Landed Estates
University of Galway
Reference Source

WALFORD. ''County Families of the United Kingdom''. London: Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd., 1910

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Category Modern printed sources

Estate Records Citing this Source

Found 83 estate records citing this source.

Reference Estate Name Estate Description
715 McDermott (Cloongee) The McDermotts owned Cloongee in the parish of Templemore, barony of Gallen, and also a townland in...
717-718 McDonnell (Palmfield) The Statistical Survey of county Mayo records Myles McDonnell of Cloonmore, barony of Costello, as a...
159 Burke (Danesfield) The Burkes of Danesfield, parish and barony of Moycullen, county Galway, owned an estate of about 2,...
678 Rawson A small estate in the parishes of Bohola and Killedan, barony of Gallen, county Mayo was held by the...
166 Grant (Lagduff) Henry John Grant owned an estate in the parish of Kilcommon, barony of Erris, county Mayo at the tim...
649 Larpent In 1895 the 3rd and last Baron Larpent married Rose widow of Lieutenant Colonel T. Camden Lambert of...
23 Anketell Jones Six townlands in the parish and barony of Burrishoole, county Mayo, were occupied by Henry Moutray A...
505 Handcock (Aughrim) Reverend William Handcock owned an estate of just over 500 acres in the parish of Aughrim, barony an...
253 Corscadden Robert Corscadden is recorded as holding over 800 acres in county Leitrim in 1878. In 1906 Thomas Co...
52 Ball (Fort Fergus) William Hawkins Ball was the eldest son of Benjamin Ball of Dublin and his wife Elizabeth, daughter...
940 Richards (Barranagh) At the time of Griffith's Valuation John William Owen Richards had an estate in the parish of Kilmor...
459 Gore (Derrymore) A branch of the Gore family of Clonroad, Ennis, county Clare and later of Tyredagh Castle, Joseph Go...
1174 White (Caherblonick) In the 1870s Thomas Warren White, a barrister, of Kildare Street, Dublin, and of Caherblonick, paris...
759 Maunsell (Oakly Park & Blackwater) This was a junior branch of the Maunsell family of Ballywilliam, county Limerick. Their main reside...
320 Dickson (Kildimo) Burke's "Landed Gentry of Ireland" (1912) records members of the Dickson family living at Ballyhonog...
756 Power (Clonshire & Monroe) Samuel Dickson of Ballynaguile, county Limerick married firstly a Miss Farrell and had a daughter wh...
839 O'Gorman (Buncraggy) At the time of Griffith's Valuation James O'Gorman held lands in the parishes of Kilkeedy, barony of...
839 O'Gorman (Belleview) This branch of the O'Gorman family are descended from from James O'Gorman of Ennis, county Clare and...
196, 967 Royse The Royse family were resident in the Nantinan parish of county Limerick from the early 18th century...
794 Morgan (Bunalun) Captain Anthony Morgan, of Bunalun, Skibbereen, County Cork married Eliza Tymons, of Riverstown, Cou...
399 Fitzgerald (Horsham) Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey-FitzGerald (1818 – 1885) was a British politician, Member of Parlia...
153-154 Buckley By the mid 1870s Nathaniel Buckley, a Lancashire cotton millionaire, had bought much of the Earl of...
656 McMurray The McMurrays appear to have acquired an estate in county Limerick post Griffith's Valuation. In th...
1147 Chester In the 1870s Finlay Chester of Williamstown House, Castlebellingham, county Louth, owned 626 acres i...
879 Fitzgerald/Penrose Fitzgerald (Corkbeg) In 1667 Garrett Fitzgerald was granted the castle, town and lands of Kilcorkbegg alias Corkbeg with...
656 Leader (Ashgrove) [Captain] Thomas Leonard Leader (1825-1891) bought the estate of Richard Ashe of Ashgrove, parish of...
72 Crooke (Co Cork) Thomas Crooke and John Bayly were jointly granted 1,791 acres in the barony of Muskerry, county Cork...
678 Gollock In the mid 19th century members of the Gollock family held land in the parishes of Clondrohid, Kilmu...
428 Furlong (Richmond) John Furlong held an estate in the parishes of Castletownroche and Templeroan, barony of Fermoy, cou...
307 Dennehy Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland (1904) records Thomas Dennehy of Belleview, Fermoy, county Cork and...
752 Martin (Tullagreen) The Martins held an estate at Tullagreen, parish of Carrigtohill, county Cork, in the 19th century....
909 Praed In Griffith's Valuation Berkeley [Bulkeley] J.M. Praed is recorded as holding land in the parishes o...
1026 Smyth (Rathcoursey) This family appear to have connections with the Smyths of Ballinatray, county Waterford and a late 1...
848 Orpen/Orpin (Cos Cork & Waterford) The Reverend Basil Orpin, rector of Ballyvourney, county Cork, was the son of the Reverend Abel Orpi...
807 Murphy (Streamhill) Edward Cavanagh Murphy acquired an estate in the Doneraile area of county Cork in the second half of...
617 Kellett (Clonacody) Burke's Peerage records the purchase of lands in county Tipperary by the Kellett family at the begin...
430 Galgey/Gallagy William Gallagy held two townlands in the parish of Kilmichael, barony of West Muskerry, county Cork...
473 Gray (Inchera) Pope Gray married Mary, daughter of Rowland Davies. Their son, the Reverend Rowland Davies Gray, ma...
63 Harding (Firville) The Harding family were associated with the city of Cork from the early 18th century. Henry Harding...
707 Lyons (Cork) Francis Lyons, Mayor of Cork 1866-1868, was the owner of 866 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. He...
807 Murphy (Ballinamona) William Murphy was a son of Edmond Murphy of Ballinamona, Cashel, county Tipperary, and his wife Mar...
479 Grene From the 1830s, John Grene or Greene held land in the barony of Kilnamanagh Lower, county Tipperary,...
956 Roe (Loran Park) At the time of Griffith's Valuation the Roe estate was in the parishes of Bourney, Killavinoge and T...
95 Birch (Roscrea) Members of the Birch family were prominent distillers and brewers at Roscrea, county Tipperary in th...
910 Prendergast (Co Tipperary) This family was originally established at Newcastle, county Tipperary, but they were dispossessed of...
945 Ryan (Tyone) In the 1870s Thomas John Ryan of Tyone House, Nenagh, county Tipperary, owned 1,319 acres in county...
149 Bruce (Lesseragh) Major William Tyrrell Bruce of the 18th Royal Irish Regiment and of Lesseragh, Coolbaun, Borrisokane...
921 Quin (Upperthird) In the 1870s, Mary Anne Quin is recorded as the owner of over 5000 acres in county Waterford as well...
1067 Sullivan (Lacken Hall) Michael Sullivan of Inch House/Lacken Hall, county Kilkenny, was the second son of William Sullivan...
1169 Whalley (Rathronan) Francis C. Whalley of Bath, England, owned 850 acres in county Tipperary in the 1870s. Walford (190...
1202 Wise (Rochestown) In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books mention Thomas Wise as a proprietor of townlands in the paris...
678 Lindsay (Ballinard) In 1906 Paul Maylor Lindsay held untenanted land at Ballinard, Garrankyle and Tinnekilly, county Tip...
308 Denny (Ballybrada) In 1906 Charles Edward Denny held untenanted land at Ballybrada and Cranna in the Clogheen locality...
507 Harding (Tullamaine) By the 1870s, Henry Maynard Harding, a lieutenant in the 7th Foot, had either bought or was leasing...
641 Laffan Richard Laffan held the townland of Cloverfield, county Limerick, in the mid 19th century from Thoma...
816 Neligan William John Neligan, a Tralee solicitor, acted as agent for several large estates in county Kerry....
1066 Sugrue Charles Sugure was one of the principal lessors in the parish of Prior, barony of Iveragh, at the ti...
122 (Young) Harding The report of the Harding estate in the Court of Chancery 1861 gives details of this estate. Theoba...
1178 Whitney (Cork) William Whitney, of Knocknanav, Belgooly, owned over 1000 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. He was...
1223 Young (Doohulla) Tim Robinson writes that John K. Boswell sold his estate at Doohulla, parish of Ballindoon, barony o...
p.45 Balfe The Balfe family were settled at Heathfield in county Roscommon in the 18th century but had moved to...
669 Leslie (Kiltybegs) John Leslie of Kiltybegs, Carrickmacross, county Monaghan, was a major in the 6th Dragoon Guards. I...
493 Forster (Ballynure) Shirley records the sale of the Ballynure property belonging to Captain William Smyth to William For...
472 Gray (Rockfield) The Gray family were prominent in the Ballybay area of county Monaghan. In the mid-19th century Jos...
594 Jackson (Clones) In 1876, Henry Jackson of Cara, Clones, county Monaghan owned 737 acres in the county. Griffith’s V...
622 Plunkett Kenney At the time of Griffith’s Valuation Joseph Plunkett Kenney held eight townlands in the parish of Don...
1099 Thompson (Ford Lodge) In the mid-19th century the Thompson estate in county Cavan was mainly located in the parish of Anna...
82 Benison In the 18th century the Benison family were mill owners in the Ballyconnell area of county Cavan. T...
404 Fleming (Bellville) Swanzy writes that the Flemings were settled in county Cavan from the 17th century. Early generatio...
1180 Venables (Redhills) In the mid-19th century the Reverend Edmund Burke Venables, son of the Reverend James Venables of Do...
15 Allen (Mount Panther) Lord Belmont writes that Mount Panther in county Down was bought in 1832 by John Reed Allen of Dunov...
706 Lynch (Roebuck) Edward Lynch of Roebuck, parish of Kilbride, county Cavan, was one of the electors of the county in...
223 Clerke (Cavan) St John Augustus Clerke was the second son of Jonathan Clerke, a medical doctor of Bandon, county Co...
551 Hodson (Baronet) The Hodsons descend from the Reverend John Hodson, Bishop of Elphin, who died in 1686. The Bishop’s...
100 Mortimer In 1667, James Mortimer was granted 1,205 acres in the barony of Castlerahan, county Cavan, includin...
984 Sankey (Fort Frederick) Edward Sankey, alderman of Dublin and Lord Mayor of the city in 1766 and his wife Mary Medlicott had...
69 Batty (Ballyhealy) This family were settled at Ballyhealy, Castletowndevlin, county Westmeath from the late 17th centur...
6 Adamson (Moate) The Adamson family were established in the Moate area of county Westmeath from at least the late eig...
564 Hornidge (Calverstown) George Hornidge of Dublin married Mary Bickerstaff and died in 1772. His son John Hornidge lived at...
840 O'Hara (Mornington) In the mid-1870s Patrick O’Hara of Mornington, County Westmeath, a minor, owned 877 acres in the cou...