Civil Survey Notes

Civil Survey Notes - Ballyea

From - The Civil Survey A.D. 1654–56 vol. ii, county of Tipperary western and northern baronies - Irish Manuscripts - available to download here

Ballyea

The following are recorded in the Civil Survey.

Donogh O Bryen of Ballyea Gent

Teige O Bryen of Kilmcstully Gent

Teige mcDonogh of Kellogy Gent

Therlagh oge O Bryen of Belline Gent

Richard Lennard of Lymicke Shomaker

I that Teige McDonogh is an O’Brien as well so they are all O’Briens except Richard Lennard and seems to be the mortgage holder for a lot of land in the Arra area.

In the later Hearth Money rolls that are still a large number of O’Brien landowners. However the only shared name is Teige O’Bryen. (There are 5 other O’Briens recorded in the townland in the HMR).

There are also there people with the first name based on Turlough / Terence in this townland. In the Arra area the only other Turloughs are O’Briens. However in Ballyea we have

Terlagh	Reiley
Turloe	Boyle
Turloe	Quigly

Could they be called after Therlagh oge O Bryen of Belline as some kind of respect towards him?

In the later records – O’Briens continue in the townland down to the Griffiths Valuation but don’t appear again after that.

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