Reference Source
WALFORD, Edward. 'The County families of the United Kingdom''. London: Chatto and Windus, 1885)
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Estate Records Citing this Source
Found 122 estate records citing this source.
| Reference | Estate Name | Estate Description |
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| 5 & 6 (Adams) | Adams/Goold-Adams | L.G. Pine traces the ancestry of this family from the fourth son of Edward Adams, a London merchant,... |
| 19 (Alcock. Wilton Castle) | Alcock (Counties Waterford & Wexford) | The Alcock families in counties Waterford and Wexford descend from John Alcock, of Downpatrick, coun... |
| 10 (Alcock-Stawell) | Stawell (Kilbrittain) | Burke's "Landed Gentry of Ireland" (1912) traces the lineage of this family back to the 12th century... |
| 11 (Aldworth) | Aldworth | The Aldworths settled in county Cork in the early 17th century and were established at Newmarket by... |
| 11 (Alexander) | Alexander | The OS Names Books record Arthur Alexander as the proprietor of lands in the parish of Ardrahan in t... |
| 17 (Allman) | Allman (County Cork) | The Allman family were entrepreneurs in Bandon in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Initially... |
| 20 (Anderson) | Anderson (Grace Dieu) | In the 1870s Thomas William Anderson of Grace Dieu Lodge, county Waterford, owned 836 acres in count... |
| 21 (Andrews) | Andrews (Knockanacree) | Hussey de Burgh notes Hawtrey Andrews, of knockmacree House, Cloghjordan, as the owner of over 700... |
| 21-22 (Annesley) | Annesley/Grove Annesley (Annes Grove) | A junior branch of the Annesley family which bore the titles Viscount Glerawly and Earl of Annesley,... |
| 25 (Ardagh) | Ardagh (Waterford) | William Michael Ardagh, whose address is given as Stradbally, county Waterford, owned over 1000 acre... |
| 25 (Ardilaun, Lord) | Guinness | Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness of the famous brewing family began to purchase Connacht estates for sale i... |
| 27-28 (Armstrong, Charles, of Larch Hill), 28 (Armstrong, William, Farney Castle) | Armstrong/Armstrong MacDonnell (Newhall) | The Armstrongs of Mount Heaton share a common ancestry with the Armstrongs of Moyaliff, county Tippe... |
| 28 (Armstrong, Lismoher) | Armstrong (Lismoher) | The Armstrongs appear to have been established at Lismoher, parish of Noughaval, county Clare in the... |
| 28 (Armstrong, Mealiffe) | Armstrong (Chaffpool & Moyaliff) | These Armstrongs are a junior branch of the Armstrong family of Mount Heaton, county Offaly and desc... |
| p.28 | Armstrong (Clooncah) | The Armstrongs owned an estate of 1,520 acres in the parish of Ballynakill, barony of Ballymoe, coun... |
| p.29 (Earl of Arran) | Gore (Castle Gore) | In 1666 the Gores were granted extensive estates, over 14,700 acres, in the barony of Tirawley, coun... |
| p.29-30 | Arthur (Glenomera) | A family who moved from county Limerick to Ballyquin, county Clare when they purchased land from the... |
| p.32 | Trench (Woodlawn) | The Trench family at Woodlawn were one of a number of Trench families who came to prominence in coun... |
| p.32 | Gascoigne/Trench (Castle Oliver) | Richard Oliver of Castle Oliver, county Limerick, took the additional name of Gascoigne when he and... |
| p.34 | Athy | The Athy family were one of the original Tribes of Galway. Their estate was mainly centred around th... |
| p.34 | Atkins (Carrigaline & Queenstown) | Robert Atkins of Waterpark, Carrigaline, county Cork, Sheriff of Cork in 1722 was a relative of Robe... |
| p.34 | Atkinson (Ashley Park) | The Atkinsons of Ashley Park and South Park, county Tipperary, were a junior branch of the Atkinsons... |
| p.37 | Yelverton | From the late 1780s the Yelvertons held an estate in the parish of Ballintober, barony of Carra, cou... |
| p.39 | Bagge (Waterford) | Historical sources suggest the Bagge family descended from John Bagge who settled in Waterford somet... |
| p.39-40. | Bagot (Bagotstown, Ballyturin & Aghrane/Castlekelly) | This family were first established at Bagotstown, county Limerick in the 13th century. They later he... |
| 40 (Bagwell Lisronagh) | Bagwell (Kilmore) | Thomas P. Power writes that John Bagwell, a Clonmel merchant, purchased about 900 acres in the baron... |
| p.40 | Bagwell Purefoy | The Bagwell Purefoys descend from Edward Bagwel, a grandson of John Bagwell of Marlfield, Clonmel, c... |
| p.42 | Bainbridge | John Hugh Bainbridge, son of Thomas Bainbridge a banker of London and Surrey, married Jane Anne West... |
| p.44 | Baker (Lismacue) | The Baker family settled in county Tipperary in the mid 17th century, Walter Baker having obtained a... |
| p.46 | Ball (Fort Fergus) | William Hawkins Ball was the eldest son of Benjamin Ball of Dublin and his wife Elizabeth, daughter... |
| p.47, p.80 (Boyle Bernard) | Bernard | According to Burke, the first Francis Bernard settled in Ireland around the time of Elizabeth I. In... |
| p.49 | White/Hedges White | Richard Hedges of Macroom Castle and Mount Hedges, county Cork, married Mary Eyre and had a son, Ric... |
| p.54 | Barrett (Carrigboy) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation John E. Barrett held an estate in the parish of Kilmichael, baro... |
| pp.54-55 | Barrett (Greenhills & Ballintava) | At the time of Griffith's Valuation, John Samuel Barrett was leasing the Greenhills estate in the pa... |
| p.55 | Barrington (Glenstal) | The Barringtons settled in Limerick city at the end of the 17th century, Benjamin Barrington was she... |
| p.55 | Barron | Burke asserts that this family, originally barons of Burnchurch, county Kilkenny, were a branch of t... |
| p.56 | Barry/Smith-Barry (Fota) | John Smith-Barry of Marbury Hall, Cheshire and Fota Island, county Cork, was a son of James Hugh Smi... |
| p.56 | Barry (Leamlara) | At the beginning of the 18th century the head of this family was Standish Barry, son of David Barry... |
| p.56 | Barry (Kilbolane) | Burke's "Landed Gentry of Ireland" (1904) states that four generations of Barrys had been in possess... |
| p.56 | Barry (Friarstown) | A junior branch of the Barrys of Buttevant, county Cork, settled in the barony of Clanwilliam, count... |
| p.56 | Barry/Harold-Barry | In 1782 Richard Harold of Singland and Pennywell, county Limerick married Mary, only child and heire... |
| p.57 | Barry/Smith-Barry (Ballyedmond) | In 1814 John Smith-Barry of Marbury Hall, Cheshire and Fota Island, county Cork, married Eliza-Mary,... |
| p.57. | Barry (Dunbulloge) | The fee simple estate of Mary Theresa Barry amounting to 4,993 acres mainly in the parish of Dunbull... |
| p.57 | Barry (Kilbarry) | "The Londonderry Journal" (20 June 1772) records the killing in county Cork of Garret Barry, son of... |
| p.57 | Barry (Ballyclogh) | The Barry family, 'McAdam Barry', were established at Lisnagar, Rathcormack and Ballyclough, county... |
| p.57 | Barry (Castle Cor) | In 1754 Richard Barry married Mary Norton and their son Colonel Richard Barry purchased the Castle C... |
| p.57 | Barter (County Cork) | The Barter family were established in county Cork from the late 17th century. Several members of th... |
| p.58 | Barton | The centre of the Barton estate was at Waterfoot near Pettigo in county Donegal. Through marriages w... |
| p.58 | Barton (Rochestown) | In the mid 19th century the representatives of Dunbar Barton (died 1848), sixth son of William Barto... |
| p.58 | Barton (Grove) | Thomas Barton bought the Everard estate at Fethard, county Tipperary, in 1751. He was a member of th... |
| p.60 | Bateman | The Bateman family were lessors in the parish of Killinny, barony of Corkaguiny and Ballincuslane, B... |
| p.64 | Bayley (Rookwood) | Sarah Kelly left her Rookwood estate, which straddled the border of counties Galway and Roscommon, t... |
| p.65 | Bayly (Debsborough) | The Bayly family were established at Debsborough, Nenagh, county Tipperary from the early 18th centu... |
| pp.66-67 | Beamish | Burke's Irish Family Records indicates that lands granted to members of the Beamish family were conf... |
| p.67 | Beamish (Mount Beamish) | Burke indicates that this family was a branch of that of Beamish of Kilmalooda, descended from Richa... |
| p.67 | Bernard (Palace Anne) | Bennett indicates that the Bernards of Palace Anne were descended from Arthur Bernard, brother of Fr... |
| p.70 | Beecher/Becher | Burke's ''Irish Family Records'' and Smith both indicate that the Beechers were originally a Kent... |
| p.74 | Bellew (Mountbellew) | The Bellew family of Williamstown, county Louth, were granted lands in the parish of Moylough, baron... |
| p.75 | Bence-Jones | William Bence-Jones of Lisselane, Clonakilty and addresses in Cork city was an attorney who held "im... |
| p.76 | Bennett (Coachford) | Francis Bennett, of Classes, Coachford and Greganes Manor, Roscarbery, was the owner of over 2800 ac... |
| p.77 | Bennett (Bennett's Court) | The Bennetts were established in county Cork by the mid 17th century and were seated at Ballymore by... |
| p.77 | Bennett (Gleneefy) | William Blacker Bennett died at Castle Creagh, Galbally, county Limerick in 1808. In 1826 Fitzgerald... |
| p.78 | Bentley (Hurdleston) | The ancestors of the Bentleys received land in county Clare under the Cromwellian settlement of the... |
| p.79 | Beresford/Le Poer Beresford | The Beresford family, Marquis of Waterford and Viscount Tyrone, owned land in various parts of Irela... |
| William Clifford Bermingham-Ruthven, p. 80. | Trotter (Kilquain) | Clifford Trotter acquired parts of the Quansbury and Bermingham estate by his marriage to Mary, daug... |
| p.80 (Morrogh Bernard) | Bernard/Morrogh-Bernard | According to Burke, Edward Murrough married Martha Bernard of the county Kerry family and their son... |
| p.81 | Berridge | In 1872 the Ballynahinch estate in county Galway, was bought by Richard Berridge, a London brewer, f... |
| p.81 | Ponsonby (Bessborough, Earl of ) | The Bessborough estate held lands in the parishes of Fenagh and Kiltoghert, county Leitrim during th... |
| p.83 {Bevan of Camass) | Bevan (Camas) | Burke's ''Irish Family Records'' states that Thomas Beevin leased the lands of Camass, county Limeri... |
| p.85 | Biddulph | Nicholas Biddulph of Congor, county Tipperary, was the eldest son of Francis Biddulph of Mount Olive... |
| p.86 | Bingham (Bingham's Castle) | The Bingham family of Newbrook, parish of Robeen, county Mayo, later Barons Clanmorris, inherited ha... |
| p.86 | Birch (Roscrea) | Members of the Birch family were prominent distillers and brewers at Roscrea, county Tipperary in th... |
| p.87 | Birchall | The Birchall (sometimes spelt Burchall) estate held lands in the parish of Kiltoghert, county Leitri... |
| p.90 | Blackall | Major Robert Blackall, of Coolamber, Lisryan, county Longford was recorded as owning over 1800 acres... |
| p.91 | Blackburne | In 1857 The Right Honourable Francis Blackburn of Rathfarnham Castle, county Dublin, purchased 1,180... |
| p.91 | Blacker | Murray MacGregor Blacker was a nephew of William Blacker, a well known author of books on agricultur... |
| p.91 | Blacker | The estate of St. John Blacker, of Ballylongford and Killylea, county Armagh, amounted to over 8000... |
| p.93 | Blake (Menlo) | The Blakes, raised to the peerage as baronets in 1622, were established at Menlough on the bank of t... |
| p.93, 94 | Blake (Towerhill & Bunowen) | The Blakes of Menlo Castle, county Galway, held the lands of Clonyne and Clooneen or Towerhill, pari... |
| p.93, 94 | Blake (Merlin Park) | The Blakes of Moyne, parish of Shrule, county Mayo, were descended from the Blakes of Ardfry, county... |
| p.93 | Blake (Rathville) | John H. Blake was occupying the Rathville estate in the parish of Kilimordaly at the time of Griffit... |
| p.93 | Blake (Renvyle) | Henry Blake returned from Montserrat in 1676 and, according to Martin J. Blake, bought the Lehinch e... |
| p.93 | Blake (Glenlo) | Martin J. Blake writes that Henry Blake of Glenlo Abbey, a medical doctor, was a grandson of Patrick... |
| p.93 | Blake (Cregg Castle) | The Blakes of Cregg Castle, county Galway, were descended from the Blakes of Renvyle and Kiltolla an... |
| p.94 (Joseph Skerrett Blake) | Skerrett (Ballinduff) | The Skerretts owned an estate in the barony of Clare, county Galway, which was confiscated at the ti... |
| p.94 | Blake (Cloghballymore) | Cloghballymore was originally a Kilkelly property but it was granted to the Ffrenchs in the later 17... |
| p.94 | Blake (Hollypark) | In 1824 Pierce Blake of Hollypark is described as a resident proprietor in county Galway. Peter Blak... |
| p.94 | Blake (Annaghdown) | An estate advertised for sale by the Rochforts in 1856 and bought by the Blakes of nearby Cregg Cast... |
| p.94 | Blake (Kiltullagh, Frenchfort & Vermount) | The lands of Kiltullagh/Kiltolla, parish of Oranmore, barony of Dunkellin, county Galway, were grant... |
| p.94 | Blake (Drum, Tully & Gortnamona) | In his genealogy of the Blakes of Drum, Tully and Gortnamona, Martin J. Blake refers to a grant date... |
| p.94 | Blake (Ballyglunin) | In ''Blake Family Records'' Martin J. Blake states that Martin Blake of Cummer, county Galway, purch... |
| p.95 | Blakeney (Abbert) | Robert Blakeney, a member of a family of Elizabethan settlers, was granted lands at Castle Blakeney,... |
| p.95 | Bland (Derryquin) | The Blands were originally a Yorkshire family who settled in Kerry in the early 18th century. Franci... |
| p.96 | Bleazby | The representatives of John Bleazby were the lessors of a townland of over 700 acres in the parish o... |
| p.96 | Blennerhassett (Ballyseedy & Beaufort) | Smith states that the Blennerhassett family were originally from Cumbria, in the north of England. T... |
| p.97 | Blennerhassett (Riddlestown) | The Blennerhassett family acquired estates in county Kerry from the forfeitures of the Earl of Desmo... |
| p.97 | Blennerhassett (Killorglin) | This branch of the Blennerhassett family acquired lands around Killorglin which had formerly been pa... |
| p.98 | Blood (Roxton & Cranagher) | The Blood family was established in county Clare from the early 17th century. By the mid 18th centu... |
| p.98 | Blood (Brickhill) | Descended from Reverend Neptune Blood, Dean of Kilfenora, county Clare, Neptune Bood married Elizabe... |
| p.98 | Blood (Ballykilty) | The Bloods of Ballykilty and Blood Smyths are junior branches of the Blood family of Cranagher, coun... |
| p.98 | Bloomfield | The Bloomfield family were originally settled at Eyre Court, county Galway, in the early 18th centur... |
| p.100 | Bodkin (Kilcloony) | The Kilcloony estate, parish of Tuam, barony of Dunmore, county Galway, was granted to Edward Bodkin... |
| p.100 | Bodkin (Annagh) | The Bodkins, one of the ‘Tribes’ of Galway, were granted Annagh and other lands in the barony of Cla... |
| p.102 | Bolton (Waterford) | Captain William Bolton was granted lands formerly owned by the Aylwards at Faithlegg in county Water... |
| p.102 | Bolton (Co Clare) | Charles Paulet Bolton was an excise officer in county Clare in the late 18th century. Griffith's Va... |
| p.102 | Bolton (Kinsale) | Mary Anne [or Alicia] Bolton was the owner of over 600 acres in county Cork in the 1870s and was one... |
| p.103 | Bond | Burke suggests that the Bond family in Longford were descended from a Yorkshire family who initially... |
| p.105 | Gore Booth | The Gore Booth family were descended from Sir Francis Booth who was granted land at Ardtermon, bar... |
| p.132 [Thomas Young Brooke] | Brooke (Lough Eske) | In the 1870s the estate of Thomas Young Brooke amounted to over 15,000 acres in County Donegal. This... |
| p.542. | Irwin (Streamstown) | Various members of the Irwin family are recorded as the owners of land in county Sligo in the 1870s.... |
| p.57. | Barton (Greenfort) | Burke states that this branch of the Barton family descend from Thomas Barton, one of the first burg... |
| p.212. | Cochrane (Kilmacrenan) | At the time of Griffiths Valuation, in the 1850s, Joseph Cochrane was among the principal lessors in... |
| p.353. | Fenwick (Kilmacrenan) | At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s, William Fenwick was among the principal lessors in... |
| p.932 | Smyth (Mount Henry) | Henry Smyth of Mount Henry, Queen’s County and Terlicken, county Longford, married Olivia, daughter... |
| p.381 | Fox (Foxhall) | Richard E, Fox, of Foxhall, was the owner of over 3000 acres in County Longford in the 1870s. Richar... |