The Tipperary Antiquarian

From -  The Civil Survey A.D. 1654–56 vol. ii, county of Tipperary western and northern baronies - Irish Manuscripts  - available to download here Ballingeer In the Civil Survey the following are recorded Rory Hogan of Ballingeare gt. John O Hogan of the same gt. Mortagh O Hogan of the same gt. Hugh O Hogan of the same gt. We can then check these names / townland against the Hearth Money Rolls and also the transplantation decrees. There is one very interesting decree in Simington’s Transplation to Connacht. It states that Joane, widow of Murtagh oge, and Philip Hogan, son and heir of said Murtagh. She is to transplanted to Galway, namely Leitrim Barony & the Parish of Ballynakill. So from this we can put together a speculative tree Mortogh Hogan m Joane ? Son Philip Hogan. It is likely that some of the other Hogans in the townland are also related to each other. By the time of the Hearth Money Rolls there are two Hogans still living in Ballingeer. Nam...

  Created by Derek Ryan In the Hearth Money Rolls 1665 The following names were recorded in Ballingeer townland (Ballingire). Even Thomas Conor O'Hogane John O'Hogane   In the 1666-67 return the following are recorded. Evan        Thomas John        Hogane Connor   Hogane John        Urvin Dermott Bryan Generally the first name in a townland seems to be the most important landowner. At least that is my impression. So we have Even Thomas who must be an English settler and two Hogans, Conor and John common to both.    We also have a John Urvin who may also be an English settler and Dermot O’Brien. The next available "Census" for the area is the Tithe Appointment Books 1824 – I only have a scan of this from the Mikie Joy archive. We have ? McInirney Widow Carty & Seymour William Kenny Patt Sullivan William Ryan Thomas Brennan John Ryan Patt Keirse? Martin Sheridan Patt Ken...

  From -  The Civil Survey A.D. 1654–56 vol. ii, county of Tipperary western and northern baronies - Irish Manuscripts  - available to download here Townlough (Upper & Lower) The following are recorded as owning land in Toumequane. The exact boundary differences between Toumeloghy & Toumequane I’m not certain of but they are close to the modern townlands of Townlough Upper & Lower. Donogh O Bryen of Toumeloghy Gent Teige o ffalvy of Curraghiviller gt. Bryen O Bryen of Tomloghy Gent Teige O Bryen of Tomloghy Gent. Connor mcMorogh of Tomloghy gt. Mortagh O Bryen of Coulebane Gent Donogh O Bryon of Bellanaha Esqr & Bryen O Bryen of Tomequane Gent. Interestingly in Simingtons Transplantaion to Connacht we find a Conor McDonagh scheduled for transplantation from Tomlogha to Galway, namely Templetogher in the Barony of Ballymoe. There are some Briens in the Griffiths Valuation but really I think it is inconclusive due to the spread of the sur...

  Created by Derek Ryan  In the Hearth Money Rolls The following names were recorded in Townlough townland (Tomloghy / Tomlough). In the 1665 record the following are listed Diogenes Edwards Teige McDonnogh John White Owen O'Helibirt Conor McMortagh   In the 1666-67 the following are recorded Diogenes Edwards Dermott McTeige Teige McDonnogh John White Owen Helbert Connor Hogan Turloe Bryan   Generally the first name in a townland seems to be the most important landowner. At least that is my impression. So Diogenes or more likely Denis Edwards seems to be the most important landowner in the townland. It is likely that he is an English settler to the area. McTeige and McDonnogh may be “descendants of” and are likely to be Gaelic in origin. Similarly Hogan and Bryan / O’Brien. White is more than likely another English settler. A very interesting one is O’Helibirt / Helbert. I haven’t found a definite source for its origin. However it is a very rare name in Ireland as we...

  From -  The Civil Survey A.D. 1654–56 vol. ii, county of Tipperary western and northern baronies - Irish Manuscripts  - available to download here Cloneybrien The Meadow or pasture of the O’Briens. In the Civil Survey the following were recorded as owning lands here. Daniell O’Bryen of Clonybryen gent. Bryen O’ Bryen of Clonybryen gent. Bryen O’Bryen is listed as owning this land in descent from his father Donogh McTeige O’ Bryen. Initially I had thought that it could be Donogh O’Brien of Bellanaha or possibly a grandson of Teige na Buile O’Bryen. There is a Donal Mac I Brien who dies in 1606 (he was the Brother of Donogh O’Brien of Bellanaha). Could this Daniell who owns land here be a son or actually him? However we see below that none of these quite fit. These names are important when we look at other records in connection with the area. In the Hearth Money Rolls of Cloneybrien we find a number of O’Brien (or variants) recorded. There is a Marews,...

  Created by Derek Ryan  In the Hearth Money Rolls 1665 The following names were recorded in Cloneybrien townland (Cloanjbrind / Clone Bryan). Marews Bryen Mathew Bryen Teige O'Minoge Wm McEgane Thomas Leneger Conor O'Currine Bryan O'Bryen Rory O'Flanury William O'Birrin For Cloneybrien there seems to be 2nd return or maybe an add-on in 1666-67 Recorded are Marcus Bryan Teige Minoge Daniell Casie Edmund Kenedie John O'Howrane Connor O'Courneene Kenedy Bryan William McEgan William Banane Noreen Ne Tane Generally the first name in a townland seems to be the most important landowner. At least that is my impression. So Marcus O’Brien is listed first in both and so must be of importance. However Marews / Marcus is the only of that name recorded in the half-barony so you would wonder if it is a correct first name. Teige O’Minogue is third on the 1st list and 2nd of the 2nd list so again maybe of a higher than average rank. William McEgan appears on both lists also...

  Heat-map of density of Castles in Tipperary What County has the most Tower-Houses in the Rep. of Ireland?  Surprisingly Tipperary has the most Tower-Houses with 161 with the next highest being Cork with 133.  One possible explanation is geography and that the midlands were known as March-lands. Armies naturally marched through them on the way to battle. To try and counter-act this the local leaders needed to be able to with-stand a short siege and hope that the army would pass through.  There was also a high concentration of Anglo-Norman settlers in South Tipperary that needed to defend against possible aggressors in the more Gaelicized North of the County.  The county is also the biggest inland county so it may be that an Anglo-Norman south combined with that size might just mean they had more tower-houses but that by density they don't necessarily have the most. 

From -  The Civil Survey A.D. 1654–56 vol. ii, county of Tipperary western and northern baronies - Irish Manuscripts  - available to download here   Pallas More & Pallas Beg In Pallas there was a Mac I Brien castle and an important earthen fort that was also likely to be associated with the Mac I Briens. https://thetipperaryantiquarian.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-pailis-as-kingly-residence-north.html The Castle is recorded in the Civil Survey thus “Upon the sd. Lands stands a Ruinous Castle, wth. The priviledge of a Courte leete and Courte Barron to be held twice a yeare for the Tennts. of the Demeane of Donogh O’ Bryen by Pattent, as wee are informed./ And likewise a ffaire to be held once every years on the 18 th of October.” In the Civil Survey the following are recorded Donogh Brien' of Belanaha Esqr Richard Earle of Corcke English Protestt. Lewes Walsh of Thurles Esqr Mathew Slattery of Palicebegg Gt Phillipp O Slattery of Palicebegg There a...

  Created by Derek Ryan  In the Hearth Money Rolls 1665 The following names were recorded in Pallas Beg townland (Palice Beg / Gollicebeg). Patrick Walsh Hugh McLaughlen Donnogh McOwen Danniell M Donnogh   For Pallas more there seems to be a 2nd return or maybe an add-on in 1666-67 Patrick Welch Hugh McLoghlin David Kearny Connor Slattery John Hogan Daniell Hogan   Generally the first name in a townland seems to be the most important landowner. At least that is my impression. Initially I wasn’t sure of the location Gollicebeg but when I noted that Patrick Walsh / Welsh was common to both I figured out that it was a mistranscription of Pallas Beg. Patrick Walsh & Hugh McLoughlin are common to both lists and are likely to be the most prominent landowners. It looks as if this townland remains Gaelicised with McOwen & McDonnagh, Kearney, Slattery & Hogan. Interestingly this is the only record of the surname Slattery in the half-barony. Although Walsh is an An...

  From -  The Civil Survey A.D. 1654–56 vol. ii, county of Tipperary western and northern baronies - Irish Manuscripts  - available to download here Derry Demense / Ryninch There may be an overlap on these townlands in the Civil Survey so I have included them together in this comparison. Derry / Cahirconner was the location of an important Mac I Brien castle on a small island on Lough Derg, it was later owned and the location of the main estate house of later landlords such as the Heads and Spaights and similarly is likely to have been a prestige location for the the Mac I Briens. In Cahirconner and Reyninshy we have Teige Bryen of Tuogh in ye County of Lymicke Esqr He seems a very long way away from home but there were links between the Mac I Briens of Arra and those in Coonagh in Limerick. He is recorded in the Limerick Civil Survey (pg8) as Teige O’Bryne owning 1590 and “Towgh an Pallicebeg two plowlands wth a Castle in repaire a Bawen a stone house an Orch...

   Created by Derek Ryan In the Hearth Money Rolls 1665 The following names were recorded in Ryninch (Lower & Upper) townland (Reynensey / Rineinchy). Wm. Fox Richard Carter Danniell Watts Connor Flenory Kenedy McConnor Bryen McMorrogh There is also 1666-7 addon / additional return. Adam Sharpeley Richard Carter Daniell Watts William Fox Kenedy McConnor   Generally the first name in a townland seems to be the most important landowner. At least that is my impression so far. In this townland this rule doesn’t seem to hold exactly true. William Fox is listed first in 1665 but 4th in 1666-7. Richard Carter & Daniel Watts are common to both lists along with Kennedy McConnor. It is likely that Carter, Fox & Watts are all English settlers. McConnor could be the descendant of another name in the townland or nearby eg Conor O’Brien. Similarly Brian McMorrogh could be the son of a Morrogh locally. There is also a Conor Flannery. McConnor, McMorrogh & Fl...