THE CROMWELLIAN SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY OF

LIMERICK.

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BY JAMES GRENE BARRY, Y.R.S.A.I.

Some preliminary remarks are necessary to lead up to my subject, and to explain how the Crornwellian settlement came about..

I n a previous paper I showed the results of the Desmond con- fiscations, and the consequent settlement of this county under Queen Elizabeth. After the Flight of the Earls in 1607, English and Scotch " Undertakers," as they were called, got grants to t h e extent of three million acres in the six escheated Ulster counties (I). I n these grants, however, only the arable Iand is mentioned or measured, amounting to 511,467 acres. T h e mountains, bogs, and uncultivated lands were treated as " waste land " ; but, in course of time, we find this "waste land " was taken possession of by t h e grantees. T h e native Irish were restored," as i t is called, to about 75,000 acres of arable land, and, we may assume, also acquired a due proportion of L' waste land."

I t must be remembered that this Ulster Settlement under James I. was unlike the Munster Settlement of his predecessors, as

- there had been no general rising or overt act of treason committed by the old proprietors.

After the defeat of the Irish at the battle of Kinsale, in 1603, O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, had made his submission and was graciously received into favour by King James in b n d o n . Hugh OPDonnell was, on his submission, created Earl of Tyrconnell. P- -

( I ) The six counties were Armagh, Tyrone, Coleraine (now Derry), Donegal, Fermanagh, and Cavan.

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The King took this opportunity to abolish Tanistry and other old Irish customs, and substituted instead the feudal system of land tenure. The Earls had their vast territories made into shires. Sheriffs were, for the first time, appointed, and judges went circuit.

The Earls, without consulting their Clans, agreed to hold their lands, for the future, direct from the Crown, and their vassals and clansmen were turned into tenants at fixed rents and tenures, instead of holding under the old customary due$. Under the Irish system the Chief was elected from the reigning family by the Clan, and was merely tenant for life of the lands of the Clan, except certain demesne lands, which went with the chiefry. Horvever, this attempt, which I believe was honestly made, to get rid of what was considered barbarous customs, was marred, unfortunately, by the enactment, in 1605, of certain Penal laws against the religion of the Irish people. Up to this time the doctrines of the Reformation had made no way in Ireland. The late Dr. Richey, Professor of Feudal and English Law in T.C.D., says, in one of his well-known lectures .on Irish History :-(2) " The entire population of Ireland was hitherto Catholic ; the Catholics were divided into two parties-the Trish Catholics and the Catholics of the English connexion. The former, clinging to native usages and laws, were in their traditions and ideas utterly opposed to the English rule, and they, as irrecon- cilable~, were destined, if they could not triumph, hopelessly to succumb. The latter, except in the question of religion, were thoroughly English ; they fdrmed the mass of the English partisans, lent to the Government the physical force necessary to its main- tenance, and swelled the official party in the Irish Parliament. I t was this Catholic party which passed the acts relative to the affairs of the Church and the dissolution of the Monasteries."

W e see the Irish of that period differed on every subject except religion. After the plantation of Ulster, and the enactment and strict enforcement of penal laws, the whole aspect changed. The ritual and formularies of the Church were altered, and an active campaign commenced against the old religion. Endowed schools were +established in each county, and a provision was made for a resident ' Ptotestant clergy in every parish ; so that under this plantation,

(2) " A Short History of the Irish People." Ed. 1887, p. 613.

Professor Richey says that the Protestant clergy "got for the first time a social status in the country which they had never enjoyed before."

The new Planters formed a loyal body, whose interests was to support the Government in enforcing religious conformity. They naturally looked forward to futher confiscations. The Catholics of the Pale were, at last, forced to side with their CO-religionists, and thus came about for the first time an united Irish party. We, there- fore, find two elements of discontent : I--the confiscation of the tribe lands in Ulster, owing to the outlawry of the Chiefs ; 2-religious persecution, which extended to the whole of Ireland.

Partial risings were from time to time put down with the strong hand, and considerable portions of the Counties of Leitrim, Long- ford, King's County and Wexford, were escheated and planted. When the Government of Ireland came into the hands of Black Tom " Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, the country was, to all appear- ances, enjoying a period of peace and contentment. In order to find funds for his royal master to fight his Scotch subjects, Strafford made a progress through the greater part of Ireland, and appointed LLDiscoverers," to investigate and pick holes in the titles to lands granted during the previous reign. By taking advantage of technical errors in these patents from the Crown, he succeeded in raising a lalge sum for the King, without giving him the trouble to appeal to Parliament. T h t ~ s we have a new source of discontent.

The old Connaught proprietors, who in Queen Elizabeth's time paid large sums to save their estates from a claim three hundred years old, and had got new patents from the Crown, had' now these same estates confiscated. Strafford at first offered them half their old estates under fresh patents, the other half to revert to the Crown for a new Plantation; but Charles was now in trouble with his Par-

liament, and preferred money. Consequently, they were graciously allowed to compound for the retention of their estates by the payment of large fines.

~ u c l i was the condition of affairs in Ireland when the outbrealr or national rising of 1641 toak place. I t is not my intention to take sides in the controversy as to the alleged wholesale massacres .and atrocities connected with this event,except to state that it has

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been conceded by all unprejudiced historians that the exaggerated details of massacres given by Sir John Temple, in his narrative published in 1645, may be discounted and discredited.

I have so far given, as concisely as possible, the three active elements which led up t o the civil war of 1641, which lasted for over nine years, and ended so disastrously for the Irish nation by the confiscations and settlement of the country under Cromwell.

The Irish were at first successful in capturing t h e principaI walled towns. when Limerick revolted, Captain George Courtenay, a younger son of Sir William Courtenay, was in the castle with sixty of his own company, twentyeight warders and others, to the number of two hundred men, but they were scanty of provisions and could get none from the town except by stealth. They had arms of one sort or other for all the men, but not above sixty muskets or caliveis that were serviceable : the rest were petronels, pistols, carabines, brown-bills and fowling pieces. There were three demi-canon, two sakers, and one minion ; but not above five or six firkins of powder in the place. The first work the Irish set about in order to take the fort was the making of a .boomacross the river, over against a place called Mock Beggar Mear (1 ) within musket shot of the castle. I t was made of long ashen trees fastened with iron links on the Thomond side to two mill stones, and at the other end to the tower of the key. The Irish plied the garrison with their shot from St. Mary's church, so that none could stir in the castle-yard. On June z ~ s f Captain Courtenay capitulated when part of the wall fell down." Limerick was taken by the Confederate Catholics, under Lords Ikerrin and Muslrerry and General Barry, on June zrst, 1642. King Charles now offered to come over and lead his army to subdue thpse wicked and detestable rebels," but the Parliament refused either to allow him to leave England or to vote funds for the army. They substituted a scheme for raising funds by private subscription to pay an army for conquering Ireland.

By the Adventurers' Act, passed on February ~ 6 t h ~ r C q , every one who would bring in and adventure money for the "

reducing of Ireland should hare so many acres of the Irish rebels lands, proportionable to the money which they brought in." There

(3) . " Life of the Duke of Ormond." Vol. II., p. 3 0 4

were 1,360 subscribers under this scheme, and the sum subscribed amounted to ;643,406 5s. od.

Prendergast, in his Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland," gives the names, occupations, and amounts subscribed by these adven- turers. We find all classes mixed up in this adventure-Peers, Parliament-men, army men, gentlemen, professional men, merchants, traders, farmers, and artisans. 2,;oo,ooo acres were to be parcelled

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out among these men, in proportion to the money subscribed. Sub-

scribers of Lzoo were to be allotted I,OOO acres in Ulster ; of £300, .: r,ooo acres in Connaught ; of L ~ o o , 1,000 acres in Munster ; and of 6600, 1,ooo acres in Leinster. In this way an army of ;,OOO foot and 400 horse was raised and equipped for service in Ireland ; but before they reached that country the Civil War broke out in England, and they were ordered to join the Parliamentary forces at Edgehill, where they were cut to pieces by the Royal forces.

The next scheme adopted by the English Parliament for the re-conquest of Ireland was the pledging of the chief sea-ports to the public, on the following terms :-Limerick City, with 12,000 acres of land adjoining, was offered for ~ 3 o , o o o , and a rent to the State of A625 a year ; Waterford, with I j,ooo acres adjoining, at the same rate ; Galway, with ~o ,boo acres adjoining, for &7,joo, and a rent of £520 a year ; and Wexford, with 6,000 acres adjoining, for ~ 5 , o o o , and a rent of £156 4s. 4d. a year. But the English public refused to swallow this rich bait, having in mind the fate of the Adventurers.

In 1b43 the Marquis of Ormond had been made, by the King, Lord Lieutenant and Commander-in-Chief in Ireland. He, however, made terms with the Parliament in 1647, and surrendered to them Dublin and the other fortified towns ; whereupon a reinforcement of 1,400 foot and 600 horse were sent to Ireland, under Generals Kipper and Massy.

On the death of the King, in 1649, the Parliament were free to give their undivided attention to the conquest of Ireland. The General they selected was Oliver Cromwell.

'ro understand the situation at this date in Ireland, it will be necessary for us to enter fhe Irish camp, and see how matters have developed there since I 641. In the Parliamqnt which met in I 639 the Catholic party had a majority both in the Houses of Peers and

Commons. The Members of Parliament for the County of Limerick were Sir Edward Fitzharris and Bromne Miles ; for the City of Limerick, Alderman Nicholas Arthur and Dominick White ; for Kilmallock, Messrs. Kearney and St. Leger; for Askeaton, Roger Rice and Maurice Williams.

Roger, or Rory, O'Moore was the most prominent Member of the Catholic party in this Parliament. Having failed in, his efforts to redress the grievances of his CO-religionists, he formulated a plan to seize Dublin Castle, which failed. He was in correspondence ,

with Owen Roe O'Neill, a nephew of the Earl of Tyrone, who had lost his ancestral territory as we have seen. O'Neill was an able and experienced General, who had graduated as a soldier in the Nether- lands. He took command of the old Irish of Ulster against the Scotch army of Montrose and Leslie, I 2,000 strong ; and his victory against the former General, at Benburb, proved his prowess as a

' capable leader and skilful General. The country at this time was governed by the Kilkenny Con-

federation, consisting of the Bishops, clergy, Peers, and principal Catholic gentry. The Papal Legate, or Nuncio, Rinuccini, arrived on the scene in 1645, and soon afterwards a split took place between the Lords of the Pale and the Church Party led by Rinuccini. The former made peace with Orinonde in I 646, purchasing their own safety at the expense of the clergy and of the old Irish of Ulster. The Nuncio, from Limerick, :issued a decree condemning the peace and calling on all military and civil officers to "withdraw their allegiance from the late Supreme Council."

Owen Roe O'Neill marched his Ulster men into Leinster, and soon had possession of Kilkenny; the Supreme Council flying to Dublin. O'Neill formed a provisional Council in their stead, with the Nuncio as President. But the other section of the Confederates were the strongest; they entered into a treaty with Lord Inchiquin (Morogh-an-totane), who commanded the Parliamentary forces in Munster-he had changed sides in 1644, and now changed over to the King's party. The combined forces were turned against Owen Roe and his Ulster army. A proclamation was issued from Kilkenny, where the Supreme Council had re-established itself, declaring Owen Roe OINeill, Rory OIMore, and the other Catholic leaders " to be

common enemies and disturbers of the peace of our Sovereign Lord the King," and ordering the Nuncio to forthwith quit the Kingdom of Ireland.

Of course there was a counter-blast from Rinuccini and the Bishops, denouncing the peace of 1648. Ormond, whc had once again changed sides, now entered Kilkenny in state, and was received with acclamation and great rejoicing. His first act, how- ever, was to dissolve the Supreme Council.

Such was the state of parties in Ireland on the death of Charles F

I. Ormond at once proclaimed Charles II., and called on all the'. Irish parties to unite under the Royal banner against the rebel Parliament of England. On the 12th of October, 1649, he signed a treaty with Owen Roe O'Neill, but, unfortunately for the Royal cause, Owen Roe died on the 6th of the following November, and his veteran Ulster army of 6,000 foot and 500 horse were left without a leader.

Ormond was not successful in his efforts to unite the Irish parties under his leadership. (4) " Ormond had used all imaginable pains and descended to all the arts of persuasion to engage the magis- trates and citizens of Limerick to a step which was necessary for the" security of their persons, estates and religion. But he was so far from prevailing that they did not treat him with those outward forms of civility and respect which had been in no other place denied. The officers that commanded the City guards neither came to him for orders nor imparted them to him. . . . To show the contempt they had of the King's authority they committed to prison the Viskount Kilmallock, a Roman Catholic peer and an officer of the army (the Lord Lieutenant himself being upon the place), for no other reason, but for quartering for one night some horsemen under his command by the Marquis of Ormond's own orders, within the liberties of the City. . . There was a Dutch shiIj in the river, on board which he put two trunks of papers he was desirous of sending abroad. Dominick Fanning gathering a parcel of young men about him in a riotous manner entered the ship, broke open and rifled the trunks. When they found instead of money papers they desisted. The Mayor had opposed them in the attempt but in vain. The Marquis, to encourage the good inclinations +

(4) " Life of the Duke of Ormond." Vol. II., pp. 546-59. 9

professed, removed to Clare, quartering the troops he had with him (1700 foot and 350 horse) in the neighbourhood. . . . Fanning and his party called in Colonel Mortagh O'Brien, a man entirely devoted to their faction, with his regiment increased by zoo recruits, and though the Mayor opposed his entrance at the gates, they made their way into the City by force, seized the magazine of corn laid up there for the supply of the army, and a quantity of corn belonging to his Excellency himself. . . . Soon after Ireton advancing with his troops they appeared inclined to accept a garrison, but would have it composed of their own choosing, among which they insisted particularly on O'Brien's regiment. This obstinacy and disobedience of Limerick made it impossible for the Marquis of Ormond either to gather or keep the body of an army together." Limerick refused to receive or treat with him. He finally made Loughreagh his headquarters, and appointed Lords Clanricarde and Castlehaven and General Preston to the commands of the Leinster and Munster forces, and made Bishop Heber McMahon, of Clogher, General of Owen Roe's veteran Ulster men, with the result that the Bishop and his army were totally defeated by Sir Charles Coote in a pitched battle near Letterkenny, The Bishop and many notable Ulster men were taken prisoners, and were in due course hanged and quartered in the town of Enniskillen.

1 Olives Crornwell now appears on the scene, having been made

Lord Lieutenant of 1reland and Commander-in-Chief by the Par- liament. He arrived in Dublin on the 15th of August, 1649, with a force of 8,000 foot and 4,000 horse, and the sum of ~ z o o , ~ o o in cash. The Munster garrisons, under Lords Inchiquin and Broghill, revolted, and joined the Parliamentary forces in the October and November following ; and when Cromwell sailed from Youghal on the 20th May, 1650, the conquest of Ireland had been practically completed, Limerick and Galway being the only towns of any importance which still held out for the King.

General Ireton, Cromwell's son-in-law, succeeded as Lord Deputy and Commander of the Parliamentary Forces. Limerick surrendered to him in October, 165 I , after a gallant defence, lasting six months. Ireton died there on the 15th of the following November, and was succeeded by 'General Fleetwood as Lord

Deputy. On the 12th ?Ifay, 1652, the Leinster army surrendered, .and terms were agreed on, known as the " Kilkenny Articles." The Ulster and Munster forces accepted these terms soon after, and laid down their arms.

They were, according to these " Articles," to receive protection for themselves and their fanlilies, and the Parliamentary Commis- sioners undertook to mediate between them and the English Par-

! liament, that they might enjoy in peace what remained of their lands ; and those not satisfied with the action of Parliament were to., be free to leave the country, and to take service with any foreign' State they might select.

The country was now, at the end of the mar, in a deplorable / state-depleted of men and money, stricken with fire and sword, without cattle or growing crops, and with a plague-stricken and starving population. The population of Ireland in 1641 was r ,~oo,ooo; in 1652 it was only 85o,ooo,-a reduction of 6~0,ooo in a

1 decade. The population of Dublin in 1641 was estimated at zo,ooo. I I t is recorded that in Dublin alone 17,ooo died of the plague

between 1650 and 1652. The total revenue of Ireland was only ~ 1 9 8 , 0 0 0 a year, but the cost of the army of occupation, estimated at 30,000 men, came to ~ 5 0 0 , o o o a year.

The remedy found by the English Parliatnent for this lament- able state of affairs was a plan for the speedy planting of the country with the "Adventurers " and disbanded soldiers. I t was proposed that all the confiscated lands should be at once surveyed, and that " all soldiers should bring in their demand of arrears, so to give every man by lot so many acres as should answer the value of his demand." The private soldiers and non-commissioned officers were to have their lots at the same rate as the "Adventurers"; lieutenants, cornets, ensigns, and quartermasters at two-thirds of the same rates; and all officers above those degrees at one-half those sates ; and should any private soldier wish to compound his arrears in gross, he was to get ten acres of land for every year of his service.

Half the Province of Connaught, west of the Shannon (in- cluding portion of the County Clare), was set apart for the Irish proprietois, who were ordered to transplant before the first day of May, 1654, under the penalty of death. A band along the River

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Shannon, four miles wide, was reserved for the soldiers, in order t o secure the imprisonment of the transplanted Irish. This band was

subsequently reduced a mile from the river, and a circuit round Limerick City of three miles.

When this proclamation for transplanting was issued, the gentry and farmers were busy in harvesting their scanty crops. Each person had to get a certificate, describing his or her personal appearance, position, age, and that of each member of the,ir families and households ; also the quantity of cattle, horses, crops, etc., pro- posed to be removed. These documents are known as "Transplanters' Certificates,"and had to be presented to the Commissioners for t h e allotment of lands in Connaught before the first day of February, 1654 The following names appear in these lists connected with the County and City of Limerick :-

Arthur, Barry, Bourke, Brown, Casey, Clanchy, Creagh, Can- - tillon, Comyn, Gould, Fitzgerald, Fitzgibbon, Kennedy, Fitzharris, Harold, Hartigan, Hurley, Hogan, Lacy, Lee or Leo, Mulqueen, Mulcahy, McMahon, McSheehy, Liston, Naish, Power, Purcell, OIBrien, O'Shaughnessy, OIMolloney, OIHea, O'Mahony, O'Madigan OIHeffernan, OIHalloran, O'Dwyer, OIConnor, Ryan, Roche, Roch- ford, Ronan, Russell, Rawley, Stacpoole, Stritch, Sarsfield, Scanlan, Sullivan, Sheehan, Walsh, White, Wolfe.

Sir Nicholas Comyn was a notable citizen of Limerick, who had 1 t o transplant with many of his neighbours. His certificate describes

him as "Sir Nicholas ~ o m b n , of the Liberties of Limerick, numb at t he side of his body of a dead palsy; his Lady Katherine Comyn, aged thirty-four years, flaxen hair, middle stature ; and one maid servant, Honor McNamara, aged 2 0 years, browne hair, middle stature, etc." Ignatius Stacpoole, of Limerick, is described as an "Orphan, aged I I years, flaxen hair, full face, low stature. Katherine, sister of the said Ignatius, 8 years, flaxen hair, f t~ll face, having no substance to relieve them."

The following is the certificate of a County Limerick gentleman of position, whc se property was confiscated :- '' We, the Commissioners, do hereby certify that Sir David Eourke, of Kilpeacon in the Barony of Small County and County of Limerick, hath, upon the 19th of November, 1653, delivered unto us, in writing, the names of himself

and such other persons as are to remove with him, with the quantities and qualities of their stock and tillage, the contents whereof are as follows, viz. : the said Sir David Bourke, adged 64 years, middle stature, brown hair; the Lady Catherine Bourke, adged 58 years, white hoary hair; Oliver Bourke, son of the said Sir David, adged 38 years, middle stature, full face, black hair ; Edmund Bourke, another son, adged 37 years, middle stature, sick of the body, red hair; Patrick Bourke, another son of the said Sir David's, adged 35 years, tall stature, flaxen hair ; David Bourke, another son, adged 28 years, middle stature, f lax~n hair." Then comes a list of their followers and servants, " their substance one plough of garans, tenn cows, six acres of barley sowed, the substance whereof we believe to be true." ( 5 )

The old Anglo-Irish families of the Pale-Butlers, Fitzgeralds, Barnwalls, Cheevers, Dillons, Cusacks, Lutterells, Plunkets, Talbots, Nettervills, &c, whose ancestors, from the time of King John, held the Pale for the English against the mere Irish, were now, in the depth of winter, forced to transplant into Connaught, with their families. They sent petitions and remonstrances to the Government without avail, their lands were required for the motley crew of Adventurers and soldiers, and they had to go.

The old native inhabitants of Limerick, and the colony of fisher men, claimed exemption from transplanting, on the ground that they had always assisted the English garrison and that it was their interest which induced the City to surrender during Ireton's seige. These were the descendants of Danish and English traders who inhabited the English-town, and who considered themselves the aristoqacy of Lime- rick, and who looked down on the mere Irish who dwelt in the Irish- town. But the Crom~ellians treated all alike, and many of their names may be found in the list of the transplanted from the " prescint of Limerick."

Here is a characteristic petition from the children of a Limerick Alderman, in 1654 :-" The humble petition of Christina Roche, dustace Kate and John Roche, the children of Alderman Jordan Roche, decd. : sheweth that Alderman Jordan Roche dyed seized of a vast real estate to the value of ~ 2 0 0 0 a year, and likewise of a considerable personal estate, all which devolved and came to the publique. That

(5 ) Book of Transplanters' Certificates, County Limerick.

your poor petitioners are in a sad and deplorable condition for want of sustinance, or mayntenance, and have nothing to live on, but what they can earne by their needles and by washing and wringing, and they pray to be allowed something out of their father's estate." Alderman Roche lived at Newcastle, that ivy-clad ruin Limerick people know so well, and was owner of the surrounding lands.

I t was on the Cathdic nobility and gentry that the blow chiefly fell, as most of the peasantry who survived the civil war hkd left the country. Forty thousand Irishmen went into the services of the Kings of Spain, France, and Poland, and served with distinction in the low countries and elsewhere on the continent of Europe. The Bristol sugar merchants had entered into an agreement with the Government for the transportation of men, women and children, to the sugar plantations in the West Indies. I n a few years 6,400 natives of Ireland were shipped to the sugar plantations under the warrant of the Puritan Parliament. I t is on record that in the month of October, 1655, rooo young men and 1000 girls were shipped from the port of Galway, consigned to merchants in Jamaica.

T e remnant of natives who still survived all this were not sent to CJ-t

" h or Connaught," for the following reasons, (6) given by Colonel Ingoldsby, Governor of Limerick :-

( I ) "They were useful as earth-tillers and herdsmen.

(2) "Deprived of their clergy, and living among the English settlers, they wduld become, eventually, Protestants, and loyal subjects to the Parliament.

(3) "The gentry in Connaught, deprived of their followers, must either starve, or, in time, become peasants themselves."

On the 26th September, 1653, an Act was passed for the settlement of Ireland. The towns, church lands and tithes, were reserved by the Puritan Parliament for their own purposes. They abolished all Church dignitaries-Archbishops, Bishops, Deans, &c. They reserved, also, the counties of Dublin, Kildare, Cork, and Carlow. The rest of Ireland was to be divided between Adventurers and soldiers. I t was found that the amount due to the Adventurzrs was &36o,ooo, and the arrears of pay due to the soldiers ~1 ,550 ,000 . 1.0ts were to be drawn by a

(6) Threnodia Iiiberno-Catholics, &C., p. 25.

committee representing both classes. I n the county Limerick ~ 3 0 , 0 0 0 worth of land was set out for Adventurers at the rate of 81- per acre.

Dr. William Petty, physician to the forces, entered into an Agree- ment, dated December ~ ~ t h , 1654, for the surveying and mapping of the escheated lands in Ireland. H e was to receive for every thousand plantation acres of profitable land surveyed £7 3s. qd. For every thousand acres of bog and mountain, called unprofitable land, £3, and the same price for church lands. In addition, he was to receive a sum of L r o o o for the maps. The work was contracted to be completed in thirteen months from February ~ s t , 1655.

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This is the history of the well-known Down survey," which was completed in the county Limerick in 1657. The survey and maps are to be seen in the Public Record Office, Dublin.

Dr. Petty employed over one thousand assistants in this great work, chiefly disbanded soldiers, who were placed under skilled surveyors. Petty's chief assistant in this survey was 'I'homas i'aylor, ancestor of the Marquis of Headfort. who got extensive grants of land in the neighbour- hood of Kells, county Meath.

A great part of the county Limerick was surveyed and mapped under the supervision of Mr. Thomas Jackson. According to his survey the total escheated lands in this county amounted to zgo,ooo acres, or one half of the whole county.

In the Eooks of Survey and Distribution the names of the old proprietors and grantees are given, the townlands with the area, the parishes and baronies. (The maps are, when compared with the Ordnance Survey maps, found to be wonderfully accurate.)

According to this survey there were about ~o ,ooo acres of church lands in this county, and the unprofitable land amounting to about one- tenth of the whole. The commons attached to the adjacent townlands and hamlets were not assessed against the grantees in their patents.

In July, 1656, the first allotment of lands in this county was made to the soldiers. The first regiments disbanded were the horse regiments of Generals Ludlow, Sir Charles Coote, Colonel Ingoldsby and Colonel Pretty. Colonel Chidley Coote's regiment got assignments of land in the barony of Coshlea, at the rate of 121- an acre, equal to A600 for rooo acres. Colonel Richard Coote got an assignment in Small county, at 161- an acre, and Major Ormsby and Major King, in Coshma, at 141-

an acre. General Jones and the officers of the Life Guards got grants in Clanwilliam, at the rate of 221- the acre.

The country was in a deserted and wasted condition at this time- a complete wilderness. Most of the soldiers became discontented and refused to settle on their lots, and were glad to sell their debentures to their officers for the price of their passage back to England. One of' the grievances of the soldiers was that they were forbidden to marry the Irish girls, under severe penalties. Another cause of discontent was the great increase of wolves and Tories.

Wolves had become so numerous tha: the Governors of each district were directed to fix certain days for wolf-hunting, and a reward of £5 was offered for the head of every wolf brought to the local authority. Wolves had become so troublesome about Dublin that the Government, in 1653, gave Captain Edward Piers a lease of the lands of Dunboyne, valued at £543 8s. 8d. a year, on the condition of main- taining a pack of hounds for wolf-hunting, with " a knowing huntsman, two men, and one boy." H e was bound to bring in a certain number of wolf-heads, as stipulated in his lease, for the next five years, under a penalty of £ 5 for every wolf's head short of the number. This, I think, is the first mention of a regular public pack of hounds in Ireland.

In the first United Parliament, which met at Westminster in 1657, Captain Morgan, M.P. for the County Wicklow, complained of the heavy assessment the counties had to bear owing to the cost of hunting and paying for the capture of the three burdensome beasts, " the Tory, the Wolf, and the Priest," pnd prayed relief. (7 ) The Tories were the natives who refused to transplant and were outlawed, -4s a rule, they were led by some gentleman who had been despoiled of his estate. They kept up a constant guerrilla war against the new settlers. Large sums were given by the Government for the capture of the leaders, and £5 for the head of every Tory brought in to the local authorities.

No doubt, the folldwing nursery rhyme is familiar to many :- l ' Johnny Dory, what is your story?

I went to the wood and shot a Tory. I went to the wood and shot another : Was it the same, or was it his brother?

" I hunted him in, I hunted him out, Three times through the wood, and about and about, 'Till out of a hush I spied his head, So I levelled my gun and shot him dead."

(7) Parliamentary Diary, 10th June, 1657.

Although large sums were spent in Tory-hunting, the race did not become extinct until the middle of the eighteenth century. The baronies were heavily fined by a blood tax in this warfare. For every Cromwellian officer killed by the Tories, a fine of £100 was levied on the barony, and for every soldier or settler the sum of £20.

The priests who had escaped hanging, or transportation to the West Indies, were interned in the Isles of Aran and Inishboffin, which were made penal settlements for the occasion. Each priest was allowed sixpence per day for his maintenance.

A small body of Quakers settled in the city of Limerick in 1 6 ~ 2 . They were looked on by the Cromwellians as a L'particularly dangerous people." Colonel Ingoldsby, the Governor, was directed by the Government to " secure divers persons commonly called Quakers, who were disturbing the congregations of sober Christians, and discouraging divers godly ministers of the Gospel, and thereby bringing into contempt the ordinances of God."

After the restoration of Charles 11. the old proprietors entertained great hopes of getting back, at least, a portion of their ancient estates, which most of them had lost by joining the King's side against the Parliament. However, from the first they were doomed to disappoint- ment. The Irish Parliament met on the 8th of May, 1661. I t was composed of 260 members, principally representatives of the new Crom- wellian burgesses, who now inhabited the towns. The counties had only 64 representatives in the House of Commons. Limerick County was represented by Sir William King, of Kilpeacon, and Robert Oliver of Clonodfoy ; Limerick City by Standish Hartstonge and Gerald Fitzgerald ; Kilmallock by John Bridges and Rrooke Bridges ; Askeaton by Richard Southwell and Peter Pett.

The House of Lords was composed of 72 Protestant Peers, many of them of recent creation, and 24 Bishops, with only 21 Catholic Peers.

The first act of this Parliament was to decree that no member would be qualified to sit and vote unless he had first taken the oaths of supremacy and conformity. This act got rid of the Catholic minority, and it is not surprising, therefore, that there was no redress for the ancient forfeiling proprietors. I t was decreed that all Adventurers and soldiers in occupation of confiscated lands on the first day of January, 1660, were not to be disturbed.

In 1662 a Court of Claims was established to hear and decide the cases of certain " Innocent Papists.'' This Court had authority to sit

for twelve months, but, as a matter of fact, they only sat from the month of February to the following August; and out of 4,000 claims listed for hearing they only gave decisions, mostly favourable, in 6,80 cases. The rest got no redress. \

The Acts of "Settlement and Restoration," which passed between 1661 and 1665, settled finally the land question of that period. Among those whose claims had not been settled up to'this were the " '49 officers," i.e., those officers who had served the King in Ireland previous to the 5th June, 1649. They were now b r ~ u g h t in under the Acts of Settlement, and got grants of lands and houses in the towns, which had not previously been disposed of. This assignment was made through trustees specially appointed for the purpose. Captain John Croker, of Skule Castle, was one of the trustees appointed. The sum of £3,000 was due to him for arrears of pay. H e bought Eallynagarde for this sum from Colonel Randal Clayton, who had got a grant of it for an arrear of £478. I t was the property of Theobald Bourke. Among

the Restorees of Charles II., under the Acts of Settlement, were the following " Innocent Papists " from the County Limerick :-Lord Castle. eonnell, Lord Brittas, Piers Lacy, of Bruff; Sir Edmund Fitzharris, of Clonodfoy, and Major Oliver Fitzharris ; John Fox, of Bulgaden ; Terence O'Bryan, of Pallasgrealr ; Dermot O'Sheahan, of Rathmore ; Colonel Pierce Walsh, of Abington ; John White, of Loughill; Robert South- well, of Rathkeale ; a n 4 Thady Quin. Lord Castleconnell and Piers Lacy had shared the King's exile.

Having made an accurate copy of the Book of Survey and Distribution for the County Limerick, I shali give in detail, at the end of this paper, the portion dealing with the South Liberties of Limerick, and can, from time to time, should circumstances permit, publish the survey and distribution of the escheated lands in this county, barony by barony.

The North Liberties of Limerick are omitted from the Down Survey books, as Sir William Petty was determined this valuable tract should fall to his own lot. H e very candidly tells the story (8) himself. Sir

Jerome Sankey having brought the complaint of Captain Winkworth to

(8) Larcom's l' Down Swvey."

whom 1453 acres in the North Liberties of Limerick were allotted, before Parliament : " Why then, Mr. Speaker (said Sir Jerome), there's Captain Winkworth. Captain Winkworth came with an order for the Liberties of Limerick, but the Doctor said, 'Captain, will you sell? Will you sell? ' 'No,' said the Captain, ' it is the price of my blood.' 'I'hen said the Doctor, "Tis bravely said : why then, my noble Captain, the Liberties pf Limerick are meat for your master,' meaning the Lord Deputy."

Petty had got the following order made in Dublin, 25th February, 1657, which assigns him the coveted lands. '' We assign to the afork- said Dr. Wm. Petty and his heirs and assigns, the several lands hereafter mentioned, which lands contain in all 1453 acres one rood, lyeing in the North Liberties of the City of Limerick, and are in satisfaction of A653 19s. 3d., for certain service done since the 5th day of June, I 649.''

Sir William Petty married, in 1667, Elizabeth, dLughter of Sir Hardress Waller, of Castletown. H e left two sons and one daughter. Both !Sons succeeded to the peerage of Shelbourne, conferred on Petty's widow, but, both dying without issue, his vast estates came, in due course, to the descendants of his only daughter, who had married the first Earl of Kerry, from whom the present Marquis of Lansdowne descends, and who now owns the North Liberties of Limerick, which his ancestor acquired in the manner stated above.

This completes a very cursory sketch of the great revolution in the

ownership of land in this county, 250 years ago. About two-thirds gf the county of Limerick changed hands in the two great revolutions I have sketched-the Desmond and the Cromwellian settlements. Before the "rising" of 1641 the Catholic gentry were owners of nearly nine- tenths of the land in this country ; after the Cromwellian 'settlement they only retained about one-third of their ancient patrimony.

I t is, however, a mistake to assume that the farmers and peasantry suffered in like manner. The Cromwe:lian settlers, like their English predecessors, the " Undertakers," found it impossible to work their lands profitably without the assistance of the natives, consequently they very soon commenced to let their lands "farm-ways " to the Irish, and very often accepteci as tenants the old proprietors or their descendants.

'The Irish Government did their best to prevent the acquisition of land

becoming "more Irish than the Irish themselves."

I 8

by the old Irish, but without much success. O n the accession of

James 11. the land of the country was practically in the occupation~of the native Irish, but only as tillers of the soil. Lord Clarendon, was Lord Lieutenant in 1686, says that few of the Adventurers and soldiers then remained in the country.

Many contemporary writers lament that the children of the settlers could only speak Gaelic, and bitterly complain that owing to daily association with the natives and intermarriage with Irish girls, " Old Noll's Ironsides " had degenerated into mere Irishmen, and here I part company with the Cromwellian settlers, undergoing the old p r o c e s of

T H E CROMWELLIAN SETTLEMENT OF T H E COUNTY OF

LIMERICK.

BY JAMES GRENE BARRY, D.L., M.R.S.A.I. r

PART THE SECOND.

Having given the history of the Down Survey in the First Part of the Cromwellian Settlement of the County Limerick, it only remains for me to give in detail, from " T h e Books of Survey and Distribution," the transfer of the escheated lands, townland by townland, and parish by parish, in each barony of the County.

T h e total area of Ireland, exclusive of bogs and loughs, according to this survey, was 10,500,ooo acres, Irish Plantation Measure. Of this there were 1,500,ooo acres of mountain and coarse grazing, and about 1,500,000 waste and commons, leaving 7,500,ooo profitable or arable land. I t was estimated that English settlers and Protestants held about 2,000,000 acres, and that the Glebe a r ~ d Church lands amounted to 300,000 acres, leaving the area of lands escheated at 5,200,000 ?cres, plantation measure.

T h e Down Survey gives the total area of the County Limerick at l

375,320 acres, I.P.M., of which amount about ~ 3 0 , o o o were escheated. T h e following return of the baronies, surveyed under the supervision of Mr. Thomas Jackson, gives an example of how the lands were classified.

Baronies I P~ofitable Unp~ofitahle. Idand / u n d e r I ober 1 Church Lands. / Total I.P.hI. - ~

- South Liberties A. R. P.

ofLimeriLk .. 11~342 I 29 Clanwilliam . . 17,30z 2 37 Small County . . 10,819 o 16 Kilmallock . . 1,915 I 21

Coshlea . . . q,o74 r ro Coshma .. 15,195 o o

5c0 Acres. 500 Acrei. A. R. P. A. R.. P.

1,352 2 0

1,362 o o 942 o o 483 2 0 17 0 0 -

3,107 2 36 1,476 0 0 502 2 0

----p-----p------ --- Totals . / 85,748 3 33 1 6,821 0 36 / 1.418 0 0 l 5,002 O I I I 99.994 1 0

DOWN SURVEY OF THE COUNTY LIMERICK.

SOUTH LIBERTIES O F LIMERICIC.

Thos. Arthur Pat. Harrold J. Oge White B. Rice J. Stritch Corporation Land Earl of Thomond

Do. Christopher Sexton Corporation Land

. . . Bealincurrv

. . . Farran~on&~h

. . A Garden . Do. ... Do. . . . Corlcenree . . Farrangalla

. . Courbraclc

.. . Priors Land

. . hlonegealagh &

... Sir Ralph Wilson ( I ) ...

. . . Daniel Gowrman . . .

. .. Do. ...

.. Do. ... Do. ...l

1: ~ o t seqnestereci , , I

I -- -

(1) Colonel Sir Ralph W~lson got large grants of lands in the Coun~y, including Bilboa, near Cappau~nre, Caherconlish, Koher, Ralhbane, and Tervoe, afterwards sold to the Monsells. The late Charles Monck Wllson, who sold Caherconlish in 1865, was the last of this family res~dlng in this County

John Fox-Fitzjames . . . Bailysheda . . Richard Waller . . . Alderman Thos Arthur Rathmisteele .. . Qdward Weir

Do. . . .

... Do. . . . Duke of York ... Don~inicli Fanning . . . Rathbane . . . Sir Ralph Wilson ...

Do. ... Do. ... 110. Do. . . . Banelisheen . . . .John Winkworth .. . DO. . . . Two Ardnevokes ... Do. Du.

. , . ... Turf bog common to ... adjacent lands . . .

Do. ... Rathgrellane ... Sir Iialph Wilson ... Pierse Creagh ... Do. .. . Do. . . . Dominiclc Fanning ... Sken Abbey ... Do.

, . . Hart. Stacbpoole .. . Ranneree ... DO. . . . Nicholas Bonrke Fitz-

william ... North Ralhurd ... John Friend (2) ... James Bourlie .. . ' DO. .. John Winkworth .. . Nicholas Power ... Gorteenonelagh ... Sir Ralph Wilson ... Roberr Long Merchant . Clownelong . . . Daniel Bov~n~an . . .

DO. . . . Bog in cornm.~,n*, . . . Do. Galvone

... Spittle land .. . Not sequestered , .. . (2) Captain John Friend got also the iands of Bosliill and adjoining

still in possession of his descendants. townlands,

Thomas Arthur Pat. Creagh Fitzstephen Richard Fanning . . Sir Nicholas Comyn . . Richard Gavin Sir David Bourke ..

S Gardens ... Daniel Bowman .. . , 7 Gardens . . . 130. . . . I Gardec . . . Do. . . . I Garden ... Do. . . . I Garden .. . Do. . . . I Garden .. . DO. ...

Alderman T. Arthur ... Reboge , , , Sir Wm King (3) 131 0 0

Sir Nicholas Comyn ... n o . .. . Do. :::l 258 0 0

Sir Jeff Gallway ... Park Callehoolane ... Do. .. 140 0 0

Thos. Arthur . . . Gortneskagh . . . John Vaughan ...l 27 0 0

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(3). Sir William King qot lands to the extent of 21,600 acres in this County. He

fixed h ~ s residence at Kilpeacon, the ancient Demesne of Sir David Bourke, Bart. Leaving no issue, his estates descended to his grand nephews, Richard and Edward Villiers. 1Ie succeeded Sir Ralph Wilson as Mayor of Limerick, A.D. 1665.

ST. LAURENCE PARISH.

I OLD PROPRIETOR TOWNLAND I GRANTEE AREA,I. P. M.

l a. r. p.

Laurence White and Margaret Creagh ... Gortacolliboe . . Daniel Bowerman ... 4 0 8

James Rawley I Lisanalta n o . :::I commons of DO.

DonougH O'Brier .. 1 Derryknocka~le John Arthur, of L merick/ Ballynecloghy

Do. ...l Do- M. Oge Stritch - . l Annaghrosty

Bog in common

. . Francis Gregory ... I44 I 0 . . Do. ... 129 o o . . . Wdliam Pope ... 430 o o .. Richard Waller ... 162 o o ... Abraham Green ... 21 o o . Francis Rolleston . 188 o o

63 o o

Sir Jeff Gallway Do.

Do. Pierse Creagh

Do. Do.

Alderman P. Creagh

. . . I<nockanenanty

. . . Do. ... Do.

... Bog in common .. Donaghmore ... DO.

... DO.

. . . Dronibanny and

. . . Mary Francis

. . . Randal Clayton

... Edward Warr ...

... John Friend

.. . Sir R. Wilson

. . . Wm. Yarwell Do.

no. Do.

Bishop's land Nicholas Bourke

william Do.

Nicholas Naly, of . . reen

Same and John Edward Bourke

Do. Sir Ralph Wilson

. . . .,.

Fitz-

. . .

Two-

Fitz-

...

. . .

Gortygarane Gortrackly . Do. Ballybrenanbeg . . , Do. Ballybrenann~ore . . . Not sequestered Kilprichaune and John Friend

South Rathnrd Commons to . ..

adjacent lands Coolihenane and Randal Clayton

Kilpatrick Garryglasse . . . Abraha~n Green

Do. . / Duke of York Inchmore .-. Not sequestered

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(4) Colonel Randal Clayton got large grants of land in Clanwilliam, and bought Ballynagarde from Dr. Carteret (who had got a grant of it) far £478, in A.D. 1663. He, subsequently, sold to Captain John Crokey.

Alderman Fanning Do.

Bishop's land

Glebe Do. ,

.. Shedfeaclde .. .' Abraham Green

... Ardrnore ... Duke of York Three commo~ls he- Not sequestered

longing to the Corporation , . .

... Kilkelleen, no. Knocknan~ontill~, Garryglassy, Garrycragbeg and - Garrymoney

.. . Singland .. Do.

. .. Do. . Do.

I,ord Castleconnell

Do. Do. n o .

Nicholas McKeogh .

Lord Brittas (5) .

Nicholas h l y , of Two- reen Do.

Lord Brittas

Lord Castleconnell . Do. Do. no . Do. n o .

Garrino and Lis- nagry

Knockroe I3nllinguile Ballygowne . . Clonleese and

Ballvvillane . . Carranisky als.

Garraneightragl Do.

Cranishagh . Cleighduff

Cas~leconnell and Stradbally

Do. Do.

Bog in cummon to An Island in the

Shannon Upper Portcrushy

a. r. p. Henry Abbott and 230 o o

John Fletcher Do. ... 168 o o Do. ... 189 o o

Richard Peirce ...l 52 2 0

Ilenry Abbott and 230 o o John Fletcher

Edward Bray ... 79 0 0

T'homas Walcott 1 147 0 0

Do. ...l 176 o o H. Abbott and [ohn 102 0 0

Fletcher Rich. Pierce ... 69 o o John Snow ... 197 2 15 Duke of York ... 27 0 0

Andrew Kane ... 2 1 5 Do. Sam'l Earnes ... 12 0 0

DO. ... 2 2 8

(5) See, for account of Lord Brittas and Lord Castleconnell, "The Bourlres of Clanwllham," by J. G Barry, The journal o f t he Royal His fo~ica! a n d Archceolo@caZ Association of Zf*eland, Vol. I X . , 1889.

Lord Brittas ... Cleyduff' . . . Thos. Walcott Do. .. Do. . . . Hollow Blades

Lord Castleconnell . . . Rahine ... Samuel Wade Do. .. . Carrow and Rahine Thos. Walcott

Lord Brittas . . . Shaunavoy .. . Wm. Gilnbleston Do. .. . DO. .. . Hollow Blades

Same and John Clancy Ballyloskey ... Thos. Walcott Rd. and Wm. Rich. and Hallynementragh ... Do.

Ed. NcUlick ' 1 1 Richard Bourke. of Ballyvarry

Ballyvarry Ballyvarry Wood nn. . 110. - -. Do. Do.

...l Bellynucklin Do. , , carrowmartin 1:: DO,

a. r. p. Baron of Rrittas . . Callaghitroy , Hollow Blades ... 360 o o

als. CastleItroy Jordan Roche ( 6 ) and Newcastle, Lislean, Do. ... 570 0 0 ,

Ed. Rourlte and Ballyknock Waste land

Jordan Bourke, of Lime-1 Ballyglassanne, I Do. . . . rick part of Newcastle

Jordan Koche, aforesaid Knockmnrry, Do. part of Newcastle

Etl. Bourke FitzRichard Belldsimon Duke of York Do. . Towleton . . . Do. Uo. .. Derryland . . . Hollow Blades

Thos.Arthur, of 1,imerick Drumrus ... John Winckworth Ed. and Jas. Bourke ... Eallyneclogh ... Ruben Jacob

Do. ... Do. . . Thos. Walcott Do. . . . Do. .... Abraham Grwn Do. [b. Robert child-..

Sir GeB Gallway :::l Bealavolin . ! . . Mary Francis

(6) Jordan Roche, of Newcastl~, was Mayor of Limerick in 1639, and was father of Dominic Roche, crested Baron Tarbert and Viscount Cahervally by Jarne- 11.

John and William Bourke Scartballyvallish Do. . 1 Do. Do.

John, William, and Thomas Bourke, and M. Haly

William Comin, of Whitestown

Lord Brittas and Jordan Roche

Do. Carnarry

Coolreagh and Carrigmartin Ballyloughane

.. ~ o b e r t Garner

. . . Rob. Twigg

.. . Wm. T. Power

. . John Cripps Thos. Power Sir Wm. King Rob. Twigg

Do. ...I Wm. Yarwell

Jordan Roche . . . Brownstown Do. 38 o o DO. . . . Cnocklarmore no. :::l 4 o o

Lord Brittas and Jordan Ballyogartine .. . Robert Twigg ... 67 o o Roche

Thomas Power, of Park Park, Drornbanny, 1 Standish Hartstonge (8) 371 o o and Rallymackin

(8) Standish Hartstonge, of Bruff, creatcd a Baronet in 1681, was son of Francis Hartstonge, who married the eldest of the three daughters of Sir Thomas Standish, who had a grant of the extensive estate of Lacy of Bruff. The first Earl of Limerick mariied Miss Ormsby, niece of Sir Henry IIa~tstonge, the la5t Barnliet, and succeeded to his estates, on his death without issue.

Bart. Rice . . , Cloghenrory . Henry Bindon 182 o -0 Bog in common ...l ... 67 0 0

Lady Dowager Castle- Cloghenkeaton ... David Bindon connell (7)

Bog in common ... . . . Do. . . . Islaneouran . . Patrick Vannts

Alderman j. Creagh . . . Tiervououghtragh . . . Sir Ralph Wilson Do. . Cahir Keilegeneragh Do.

John Creagh .. . Corbally ... Patrick Vannts Lady Dowager Castle- Do. . . . Samuel Eames

cdnnell - Bishop's land .. . Ballymachasell ... Not sequestered .. . 41 o o

Do. ... Castle of Mongrett Do. ... 773 o 0 Do. . . . Knockanes .. . Do. ... 17 0 0 Do. . .. Toordalourty and Do. ... 672 o 11

Ballvkea Do.

no. . . Ballycomin .. Do. 313 o o

~ o g in common' . . l ... 159 0 0

.. Temple Rlongrett ... Not sequestered I l I

(7) Margaret, Lady Castleconnell, was wldow of Edmond, fifth Lord, who die: A.D. 1638. She was daughter of Sir George Thornton, one of the "Undertakers of Elizabeth's time, and was first married to Donagh O'Brian of Carrigogunnell, who

. had left her, as jointure land, the two Cratloes and Portdrine in Clare, and Clogh- keating and Corbally in Pubhlebrian

In her transplanter's certificate, dated 19th December, 1653, she is described as "adged 70 years, middle statue, flaxen h a ~ r . Her substance 20 cows, 20 sheep, 10 mares and garrans, and two riding nags ; four sows, and six acres of winter corn, out of which she pays contribution," also, "27 servants and retainers."

I l I I a. S. p.

Jordan Roche, of Limk. Liccadoone . Thomas, Bishop of 1 4 0 0 Lm~erick

Ihvid Itoche Cah~rvally ... Hollow Blade? Bog in common .. 70 o o

Protestant land ... Baliynabraher ... Not sequestered 247 0 0 (Frinrstown)

(To Be corziinued.) l

THE CROMWELLIAN SETTLEMENT OF T H E COUNTY OF LIMERICK.

BY J A h l E S G R E N E RAI<RY, I>.L., M.R.S.A.I. -

PART THE THIRD.

PUBBLEBRIAN BAROEY. ( I )

Lady Southwell ... Monaster and Not sequestered ... Baliymacstradeen

Alderman F. Fanning and Garranamanach . . . Arthur Ingram and John his assignees, and Der- Newenham ... ?not Clancey, LP. (2)

Earl of Bath (3) . . Cahirduff .. . Not sequestered ... Ed. Bourlte . . . Laclcnegrenane . . . I-Iollow Blades . . . Torlagh O'Brien and Knocltnegraney and Sir A. Ingram and John

Morough O'Brien . . . Garranebeg . . . Newenham . . . Do. ... Ballymartin .. Thos. Blackall, Sir A. Do. .. . 110. . . . Ingram and Wm. Webb

Earl of Thomond . . . Kilcurley ... Not sequestered ...

( I ) Pubbhbrian Baitmy. A sept of Norsemen settled along the Maigue river in the 9th century. The district between the mouth of the Maigue and Limerick was called after them CaoiZle-$2~-Chos?zanzhagh, and sometimes Easa<yh Luinzinegh, the Wilderness of Limerick. The present harony was known as Eschluona, previous to the 14th century. In A.D. 1200 it was the manor of William de Burgho, Governor of Limerick, whose wife was Eva, daughter of Donald Mor O'Brien, King of Limerick. Donogh Cairbreach O'Brien got a grant from King Tohn, A.D. 1211, of the Lordship of Carrig-o-gnnnell at the yearly rent of sixty marks. 'The barony took its present name from Brian duff O'Brien, third son of Conor O'Brien, Thanist of Thomond, who lived at Carrig-o-gunnel1 in the 14th century.

(2) " I.P." after the name of an old Proprietor meant that he claimed as an " Innocent Papist."

(3) This was John Boorchier, fifth Earl of Bath, who died without issue in 1654, leaving the Lough Gur estates to his widow, Rachael, daughter of the Earl of West- moreland. This estate was granted to his father, General Sir George Eourchier, in 1580.

a w a 00. LIMITED, LIMERICK.

a, r. p. Margaret Brian Als. Charabudd .. Sir A. Ingram and John 134 o o Stephenson, I.P. (4).. Newenhanl ...

Same and ye relict of Ger- Mackirireagh . . . Lucas Taafe ... 64 I 18 ald Fitzthornas Gerald, Knockdrumassell E-Iollow Blades ... 68 o o I.P. ... (now Torvhill) ... . ,

Bog ... I 2 *Q 0 Mich. FOX, of Limerick Knockdromassell .. Sir A. Ingram and John 1x2 2 32

Newenham Turf Bog belonging

to adjacent lands 92 3 8

A Lough besides ' 9 I 8 same ...

Ladsincontroversy Col. Carey Dillon ... g 3 24

~- (4) Margaret O'Brien was daughter of Iiichard Stephenson, of Dunmoylan, who

was killed in 1642, and his wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir Brian duff O'IIrien, of Carrig-o-gunnel], who died in 1615. Brian duff had got a re-grant of Carrig-o.g~~nnell and the Lordship of Pubblebrien from Elizabeth. His only son, Donogh, died without issue in 1632, and was succeeded at Carrig-o-gunnel1 by a third cousin, Donogh, of Downe, who married the above Margaret who had been left considerable estates in Pubblehrien by her uncle and mother. Both her own and her husband's large estates were now forfeited.

Sil Morice Hurley, Kildrlff, LP.

Francis Barkly (5), Dronlloghan

Do. Do.

Do. n o .

Bog belonging same

f < i . . .

to

a. r. p. Sir A. Ingram and John I 18 2 16

Newenhain Sir A. Ingram and John 75 o o

Newenham . . . Thps. Blackall ... 136 o o Hollow Blades . . . 39 0 0

113 0 0

(5) Francis Barkly or Berkeley was descended from the "Undertaker," Sir Francis Berkeley, who got large grants around Askeaton after the Desmond confiscations.

KILPEACON PARISH.

OLD PROPRIETOR TOWNLAND GRANTEE i AREA,I.P.M.

Margaret Brian l a. r. p. ... Ballyshane .. Geo. Peacock . . . l 57 o o

KILLONAGHANE PARISH.

OLD PROPRIETOR TOWNLAND GRANTEE AREA,I.P.M.

l a. r. p. Morogh O'Brien, of I Billonaghanmore . . . Thos. Blackall .../ 80 2 10

Gransy . . . Margaret Erian ... Killonaghanheg ... Do. 8 3 3 0

Do. .. . Do. ... R. Sweet 26 o o Do. ... Do. . . . John Parker

Margartt Lady Dowager Rallinvinoge ... J. Elackdll Castleconneli

Do. no . 34 3 14 "

Margaret Brian. Als. SGphenson

Do. ... Cahirnatanaha n o . '::I Do.

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(6) In a foot-note to an article on Manister Abbey, by T. Johnson Westropp, in vol. xiu of the Royal Historical and Atch~ological Society Journals, he states that Attyflyn was granted to Tames, Duke of York, in 1660, and was purchased in 1703 by Montifort Westropp, of Kilkerin, Co. Clare, for £760.

Margaret O'Brien, Als. Ballivilis Stephenson, LP. ...

Sir David Bourke .. . Shanaclogh Margaret Brian . . . Bearnanaguishy Earl of Thomond .. , Ball~nviella

Commons Bog in Commons

Davirt Rourke, of Kilpea- Lackavauntan

. .( Richard Sweet

... Do.

.. . Do.

... Not sequestered

... Col. C. Uillon

...

... ?L Sweet con ...

Sir Morice Hurley .. Ballinrosty ... Do. Shrubs in same . . .

Margaret Brian, aforesaid Ballynamurragh (7) Do. Teige Brian, Graige . . . Graige .. . Mary Sweet

Do. ... Field of Graige ... Geo. Peacock Do. ... Downeen ... J. Blackall no. . . . Do. ... R. Sweet

Nicholas Stritch,of Lime- Lower Downeen ... Geo, Peacock rick

Do. Margaret Brian

(7) Bsllynamurragh has been anglicised into '' Ballymc~rphy."

Francis Barkley, LP, . Do.

Do. Do. Do.

Earl of Thomond ,

Earl of Bath Margaret Brian, ills .

Stephenson Do.

Ballycahane . . . Geo. Peacoclte ... Do. . . . Sir A. Ingram and John

Newenham ... Kildonnell .. . Wm. M'el~h . . .

Do. . . . Marta and Mary Towler DO. . . . Sir A. Ingram and John

Newenham . . . Bog llelonging to Col. C. Dillon

same ... Boherowen . . Not sequestered . . . Hallyregau ... Do. ... Skeaghanamore . .. Geo. Peacocke . . . Skeaghanabeg ... Do. ... Gortfluchenny and Do. . . .

Leachnageroge . . . Comnlons of Bally-

a. r. p. Sir Dawd Bourke .. I<noclil~eehyglishy Geo Peacock I79 0 32 Margaret Bourlte . . . Ilevane ... Do. 72 3 0

Wett Hog in Corn-! 92 2 16

Donagh O'Bryan, Rsq Do.

Wm Casey, I.P.

Anne Casey

Dermot O'Bryan, of Rnocknagransy

a. r. p. ... Cluonnnaheg ... Wm. Barker ... 246 I o . . . Lisduffe .. . Do. ... 179 3 3 ... Clunana . . . I-Iollow Blades and 54 I 3

Lucius Tanffe . . . ... Do. . . . Wm. Barker . . . 59 3 16

L,antls in common to 73 ' 0 16 \Villiam and Anne

Lisnemore . . . DO. ... 44 0 1 6

Do. DO. Wm. Casey Lady Dowager

connell ~ 1 o ~ G a t a m ~ l e ...l

IHalf claimed by Anne Gortamell and Bou- Do. Casey .. . gagh . . .

Donogh O'Bryan,I. P., of Carrigogonill

Margaret Brian

James Haly, of Limerick Margaret Brian Pat Kearney Margaret Brian -

Do. Cornelius McDermody,of

Killtarnplan ; Willian Roche, of Limerick William Casey, Cloun anner; O'Brian and Dermo

Bryan McMurtagh .. John Faning, I.P., of

Limerick Daniel McMahon ..

no. Wm. Stritch, of Limericl

Do. John Purcell

Donogh O'Bryan, of Car rigogonill

Do. ,

Margaret Brian Earl of Bath

Do.

Margaret Brian

Margaret Dowager Lad Castleconnell

Do. William Roche, I.P., o

Limerick Do. Do.

Margaret Brian and Lad Dowager Castleconne

Do.

Ballyanrahanbeg ...l Sir S. Barnardiston

Kilcolman ... Wm. Barker Lands in common to

adjacent lands . . . Rrosliamore . . . Geo. Evans Liscoulta . .. Wm. Barker Cloghateacka .. . DO.

Do. south ... Do. Glasclohe . . . Do. Killtarnple .. . DO.

Lands in common to/ do. ...

C o t e a c k a . . . Do. Garranyweelanbeg Geo. Evans

Killincally Bog of same ... ... Wm Do. White Graigebeg ... Wm. Barker Faha . . . Sir S. Barnadiston

Do. ... Wm. Osborne Ballianraghanmore Sir S. Barnadiston

Col. Carey Dillon Thoq. Blackall kollow Blades

Broskeagh .. . John Parker

Do. ... Wm. Osborne Lands in common to

same . . . Broskeaghbeg . . . Geo. Evans Ballinvologe . . . Not sequestered Kilboy and Gort- Do.

skeaghmore . . . Clarinney and Wm. White

Knockbrinney .. . Commons to adja-

cent lands Rahinnie

Do. ...I John Parker Ballycurry . . . Geo. Evms

Garranmucky . . . Wm. Osborne Do. . .. Thos. Page

Farranamalloran ... Lucius Taaffe

Farranmacadam ... John Parker

Margaret Brian and Lady Eallybrownmore ... Col. C. Dillon I Dowager Castleconnell Wm. White Geo. Evans . . .

Oliverus Bourke .. Leackarowley ... Wm, Barker ... 14 2 .16 I9 2 32

Do. .. Ballinveene . Do. ... 83 z 24 MahonMcTeigue Macma- Downe ... Wm. White ... 6 o 32

hon, I.P.

Margaret Brian Geo. Creagh, of

I. P.

Do.

Bog of do. . . . . . . Leackeanamore . . .

Limerick Insidromard, Bally- ... fadny Cahirmore

and Ballybeg .. , .. C r e a g h m o n t a n e ,

Corkabyney, part of Insidromard, X of Carrowbinne be- longing to Bros- / keaghmore ...l

Nicholas Stritch ... Cregane, Farranan- oGney,'~ulnegore, ( Knockebracka

Do. .. Gortanmurrogh Wm. Roche, of Limerick Meelick and Bally-

John Comyne Fitzedmund Donogh O'Bryan, of Car-

rigogonnell Do.

Do. , l

hagh

Knockleleagh, Knockcurrane, Mockinis, and of Ballynoe ...

Cahernakillie, being two parts of Qr Tiervowe

Wm Barker Do.

Do.

Do.

Do. no. Do.

Michael Boyle, bishop of Dublin

Do.

i . . . Bog belonging to ye p

adjacent lands ... Earl of Bath . Leaghensy ... Not sequestered Rfargaret Brian ... Carricketan ... J. P?rker

Do. .. . Rathclachan, Lick- Luclus Taaffe

monoge Lady Bourke ..,I Goule a d Carrigk;J ~ o t sequestered . . . ! 40 3 24

(8) Michael Boyle, Archbishop of Dublin, got a lease for 60 years of the four ploughlands of Carrig-o-gunnel1 and Ballynoe (Newtourn), dated 7th March, 1662, and by a Patent dated 28th June, 1666, got a grant of these lands at a crown rent of

a year. In 1692 Dr. Boyle gave a lease for lives, renewable for ever, of these lands to Thomas Monsell, who was High Sheriff of the County of Limerick in 1697, and is direct ancestor of the Monsells (Lord Emly), of Tervoe.

MONGRETT P A R I S H

OLD PROPRIETOR TOWNLAND GRANTEE AREA, I. P. M.

a. r. p. Wm. Roche, of Limerick Bearnacoyle, half Sir Samuel Barnardiston 203 3 8

ploughland . . .

THE CROMWELLIAN SETTLEMENT OF T H E COUNTY O F LIMERICK.

BY JAMES GRENE BARKY, [).L., M.R.S.A.I.

PART THE FOURTH.

Baron Castleconnell (2)

l a. r. p.

Castleconnell ... Andrew Ralu ... 23 0 0 Stradbally ... Richard I'rirce ... 67 0 0

Do. ... John Snow ... 197 2 0 Glebe . . Duke of York ... 27 o o Islands in the Shan- Samuel Eamrs 2 2 0

non Upper Portcrushy Earl of Inchiquin ... 228 o o

Do. . .. Do. . . . 29 o o Lower Portcrushy Do. ... 336 o o

Do. .. . Do. ... 501 o o Boherquill ... IIumphrey Hartwell ... 145 o o I'arke . .. no. ... 339 0 0 Bog in Common .. Lord Hartwell Inchiquin and H. 435 3 0 l

( I ) Originally Aoslrimaiphe the territory of the clan O'Chouazize (O'Gunninqs). ' lleir chief seat was Castleconnell (Caislean m' Choizaine). They were dispossessed by the O'Briens of Thomond, who in turn had to give place to the Bourkes. William de Burgh got a grant of Castleconnell and a large part of Clanwilliam from Icing John. This barony and the barony of Clanwilliam in Tipperary, known as West and East Clanwilliam, got their names from William FitzAdelan de Burgh, who lived at Xthassel and founded the Augustinian Abbey there, A.D. 1200.

(2) This was William, sixth Lord Castleconnell. He joined the Confederate Catholics in 1642 and sat in the General Ascembly in Kilkenny. IIe raised and commanded a regiment of horse against the Parliament, and when his estates were cotitiscated he joined King Charles in his exile, and serxed in the I h k e of York's srgiment. On the restoration his attainder was reversed and his eatates were restored in part. His grandson, the eighth Lord, cast in his lot with lames 11, was attainted, anrl lost all his estates. H e died without issue in France, 169:.

a. r. p. Lord Caqtleconnell . . . Ballygoymore .. . William Icing 316 o o Richa~d Bourke, of Ball>- Madeimoy ...I Do.

varry Codebane .. . Do. 14 I 0

Walter Bourke and Ikvid Cloonelteene ... Ralph IVilson ... 175 0 0 Barry

Conor Clancy, Richard 110. ... Samuel Mollineux ... 175 o o Bourke, and Donogh

Conor

a. r. p. Katherine Bourke and In Williamstown ... Wm Mathews ...l 40 o o Dr. Arthur Bog in same ... 18 0 0

+ a. r. p. Lord Brittas (3) ... Rrittas ... Joseph Stepmy (4) ...

I54 I o Do. . . . John Cooke Gurteenskagh ... Hollow Blades

.. I5 3 7

Do. .. . John Coolte ... I34 0 33 ... 91 3 2

Gurteenagheely ... John Cooke and Lord 2 o 2 I l 1 Brittas .,

(3) Theobald T~ourbe, grandson of the first Lord Castleconnell, was created Baron Brittas in 1618. I n 1642 he joined the Confederate Catho!ics, and, in due course, had his estates confiscated, and was transplanted into Connaught. '' We, the said Commissioners, hereby certify that Theobald Eourke, Lord Baron of Brittas, in the County of Limerick, hath, upon the 19th day of November, 1653, delivered unto us in writing the names of himself and such other persons as are to remove with him, etc. The said Theobald Lord Brittas, aged 75 years, red-gray hair, slender face. The Lady Margaret (his wife), gray hair, slender face. Margaret and Mary (grand. daughters), daughters of Sir John Bourke, etc., etc." Lord Brittas died in 1654 and was succeeded by his son, Sir John Bourke, whose son, Theobald, third Lord Brittas, threw in his lot with James 11, and was attainted.

(4) Joseph Stepney, of Abington, was High Sheriff of the County Limerick in 1686. H e built a mansion house there out of the materials of the rnined Cistercian Abbey. His son, Thomas, of Kilmarnock, Co. Dublin, had the @ant of the castle and lands of Brittas enrolled-at a Crown rent of £2 16s. ~ogd.-July, 6th, 1703.

OLD PROPRIETOR

Lord Brittas

Lord Brittas, Charles ar Simon Clancy

Richard Wolfe, of Lim riclt,and Conor Clanc of Ballybricken

Edward Bourke

Walter Bourke, of Castl erkin

Laurence White, of Lim rick

Daniel Creagh

Williaul Bourke, of Caherconlish, and Conor Clancy, of Ballybricken

William Bourke Lord Cahir

Killinure .. . James Collins Do. . . . George Evans Do. ... Lord Brittas Do. ... Colonel Dillon

Knqckeagh ... John Friend Edwatd Willis

Knockatanacashlan Lady Brittas Do. John Friend

Carrickerrily ... Do. Downeenana .. . Lord Brittas Templen~ichael ... Lady Brittas

lohn Friend Ballyart ... Hollow Blades Claynoe ... A Irigram

no. Lord Krittas Grennnoatragh and A. lnqram

Grenanitragh A Common .. . Do. Bog ~n common ... Do. Garr:iniskey .. . John Mansell

110. .. Thomas Mausell

Boskill . . . John Friend Farranferin ... Do. Castlcerkin ... Ulissu.; Burgh (5) Garryclash ... 110. Synode .. . Danirl Al~bott

... John Vrienci Williaim I<itrg

Cloghmocll ... Yishop of Ferns 120u~hlin

Bog common to do R I och Hollow Blades I<nockbally Adam 4. Ingram Uallyvorneen . . . I h .

Lombardstown .. . Do. Caherconlish ... F.allih TVilson Glebe ... Bog common to ad-

joining lands

(5) William Bourke, of Dromkeen, married, before 1640, a daughter of McKeogh, of Rivers, whose sisters were married to, respect~rely, Bourke of Ballynagarde, and Bourke of Kishyquirke. The Bourkes of Dromkctn were known as '' Slogh Meyler," and were descended from Eclward hlcWilliam Ouqlltrr. john Bourke, who died in 1440, got Dromkeen and one-third of Clanwillism from the Rourkes of Castleconnell in exchange for his wife's dowrey in Coshmagh, she was an O'Brien of Thomond. Kichard Bourke, of Dromkern, conformed in the tune of Charles I, took Orders, and changed the family name to Bnrgh. His son, Ulick (improperly anglicised Ulisses), was Rector of Grean and Dean of Emly. H e gave \eiy material asiistance to William 111 during his siege of Limerick, and was made by him, in 1692, Bishop of Ardagh. His tomb is in Dromkeen ruined church.

OLD PROPRIETOR

William Bourke, of Knocksentry

William Bourke

OLD PROPRIETOR

William Bourke, of Caherconlish

Richard Wolfe

a. r. p. Caherconriffy .. . John Mansell . . l 114 1 2 9 I Knocksentry ... William Pope

Carrigbeg . .. Samuel Mollineux Do. ... Andrew Ram

Coolinetroiney .. . Samuel Mollineux Curragh-elteen .. . Do. Bog in common to Do.

Boherquill Cnockanbane ... Humphrey Hartwell

Richard Peirce

Gortfluogh ...I Do. ... 27 0 0

Cooleenshamroge . . . Do. ... 245 0 0 Ballgphilip Lord Kingstone ... 30 0 0

~ o g in common : : ' / 59 0 0

Theobald, William, an Jeff. McRichard (Bourke

Duke of York and Edward Waller

Killinegariff .. . Samuel Mollineux OLD PROPRIETOR

William Bourke, of Bally. brood

William Ryan, of Clone buck, and Michae Stritch

Richard Bourke

l

...l John Mansell

... A. Ingram

... A. Ingram

... Willinm hlalhews

... 110.

... 1. Mansell . . 'William Mathews

... B. Powell

. . .

. . . Not sequestered

...

Bally lxood l)(>.

Bog rn common Keileagh Caherleyne Ballyolin Tontire

Do. Do.

Bog in common Dunvulleri Bog of do

Conor Clancy

Conor Clancy and Wil liam and Richard Bourke

TOWNLAND GRANTEE AREA,I. P.M.

a. r . p . Dromkeen ... Ulick Bourke . 2 m o o Gortamonty ... Not sequc3tered ..,

Richard Bourke and William Bourke, of Caherconlish, and Ulick Rourke, of Dublin

Ulick Bourke ...

Bishop of Emly

Hog ...I Col. C Dillon . . l 290 1 1 3

Drombane ' . John hlansell 151 o o Ulick Bourke '3 I 7 Corliss (part of) ... Not sequestered Earl bf Thomond ... Daniel Heyne ... Caherelly East ... Sir William Icing ... 696 o jg

An Islanil adjoining Do. ... 34 o 0

Teige IIeyne ... Caherelly West and Do. . . 402 o o Island

l Gortkilleen of Sir George Ingoldshy (6) 4 o 4 Caherelly

Ellen Rawley, als. Lacy, 159 0 0

relict of Richard Rawley 4 ~ 4 z 16 Sir William King

I l

(6) bir George Ingoldsoy, Bni., was a colonel in the Cromwellian alniy, and wa, fifth son of General Sir Richard Ingoldsby, Bart., whose mother was Oliver Crouiwell's aunt. His brother, General Sir Henry Ingoldsby, was Military Governor of L~mtrick, and married Anne, daughter of Sir Hardress Waller, of Castletown. Sir Henry got large grants of lands in Limerick, Clare, and Tipperary This branch became extinct in 1726 Sir George Ingoldsby married the daughter and heiress of James Goold, of Ludden Castle. He was h1 P. for I~uier ick City in 1658, and Mayor in 1672. His son, General Richard Ingoldsby, of Ballybricken Court, was M.P. for Idmerick from I703 to his death in r 713, and his son, Colonel Henry Ingoldsby, was M.P. from 1723 to 1731, when he died, leaving a daughter, who married, in 1743, &@$I F & ~ ~ o h n Massy, of Duntryleague. Their grandson, Wugh Inpoldshy Massy, dying without issue, these large estates were sold by his heir,

Richard Wolfe, of Lime- Corbally and rick, William Bourke Caheroe

Conor Clancy Ulick and Richard Bourke Bracklone and

Rathkopp Fellory

John Mansell

I William Mathews

Richard Bourke . Not sequestered

John Mansell Thomas Mansell ., Richard Bourke ..

Not sequestered Not sequestered ..

Same William and Richard Bourke

Earl of Thomond ...l Killeenavara

a. r. p. William Bourke ... Galbooly .. Iiichard Powell 256 3 13 Conor Clancy and Lord Rathjordan ... William Mathews

Brittas

Lord Brittas

Cormack 0'1-Ieyne Daniel Heyne

. . . Insenlaurence Grer~anbeg Ballyhrnan Ballynebuolly

.. . Caheruebeg

.. . Eallyboodan Graige

... iohn X7aughan I-Iollow Blades

...

... Sir G. Ingoldsby

... Do.

... Do.

... Sir W. King

\\alter Bourke ... Luddenbeg ... ,Sir Geo. Ingoldsl~y Gurteeniteen ... , Garrar~lianbuoy ...

John Rourke ... Gortneskelin ., David Bourke .. . Do. ...

lleeskavally .. . Gortbally . . . Gortvoher ... Glenetrim .. . Garden plot ...

John Bourke, of Caher- Gortnaskein .. narry I Gortnecuttoehy ... I

Gortansleavoik John Creagh, Ed. Bourke, Kilcullen Sir Thomas Southwell..

Richard Bourke, Lau- rence White

Dominick Roche, of Ballymacreese and Duke of York Limerick Labbanamucky (afterwards Abraham

Laurence Comyn (now ballyneety)

Protestants

ABBEYOWNEY PARISH (now Abington).

William Bourke, of Kil- Lismullane ... Sir R . Wilson ... 338 2 '6 lownan Do. ... Ed. Willis ... 162 o o

John Bourke ... Kishyquirke .. Hollow Blades ... 159 3 28 Bog ... Do. . 21 0 0

Cloghnadromin ... Sir R. Wilson ... 160 o o C a ~ t a i n Purdon .. 160 o o

Lord Brittas 230 o o 90 o o Sir W. King

Do. %allyguy I I

a. r. p. Thomas R d c e , ofBdly-/ In Rochestown . . I Laurence Clayton ...l 78 o o

loghla i

Michael Bourke, of 1 DO. . Do. Rochestown

Lord Brittas .. Willialnstown ... Do. .. 8 8 0 0 Catherine Bourke, widow Rochestown ... John Mansell ... 36 o 0

of Dr. Thos. Arthur (7) Do. ... Wm. Mathews ... 93 0 0

Glebe ... I 1 0

l I

(7) Dr. Arthur's family were granted by Charles I1 a portion of their old estate, viz. : Dymphna Arthur, widow ; John Nugent and Dymphna, his wife ; Edmund Walsh and Christina, his wife ; Daniel Arthur, Nicholas Cornyn, and Christina, his wife, heirs of Thomas Arthur, Esquire, M.D., deceased, stone house in Mungret Street, Limerick, and several !gardens ; a quarter of a ploughland in Williamstown and ye middle storey of the castle thereof, and two-storey houses at each end thereof, 40 acres in the three-fourth of ploughland, and a one-third part of half ploughland with ye bawne in Rochestown, 36 acres, total 123 acres and 17 perches statute. Total rent, £1 3s. o ~ d . , Barony Clanwilliam, County of Limerick. Enrolled, 15th October, 1684."

OLD PROPRIETOR

Thomas Uourke, of Uallyloghlan

Theobald Bourke, of Ballynegarde

Do

Dominick Roche, of Limerick

Ballyloghlan ...l Lourence Clayton ..

Ballynegarde ../ DO. Waste . . . Lismullanebeg Thomas Bishop, of " ' 1 Litwrick Boherlode and l Ballynevrana

SMALL COUKTY. (8)

a. r. p. Sir Maurice Hurley of

Kilduff (g) William Fitton of Aney

, V , , l

(8) This Barony includcd the ancient territory of the O'Cia~nzhaic (O'Kerwick, anglicised Kirby) of dine Cliarh, who were su!jject to, and paid tribute to the kings of Cashel. The earls of Desmond acquirell this district at a con~paratively early date, and made it almoa: an independent county, aud thus it came to he talled the " Small County" of Limerick.

(9) The O'Hurleys possessed consiilcrable landed property in the east of Limerick county for several centuries. Maurice IIurley of Knucklong and Killduffe, who died i n 1637, according to an inquisition taken early in the reign of James I, held Knock- long, Hamnionstown, Longstone, etc., in free socage from Gibbon Fitzgibbon, Macatal~ Kin'dery; also Ballyacadane and Rathellan. From the White Knight he held the townland of Glanlarlir Kilduff Castle near Pallasgrean and other denomina- tions of land he held by patent from the king. Manrice was succeeded by his eldest son, Thomas, whose son, Sir Maurice, now lost for evt:r the family estate.

(10) Wiliiam Fitton of Aney was grandson of one of the undertakers of that name (see Journ 11, No. I , p. 11). Sir Edward Fitton had a grant of 12,ooo acres, and his nephews, Richard and Alexander, 3,000 acres of the Desmond estates. Sir Edward hcld Glenogra Castle and lands, on lease from Sir George Bourchier of Lough Gur, and was high sheriff of the county in 1598. We tind, now after a lapse of little, more than fifty years, these lands ag.in confiscatd and granted to the Cromwellian adventurers.

l -----p- l I a. r. p.

Sir M. Hurley Bishop of Emly Bishop's land 510 o o

22 0 0

- 1 - - -1- I a. r. p.

.Sir M. Hurley . . . Kilfrush .. John Bullenbreffle .. 520 I 29 Ballycarowney . . Thos. Inburgh .. 100 0 o

Do. .. . Sir Wm. King ... 186 o o Uo. .. -~r thur Cooper ... 50 o o

Waste . . . 90 0 0

Thady Grady of Kil. keleen

James Grady of Any, 1.P. (12)

William Fitton and Anabella Browne

Maurice Baggott .. John Baggott, T.P. (13) Michael Haly of Tooreel Edmond Fox of Bally

gallagh John Haly of Limerick..

Two parcells of Bur- T. C. D. gess land in Any

Curkenkeele . . . Richard Coote ( I I ) Two parcells in Do.

Ballyda Gortycornelca .. . Do.

Farrangoosey Farrancaslan

Hill of Any, part of T. C. D. Sceoard ... R. Coote c ;ortndine . .. no. Clashrnol e .. 110. Gortynskagh ... Do. Gardens in Any ... T. C. D. Burgess land in Any R. Coote

Farranbally Mortgage or Mor- T. C. D.

gany Gardens in Any Cleyneshanagh Knockaphaclee Gortnecaragh,

Coology, and Rathenrard

Burgess land in

.. Do. . 5 0 0

.. K. Coote ... 5 0 9

.. . Do. .. 5 3 3 4

.. Do. ... 5 3 2

Any T. C. D. ... 5 0 0 13 parcels Baggottstown . . . Ben. Eurton 727 0 13

1)o. ... 1)o. 33 0 0 Elton and Brittas ... Richard Coote

Do. / Earl of Inchiquin . 198 o 0,

(11) Richard Coote was grandson of General Sir Charles Coote (the elder), and brother to General Sir Charles Coote (the younger), who was created Earl of Mount- rath on the Restoration. Richard was created Baron Coote of Colooney, by patent dated September 6th, 1660, and received large grants of land in the east of the county of Limerick. His son was created earl of Eellamont, by William 111, for his services. The Cootes of Ash Hill, Kilmallock, and Mount Coote, are descended from his younger brother, Chidley Coote, a 1ieut.-colonel in Cromwell's army.

(12) Donogh O'Grady of Kilballyowen got the title to his estate confirmed by James I. H e died in 1653, leaving by his wife-a daughter of Sir Thomas Brown of Camas-a son, Darby of Kilballyowen, who married Faith, daughter of Sir Thomas Standish, who had got a grant of the de Lacy estate about Bruff. By this connection O'Grady preserved his estate at Kilballyowen ; although other members of the family had theirs confiscated. Darby O'Grady's sister was married to Gibbon Fitzgibbon, Macatan Kiddery, of Eallynahinche, who now lost his estates. Their grandson, Maurice Fitzgibbon, a captain in the army of James 11, was killed in a duel by his. cousin, Darby Grady, the founder of the Elton family, A.D. 1699

(13) Colonel John Baggot of Baggotstown was a member of the General Assembly of Confederated Catholics, and held a high position in the Irish Army. He was in the city of Limerick during Ireton's siege in 1 6 5 i Both he and his son Maurice now had their estates confiscated.

Mahon McTeige Grady Killmacdonaghduff. Rob. Morgan Darby Grady of Hall~n- Ragamusbeg and ... Geo. Perceval

scooley Kilkellane Ballyvaney Do.

X part of Kiii-( ballyowen

Waste

a.. r. p. Derby Grady and Edd Gormmstown . Rob. hlargan 268 o 10

Fox . . . Richard Coote 118 o 14 Adamslown ... Do.

OLD PKOPKIETOR TOWNLAND

Ed. Fox ... Ballygilden arid Garrysnllivane '

Jas. Vertlon

a. r. p. Rob. Morgan . l 786 o o

Do. Lord Kingston

Theobaid Bourke, I.P. ...

John Lysaght of Adare .

Scule ...I Grurge Irgoldsby Uo. ... 110.

Commons of Scule Do. and Ballyloghlane

Another parcell of Uo. same

OLD PROPRIETOR TOWNLAND GRANTEE AREA,I.P.M.

a. r. p. Ellen and Wm. Stritch Cahergillamore ... Rob. Morgan ... Iog o o

of Limerick 1 Do. ... Anthony Raymond ... 195 2 10

8 Parcells of Glebe. I5 I o Bishop's land ... Tullybracky ... 230 o o Glebe ... Claghane ... 35 0 0

OLD PROPRIETOR TOWNLAND GRANTEE AREA+ P . M .

a. r. p. Sir David Bourke, I . P ( I ~ Kilpeacon & Inch- Sir Wm. King 606 o o

morrismore

14) 1.P.-Innocent Papist.

a. r. p. Ed., Margaret and Ellen 864 o o

Kawley (15) Ballingooley

(15) I find James Rawley a freeholder on the estate of Mr. Edward Fitton in a return dated 1592, and in 1598 he was tenant of Lough Gur castle and adjacent lands to Sir George Bourchier. This James Rawley, or Raleigh, was said to be uncle to Sir Walter Raleigh. H e built a spacious castellated mansion close to the river Camogue, in the parish of Cahercorney, adjoining Lough Gur, on the townland still retainin9 his name-Kawleystown. Ellen Rawley, widow of Kichard of Rawleystown, was a daughter of Lacy of Bruff; she and her children, Edward and Margaret, held conciderable landed property in this and the adjoining parishes, all now confiscated. Near relatives, Richard and Ednlond Raleigh of Ballynamona Castle, also lost their estates, ~Vhich adjoined those of O'Grady of Kilballyowen, with whom Edmond had a dispute, and in a duel with swords cut off O'Grady's arm. This was Thomas, eldest son of Darby O'Grady of Kilballyowen. Among those transplanted gentry from the county Limerick are to be found the names of Edmond Rawley of Rawleystown, and Edmond and Richard Rawley uf Ballynamona. Walter Rawley was not an uncommon name in this district up to a recent date.

RER, 1.P M.

hfahowneoge Bryan ... Same .Moylegau

Conor O'Connor . . . Portcard McCorrnack Bryan and Clasaghinrescagh . .

Phi1 Iiyan Mountain Cormack Ryan ... Ed. Waish, junr. .. Dromsallagh .. McDermot and Mullagh- Bog in aforesaid ..

lin McMurrogb, I.P. Unprofitable hog i~ common

Corniaclc Mulrian .. . Garrageen and Monamucky

A mountain .. Shrubby Same wood ..

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Cormach Ryan, I.P. .. Earl of Orrery Mungfund . Lord Kingston Do. J. Stepney,

Iinockanerry . . Colonel fhllon I-Ieathy Mountain ... I)o. Ballavorheen .. Moogher and Gort- Robert Wilkinson

anakitty Carranbane .. . Edward Walsh Mt. of same ... DO.

Earl of Orrery

Col. Peirce Walsh, 1.P Dermot 1Zyan and Conol

O'Dwyer 110.

Do. Do. Do.

Earl of Orrery

no.

Andrew Ram Robert Williinson

Annagh and Cnock- Earl of Orrery owtymoveen

Mountain ... Do. Bog in same ... Do. Shruhbs in same . Do. Clonlloughlin .. . 110.

Mahown McKennedy 1 Peirce and Edward

Walsh, junr. Jamcs Ryan and Rorg

Kyan McTeige Teige htcowrley Crynn,

T n

Gortenane . . . 3onesimell ... Do. Part of Rossanyheg Buckane .. . George Evans

Cormack 1 and uprot'itable Rvan Teige O'Brian . . . land Thornas f i c ~ c r m o t

Cormack Part of same Kyan and 'Teige

McDerrnot, I.P.

1.1.

Conor McTeige ... McOwney Ryan I'ei~ ce Waish ...

:orrantiri.ergan .. Earl of Orrery rublrergarrlff .. . Lord Kington [<nocltmagurtina .. . John Stepney

S Edward Walsh rurf bog of same . . -

*KENKY BARONY. ARDCANNY PARISH.

Peirce Walsh ... Pat Walsh ... P e i l c ~ Waish . . .

Farnane ...l John Stepney and Walsh

Earl of Orrery Samuel Bul.ton L o ~ d Kingston

Do. lrornoylett Graige ;hruhbs ... laghe .., Woody bog ... jog in Cornnlon ... ;carlvarryoqe R1 :ornn:on of snme ..

Do. Do. Do.

Andrew lisnl Do.

a. r. p. Phineas Gury 503 2 0

Crown I,antls, held by Col. Peircc \\'alsh

Patrick Purcell, LT'., ( 2 of Ballincarigey

Rallinecarigey and Farrant Uryen

(Rocky and good pasture)

Croagh, Cohenny and hrdglahane il IGlldimo

Colnmon to thre~ adjacenl towns

More Pnrcell, als. Mchlahon, relict of Richd. I'urcell, of Croagh

'I'UOGE-I PARISH. -- --P--

OLD PROPRIETOR T O ~ V K I A N 1) GRANTEE AREA, I.P.M.

--P --P

A . r. p. Teigc O'Brien, of Togh g , i l l ~ r a . Earl of Orrery ... 788 0 0

Drumalty, G o r t i q Cornclius Clancy .,. , T;tw;;$h and Toin- '57 0 0

Unprofitable land.. . . 973 0 0

"Caezraiphe Lrelonged to the Ni C'aiaiubrz Aobhdl~a of whom the O'Donovans were chiefs possessing the lands along the Maigue from the Shannon to Croom and B~uree.

( 2 ) The Purcells of Croagh and Ballyculhane, etc., held considerable estates in this Barony. General Purcell was executed after \he surrender of Limerick to Ireton, in 1651. Phineas Bury, who now got a grant of their estates, was ancestor of the Earls of Charleville.

ARE*, S.P.M.

RRA, I . P. AI.

Uavid Fitzgerald and Katherine Fitzgerald. of Ballygarren

Rich. Fitzgerald, of Fananranlie

Wm. Shane Fitzgerald (

Ballinecurry

Ballengarren I Do. Lisn~ackme : : l Do.

Court ... Do.

Gerald Fitzjarues Gerald and Geraltl Fiiztheo- bald, G e r a l d , anc Gerald Fitzjaines, o Court, I.P.

Farrenrmnie . . . Do.

Ballinecurry ... 1 Do.

Do. Land in difference between same and Faha

I<illacalluin . . . Do.

Thos. McGarret, of Fryennaghnagh

Ness Fiizcerald, relict o :oh11 I-Ially, late of Linie rick, Esq., I. l'.

Gerald McMorish Ger- ald, I.P., of Ballyo-

Garretoge, of Pallice, I. P.

James Fitzgerald, of Pallice

Ballgogassy . Lord I<ingstown Pallice ... / Do.

gassy John Filztibbot Gerald.

and Gerrott McTiL, Pat Purcell, of Balline-

carrigc Tlrot. I<ichard Purcell,

of Urornanahrock Pat Purceli Ed. Purcell John Fitzgerald

Ardnevalloge .. . l Pbineas Bury

hott, o f Court, I. L'. I'hil Fitzgerald, Willialr

Gerald, Thos. McAlex snder, John McThos Gerald

Do.

Uo. Do.

Do.

no.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Knocketerstown ... Do. Liihaneshallan . . . I'hineas Bury Sillasuragh Middle John Bury

Do. .. . Do. Do. ... Do. Do. .. Do.

Marsh .. . Lord Kingston North I<illa~uragh Phineas Bury

Do. . . . Do. Marsh 8 ... Duke of York Eommons ... Lord Kingston Mullans . . . Phineas Bury

James and Edward McShane, I. P.

Wm. Fitzgerald, ol Heolaiie

Bog. ... Tonelegayberny .. g of 2 ploughfieltls

in Beolane Ballyonollane .. .

Ed. I'itzgerald Rich. and John Fitzgeralc

Ed. I'urcell, of Rallyon ollaue, and Ed. of Bal linacurry, I. 1'

Nicholas Fanning, of Limcrick

Ed. l'urcell, of Ferragh, Ballinnonelian

C+arratoge Fitzgerald, I. P.

Cahir ; two-thirds of Dromore

Scartcenec, Croghy, Ballinnollan,Bally- nehaisca

Ilromore and of Eallyvodane

I<illmoryne ... Bog of same . . .

Do. ! . . . l Do. Morish Fitzgerald, of Mullans

Sheely, relict of Peirce Butler, of Crcagh

Ryneuioylane and l DC. Bonegallven

Itocky pastures and marshy land) Murrogh McMahone, of

Drokore Pat Purcell, late of Bal linecarnige, and Sheely relict of Pierce Purcell..

Craganetry .. I<ilnamona ; one-

third ploughland ; Ballyassy (bog 1'15. 21.)

Pat IIogan, of Craganelr] I,

a. r. p. Major-General Pierce Eallycallanc ... Sir Samuel Barnadistor] 578 2 o

Purcell, Decd. ) I / Faha in diflerence.. . l I 2 4 8 o o

Joane Fitzgerald. relict Part of Killdimo ... Phineas Bury III o o of Thos. Fitzgerald, 1 Do. . Do. :::l 43 z o of Bolane Part Wood ... Do. ... 98 2 o

32

KII,COI:NANE PARISH. - - --p--

I I --P - -- - --

OLD PROPRIETOR

P1111 Fl t~gcrald, of Dronioherbeg

bd. kitzgernld, of I l ron~ohern~ore

Thos. E itzgerald, of Eallinshoril~clrl~lore

Glyn and Nlchs. banning of L~mcrlcb, I. P.

Sir Geoff. Gallway, I.P. Thos. BlcShane Geiald,

Gerald Fitzgerald . .

The\. Fitzgerald, of Monenane

Slr Geofl. Gallway Morlsh $ ltzgerald, (;erald

iiitzgerdld, of Gorta lassy, and David Nih~l , of Limenclc

OLD PRO~'RIB.TOR TOWNLAND GRAN rEk A I : ~ , I . I , . A L p-

a. l. p Thoa Dondon, of Ealiyctecn Thos. Westropp .. 76 I 20 Rallpstezn M~tchelstown Slr S. Bdrnadlston ..

110 o o Ball~ncannaroe . Do. . . . 130 z 32

Wm. Roche, late of Ballinvohel Te,ge McMalione 161 z 0 L~merick, 1.1'.

Davld Fltzgerald, of Balllnacourty Ba l l ln~~cou~ ty

M L I I L ~ . Malone, of L~merick

--

Droinohernlore ...l Do.

Graige J o h n Bury Uallymony . Wm Taylor

DO. ...l d. Bray

Bog .. . Do. Ballygleaghane . Wm. Taylor Tynlrelly Shanbally- I>o.

more Garranard and Q- Do.

gort Bog to do. . . 110. Killeen and Bally- Do.

goole 13allynomore . . (;or [alassy I'hiness Bury Bog

Callynoebeg .. 1 Do.

Rest of Parish Not sequestered

Garrat McThomcs, of Ballinacourty, a n d. Pat Hogan, of Bal-

Phineas Bury 239 0 0 1 14 0 'o liiiamona

hr. Murry McPnrcell, of Milltowne l

Capt. Teige McMahon Milltownc, I.P. and F ~ a n c i s Eellars . .

O L D PROI'RIETOR

Dermolt McMahon ... E d , I'urcell, of Curry ...

Dermott McMahon ... ICennedy McTitlogh, anr

Morrogh hlcDai;iel

Bryne, McTullogh ..

John Lysaght

John Fitzgerald late of Curra

John Lysaght Uerniot! McMahon ..

Tuogh .. Henry Widenham (3) ... Curry ... Do. ... Bog - ~ennigar rane 1 10 . ... ICillamamgo ... Sir S. Barnadiston .

Do. . . . Z'hineas Bury ...

Cnoclieo .. . Do. . . , ICilllterill . . Do. Land in difference

between Sir S Barnadiston and Sir 11. Waller

Corra ... John Hunt (4)

Boi: ... I<illivol;:inc . . . IIerrry Widenhain . . Tiailycleherane . . . Phineas Bury l'nrt o i sa~ne c l h i c d

by Sir 11. Waller

REA, I.P.M.

-- a. r. p

418 o o

196 14 3 r U o 19 o o 8 1 U o 45 0 0

53 0 0 I14 0 0

0 0

31 0 0

137 o o 43 0 0

335 0 0

45 0 0

136 I o 39 0 0 16 3 o

(3) IIenry Widenham was brother of Lieut. -Colonel John Widenham, who got a grant of Castletown-Roche, County Cork. Henry Widenhani purchased Court and other adjoining townlands in 1702, from the Comniissioilers for Sales of Forfeited Estates. I l e was High Sheriff of the County in 1702. IIenry Widenhani had issix, two daughters, co-heiresses. The eldest, Msry, married in 1709, Valenline Quin, eldest son and heir or Thady (&in, of Adare. 13y this marriage, ail Henry Widen- hain's estates in Kenry ancl Coiinelloe, under the Act of Settlement, went into the Qnin family, and are now included in the estate of the Earl of Dunraven. The other daughter married the eldest soc of Sir Standish Hartstonge, Bart., of Bruff, and brought Court and the other purchased towulands into that family, now represented by the Earl of Liniericlr.

(4) Ancestor of the deVere of Curragh and Hunt families of Limerick and Tipperary.

THE CROMWELLIAN SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY OF LIMERICK-(Continued.)

P

RY JAMES GRENE BARRY, M.R.S.A.I. --

PART SIXTH.

Nell Lacy, als. Fitzperalcl

Tohn Gold, of Knock sowney

Garrett Fitzgerald . .

C O S H M A G H B A R O N Y .

TOWNLAND

Ballygibbon and Tankardstown

Knocksowney

Thornastown and Gortnepequiney

a. r. p. Chas. Ormsby 745 0 0

Do. . . / 291 0 0

Jeff. Owens ... 226 z 27 Peter Wallis ,.. 1 1 3 I 13 Wm. Blackney ... 450 o o Chas. Pym ... 225 o o Earl of Orrery ... 84 o o Peter Wallis .. 5 . 1 0 0

OLD PROPRIETOR TOWNLAND GRAKTEE AREA,I.P.M.

a. r. p. Pat Kearney, I.P. ... Clounigar ... A. Ormshy . . . 109 0 0

Jas. Lysaght, LP. ... Clogher . .. Do. ... 750 0 0

John Fox, LP. . . . Ballyvenoge and ... 266 o 0 Do. Ballysallagh

Jas. Lacy, I.P. ... Ballinchory ... Do. . 3 2 0 0

Edy Lacy, I. P. ... Parcells of land ... Do. . . . 3 0 0

Wm. Rahally ... Rahalysacre ... DO. ... 7 2 o Jas. Fox, I.P. ... Foxes acres ... Do. ... 5 2 0

Nichls. Haly, I. P. ... Drumin Fauntsland Do. ... 87 2 o Gurteencoogy .. . Do. ... 2 2 o

Jas Fox, LP. .. Scoule .. . Do. ... 9 0 Q

John Fox, I.P. ... Do. .. . Do. ... I2 0 0

Ed. Kearney, LP. . Do. James Kearney, I.P. .. . Two parcells .. Jas. Lacy, I. P. ... Part of Ballin-

clouney Nichs. Haly, I.P. ... Knockallyturlis ..

Ballingegaura . . Ballineely

Symon Hurley, I.P. ... Ballinlea Wm. Marshall, I. P. .. . Garbally Marshali'

Do. Do. Do.

Do. ... I12 0 0

DO. ... 143 0 0

DO. ... 143 0 0 DO. .. 145 0 0

itandishHartstor.ge ... 70 o o

a. r. p. David Lacy, I. P. ... Athlacka ... Chas. Ormsby ... 707 o o John Fox, I. P. ... Ballincolloe ... Do. ... 107 o o Geo. Thornton, I.P. (I) Ballincurragh ... Do. .., 105 o o

Ballinamona ... Do. ... 85 o o Pat Kearney, I.P. ... Clounbrien ... Do. ... 236 o o

John Supple, I.P. . a. r. p. Cregans . .. Earl of Orrery ... 1050 o o Ballingaule .. . Geo. Evana .. 2 9 0 0 F'arrangeiliragh and Earl of Orrery ... 32 o o

Rathgoban

(I) George Thornton was son of the " Undertaker," Sir George Thornton (see ante Vol. I. "Limerick under the Reign of Queen Elizabeth.") One of his sisters had married John Bourke, of Brittas, and another Sir Maurice Hurley, of Knocklong. Thornton having joined the Confederate Catholics in 1642, now had the broad lands, acquired after the Desmond Confiscation, forfeited.

Geo. Thornton, I.P. ... Ballinanty N. ... Duke of York 23 o 0 SirEd.Ormsby :::l 21 o L o Ed. Warr ... 214 0 c

P. Lysaght . S. Balinanty ..) Do. 228 o o F'arranfincealay, Do. 34 0 0

part of Ballyvaroon Nichs. Haly, I.P. (2) ... Grallagh ... Sir Ed. Ormsby ... 220 0 0 Earl of Bath ... Rahane ... Not sequestered ...

Jas. Fox, I. P. ... Ballygrennan ... Geo. Evans (3) ... 404 o o Geo. Thornton, and Jas. Carrowreagh, Bally- John Bayly ... 183 o o

Grady wollen, als. Mull- town

Geo. Thornton ... Ballinstonyheg ... Geo. Evans .. 6 2 0 0 Geo, Thornton .. Ballinstonemore ... Geo. Evans ... 126 o o

Mulltowne ... Do. ... 65 o o Same and Jas. Fox .. Uregar . . . John Bayly ... 229 o o Geo. Fitzgerald, I.P. ... Uregar hill, and Geo. Evans ... 174 o o

Farranhenymore Pat Kearney. I.P. .,. Ballyhanmore ... Do. ... 85 0 o Ed Kearney, LP. ... Ballyaney ... Ed. Kearney ... 219 o o Ed. Lacy, I.P. ... Ballylananheg ... Geo. Evans ... 29 3 o

Crostoge Edy ... Do. . . . 9 0 0 Bog, Curragh and 124 2 10

Common ...

(2) Earl of Bath. This was John Bouchier, fifth Earl of Bath, son of General Sir George Bouchier, who got the seignory of Loughgur after 1583. H e married Rachel, daughter of Francis Faree, Earl of Westmoreland, who succeeded him, as he died without issue. The present representative of this family is Count John Faree De Salis, D.L., of Luughgur.

(3) George Evans. Colonel George Evans, of Ballygrennan Castle, M.P. for County Limerick, was succeeded by his son, George Evans, M.P. for Charleville, and Lieutenant of the County. H e built Bulgaden Hall, and resided there until it was burnt down. His son, Right Hon. George Evans, created Baron Carbery in 1715, resided at Caherass, where he died in 1749.

Bishop of Limerick . Not sequestered Deesart and Carri- 3ellagh Zarhow

110. Ballygrene aollagh

Do. Dollow

Do. I'uloivoig Ballyculien Rossteniple Ballinta Doenkipp Bally muckane

Do. Cloncullane Clorehane Bog of ditto. Tullavin Bog thereto Tworine

Nichs. Icearney Geo. Thornton, I.P.

.. . Dub. Coll.

. . . Sir T. Southwell

... Dub. Coll.

... Not sequestered

.. . Arthur Ornrshy

. . . Sir Ed. Ormsby

... Do.

... Arth. Ormsby

... Chas. Ormsby

.. . Do.

.. . Do.

geen Hallyorgan Disertillasney ..

A great surround of Protestants

Earl Kildare Ed. Lee, I.P. Thos. Lee Maurice Fitzgerald

Not sequestered

Lisgillagh, Monas ternenay, Eally stradeen

Prot. land Not forfeited

Walter and Maurice L Stephen Lee, LP. Ed. Lee, I. P. Jas. Lee, I .P. Jas. Bourke

Pat Meagh, Jas. Brew and Rob. Hurley

Stephen Anster

Glenmore and Gortvonteen

Grange Anster .. Abbey land .. And several parcell

of Abbey land ad joining grist mill

Parknemrahy .. A parcell lying be

tween ye land o John Gould,

Money Fox, and Ballygibmore, neanng William Blewitt's land

A parcell lying be- tween Rathfinis land and Slr Maurice Hurley

4nother between Sir M. Hurley, and Ricd. Creagb

>orteenlackan L

% parcel1 between Sir M. Hurley and Haly's land

2ortanmrahan and adjoming Com- mons

Chidley Coote

... Heyward St. Leger : : I s i r r:: Orrnsby

Do. Not sequestered Not sequestered ... Chas. Ormshy

.. Sir Ed. Ormsby

. . . Chas. Ormsby Stephcn Lee, LP.

Jas. Lee, I.P. ... ...I Chas. Ormsby

1:: Sir Ed. Ormsby Morise, a!s. Mahown Hickey

Henry Casey, 1.P. Henry Casey, 1.P.

Carhuekeel .. Do. Shanacluon ... DO. Several gardens in Do.

Croome Several parcells ... Not sequestered Garraunroe and Sir Ed. Ormsby

Ballyphookoe Commonsof ye same Bog belonging to ye

adjacent lands Ballylosky .. . 110. Kalhhrenagh .. 1)o. Fanninstown ... Do. Commons toye same Keoghowney Do.

George Bullybally .. Do. Caherassy .. . n o . hlondellighy .. Do. Lisnamully ... DO Donomean and Do.

Ballinstraw Curraghvinoge .. . Peter Wallis

Earl of Kildare Pat Purcell, I.P.

Teige O'Fanning Ed. Fanning

Ellinor Fitzgerald al! Harris

Garrett Fitzgerald John Lysaght, I.P. Maui ice Fltzgeratd Geo. Thornton, I. 1'.

01.11 PROPRIETOR TOWN[ AND GRANTEE AREA,I. P.M.

p-

a. r. p. Richd. Dundon, I. P. ... Crravel~eg .. I h h . Coll. ... 40 o o Pat Meade, I.P. . . . Ballinfiory . . . Arthur Ormsby ... 37 o o Jas. Bourbe, I. P. ... Rallinscrory ... Sir Ed. Ormsby ... 175 Q o Maurice Herbert, I. P. .. . Mullanes ... Do. ... 13 o o

a. r. p. Thos. Russell ...l Russells Curragh ...I Sir Ed. Ormsby . 92 3 o John Lysaght ... Black Abbey in 5 Do.- ... 10 o o

parcells, Several gardens o do. in Athdare 1 town

Pierce Creagh, I. P. ... 12 severall gardens Do. in Athdare town

Morise McTeige ... Garryowen and gar- Do. dens in same

John Fitzgerald and Two parcells in ye Do. James Lysaght same

Wm. Stritch, LP. ... 4 parcells do. ... Do. Jas. Creagh, I. P .. . A garden .. Do. Unforfeited ... 7 parcells White Abbey Pierce Creagh-Fitz-Pierce 4 parcells of Burgess Do.

(4) land in ye town Stephen Lee .. . Kealoge,Wademore, Do.

Traghoulagh,Clou- nagh, Farranmore- trea

Gurteenwaren ... Do. Thos. O'Cullane ... 3 parcells of Spittle Do.

land Wm. Stritch ... Whites Burgess Do.

land Jas. Lysaght ... Gortneglash ... Do. John Fitz-Edmund Burgess land ... ' Do.

Gerald Gorteendoglaney . . . Peter Wallis Nichs. Lylis, Castle Roberts begs Sir Ed. Ormsby

Pierce Creagh &others, I l

some Protestants Do. ... N o t sequestered Do. ... Poore Abbey ... Sir Ed. Ormsby Do. ... White Abbey (48a. Do.

not sequestered) Do. ... Gorteenmorebegg.. Do. ... Rowermore, Rower-

hegg, Ilanarory .. . Do. ... Beabus ...

(4) Pierce Creagh. This Pierce Creagh was Mayor of ,Limerick in 1651. He married a daughter of McNamara of Cratloe Castle, and died in 1670, and is now represented by the Creagh's of Dangan, Co. Clare. His name appears as Alderman Pierce Creagh, in the Inrolments of Certificates of transplanted persons, A.D. 1653-4.

THE CROMWELLIAN SETTLEMENT OF THE W,LJNTY OF LIMERICK-(Continued.)

BY JAMES GR,ENE BARRY, M.R.S.A,I.

PART SEVENTH.

James Butler and Mary, relict of James MurtagE 'McBryen and Jamer Butler

Same & Phil. hIcMahonj of Killura

Same Conor O'Bryen of Killo , -

geeny Turlagh McBryen of

Ballinvolode

Conor McBryen McMurtagh Tirlagh

McBryen Tirlagh McBryen of

Ballyvalode Earl of Thomond .. Tirlagh McBrynn ..

(I) C O O N A G H B A R O N Y .

ULLA AND CLUGGIN PARISH.

Pollarstown

Longford

Bog of Lismakelly

Killanurra Coarse Land . 8allyvolode . Good grazing of bo

of ditto. Cloghdalton .

Do.

Do. . Newtowne

Henry Harding -.l 671 O -O Andrew Brandon -.l 61 O O Thomas Harding ... 40 0 0 John White ... 279 0 0 Jer. Carthy ... 43 3 6

Do. ... 40 2 0

Jer. Carthy ... 139 o 32

John White ... 148 2 o Do. .. I32 3 24 Do. ... 52 0 3 2

Hollow Blades .. 232 o 0

Do. ... 75 0 0

Do. ... 38 o o Henryand John Warding IOO 0 0 Lands hot sequestered ... 461 o o

John White ...l 16 o o

(I) Ui Cuanach, an ancient tribe who possessed this Barony which included Aes Greine.

" Aes Greine of the fine bright land was obtained. "By O'Coaning of the territory of Saingel. (Singland) " H e possessed a cheery land around fair Greine. " From his noble descent from Eoghan." O'Heran.

For a further account of Greine or Grian see Joyce's "Irish Names of Places." Henry de Londres, Archbishop of Dublin, got a grant of this district in 1215.

A branch of the O'Brien's held almost exclusive possession of Coonagh from an early date down to Cromwellian times.

ULLA AND CLUGGIN P A R I S H - C O ~ ~ ~ Z B U C ~ .

William Rydane, John Farrandonolinroe Rydane and Arrebregy .

Morogh Casey ... Hackman Conor McBryne of Moanroe Farrandonogh ...

Murtagh McBryen of Part of Shrub do.. Longford ...

Conor McBryan, Conor McMurtagh, and Bryen McBrven of Mouenroe

Murtagh McRryen, I.P. Gg~,'k":,"~ and . Daniel McBryen ... Conor McMurtagh ... Both Crosses . Teige McBryan of Cross,

and Sir Morris Hurley, I. P. . . .

Hicky and Bryan MC- Shandangine . Bryan of Shandangine

Wm. Hickey ... Dunalter

Wm. Hickey, Melaghlan Cullinaghcinfrey Reagh, Thos. Ryan, and Leakamore . Dermott Ryan, Andrew MC Wm. Hickey and Mahon Ryan, I. P. . . .

Callagh McBryan of Knockballyfookam Knockballyfookane ... Ballynitty Cloghin

Teige McBryen of Bally- Thursley and i runa ... Brackyle b

Murtagh McBryen of Gortnalosty, Gort Longford ... nasallagh

Connor McBryan of Gortclassiany Knock . . . Arekerakaile

Miles McGrath of Clog- Gortanallyfovine hereadan, Chas. Mc- Bryenof Bohernecraggy Gortenallenm re Conor McBryen of Cly- Gortagarron, Gort nee, Wm. Ryan of barnaboy, Cuila Bohereeny,Teige McB. guillickbui of Ballyruan, Tirlagh Inheanmenagh McB. of Ballynacloghy Gortnanoghy and Kenedy RlcByrne Gortvonymeanna- of Derrynane, I.P. .. . gould

Gortamurragh and Gortaleanaboy . .

Ineryemenagh Earl of Thomond ... Killeighvally ..

Bog

Andrew Brandon .. Phil. Packer Henry Harding ..

Andrew Brandon .. Henry Harding ..

lohn White

Andrew Brandon and Col. Carey Dillon .. Hollow Blades A. Brandon lohn White

Andrew Brandon .. Andrew Brandon ..

4ndrew Brandon .. rhos. Sandon Yot Sequestered .. Zol. C. Dillon

OLD PROPRIETOR I TOWNLAND I GRANTEE

a. r. p. Miles McGrath Murtagh McBryan and Cloghkillibarri ... Thos. Sandon ... 600 o o

Conor McBryan ... Bad pasture ... James Dawson ... 100 o o Earl of Thomond .. . The restoftheF'arish Not Sequestered ,..l

Thomas Mahoune McOwen ... Doone ... Lord Kingston ...

Donagh Ryan Conor ... A fifth unprofitable Ryan Roger Ryan Bryen McBryan Conor McLeaghlin Phil. MC. Erg Bryan, I.P. Marcus McGrath of Killi-

newallan .. . Lissowan ... Hollow Blades ... Mahoune Owen Bryan of

Killimullan Meaghlin Bryne Killimullan .. . Do. .., Bryne McBryne Conor McLeaghlin Phil. Ryan and Connor

McMeaghlin Bryne,I. P Donagh Bryne Murtagh McBryne .. Gowlagh ... Earl Mountalexander (3) Roger Ryan .. . Curraghauphoyle Moris Hurley and Conor

and Thos. Ryan ... Bog . Do. ,.. Murtagh Bryne of Long-

ford ... Tomoline ... Hollow Blades ... Dermott Bryne of Tomo-

line ... Shrubs .. . Do. . . . Murtagh Bryne . . . Clounirnskeenahehy A. Brandon ... Teige McByrne ... Leackacrowe ... Do. . . . Magrath Ryan and ... Do. ... Lord Kingston ...

William Ryan, I. P. .. . Do. .. . (3) Earl Mountalexander Dnl. and Donagh

Mahoune of Purtane ... Purtane .. . Holloy Blades ... Thos. and Dnl. Donnellan Conor McBryne Conor McMurtagh McB.

of Cloghdalton ... Killmackogue ... John White ... I I I

(2) Doone-Dun BlCse, i t . , the fort of Blessb, who was swineherd to the King of Coonagh.

(3) Earl Mount Alexander. This was Hugh Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Mont- gomery, who forfeited his estates in England as a Royalist, but, on the Restoration was created Earl of Mount Alexander, and had his English estates restored and got large grants in Ireland. H e married a daughter of the 1st Earl of Drogheda and left issue. The title became extinct in 1757 on the death of the 5th Earl.

Teige McBryne and ... Killinlavane . WilJiam Bryne .. Gortaanavullen . Kennedy McBryne .. Killmore Connur Reagh O'Hea of

Gortnagard ... Gortavally . Murrogh O'Hea McShane Shane O'Hea ... Red Bog McTho~. Joan O'Hea ... Gortavally Bog . McMahoune Ed. O'Hea McRichard & Sir Morris

Hurley, I.P. Tirlagh Bryne of Cookey

Red Rog Do. and Conor

O'Hea ... Carrigogounagh . Red Rog of Cappag

(4) Henry, Earl of Tho- mond ... Castlegarde ..

Murtagh McBryne Roger Ryan, Sir Morris

Hurley, Conor and E. Ryan . . . Curraghmccomyne

Teige McBryne of Ballin- ruan, I.P. ... Leackamccoumyn

Wood Do. ... Bog 1

Rinvanna Coarse

A. Brandon Do. Do.

Do. Pious Uses

Do. Gamaliel Waters

An eighth unprofitablt

Not sequestered

Sir Audley Mervin

Earl Mountalexander

..,

. . .

...

. . . e...

. . .

. . .

a. r, p. Murtagh McBryne of 1 Castletown ...l Andrew Brandan ...I 504 3 8

Castletown ... Same fit for building Do. Curragh of same ...I Do. Coolnamone ... Do. ... 84 o o Commons to do. ... Col. C. Dillon ... 31 I o Derrirane ... Andrew Brandon ... 69 o o

Kennedy McBryne ... Do. Do. ... 103 I 24

(4) Henry O'Brien, 7th Earl of Thomond, inherited, with the Clare estates, considerable ancestral estates in the County Limerick. His grandson, Henry, 8th Earl, died without issue in 1741, and was buried in Limerick Cathedral. By his will the great Thomond estates were left to Murrough, Lord O'Urien, son and heir of the Earl of Inchiquin, with remainder to Percy Wyndharn, Lady Thomond's nephew, who succeeded to the estates in 1756. when he was created Baron Ilrackan and Earl of Thomond. H e died unmarried in 1774, when these estates went to his nephew, the 3rd Earl of Egremont. The patrimony of the O'Brien's of Thomond is now vested in Charles Henry Wyndham, 3rd Baron Leconfield.

Tirlagh McBryne of Ballinacloghy

Sir M. Hurley and Wm. McBryne, 1.1'.

Sir Morris Hurley of Knocklong and Hicky

Theobald Lord Baron o Brittas, I.P.

Sir M. Hurley and Murroghoge McBryn~ of Pallice, I. P. ..

Any Hicky, widow, I.P. Thomas Browne of Hos

pital, I. P.

Curreengeenaiffe ... Rallynegrenagh . . . James Dawson ..l 186 o o Bog ...

Ed. Harrison Knockroe . . . James Dawson

Coole ...l Jamer Darson ...l 35 0 0

Clockdine . DO. ...l I I O o o

Clyrone 114 1 8 Kiltilly 85 I 8 Bog of Do. 20 o 16

Richard Bourke of Drom- keen, and Miltown ... Ed. Harrison ...l 179 3 -8

Robt. Browne. I.P. ... I Undistin~uishable Wm. ~ourke, ' late of

Knockinisty ,..l Ballingal&h ...l Do.

BALLINACLOGHY AND GREAN PARISH.

OLD PROPRIETOR TOWNLAND GRANTEE AREA,A. R. P.

a. r. p. Murragh McTeige .. ./ Hal!ytrasne .../ Pious Uses ...l 186 0 o ~ r ~ n e % f ~ a l l ~ t & s n e .. . Do. of Couly McEryne ...

Do. Do. -

Do- Do. Do. Do. Do.

Lord Thomond rest

neen ... ... Gorteenanyne ... Pious Uses .. . Part of Ballyvodeen Ed. Harrison ... Do. . . . Hollow Blades ... DO. ... A. Brandon .. Bog in Con~mon ... Col. C. Dillon ... Not sequestered

Murragh McTeigh Mc- Bryne ... Gortalyne ...( Cornelius Clrncy ...l 185 3 24

Claimed by Thomas Apjohn

Sir Morris Hurley (5) ... Kilduffe

Ballinlooby . Murraghoge McBryneand

Sir M. Hurley ... Pallice Sir M. Hurley .., Any Hickey of Caherna-

nenagh ... Cahirnemenagh , Mahoune O'Hea of Parke

Thos. O'Hea of Grean, Part of Moymore . I.P. ...

Sir M. Hurley, I.P. ... Part of DO. 110. ... Bog Do. ... Knockgreany Con

Sir M. Hurley ... Teige McBryne of Derk, Knockderk

and Wm. McB. of Glebe to Do. Cross, and Teige McB. of Clynoe

~ r v & Dnl. McB. ... I ~ a ~ e McMurtagh .. . Mahoune McB. and

Muartagh McBryne ... Charles McBryne of

of Bohernagrogy ... Tirlagh McB. of Ballina- Knockane

cloghy ... Clockareaka Dnl. McB. of Cross ... Wm. Hicky and Murtagh

McB. of Longford, I. P.

Pious Uses ... ZIO I o Dub. Col1 ... 10 o o Ed. Harrison ... 141 0 20

Ed. Harrison ... 383 2 16

Pious Uses ... 410 2 16

Do. ... gr o o

Do. ... 13 0 0 29 2 32

mon to adjacent towns.. . 138 3 24

Pious Uses ... a33 2 32 Do. 1g 0 0

Ed. Harrisou .. 237 1 7 Thos. Sandcn ... 116 I o Pious Uses ... 127 I 3

Thos. Sandon . 31 o o Do. ... 38 o o

(5) Sir Morris Hurley of Kilduff and Knockleng, see ante note Small County Barony.

THE CROMWELLIAN SETTLEMENT O F THE COUNTY OF

BY JAMES GRENE BARRV, M. R.S. A.I.

PAR?' THE EIGHTH.

John Cantwell, I.P. ( I )

C O S H L E A B A R O N Y .

Lisnaroorr ... Curraghdine . . . Sir Oliver St. George . . Gortkislane .. . IIugh Massy Ballyhane . . William Barraby Cnrrowkeele ... Iiuph Massy - Garrane Knocb-

garranduffe . . . Kill~canuan .. . William Barraby Cashoonkieran . . . Carrow Therny ...( Kealogs, Parke . . Galbally Mone-

Galbally Annagh Castlecrea Curraghrosty . . . Killmone ... Ardrahin . . . (;arranylena arid ... Sir 0. St. George Cvrraghkilbrana ...l 11ugh hlassy

William Pettie Thornas Green

Ihllinamuddagh ... I Anne Wybrow Do. . / Sir Wm. Peitie

C&- '(&h ( ~ t the foot of thc mountain). This barony runs East and West along the Galtee range and some of the most ferliie land in Munster, the " golden vein." The Fiizgibl,ons (the " \Vhite Knight" and the " Sons of the Old Knight ") owned the greater part of this barony until the 1att.r part of the 16th century.

( I ) This was a branch of the Tipperary family of Cantwell. The de CantcviILes, a Norman family, got rxtel~rive grants of land in the counties of Kilkenny and Tipperary early in the 13th century.

Donogh 91 John McGrath

Wicholas Haly & Jan~es Fitzgerald

Ballyclysheen and Inchycomb ..l i n n e Wybrow

B a l l g u h . . . DO. Hugh Massy Sir Wm. Pettie

Gleanagruer ... l Do. Clnonmore and

Downtreleague ... Hugh Massy (2) Ballynamona and

Rathmear . . . Do. Coolerve, Ballyregg & Scartmurameer Do.

DO. . . . William Barraby Lissardcennell .. Do. Bog common to Garrylouga .. Hugh Massy

Mountain common to all

Manor of Galbally 1476 o o Uohernacurry ... Wm. Armstrung ... 84 o o Rallinloolev and ~ a r r a t a c i u m ~ . .

.( Do.

Do. ... Wm. & Jas. Reeves

Do. .. Do. ... 76 o o Do. ... Dub. Coll. ... 76 o o

led Bog ... , 439 0 0

(2) Captain Nuph iMassy of Dnntryleague, aniofficer in the Cromwellian army, was ancestor of the Massys Baron Massy and Massey Baron Clarina and the cadet

families of that nalr.e, of whom the Stoneville family are the principal. In the course of time the Massys became, both from their position and property, one of the most influential families in the County Limerick, and retained their large estates and

political influence up to a recent period. Down to the passing of the Land Purchase Acts the Massys still held upwards of 53,000 acres in the Counties of Limerick and Tipperary, which the above-mentioned Hugh Massy acquired under the Act of Settlement,

Sir Edward Fitzharris (3) of Clonefoy

Eneas McGrath of Glenarry

Do, Ed. Fitzharris and

Thomas McGrarh ..

Sir Mons Hurley .. no. Do. Do.

Clonafoy . . .I Amhrose Jones ...l 300 o 27

Ballingarry and Ballinclacklau ... Peter Wallis . . . 158 3 13

Jefford Stoute Ballygusdonagh . . , Peter Wallis

Kiltigarriffe . . . Giles Powell .. 100 o o Robert Oliver ... 138 0 0 Ed. Cooper ... 90 o o

Knocklong ... Wm. and J. Reeves ... 223 0 0 Knocklarby . . Giles Powell ... 158 0 0 Cloghastra ... Rob. Oliver (4) ... 96 0 0 Glenlarby . . . Giles Powell ... 213 2 0

OLD PROPRIETOR TOWNLAND GRANTEE AREA,I. P.M.

I l I a. r. p. Nicholas Haly of 260 o -0

Tworheen . . . Red Hog 79 0 0 Miles McGrath ... I 5 1 0 o

' ' l

Sir M. Hurley and l Rathgulane ...l Wm. & J. Reeves ...l 58 o -0 Gibbon ~itzgibbon

Bea1,scadane . 1 Dub. ,011. John 91 I-Ielen Fitzgibbon Wm. $ J. Reeves

l

(3) The Fitzharlis's were Barons of Kilcavan, in the County Wexford, and were descended from the noble house of Meyler Fitzhenry. Sir Edward Fitzharris was the youngest son of Mathew Fitzharris Baron Kilcavan, and had his estates in Coshlea Barony, confirmed by patent from James I. His son was executed at Tyburn for treason A.D. 1681. (4) Robcrt OIiver was 3. Cromwellian officer, who got large grants of land in this

barony. He purchased Clonodfoy Castle and demesne of the Fitzharris' from the grantee and changed the name to Castle Oliver. The Right Honorable Silver Oliver, who was for many years before the Union M.P. for the County Limerick, introduced a settlement of Palatines into this district about 1740 This fine estate went in the female line, early in the last century, to the Gascoyne family, now repre- sented by Colonel Gascoyne and the Hon. Cosby Trench. This estate has been lately sold to the tenants under the Land Act.

I l a. r. p.

John Fitzgihbon ... Ballinlong . . . Amlzose !ones .. 8 2 0 0 Sir M. Hurley, LP. ... Ihocklong ,., Ed. Cool,er ... 362 o o

DO. .. Do. ... Ambrose Jones ... 218 o o Do. . . . Do. ... Sir W. Pettie ... 20 o o

Gibbon Fitzgibbon, I. P. Hamonstown . . . Ed. Cooper ... 80 o o Do. ... Do. .. . Giles l'owell .. 40 o 0'

Jas. Heffernan, LP. ... Michalstown ... Ambrose jdnes .. 385 "0 o Do. .. . Do. ... R. Oliver ... 20 o o Do. ... Do. .. Lord Collooney (5) .. 70 o o Do. .. . Do. . . . Giles Powell ... 305 0 0

John Fitzgibbon ... L)ownemoonals and Rob. Oiiver ... 629 o o Ballynehensy

James and N. IIaly ... Knockamen Lord Collooney ... 210 o o John Fitzgihbon .. . Garrynea :::I Ed. Cooper .. . 207 0 0

Nicholas Haly Sr Gibbon Ballinscalla . . . Lord Collooney Fitzgibbon Ballinvreeny ... Do.

Do. ... Dorrinstown . Do. Do. ... Steevenstown ... Do. Do. ... Martinstown ... Do.

Bogincommon ..,/I Henry Wall of Ballygrdneady and 'Hugh Massey

Milltown Ballvqueen Rich. Grim . . v---- no. l Pat. Keaney of Kilmal- Ballycuilane lnck

~ i c h . - ~ a i ~ and Fitzgibbon

Nich. Naly, J.P. Do.

John Burgett Do. Do.

Gibbon

...

...

...

...

Tirmore& Ballinarig Rob. Oliver Gibbonstowne ... Rich. Grice Tyanstowne and I-lenry Ponsonby

Kilbreedy Lord Collooney Do. ... Hugh RIassy

(5) Rirhard Cook was created Baron Coote of Colooney by Charles 11, in 1660. See Note ( I ) Small County unit).

Wm. Meagh .. . Milltowne . . . Chidley Coote ( G ) Rich. Creafih ... Flen~ingstowne ... l o.

Do. ,.. Rohernahotony .. Do. Sir Ed. Fitzharris ... Ballingadybegg ... Do

Do. . Do. more ... Do. Do. ... Garrykitteen ... I)o. DO. ... CarrowgarritTe . . . Do.

John lhleagh Fitzgeorge. .. Old Garte z pnrcells Do. Do. ... A curragh . . .

John Gold of I i~lock- Anlambony and stowney . . Rallymaulagh ... Chidley Coote

Rob. Guosy of Kilnosy.. . Do. Pat. Kearney and Garrett Rallingurry and

Fitzgerald ... Rallynophoyne ... Do. A curragh in Ballin- -

nossy ... Nicholas Haly ... Ardpatrick ... DO.

no . ... Ardevolane ... DO. Tohn Fox ... Ballynehow ... D o Randall Hurley ... Ballyvoodane ... Do.

n o . .. . Graige ... Do. Garryphooky and 1 Glendoenane . ...l 219 o o

Miles Fitzharris . . . Ballymacshanbuy . . Chidley Coote ... 317 0 0

Ballyshondehy ... Wm. Mead ... g8 o 0

Ballyknoghy .. . Do. ... I13 0 0 Jamestown . . . Chidley Coote ... I81 0 0

Garrymonagh .. Do. . . . r83 o o ~a thniwhi t tagh ... Do. ... 153 6 o

Do. . . . Rich. Grice ... go o '0

Cleaghagh .. . Chidley Coote ... 57 0 C

Ballycarrowney . . . Do. ... 112 o o Ballenveely . . John Moland ... 188 o o

I l

(6) Chidlcy Cootc was ancestor of the Cootes of Mount Coote and A5h Fliii, Kilmallock.

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Sir Ed. Fitzharris .,. Cloghnodfoy ... IIenry IJonsonIly Lawrencetown . Do, Hallynaniona . Do. Ballyvosknody ... Lord Colloonev Morestown ... Do. Killeenan ... Rob. Oliver Koplogh . . Lord Collooney BalIyshane .. Do. Towrenhoan ... Do. . 'I'ullo ... Do. Spittle ... 110.

Do. .. . Do. Durragh ... Rob. Oliver Garryarthur .. . Do. Bog & Mountain . . . Ballinnecourtey ... Lord Collooney Keale ... Rob. Oliver Keelcragy .. . Do. hbbeyballinegaule.. Dub. Coll. Waste ~. . Baliyagoge ... Rob. Oliver Ballyoregan ... Do. Waste ... Do. Ballygreny .. . Henry Ponsonby Ballyvotory and

Mullans ... l Do. Bog and Curragh in ,

common ,.. Mortelstowne .. 4 DO. Ki!fenane and Bally-

george ... kob. Oliver Aglean, part of Kil-

fenane . . . Do. Ballynletny ... Do. Eallynecoaty and

Ball~neghursh .. . Do, Balliniggin .. . Ballingerode .. Ed. Cooper Comnlons . ,. Garrilassy ... Rob. Oliver Halfcornes .. . Chidley Coote Fanningstowne ... Henry I'onsonhy

Eneas Oge McGrath ... Ballintobles .. . Rob. Oliver (Commons 35) ... Ed. Cooper

Rich. Creagh, LP. ... Ballycrany and Ballycaroney .. . Henry Ponsonby

LIBERTIES OF KIEMBLLOCK. -----.

OLD PROPRIETOR TOWNLAND (I RANTEE

_ _ - _ - _ - - - l

Sir M. Hurlev. I. F ... 1 Gortnesitana&y .. - .

John 13urgett: '1.1'. Do. Richard Creagh, 1. P. :::l DO. : . ' l Chidley Coore Randolph Hurly 1 M~ch. and Mat. Huriy

. . . , Do. Hishopsland , . . Farenvasleemn~ore.. Gleal~e . . Gurtemaell ... Do. John Fox . .. Ardsheraee .. . Sir M. Hurley .. Ralreard John Meagh and Lucas 3 parcels. ... Chidley Coote

Stritch ... Pat Ikarney and Rich. Ardkillmartin ..

Creagh .. . Nonaghmurry .. . Do. .. . Moneclarine . . n o .

Wllliam~Lcwis

John Gold Fitzwalter ... l'arknemonegeile ... Mat I-laly

- . l . . Several parcls. ...I Plerce Creagh of Limerick A parcell .. Chidley Coote (;leabe ... Vicars Land ... not seqd. Mat Haly ... Maghareragh ...

Ferrangiilanbert .,, Bishop of Limerick lames Meagh . . Gortacollis & other

parceils .. . Do. Tames Verdon, I. P. ... Stealicollis .. . Do. Pierce Creagh ... Deebert . . . Chidley Coote Nicholas Farrut ,.. Ballycallanl~eg . . . Nicholas Farrut Bishop of Limerick . . . Gortanevooly . . .

Gortneskeagh . . . Henry W'all ... Stoalanalts . . . H. Ponsonby

Do. .. . Do. ...I Bishop of Limerick Gorthealneboy . . . Do.

Johi~ Fox .. . I'ronce . . , Chidley Coute Sir M. Ilurley . . . I'arknacourt . . Peter Wallis IioO. Haly ... Gorticlagan ... Chidley Cootr P. Creagh ... Clownesteevane ... Do. John Gold FitzWm. . e r i c g e ...

Killioreske . . . Gotnelanaha ... Do.

Pat Meade ... Gortinpark ... Keybruss, Moan-

garriffe ... Do. Gortbohergragh,

Gortboy ... Gortinprickedoosy

and Barracklieg . . . -

Kilmaliock got its name from a monastery founded in the 7th Mochellog. Kilmallock and " the Liberties" are in the Parish of St

century by St. Peter and Paul's.

0r.1) P~or '~1r .1 O R

---

John Gold

Sir M. Hurly Thos. Hoare and David

Meagh FitzDomnick . . Peter Creagh Fitzpeter.

David Verdon

Francis Creagh

John Fox

John & Et]. tiould

Rob. Haly, LP. no.

Sir M. liuriy

Xcholas Haly

Garryivamnick . . Knocknacash . . . Do. Small l'arcells ... Do. Gorteenacoyne ... Kacknovane . . . Rich. Grice and Gortgarriffe .. . Rich. Smith Gartgamffno . . . Gorteenalrevadagh.. R. Grice and Gortueaghlagh . . . I<. Smith Gortivonedukle . . . Gortrahine ... Gortanncmoyle ... Kob. Haly Rapcneraherny .. . Chidley Coote Bantraghcreagh . . Gorteenoushy ... Do. Callamore ... IIen. Ponsonby Gortkncckane . . . Gorticorneyle . . . Gortinvorish ... Chid. Coote ParLeale, Gortna-

cloghy Finereghy, Gort-

lewis Rahindoologhy .. R. Grice and 13. Smitl Gortindraigh and ,

Deeglam . . . Camiane . . . Parcells of land . .. not seqd. Farranlewis . . . i Fryanlewis . . . 1 Iisheendaragh .. . Gurl~sheen ... Farrencrassa . . . Mounteen I parson parts of Gortclayey Irisheen, Garryowen Hishop of I,imericki' Sortnatiim ... ;ortyknockanpeirsse Sortl~oy, Garryneita Do. [nchynaghien .. . Do.

Do. ... K. Grice & K. Smith

" This grant was made to the person who was at the time Blshop of Limerick in his private capacity, not as Bishop. It is not now easy to identify this Rlshop, 1)ut it was probably John Vesey, who was promoted from Limerick to the Archblshoprick of Tuanl in 1678. H e was Chaplain to the lIouse of Comnrons In 1661, and was evidently a persona p m t a with the Government, as we find him promoted to the Rectorship of Shandrum and Vicxr of Charleville, Dean of Cork and also Archdeacon of Armagh. His father succeeded him as Archdeacon in 1672.

THE CROMWELLIAN SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY OF LIMERICK-(Continued).

BY JAMES G R E N E BARRY, M.R.S.A.I. Vice-Pres. for County Limerick N.M.A.S.

(Continued from the Journal of the Limerick Field Club, vol. iii., p. 237.)

PART THE N I N T H AND 1,AST. -

CONNELLOE BARONY. ( I )

Denis Byrne

Moragh Sheehy, 1. P. ..

James Stritch, late of Limerick

Kathern Herbert ..

Sir Ed. Fitzgerald ..

Glanistaire .. . Richard Hunt Do. ... Tohn Bourke Do. ... Philip Packer

Gleangoure and S Burton Ballyfoirons ... Wm. Shippy and

John Bourke

Gunaghnamallagh ... Rich. Hunt Ballynona . Do. Killaghtan Bishop's

Land not sequea- tered ...

Aghnviskie ... John Vaughan Do. .. . Do.

Gorteenigillane ... Sir Stephen White Rat h . . . William Fitzmorris Gortmore and ... Lord Kingston

Auleogorman . . . D. of York Coolmacree 381 ... William Fitzmerris Dromcornane 380.. . 1 Do. (Common of pasture

289) ... Sir S. White Shroanrath ... John Rourke Miskeen ... Lord Kingston

( I ) "The Ui-Conaill, of the Battalion of Munqter." (O'Herin). The O'Connell tribe were driven out of this district by the ~itzgeralds of

Desmond before A.D. 1200. The Earls of Desmond owned the whole of this district for nearly 400 years. In 1583 the lands in this Earony were confiscated and parceled out among "The Undertakers."-(See " Limerick in the Reign of Queen ~lizabeth," by J. G. Barry, Journal Limerlck Field Club, 1897.)

The Desmond Rental of O'Connelloe, 1452, gives a detailed accopnt of their demesne lands, &C., in this Barony. Again under the Cronlwellian Settlement a great portion of this Barony changed hands. I n the eighteenth century Connelroe was subdivided for fiscal purposes into the present Baronies, Upper and Lower Connelloe, Shanid and Glenquin.

a. r. p. Sir Ed. Fitzgerald and Gortnatallagh and

Coll. Fran. Courtney ... parcel1 in contro- versy Setween them I). of York ... 7 2 o o Part of Monotallagh Do. ... I42 0 0

Sir Ed. Fitzgerald ... Ballynihilly, Liskel- lane & Ballydurty ... Andrew Brandon ... 400 0 0 Gortneskagh ... Do. ... 231 0 0 1 Do. . . . Do. ... 44 0 o

OLD PROPRIETOR TOWNLAND GRANTEE AREA,I.P.M.

a. r. p. Sir Ed. Fitzgerald ... Gortabrabine ... Wm. Fitmn~orrii ...I 230 o o

Dominick Roche, of Limerick, J.P. ..

Do.

Sir Ed. Fitzgerald ..

Knockcuoleencane Lord Kingston ... Do. . .. Sir Thomas Chamberlain

Cahirvoyle . . . Lord Kingston . . . no. Lord Ranelagh ..

Leaviebegg ::f Sir S White ... Leavimore and

Ratheenagh ... Monero and ... Lord Kingston ...

Ballintohuire .. Sir S White . . . Gorteenedrady ... Do. . . .

and Moher ... Lord Kingston . . . I<ilcouroe and ... Do. ...

Cleevagh ... Wm. Sheppy and Sam Burton . . .

Killidie ... Do. ... Lord Kingston ...

Ballylanagane ... Do. ... Keanecnher . . . Do. ... Flineglatie . . . John Bourke ... Lisnafuley . . . Lord Kingston . a *

Cooleleave and Lower Cappagh.. . Do.

Banemore ... Do.

OLD PROPRIETOR -

Sir Ed. Fitzgerald .. Killeene . . . William Fitzmorris Ballydubeg ... Sir S. White Clouncnnnan ... Hollow Blades Clounpekan ... Bishop of Ossory Clouncoyle and .. Sir S White

Ballyniekerry .. . Juhn Bourke Cleaneduffei ... Lord Kingston I<nockeadronige . . . Do. Borracappagh . . . Do. Mountain in com-

mon to adjacent lands -

controversy Ire- tween Fitzgerald and Coll. ... Aldworth

Do. . . . Lord Kingston Garridufle . . . Sam Uurton and

W Sheppey 1,ord Kingston

a. r. p. Dominick Roche, of Knockadennody

Limerick, J.P. ... and Cahirdagh ... Lord Kingston ... 718 o o James Bourke, of .. Portrynard and Nichclas Uurke ... 190 o o

Limerick, J.P. ... Ibocknashmngh John Bourke ... 767 o o

CORCOMOHI~E A N D CLONECKEANE PARISH.

a. r. p. Symon hfcHenry, J.P. ... Casilct~rw~l ... And Ikandon 514 0 0

Knockrobey . . . 1)v. ... 119 3 0 h. ... 1: >hop of Ossory ... 40 o o

Donagh Gorman, of Finaroals ... Finagh k Gortmore And. Brandon

,. l I70 0 0

Wugh Gorman .. . Ciaurranagh .. Do. 245 3 0

Daniel Cullane ... Dromornecrum .. T)o. Teipe Cullane . . .

CORCOMOHIDE AND CLONECREANE PARISH-~0nz%2~t?d.

Teigue McThomas .. James Cullane Sir Ed. Fitzgerald, of

Clingles

Symon McHenry, of Castletown

James, Lord Bath .. Symon McHenry .. John Haly, of Limerick Garrett McHenry, of

Cappaghnanty ..

Symon McHenry ..

Henry Garrald

Conor McHenry .. John Mortagh McHenry

Hugh Gorman

and Teige Gorman, .. of Kilcolman and

Donagh Gorman .. Thos. & Ed. Gorman . . Gerald Oge McHenry ..

Clonpastine ... Do.

Kosnerey Lane, Movan i% Ballin- Sir John Fitzgerald and longiny . . . \Villiam Fitzmorris .. l

Ballaghnahulling Wm. Godolphin .. and Gortroe ... Lord Kingstown ..

A. Brandon Do. ... Do.

Commons and Ros. part of Castle- enery

Clonbonniffe ... Wm. Godolphin and " ' 1

Digby Foulkes .. Wm. Godolphin ..

Kilgobnett ... A. Blandon Clogmichell ... Do. Capsghnighane . . . Oliver Lambert

Brook Bridges pnrt of Cappananthe

and Cloneduffe . .. Russinghouse . .

Rildonnell and Cashanssuill ..

Commons to said townlands ..

Oliver Lambert and Brooke Bridges ..

A Brandon 0. Lambert Wm. Godolphin .. Wm. Domville and

Digby Foulkes .. Lord Icingston

1 1

Gortadene and Ballinsrowe ... A. Brandon

Balliarliffe and Gortmote and Sir Wm. Domville and Maghinmore ... Wm. Godolphin ..

Balleanliffe and Gortmore ... Do.

Bog in Common . . . Kilmory . . . Sir Wm. Domville and

Wm. Godolphin .. I<ilcoleman and A. Brandon

Cappaghcullane ... Sir T . Chamberlain .. Do. ... Lord Kingston

Red Bog Mullahard .. . A. Brandon Gorteenwinchaly . .. Do. Ballysallagh . . . Oliver Lambert and

Brooke Bridges . .

Wm. Lacy, of Ballin-

Ed. Sheehy Nich. Haly, of Tworine..

Phil. Collam, of Bally- knockane

Nich, Karney, of Kil- mallock

Wm. Lacy, of Ballin-

Wm. Lacy

Wm. Collum, of Lisamot.

John Fitzgerald

Belane ICingstreete .. Clonicregan .. W. Ballykeanane .. Eallyny

Do.

Dourlass no. Do.

Killitmore ICillmore Both Coole ~orseH'

Ballyknockane .. Liskanned

Kilmihille Commons of same Ballynaile Ballyteaghmill .. Common of same .. Lisamota Gortenafaha . . Scortnamadery .. Ballyroe, Eallifierni:

Wordstock and Cahernaffa . .

Kilmiteria

Lisacurry Common to all ad-

jacent lands by name Knockfeern:

Ballinfrankp .. . Killcomedone .. Mota

Thos. Boon Earl of Orrery Thos. Boon A. Brandon

Do. Rob. Dowges Hollow Blades Francis Belears Wm. Thompson and

John Field S. Barnadiston

A. Brandon ... 158 o o O v e r Lambert ...l 536 0 0 Brooke Bridges ... 16 0 0

Dub. Coll. ...l 98 o o

Thomas Boon ... 102 0 0 17 o o

DO. ... 133 0 0 Do. ... 360 o o

I2 0 0 Do. ... 152 o o

Bishop of Ossory , . . 240 o o Do. ... 223 o o

D. of York ... 76 o o A. Brandon ... 1 1 1 o 17 Wm. Thompson and

John Field ... 111 o 17 Henry Widdenham ... 72 o o

511 o c lieorge 1krceva11 ...l 368 o o

Do. ... 221 0 0 Do. .. 8 0 0 0

a. r. p. Morish Herbert and 1 Rethkeale ... Morish Herhert and

Sir Ed. Fitzgerald 3 ploughlands, &c. Oliver Lambert and Brooke Bridges ... 526 3 28 "" West Gorfroe Do. 6 3 0 l Rathkeale :::l Col. C. Dillon 1 : : 6 o o

David Lacy . ../ Uouberron j Andrew Brandon .. .. . Ldrd Kingston

Thos. Fitzgerald &Jas. Balli- Nich. .& John Bonrke .. Bou rke of Limerick . . . ... no - -.

Wm. Fitrgerald ..l Ballyhahill Andrew Rrandon 1: Wm. Lacv of Ballin-

garry, J . P. ...I Iiallydorcigge Thos. Boon Ed. Cooke Lord Kingston

Do. .. Reylane . . . Thos. Boon James Bourke ... Ardboglane ... Nich. Bourke and Sir

Thomas Southweel .. Ellin Butler, J. P. ... Ballyallinan . . . Rob. Dowger and Sir

Thomas southwell .. 1 / Lord Kingston and Sir

Rich. Wall

'2 . -

Thomas Southwell .. . . Knockbanevard . . . 0 Lambert & B Bridges

Common to three Parishes, Rath- keale, Croagh and Nantenane ...

Commons to adja- cent lands ...

Abbey and lands belonging to Col. Pigkott not se- questered . . .

Ed. Sheehy a.

Ballinerogy ... And. Brandon .. . 896 Gorteenecaraghan Wm. Hampton ... Rallikennedy ... Bishop of Ossory ... Ballicol~nan and Henry Widdenham ... 74

Castlecwince ... A. Brandon .. . 202 Tyrnehelly ... n o . ... 66 Commons to adja-

cent lands ... 33 Glebe ... I 6

Ellinor Butler ... Knockaderry ... Wm. Hampton Sheehy Widow ... Caheraghan and Jas. Webster

Lisleyasta ... Bishop of Ossory

Thos. Purcell . . . fkillinnory ... Olivrr Lambert ... 190 o '0 1 Do. ... Broolie Bridges ...l 64 0 0 Oliver Lambert ... 128 o o

Rich. Stephenson, late of Dunmoylan, J. P. ... IGltenane ...

Giles Purcrll ,., Milltown ... n o . ... 116 o o Brelaghnegilly . . . 0 iver Lznibert . 346 o o Fillidle & Ballagh .. 0. Lambert 8z B. Bridges I3 0 0

Do. Gr B. Bridges 78 0 0

Rich. Hunt, J.P. .. Arvangor Bogg

Mr. Puree11 Eeakley .. Crogh:own Gr

l 1 a. r. p.

Rich. Stephenson ... Garranehoy ... 0. Lambert ... 142 0 0

Gorteenecorve Clershire .. Do. ... 55 0 0 ... Bishop's land not seqr. .. 121 0 0

Cooleballyshane . . . 110. ... 162 o o Graige and Knocli-

drimin ... Do ... I81 0 0

G. & 1%'. Fitzgerald ... RallyAoyne Bishop of Limerick g8 0 '0 1 Ballyfallen ... Thotnas Moynane ... Granard ... Lord Kingston and 1 ThadyQ~l in(2) . . I 7 5 0 0

Commons adjacent 130 o o John Fitzgerald of ~ i n n e t e r s t o ~ n and

Finnetersto,m ...l Bailyogan . e r I n e r t ..,l 761 0 0 Do. ... Grange ... Thady Quin . 78 o o

(2) Thady Quin could not have been an original Grantee as he was not of age. Prol~ably he purchased, and had the lands enrolled in the Act of Settlement, 1662.

a. Sir Thos. Chamberlain 182 John Bourke .. 891 Brook Bridges .., 444

I734 Sir T. Chamberlain ... 494 Lord Kingston .. 183 U'ni. Godolphin .. . 141 Lord Kingston .. 673 Thos. Sandon ... 285 tIollow Blades .. 200

921

Rich. Stephenson . Manor Dunmoylan Monewherille . . Ballinneburney . . . Lord Kings ton

Rich. Hunt Coll. C. Dillon

Part of Ardagh ... Rich. Hunt Do. .. . Do. no. ... T.C. D.

Farrentabla ... Brook Bridges Dromgour ... Do. Lisbrenagh ... R. Hunt

Denis Brien

Waste land .. Dooncahy Lislmne Lisnakean Ballinvarrilly . . Ki!lcoleman .

Wm. Collum Jas. Bourke

Sir Daniel O'Brien .. Do. n o .

Waste

Mahon Kennedy . Bll inv i r r ic ... Nich. Bourke (3) ... 106 0 0 Thos. Fitzgerald ... Rathneseare ... J. ST N. Eourke ... 309 0 0

Morris Legg ... Argowleinore ... Wm. Godolphin ... 230 3 26 Argowlebegg ... Rrooke Bridges ... I 7 o o

Wm. Godolphin ... 161 o o

a. r. p. John Shea .. . Ballyearla . . Dublin College ...l I42 o o Jas. Bourke of Limerick Ballyrobbin ... John Bourke ... 124 o o

Rrien and Tirlough Kennedy ... Scart . . . Brooke Bridges

Dermot Oge O'Brien ... Derrywantry and '

Ballvbane .. Wm. Godolphin Denis Brien , . . Ba!lineberrin

Waste Edmund Sheehy .. . Curraline

OLD PROPRIETOR

Sir Daniel O'Brien . Keanmoge Cahirmeaghill and Ballynard Rathronan Althea

Do.

Daniel O'Brien and ... Sir Thos. Southweli ... .. Sir T. Southwell ... ... Rich. Hunt ... .. . Dame Anne Crisp ...

John Bourke . . .

OLD PROPRIETOR

James Lacy Wm. Collum Creeve of Lismeale 1 Wm. Godolphin .. . l 139 o '0 Cunnigar I55 0 0

1x6 2 16 Sir Henry Slingsby ... 64 2 6 Rich. Stephenson .. Ballyvoghlan

Liscordan and Caherlogh Ballykealy Ballyduane Lispealcan Gadanard and Fadanite

l (3) The lands granted to the Bourkes were again confiscated after the Treaty of

Limerick, and they disappear from among the landed gentry of the district, but the Bourkes of Tiermore, near Shanagolden, are commonly reputed to be the present representatives. The Coat of Arms on the tomb of Michael Bourke of Tiermore, born 1724, represent the same arms as those borne by the Bourkes of Clanwilliam. John Bourke was M.P. for Askeaton in James 11. I'arliament of 1689.

Ihniel O'Brien ...l Do. ... Sir T. Southwell Morris Herbert

John Hurley of Knock- long

...l John Hurley ...l

a. r. p. Nich. Fanning . LowerFnglandstornl Brook Bridges 242 2 o

Upper II

Edmond Naish .. . Ballyhomine .. l Commons

... 1 129 1 32

Garrat Carnoge a. r. p.

Ballindiggarry .. . D. of York Cloneold

49 1 16 ... Bishop's land not

a. r. p. David Vaughan . Kilbradan, Loghfane Sir Thos. Southveli . 232 o o Rich. Stephenson ... Ballinteen . . . Sir T. Chamberlain 125 o o

Rathnegore ... Lord Kingston :::I 44 o o Mary Fitzgerald ... Ardamaine . . . 1 J . &N.Bourke ... 121 o v

-

James Rice of Limerick Ballyainy .. . Edward Cosgrave Listotaun ... Do. Ballinitty .. . Do. Gragan 8r Clonagh Do.

Sir Ed. Fitzgerald .. . Lisnacullia ... Sir T. Southwell Rathneigmore . . . Do.

Rich. Stephenson of Ballinisky .. Do. Dunmoylan ... Inismare ...

John Rice .. . Rathvally ... Ed. Cosgrave John Hurley ... Ballyneguy .. John Hurly

n o . .. . Do. ... D. of York Cloneagh, Bishop's John Eourke

Land ...

John Liston James Bourke of Limericl

Andrew Rice

,James Bourke Rich. Stephenson .. Muriagh Mahon ..

Do. Wm. Culline

'Turlagh McMahon and Dnl. McDonagh ..

I<illscannell . . . Bishop of Limerick Reynie .. . John Bourke Clownebrowne ... Sir T. Southwell iscara, Knockavody John Bourke Killehene ... Sir T. Southwell Ballinlyny .. . DO. Skyhanagh ... Do. Ballinknockane . . . Dublin College Graige ... Wm. Godolphin

Do. . .. Do. Derenenroymore Sr Dame Anne Crisp

Knocknegouragh Waste . . . Kearowloghan, Dublin College

Ballysome, Bally- cane ...

a. r. F. Jas. Creagh FitzAndrew Clounlehard . . . Thady Quin ... 1579 0 0

and Dnl. Shyhane ... Sir T . Chamberlain ... Waste ... 1100 0 0

Donogh O'Brien .. Clounteich ... Do. ... 328 2 38 Rich. Stephenson ... Banoge and Do. ... 105 2 0

ltathbradine .. .

a. r. p. Tirlagh McMahon ... Ballynah . . . Bishop of Limerick 172 o 0 Rich. Stephenson ... Ballytalh Sr Corbally Do.

Tirvor and Rath- Sir T. Chamberlain fana, Robertstown

Do. ... Carne ... Do. ... 192 0 0 Foynes ... Heiress of Col. (4) ... 86 o 0

Trenchard, a Protest ... Col. Courteney ... Aughanish and Protest. Land ... 180 o o

Faunvore . . . --

(4) This heiress was a descendant of Trenchard, the "Undertaker" of Queen Elizabeth's time. These estates were purchased by an ancestor of Lord Monteag1.e early in the eighteenth century.

Tirlogh McMahon .. Jas. & Conor Shaghin .. Roger McMahon and

Sir Dnl. O'Briefi .. Do.

Sir Teige McMahon ..

OLD PROPRIETOR

Thos. Fitzgerald ..

Law. White Thos. Fitzgerald ..

~Gurdon Roche of Limerick

I I a. r. p.

Knocknebroyly ... Bishop of Limerick ... 410 2 o Ballyroe ... Lady Anne Crisp .. 63 I o Lisready .. . Do. ... 172 0 0

Do. . . . John Bourke ... 172 o o Keanbancurry ... Bishop of Limerick ... 308 o o

Do. . . . John Bourke ... 153 o o Kilteely ... Sir T. Chamberlain ... 3x0 1 0 Loughill ... Not sequestered ... 379 0 0

Ballydonoghue ... Ballycloghane .. . Tearannuilly .. . Ballinguile and East

Meanus Ballycullen & W&;

Meanus .., Tullyleagh .. Ballynemudagh .. . Tullyglass and Kin.

naird and Lisne. carrig . . .

Clonoughter ... Killacallo .., Kilfergus .., Ballyquillihanan .. . Caheragh, Killeanj

and Tullerv . . . Klllincole ..,

Gerald Fitzgerald . .

Do.

Do. Do. Do.

Do. Rich. Hunt

Do. Gerald Fitzgerald .

Do. Sir T. Chamberlain . Coll. C. Dillon

T H E CROMWELLIAN SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY OF LIMERICK.

BY JAMES GRENE BARRY, M.R.S.A.I. (Vice-Pres. for County Limerick N. M.A.S.)

CONCLUSION.

Macaulay, in his Histoy of England, states that : "IN Ireland, during the reign of Charles 11, existed feuds, compared

with which, the hottest animosities of English politicians were lukewarm. The enmity between the Irish Cavaliers and the Irish Roundheads was almost forgotten in the fiercer enmity which raged between the English and the Celtic Races. The interval between the Episcopalian and the Presbyterian seemed to vanish when compared with the interval which separated both from the Papist. During the civil troubles, the greater part of the Irish soil had been transferred from the vanquished nation to the victors. To the favour of the crown, few either of the old or the new occupants had any pretensions. The despoilers and the despoiled had, for the most part, been rebels alike. The Government was soon perplexed and wearied by the conflicting claims and mutual accusations of the two incensed factions. Those colonists among whom Cromwell had portioned out the conquered territory, and whose descendants are still called Cromwellians, asserted that the aboriginal inhabitants were deadly enemies of the English nation under every dynasty, and of the Protestant religion in every form. They described and exaggerated the atrocities which had disgraced the insurrection of Ulster; they urged the king to follow up with resolution the policy of the Protector; and they were not ashamed to hint that there would never be peace in Ireland till the old Irish race should be extirpated. The Roman Catholics extenuated their offence as best they might, and expatiated in piteous language on the severity of their punishment, which, in truth, was not lenient. They implored Charles not to confound the innocent with the guilty, and reminded him that many of the guilty had atoned for their

fault by returning to their allegiance, and by defending his rights against

the murderers of his father. The Court, sick of the importunities of the two parties, neither of which it had any reason to love, at length relieved

itself from trouble by dictating a compromise. That system, cruel, but most complete and energetic, by which Oliver had proposed to make the Island thoroughly English, was abandoned. The Cromwellians were induced to relinquish a third part of their acquisitions. The land thus surrendered was capriciously divided among claimants whom the Govern- ment chose to favour. But great numbers who protested that they were innocent of all disloyalty, and some persons who boasted that their loyalty had been signally displayed, obtained neither restitution or compensation, and filled France and Spain with outcries against the injustice and ingratitude of the House of Stuart." (MatauZay's Uz'sfory of England-Vol. I, p. 92.)

The allotment of lands was vested in a Board sitting in London, who, like the Estate Commission of to-day, depended on local

subordinates for laying out and partitioning the allotments. As may be imagined, this system did not give satisfaction, and complaints were many and allegations of bribery and corruption not infrequent. Sir Nicholas Crispe had adventured over A3000 for the pacification of Ireland, but only £1000 worth of land ifell to his share in the County Limerick. His Petition is as follows :--l

The Petition of Sir Nicholas Crispe Knt.

" Sheweth-That your petitioner having a Lott for his adventure in the barony of Connello in Ireland, those that had share in the same barony with him (who were men of power in that ill time), being to divide the said barony into four equal pa~ts, which was done, each fourth part to be subdivided into four equal quarters which, contrary to all justice and equity, in that quarter where your petitioner's lott fell they divided the one half into three parts, which should have been by a cross line into equal quarters as by a character thereof under the hand of the Sirveyor hereunto annexed

appears. By which unequal doing, contrary to order and practise, they left your Petitioner his proportion in a Bogg and coarse land, which your petitioner cannot let for more than the Qult rent,

which is his division for A ~ o o o . "It is therefore, his most humble

prayer that your Majesty will be graciously pleased to give order to the Right Honble. the Commissioners, that by the Bill now pre- paring are to regulate the Adventurers interests in Ireland, that there may be a view had of this indirect dealing, and that right be done the petitioner therein." I

"Referred (8th December, 1664), to the Duke of Ormond and '

those other honourable persons who are appointed to assist his Grace in the consideration of the Bill (of Explanation) to be pre- pared for the Settlement of Ireland."-to report Vol. F. Record Tower, Dublin Castle, p. 266.

The worthy knight died before his petition was heard, as his widow, Dame Anne Crispe, appears as grantee under the Act of Settlement. She obtained lands in the Parishes of Rathronan, Kilscanlan and 1,oughill.

When the civil war broke out in 1641, the gentry of the County Limerick threw in their lot with their fellow Catholics-or, as usually designated in the official language of the day, " Papists." There were,

however, many Protestant colonies scattered throughout the county, these settlements represented the undertakers of Elizabeth's reign and their tenants. Their castles were well garrisoned and provisioned- Courtney held a strong position at Newcastle West; Southwell and Herbert at Rathkeale; Dame Elizabeth Dowdall held Kilfinny Castle for six months against the forces of the Confederates. She states that

she had a garrison of forty horse and one hundred foot soldiers, in her remarkable, though highly-coloured, account of this siege, which is re- produced from the original depositions in T.C.D. Library, by the Rev. J. Dowd, in his " History of the County Limerick." Dame Anne ,Waller, wife of Sir Hardress Waller, made a gallant defence of Castletown during her husband's absence in England The Earl of Kildare held

Croom Castle ; The Earl of Bath, Loughgur ; and Dame Barbara Browne, Aney (Hospital). This lady was the daughter of John Boyle, Bishop of Cork, and married Sir John Browne, Knt., son of Sir Thomas Browne, an Englishman, who married the only daughter of the " Master of Aney," and thus got the broad lands of the Commandery of the

Knights Hospitallers of Aney. Dame Barbara's grand-daughter brought this rich inheritance into the Kenmare family by her marriage with

Nicholas, second Lord Kenmare. In her deposition she gives a graphic description of the raids made on her by her neighbours-lacy of Carrigkettle, Hurley of Knocklong, O'Brian of I 'uharra, and I3aggot of Baggotstown, and she claims A3,800 for her losses in stock, corn,

furniture, and personal effects. She finally took refuge with Dame Waller, and gives the fol'owing accoun't of the siege of Castletown

"She also saith, that the castle of Castletown, where she fled for refuge, was besieged on the 26th of March, 1642, by Luke Purcell of Croagh, Lieut-General; Captain John Fitzgerald, second brother of

Thomas Fitzgerald of Glyn Esquire ; Lieut-Col. Garrett I'urcell of Curragh, and divers others to the number ot two or three hundred rebels, who lay close to the castle, so that the besieged could not stir out ; during which time she often heard the besiege15 say that they had

the king's authority for what they did. During the siege one-Thomas Hill, shoemaker, of Castletown-was killed by a shot from the besiegers, and at length, for want of water, the place was yielded up, about the 13th of May following, having been besieged five weeks and odd days ; the quarter was for their lives and wearing clothes, and a few other commodities."

Dame Barbara Browne goes on to say that " she was courteously 1

treated by Patrick Purcell, who conducted her with a sufficient convoy to Macroom where she was delivered into the hands of her nephew, Lord Castleconnell "

Sir John Dowdall married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir l'homas Southwell of Rathkeale, in 1604, and settled on her the castles and

lands of Kilfinny. Sir John purchased Castletown and other lands in Kenry in r 62 r . He died in I 623 His eldest daughter, Anne, married William Pigott, son of Sir John Pigott of Capard, Queen's County, and succeeded her mother. 'The Pigotts still hold the castle and lands of Kilfinny. The second daughter, Elizabeth, married Sir Hardress W~l l e r before 1640, and got as a dowry Gastletown and the other lands in Kenry. This was confirmed by a grant to her from the king, the

of which I have seen.

The following is a summary : -

"Grant of 15th Charles 1 (1640) to Dame Elizabeth Waller wife of Sir Hardress Waller Knight second daughter of Sir John Dowdall of Kilfinny, of the manor and lands of Castletown, Cappagh, Beigh Castle, &c. Castletown created a manor to enclose 600 acres as deer park in capite at one Knight's fee reat of estate at rent of £120 to the crown remainder to issue and then to each of the four sisters. Grantee to keep for the service of the crown three well armed horsemen and twelve footmen. T o settle on the estate at least 2 1 English freeholders and not to have more Irish tenants on a longer tenure than 2 I years.

The large grants of land which Sir Hardress Walier received for his services were excluded by the Act of Settlement, and he himself was outlawed, but his wife's property was not interfered with, and after some years he was allowed to return to Castletown.

The following County Limerick gentlemen held comn~issions in the Confederate army :-

Colonel Lord Burke of Castleconncll. Colonel Lord Burke of Brittas. Lieut.-General tJatrick Purcell of Ballycullane. Colonrl Garret Purcell of Curragh. Lieut.-Colonel 1.uke i'urcell of Croagh. Colo lel John Baggoc of Baggotstuwn. Colrtnel P i e r ~ e Walsh of Abbeyowney. C'dptain J%ohn Fitzgerald of Glyn. Captain 'L homai Huiley of Knocklong Captain Murtogh O'Brian of Duharrd. Capt tin I homa; McGibbon of Mahoonagh C q x a ~ n Maurice Fi~zgerald of Ballyteige. Captain E d ~ a r d Fitzgerald of Cnherass. Captain Stevenson of Dunmoylan. Colonel Richard Stevenson (High Sheriff of County Limerick). Captain John Roche of Fanningstown. Captain Eddy Lacy of Bruree. Captain John Lacy of Athiacca.

Captain Ed. O'Shee of Ballyallon. Captain Richard Fitegerald of Ballymartin. Captain P. Purcell of Pallaskenry. Captain Garret Fitzgerald of Herbertstown. Captain Teige O'Brien. Captain David Power. Captain Kichard Cullum. George Thornton of Dunnaman. Nicholas Lillis of Dysert. Leogh of Tullavine. Garret Dunlea of Dunnamane. Ed. Dunlea of Oolagh. Edward Lacy of Kilmacanearla. Lacy of Carrigkettle M. O'Brien of Carrigogunnel. John Sheahan of Rathmore. Maurice Casey of Rathcannon.

The following names also appear :-Burkes, O'Briens, Barrys, Ryans, O'Gradys, Ilundons, Creaghs, Naish, Sheehy, White, Hurley, Rawley, Clancy, Dwyer, Kirby, Fitzgibbon, O'Hea, Hynes, etc.

Further confiscations took place 'after the Treaty of Limerick, and William of Orange Nassau gave the l ~ n d s granted to the Duke of York

(James 11) to his favourites, both hale and female. On the king's death, Parliament passed an Act of Resumption, and all these lands were sold hy public auction in Ihblin, in 1703. This is known as the

O

Chichester House Sales. The documents connected with these sales are preserved in the Public Record Office, Dublin.

The Cromwellian Settlement appeared a, permanent one, as the years passed the new owners of the soil of our county waxed powerful and wealthy, and by the industry of their tenants the productiveness of the land increased and rents went up. However, by the Repeal of the Corn Laws and the great famine of 1847, a crisis came to many land- lords ; their estates became bankrupt and interest on mortgages could not be met. Their estates were compulsorily sold under the Encumbered Estates Act at prices ranging from seven to twelve years' purchase. The

Landed Estates Court Act followed and a new class of landlord appeared, generally successful professional and business men, who brought the commercial spirit into their dealings with their tenants. They were not an improvement or, those whom they succeeded, who came to be known as "Th' ould stock," to distinguish them from the new corners. Rack- renting and evictions brought forth the land agitation, which, in our own time, produced Mr. Gladstone's remedial legislation and culminated in the recent Land Purchase Acts, which have transferred the ownership of the land from the landlords to the occupiers. The landless gentry retain their demesnes, and their former tenants-the men with the old Norman and Celtic names-get possession of the land which their fore- fathers fought for and lost. A peaceful revolution-and let us hope a permanent one, and that it will bring us peace, concord and toleration, so that all may unite in helping to promote our country's prosperity; by working and utilising to the utmost the "unearned increment" of her fertile soil ; by reviving and encouraging home industries, and thus stimulating local trade, so that we may see at no distant time a successful development of our natural resources-a nation's true wealth-now lying dormant and unproductive.