole Kenny gives a detailed account of the family history of this family in MS 2110, Nati...
118, 256 Conyngham Of Scottish descent, Henry Conyngham, member of parliament for county Donegal, supported the William...
259 Butler (Ballyline/Millbrook) This family is a branch of the Butlers, Lords Dunboyne, descended from Sir Theobald Butler, a lawyer...
260 Carroll (Merville House & Sligo) In the mid 19th century John Carroll held an estate in the parishes of Kilfarboy, barony of Ibrickan...
98-99, 103, 264 O'Brien (Inchiquin Castle) Murrough O'Brien, 6th Baron Inchiquin, was created 1st Earl of Inchiquin in 1654. An estate of almo...
271 Comyn (Woodstock) From the mid 17th century the Comyn family were established at Kilcorney in county Clare. In 1796 L...
277 Martyn (Gregans Castle) Weir gives a detailed history of this county Clare family. Gregans Castle was originally an O’Loghl...
279 Macnamara (Moyriesk) The Macnamaras were settled at Moyriesk, parish of Clooney, barony of Bunratty Upper, county Clare f...
111 Blood (Roxton & Cranagher) The Blood family was established in county Clare from the early 17th century. By the mid 18th centu...
274 O'Brien (Ennistymon) This branch of the O'Briens were descended from Sir Donnagh O'Brien of Duagh of Elizabethan times. I...
133, 180, 243 Lucas In 1668 Benjamin Lucas was granted 311 acres at Lisdweene, barony of Moyarta, county Clare. Later t...
239 McGrath (Kilbarron) In 1677 Edmond Magrath, son and heir of Redmond Magrath, was granted 5,799 acres in the barony of Tu...
47, 218-219 Trinity College, Dublin, Provost & Fellows (Munster) In 1666 the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of Trinity College, Dublin, were granted a total of 61,017...
63, 201 & 217 Bury (Shannongrove) Phineas Bury was granted almost 6,000 acres in the barony of Kenry, county Limerick in 1666 and 588...
76 Ormsby (Athlacca) This Ormsby family share a common ancestry with the Ormsbys of Tobervaddy, county Roscommon. In 166...
117 Walcott (Croagh) Captain Thomas Wallcott was granted lands close to the city of Limerick by patent dated 1667. This...
119 Roberts (Britfieldstown) A family settled in county Cork from the early 17th century, Francis Roberts was granted Britfieldst...
69 Wilson (Caherconlish) Sir Ralph Wilson, knight, was granted 830 acres in the barony of Clanwilliam, including Caherconlish...
77 Oliver (Kerry & Cork) The first of the Oliver family, originally from Kent, to hold lands in the south of Ireland was Rob...
77 Oliver (Castle Oliver) By the late 17th century the Olivers were settled at Clonodfoy (later known as Castle Oliver), baron...
94 Maunsell (Ballybrood) John Maunsell of Ballyvoreen, county Limerick, was the third son of Thomas Maunsell of Buckinghamshi...
131 De Burgh (Dromkeen) This family of Bourke originally from county Mayo settled at Dromkeen in county Limerick in the 15th...
180 Hartstonge In the 18th century the Harstonge family held lands in the Bruff and Kildimo areas of county Limer...
232 (Wray) Maunsell (Rathcannon) Rathcannon, parish of Athlacca, county Limerick, belonged to the Casey family in the mid 17th centur...
60 (Godolphin), 232 Southwell The Southwell family were established in county Limerick in the early 17th century. Their estate in...
53 Frend In 1666 John Frend, a captain in the Cromwellian army, was granted over 3,000 acres in the barony of...
139 Evans/Evans-Freke John Evans, of Welsh descent, settled in the city of Limerick in the early 17th century. In 1666 Geo...
55-56, 101, 199, 214 Erasmus Smith Schools, Governors (Munster) In 1666 Erasmus Smith, a London alderman and philanthropist, was granted 21,067 acres in county Tipp...
161 Harding (Co Limerick) Samuel Harding, son of Brigadier Major Henry Harding of Harding Grove, held land in county Limerick...
55 Ponsonby/Carrique-Ponsonby The estate at Crotta, Parish of Kilflynn, barony of Clanmaurice, was granted to the Ponsonbys in the...
60, 77, 255 Ingoldsby (Cos Limerick & Clare) Henry and George Ingoldsby were Cromwellian soldiers who settled in county Limerick where they were...
83 Coote (Ash Hill & Bearforest) The Cootes of Ash Hill and Mount Coote, county Limerick, were descended from a younger brother of Si...
95 Massy The Massy family are descended from a Cromwellian soldier Captain Hugh Massy who was granted 3,055 a...
102 Ryves In 1667 William and John Ryves were granted over a thousand acres in the barony of Coslea and 168 ac...
120 & 276 Raymond Smith indicates that Anthony Raymond was granted estates in Kerry under the Act of Settlement in 166...
197 (see Moland) Lysaght (Mountnorth) At the end of the 17th century Nicholas Lysaght, a supporter of William III, married Grace, daughter...
59, 207, 219 & 279 Petty-Fitzmaurice (Marquess of Lansdowne) This estate owes its origins to Sir William Petty, renowned cartographer, mathematician and scientis...
51 Christmas Thomas Christmas was granted land in county Waterford in 1666. His descendants lived at Whitfield C...
114, 220 Sandes (Iraghticonnor) Smith indicates that Lancelot Sandes was granted an estate in Kerry in 1667 under the Acts of Settle...
120 Biggs (Bellevue) Samuel Dixon [Dickson] Biggs held three townlands in the parish of Killeenagarriff, barony of Clanwi...
208 Austen/Austin (Cork) Henry Austin was granted over 3,200 acres in the barony of Clanmorris, county Kerry in 1669. This f...
53, 187,194, 224 Boyle (Earl of Cork and Orrery) Richard Boyle was created 1st Earl of Cork in the 1620s. The Earl of Cork’s main estates were in cou...
66 Blennerhassett (Ballyseedy & Beaufort) Smith states that the Blennerhassett family were originally from Cumbria, in the north of England. T...
154 Greene (Greenmount) Captain Thomas Greene was granted land in counties Kerry, Limerick and Clare in 1668. The Greenes o...
142 O'Dell/Odell The Odell/O'Dell family were established at Ballingarry, county Limerick from the late 17th century....
272 Rice The estate of Justice D. Rice of Bushmount, Causeway, amounted to over 1200 acres in county Kerry in...
175, 289 Perceval In 1666 and 1668 Sir Philip Percevall was granted large estates in county Cork and over 1,000 acres...
78 Molyneux (Co Limerick) The Molyneux family settled at Castle Dillon in county Armagh in the 17th century. Thomas Molyneux,...
185 Bowerman In 1668 Cornet Henry Bowerman was granted 1,418 acres in the barony of Orrery and Kilmore, county Co...
95 Blackall (Garden Hill) The Blackall family of Gardenhill, county Limerick was granted lands in the barony of Pubblebrien un...
124 Blakeney (Mount Blakeney) ''Burke's Irish Family Records'' states that this family claim descent from the Blakeneys of Norfolk...
55, 67 Southwell (Co Cork) In 1666 Robert Southwell was granted lands in the liberties of Kinsale, county Cork and in the baron...
220 Woodley This family settled in the parish of Aghabulloge, county Cork, in the mid 17th century. Anthony Woo...
53-54 Nettles Originally from Herefordshire, John Nettles settled in county Waterford in the mid 17th century. He...
72 Crooke (Co Cork) Thomas Crooke and John Bayly were jointly granted 1,791 acres in the barony of Muskerry, county Cork...
101 (Silver) Oliver (Castle Oliver) By the late 17th century the Olivers were settled at Clonodfoy (later known as Castle Oliver), baron...
70 Herrick Burke claims that the county Cork Herrick family is a junior branch of that of Herrick of Beaumano...
111 Welstead Thomas Welstead and his wife Mary were granted 2,264 acres in the barony of Corkaguinny, county Kerr...
162 Carey (Careysville) Peter Carey, son and heir of Captain Peter Carey and his wife Sarah, was granted Ballymackpatricke a...
122 Boles/Bowles (Cork) In 1666 Richard Boles was granted 924 acres at Moyge in the barony of Orrery and Kilmore, county Cor...
54 Adams/Goold-Adams L.G. Pine traces the ancestry of this family from the fourth son of Edward Adams, a London merchant,...
54 Adams (Kilbree) A family descended from Edward Adams, a London merchant, who was granted over 2,000 acres in the bar...
46 & 82 Brodrick (Midleton) Sir St John Brodrick of Wandsworth, Surrey, came to Ireland in the mid 17th century and was granted...
75 Widenham There appear to be two branches of this family one in county Limerick and one in county Cork. Henry...
75 Finch (Tullamore Park) An English family who settled in county Tipperary in the 17th century. Lieutenant Colonel Simon Fin...
77-78 Pigott (Chetwynd & Knapton) A family originally from Shropshire, who settled in county Laois in the 16th century. Alexander Pig...
78 Knolles (somtimes Knowles) Members of the Walton Knowles family were among the principal lessors in the parishes of Kilmonoge a...
154 Barry Burke's Extinct Peerage records the building of Barry's Court castle by Philip de Barry in 1206. T...
169 Wallis (Drishane Castle) A family established at Curraglass, Mogeely, county Cork, from the early 17th century. In 1703, Thom...
74, 184 Townsend (Castletownsend) Burke's ''Irish Family Records'' indicates that the first of this family to be established in Irelan...
215-216 Purdon (Ballyclogh) This family shared a common ancestry with the Purdons of Tinecrana, county Clare. They descended fr...
81, 106, 126, 153, 202, 229 Annesley Arthur, 1st Earl of Anglesey, was granted large tracts of lands in counties Tipperary, Kerry, Waterf...
66, 85, 201 Hodder (Hoddersfield) A Dorset family who settled in county Cork in the mid 17th century. ''Burke's Irish Family Records'...
173, 175, 215, 232 Hamilton (Cork) James Hamilton, residing in Dublin, owned over 2000 acres in county Cork in the 1870s while Rev. Han...
264 Fitzgerald (Castle Richard) A descendant of the Fitzgeralds, Senechals of Imokilly, Richard Fitzgerald lived at Castle Richard i...
118 Annesley/Grove Annesley (Annes Grove) A junior branch of the Annesley family which bore the titles Viscount Glerawly and Earl of Annesley,...
127 Fitzgerald/Penrose Fitzgerald (Corkbeg) In 1667 Garrett Fitzgerald was granted the castle, town and lands of Kilcorkbegg alias Corkbeg with...
162 Campion Hajba writes that the first Thomas Campion of Leitrim, county Cork, was a Cromwellian settler who be...
94, 207-208 Jones (Ardnaree) The lands of Ardnaree, parish of Kilmoremoy, barony of Tirawley, county Mayo, were granted to Sir Th...
135, 210 Woodroffe Samuel Woodroffe was granted 1,136 acres of land in the barony of East Carbery, county Cork in 1667...
212 Beecher/Becher Burke's ''Irish Family Records'' and Smith both indicate that the Beechers were originally a Kent...
213 Bowen/Cole-Bowen Originally from Wales, Henry Bowen, a Cromwellian army officer, settled in county Cork. In 1660 his...
223 Spratt (Pencil Hill) This Spratts descend from a member of a Somerset family, the Reverend Devereux Spratt, who acquired...
226 Hyde (Castle Hyde) A family who settled in county Cork in Elizabethan times. In the early 1850s John Hyde's estate was...
262 Babington (Cork and Westmeath) In 1679 Thomas Babington was granted 813 acres in the barony of Carbery, county Cork. At the time o...
88 & 262 Moore (Ross Carbery) Emanuel Moore was created a baronet in 1681. He had been granted 336 acres in 1667 and 218 acres in...
54 Walton (Kinsale) In 1666 Smithin Walton was granted 806 acres in the baronies of Duhallow and Kinalea, county Cork. L...
55 (Arnoppe) Cox (Cork & Kilkenny) The Cox family, baronets, of Dunmanway, county Cork, and Castletown Cox, county Kilkenny, held exten...
62 Long (East Carbery) In 1666 Colonel Thomas Long was granted lands in counties Meath, Westmeath and in the barony of Carb...
63 Hayes (Crosshaven) Ó Murchadha states that, in 1656, Richard Hayes, gentleman, of Cork city, was assigned the lands of...
63 Daunt (Kinsale) Originally a Gloucestershire family, the Daunt family appear in county Cork in the early seventeenth...
64 Evanson Local sources suggest that the Evanson family in West Cork descend from Lieutenant Nathaniel Evanson...
64 Pomeroy (Duhallow) On 11 February 1798 Robert Hedges Eyre leased the lands of Claraghmore, barony of Duhallow, county C...
57 Harrison (Kinsale) Thomas Harrison of Mishell, county Cork, gent., was granted over 1,000 acres in the barony of Kinale...
73-74, 200 Tynte In 1667 Henry Tynte was granted lands in counties Limerick and Cork. The Tynte family's estate was...
73-74 Ussher (Cappagh & Camphire, Co Waterford) Beverly Usher was granted 1,295 acres in the barony of Imokilly, county Cork in 1667. Sadleir refer...
76 Chinnery The Chinnerys came from Suffolk and settled in county Cork in the mid 17th century. John Chinnery o...
76 Thornhill (Mount Irvine & Castlekevin) In 1666 William Thornhill, a Cromwellian soldier, was granted "Castlekiffin" [Castlekevin] and other...
89 Busteed (County Cork) Luke Busteed of Mountlong, county Cork, son of Gyles Busted or Buston and Anne his wife, was granted...
94 Wright (Co Cork) In 1666 Willliam Wright was granted 839 acres in the barony of East Carbery, county Cork. The estate...
95 Penn Sir William Penn, an English admiral, was granted the castle and manor of Macroom, county Cork, in t...
100 Honner In 1666 Lieutenant Colonel John Honor was granted 2,164 acres in the barony of East Carbery, county...
353, 355, 363, 384 Morris (Dunkettle) A Welsh family descended from Captain William Morris who was granted lands in East and West Carbery,...
97, 111, 139, 214, 226, 266 Gethin Under the Restoration settlement Richard Gethin, created a baronet in 1665, was granted a large esta...
120 Swete Samuel Swete of Greenville, county Cork, (originally known as Kilglass, see http://www.kilmichael.or...
126 Kingston (Cork) Kingston states that this family came to Ireland during the Munster plantation, possibly under the a...
133 Hoare (Annabelle) Two Hoare brothers, Edward and Abraham, came to Ireland in the Cromwellian army and obtained large g...
140 Beamish Burke's Irish Family Records indicates that lands granted to members of the Beamish family were conf...
140 Freke In 1702 and 1703 Percy Freke of Rathbarry [Castle Freke], county Cork, purchased parts of various fo...
171, 196 Crofts (Velvetstown) ''Burke's Irish Family Records'' traces this family's descent from William Crofts, a younger son of...
174, 196 Morris (East Carbery) In 1666 William Morris was granted almost a thousand acres in the barony of East and West Carbery an...
166 (Muschampe & Clayton) De Vesci In his introduction to the Collection List (No 89) of the De Vesci archive in the National Library o...
167 Goold (Old Court) The Golds/Goolds were an old family associated with the city of Cork. George Goold was established...
102 Pennefather (New Park & Lakefield) In 1667 Cornet Matthew Pennefather from Staffordshire was granted lands in the barony of Slievardagh...
127 (Staper), 222 (Cooke) Cooke (Kiltinan Castle) The Cookes of Kiltinan Castle, Fethard, county Tipperary were descended from Edward Cooke, younger b...
160 Baker (Lismacue) The Baker family settled in county Tipperary in the mid 17th century, Walter Baker having obtained a...
84, 209 Mansergh (Grenane) The Manserghs, originally from Barwicke Hall, Yorkshire, settled at Macrony Castle, near Fermoy in c...
172 (Graham, barony of Fermoy) Graham (Cappanihane) In November 1864 464 acres the estate of John Parker Graham comprised of part of the lands of Cappan...
172 Lavallin The Lavallin family held an estate in the Queenstown vicinity of county Cork in the late 17th centur...
46 Mathew (Thomastown) The Mathew family of Thomastown, county Tipperary had close connections in the 17th century with the...
46 Grace (Co Tipperary) The Grace family were located in counties Kilkenny and Tipperary in the 16th century and had strong...
48, 80, 155-157, 235 Butler The 1st Duke of Ormonde was one of the largest estate owners in Ireland at the beginning of the 18th...
52-53 Clarke (Graiguenoe) Members of the Clerke and Upton families were granted lands in the baronies of Clanwilliam and Middl...
67, 145, 186 Osborne (Newtown Anner & Beechwood) The Osbornes were established in county Waterford from the early 17th century and were granted lands...
69 Taylor (Noan) In 1666 Nathaniel Taylor, an officer in Cromwell's army, was ganted an estate of approximately 1,000...
136, 233 Yelverton From the late 1780s the Yelvertons held an estate in the parish of Ballintober, barony of Carra, cou...
160 Clutterbuck In 1667 an estate of 2,969 acres was granted to Richard Clutterbuck in the barony of Middlethird, co...
217 Fennell A Quaker family located in the Caher area of south county Tipperary from the mid 17th century. They...
91, 196 Barker/Ponsonby Barker William Ponsonby Barker held estates in four counties in the 19th century. The Barkers acquired the...
120, 233 Sankey Under the Acts of Settlement Hierom Sankey was granted over 12,700 acres in county Kerry and some l...
258 Greene (Cos Tipperary & Waterford) Godfrey Greene was granted 541 acres at Mooretown-Keating, Knocknangle and Rathmore, barony of Iffa...
71 Maude Robert Maude [of Yorkshire] was granted over 10,000 acres in counties Tipperary, Cork and Meath in 1...
212 Lane (Lanespark) In 1666 William Lane was granted the lands of Killens [Lanespark], Derrigear and Cattiganstowne in t...
66 Lane (Lanespark) In 1666 William Lane was granted the lands of Killens [Lanespark], Derrigear and Cattiganstowne in t...
232 Langley (Coal Brook) A family descended from a Cromwellian soldier,Henry Charles Langley, who was given 1,795 acres in 16...
129 Cambie In 1667 Major Solomon Camby was granted over 1,700 acres in the barony of Lower Ormond, county Tippe...
219 Vaughan (Golden Grove) The Vaughans of Golden Grove or Knocknamase, county Offaly, were of Welsh origin and settled in King...
218 Trinity College, Dublin, Provost and Fellows (Connacht) In 1837 Samuel Lewis recorded that at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries Queen Elizabeth...
136 Gason The Gason family, reputed to have been originally from Kent, settled in county Tipperary in the mid...
134, 191 Sadleir (Sopwell Hall, Castletown & Ballinderry) This branch of the Sadleir family descend from Colonel Thomas Sadleir of Sopwell Hall, county Tipper...
64 Sheppard This family descend from a Cromwellian officer, Captain Thomas Sheppard, who was granted over 1,400...
151 (Lt Henry Feltham) Watson (Garrykennedy) The Watsons were settled in Garrykennedy, county Tipperary, from at least the mid 18th century. The...
72 Gahan In 1666 Daniel Gahan and his wife Susanna, widow of Thomas Ashe, were granted of about 1,000 Irish a...
45 Prittie (Lord Dunalley) The Prittie family descend from Colonel Henry Prittie who was granted 5,900 acrese in county Tippera...
53-54 Clarke (Graiguenoe) Members of the Clerke and Upton families were granted lands in the baronies of Clanwilliam and Middl...
54 Waller (Castle Waller & Rockvale) In the mid 17th century Richard Waller (formerly Warren), a Cromwellian soldier, was granted lands i...
56 Harrison (Cloghjordan) John Harrison was granted an estate of 1,484 acres in the barony of Lower Ormond, county Tipperary,...
63 Disney (County Waterford) Originally from Lincolnshire, the Disneys were granted lands in counties Louth, Waterford and Westme...
67 Phillips (Mount Rivers) This family of Phillips was settled in county Tipperary from at least the mid 18th century. [Thomas...
69 Dalton (Grenanstown) In 1666 Peter Dalton, gentleman, was granted 2,476 acres in the barony of Upper Ormond, county Tipp...
75 (Lynne) Carew (Ballinamona) This branch of the Carew family descend from the family established at Castleboro, county Wexford. R...
82, 85, 153 May (County Waterford) According to Morris the Mays were originally a Sussex family who came to Ireland in the early sevent...
89 Eaton In 1667 Symon Eaton was granted lands in the barony of Orrery and Kilmore, county Cork and in the ba...
91 Sparrow A family located in the Clonmel area of county Tipperary in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Will...
97 Rolleston Colonel Francis Rolleston, a Jacobite, settled in county Tipperary in the late 17th century. His gr...
98 Parker (Castlelough & Ballyvalley) Captain John Parker was granted 1,242 acres in the barony of Owney and Arra, county Tipperary in 166...
119 Biggs (Castle Biggs) In 1666 John Briggs (sic) was granted lands in the parish of Kilbarran, barony of Lower Ormond, coun...
125 Exham John Exham was granted 212 acres in the barony of Ibane, county Cork in 1667. Thomas Exham held land...
126 Peacocke (Fort Etna) George Peacocke was granted over 1,500 acres in the barony of Pubblebrien, county Limerick in 1666....
134 Ryan (Inch) The Ryan family were located at Inch, barony of Eliogarty, county Tipperary, from the late 17th cent...
135 Bolton (Waterford) Captain William Bolton was granted lands formerly owned by the Aylwards at Faithlegg in county Water...
143 (Warter), 261 (Wilson) Wilson (Bilboa) Gamaliel Warter had acquired the Bilboa estate, barony of Coonagh, in county Limerick by the end of...
151 (Grice) Smyth (Ballynatray) The Smyths were settled in county Waterford from Elizabethan times. In the 17th century Richard Smy...
170 Dancer Sir Thomas Dancer, an alderman and Mayor of Waterford city, was created a baronet in 1662. In 1668 h...
175 Fleetwood Colonel Charles Fleetwood was granted 720 acres in the barony of Upper Ormond in 1668. In the mid 19...
176 (Hezekiah Woodward) Woodward Daniel Grace writes that the Woodward family lived at Cloghprior from the 1660s. Cloghprior House w...
180 (239 acres in barony of Iffa and Offa, Co Tipperary to John Boyce) Boyce Records relating to John and Thomas Boyce and lands in county Cork are in the Lismore Estate Collect...
188 Blunden In 1667 Overington Blunden gent was granted lands in counties Kilkenny, Offaly, Waterford and Tipper...
188 Cox (Ballynoe) Burke's (1886) records Robert Cox having received a grant of lands at Ballynoe, county Limerick, in...
197 Carew (Castleboro & Woodstown) The Carews were established as landowners in counties Wexford and Waterford since the seventeenth ce...
203 Hunt (Limerick & Tipperary) Burke's ''Landed Gentry of Ireland'' (1904) states that Henry Hunt obtained Friarstown, county Limer...
225 Plummer A family from Wiltshire who first settled in county Cork and then moved to county Limerick. [An Edwa...
227 Clanchy (Belfort) [Cornelius Clanchy gent was granted lands in the barony of Tullagh, county Clare in 1670]. A family...
247 (Co Clare) Everard (Co Tipperary) Although attained in 1691 for supporting the Jacobite cause, Sir John Everard did get his estate bac...
262 Cruise/Cruice It is evident from documents in the Westport Papers that the Cruise family, originally from Cruiseto...
262-263 Sherlock (Waterford) Paul Sherlock was granted large estates in the baronies of Middlethird and Gaultiere, county Waterfo...
264 (Walsh) Hamerton The Hamerton family were established in the town of Clonmel, county Tipperary from the 17th century....
273 (Meade) Lyster (Grange) A branch of the Lysters resided at Grange, parish of Cam, barony of Athlone, county Roscommon in the...
277 Colthurst In 1702 Nicholas Colthurst of Ballyally, county Cork, purchased over 1,000 acres from the trustees f...
277 O'Conor (Dundermot) A branch of the O'Conor Don family who resided at Dundermot for 2 generations in the 19th century. I...
272, 280 Arthur (Limerick) The Arthur family was long established in county Limerick and played a major role in the medieval ci...
55 Dawson/Massy-Dawson (Ballynacourte) In 1666 John Dawson was granted an estate of over 2,900 acres in county Tipperary including the cast...
132 (Purefoy) Bagwell Purefoy The Bagwell Purefoys descend from Edward Bagwel, a grandson of John Bagwell of Marlfield, Clonmel, c...
169 Forster John Forster [sometimes spelt Foster] was Member of Parliament for county Monaghan in 1661. In 1667...
49 Cole (Florence Court) Part of the Cole estate was in county Monaghan, in the parish of Aghabog, barony of Dartree. At the...
172 Owen (Raconnell) In 1668, Nicholas Owen of Mongomeryshire, Wales, received a grant of lands in counties Cavan and Mon...
108 Richardson (Poplar Vale) Originally from Norfolk this family came to Ireland during Elizabethan times. Simon Richardson was...
164 Corry (Fairfield) The Corrys of Fairfield, parish of Ematris, county Monaghan, descend from a Cromwellian soldier Walt...
174 Lee/Ley (Leesborough) In 1668, Ensign William Ley was granted 610 acres in the barony of Dartree including Drumhay, Correv...
193-194 Foster/Skeffington (Viscounts Ferrand & Massereene) The Foster family of Collon, Co Louth, Viscounts Ferrand and the Clotworthy and Skeffington families...
65 Beresford/Le Poer Beresford The Beresford family, Marquis of Waterford and Viscount Tyrone, owned land in various parts of Irela...
62 Gwyllym In August 1666, the confiscated estate of Ballyconnell, 3,667 acres in county Cavan, was granted to...
138 Thornton (Greenville) At the time of the Restoration James Thornton was confirmed in the possession of an estate in county...
96 Stanford (Bilberry) In an appendix to an account of the life of William Bedell, Bishop of Kilmore, edited by Thomas Wart...
61 Saunderson (Castle Saunderson) In June 1666, Colonel Robert Sanderson was granted an estate of 10,814 acres in county Cavan and 901...
124 Newburgh (Ballyhaise) Grants under the Acts of Settlement record a grant of 973 aces in county Cavan to Samuel Battaley in...
168 Moore (Tullyvin) A patent to hold courts for the Manor of Tullyvin, county Cavan, about 1,500 acres, was granted to A...
134 Clements (Ashfield) The manor of Ashfield was granted to Sir Thomas Ashe in 1611. [Malsomson, The Clements Archive, p 5...
132 Burton (Cavan) In 1876, Norton Burton of London owned 905 acres in county Cavan. Possibly associated with the gran...
94 & 192 Mortimer In 1667, James Mortimer was granted 1,205 acres in the barony of Castlerahan, county Cavan, includin...
88 Pratt (Cabra Castle) Burke’s Landed Gentry of Ireland (1904) states that the Pratts came from Leicester and that Cromwell...
98 Hampson Thomas Hampson, Anthony Hope and Thomas Smith were granted lands in Co Cavan in 1667. Hampson’s gra...
162 Coyne (Lacken) In 1667, John Coyne was granted an estate of 576 statute acres at Clonoose and Callanagh in the pari...
71 Caldwell (Castle Caldwell) In the mid-17th century, James Caldwell was granted lands in counties Fermanagh and Cavan. His desce...
48 Handcock (Moydrum) The Handcocks were settled at Moydrum Castle, near Athlone, in county Westmeath from the late 17th c...
255 Nugent (Earl of Westmeath) In April 1678 Richard Nugent, Earl of Westmeath, was granted an estate of over 11,000 acres in the b...
118 Chapman Benjamin Chapman, a captain in Cromwell’s army, was granted an estate at Killua, county Westmeath, c...