The Tipperary Antiquarian: Hearth Money Rolls

In the Hearth Money Rolls 1665
The following names were recorded in Greenhall & Curraheen townlands (Currelim Belrehery / Ballinahemy).

Emanuell Poe

Edmond McRichard

Morrish O'Tirane

James Hogh

Patrick McEdmond

Michael Bryen

Donnogh Mullowny

William Letts

Teige Glissane

Derby Glissane

Wm. Glissane

Owen McKeogh

There was also a 2^nd return for 1665 for Ballinahemy but they cover similar areas.

Edmd. McMorrogh

Danniell McMorrogh

Edmd. McShane

John Mchee Ryane

Mleaghlen McWillm

The locations took a bit of figuring out, we can see that Currelim is Curraheen here https://www.logainm.ie/en/46407

From there I was able to figure out that Belrehery was Greenhall - https://www.logainm.ie/en/46409

When I was looking at the Down Survey maps for Killoscully I noticed that there was an area beside Balreheie (Greenhall) called Ballinahine and I think this may be Ballinahemy.

So generally the first name in a townland seems to be the most important landowner. At least that is my impression.

So we have Emmanuel Poe as the main landowner in the first return. It actually doesn’t include the number of hearths he has but he is definitely the first name. A Thomas Poe was a Cromwellian planter and received significant lands around Nenagh, it is likely that this Emmanuel is a relative of his. William Letts also sounds like a possible English name.

They rest of the names in the first return are broadly Gaelic, we have probably Tierney, Haugh, O’Brien, Moloney, Gleeson & McKeogh. There are some Mc surnames, likely to be descendants of someone else rather than surnames in their own right eg Edmond McRichard might actually be Edmond son of Richard O’Brien (or more likely with a name like Richard an Anglo Norman surname.)

The two lists don’t have any names in common. On the 2^nd return list we have two McMorroghs as the first named in the location. Again they may be of the surname McMorrough but it is more likely that they are descended from someone locally called Morrough or Morris. There are two other Mc surnames in the area and a John Mchee Ryan. He could be John son of Hee Ryan? I’m not sure what name that is meant to be.

There is the 1766 census available for the general area but unless someone has a very distinct surname it is nearly impossible to make any kind of connection.

https://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/tipperary/census/1766-rel-cens/newport.htm

There are at least 224 Ryans in the census. There is no Poe or Letts. None of the other surnames feature / are sufficiently rare.

The next available "Census" for the area is the Tithe Appointment Books 1827

https://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?county=Tipperary&parish=Killoscully&townland=Greenhall&search=Search

https://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?surname=&firstname=&county=Tipperary&townland=Curragheen&parish=Killoscully&search=Search&sort=&pageSize=&pager.offset=0

The surname Ryan is the only name from the Hearth Money Rolls that features.

There is also an 1835 census available for the Parishes of Newport and Birdhill (transcribed by Hugh Sweeney of Newport Historical & Archaeological Society in Newport News) but these locations done feature in it.

In the later Griffiths valuation (see picture), no surnames carry on from the HMRs.