Gortmore
In the Civil Survey for Gortmore the following are recorded
Dermott O Bryen of Gortmore
Gent
Mathew O Bryen of Gortmore Gent
Knockaneneglasny seems to form part of the modern townland
of Gortmore and in that are recorded
Downe mc Donogh Bryen of Knockaneneglasny Gent.
Morthogh Bryen of the same Gent
Dermot O Bryen of Gortmore Gent.
Teige Bryen of Carriggall Gent &
Donogh O Bryen of Carriggall
Similarly Knockanecreegh seems to form part of the modern townland
of Gortmore and there is recorded.
Teige O Bryen of Cariggall Gent
Mathew Bryen of Carriggall Gent
Therlagh Bryen of Carriggall Gent
Donogh Bryen of Carriggal Gent
This record also mentions that Donogh Bryen's father was a Daniel Bryen.
There is another record that seems to form part of modern
Gortmore – namely Toburteriffe.
Connor O Bryen of Knockane Esqr
Mortagh O Bryen of Toburteriffe
Donogh O Bryen of Toburteriffe
Doune McDonogh of Knockaneneglasny
Dermott O Bryen of Gortmore &
Teige Bryen of Toburteriffe
So there were a lot of people that had an interest in the modern
townland of Gortmore at this time.
One of the most interesting is Dermot O’Brien. He is a large
landowner here and in other townlands. There are two Dermot MacIBriens listed
as sons of Murrough na Tuath or Tuogh Mac I Brien (who was a brother of Mac I
Brien Bishop of Killaloe) however we can’t currently link them together.
A Dermot O’Brien is listed to be transplanted to Connacht in
Simington’s Transplantation to Connacht. He listed to be transplanted to the Parish
of Killuran (Lr.) Bunratty in the Barony of Tulla in Clare and to receive 547
acres there. There are no O’Briens listed in the parish in the Griffiths Valuation.
This may tie in with the fact that there is a Dermot O’Brien
listed in the Hearth Money Rolls living in a 2 fireplace house.
He may also be the same person that is recorded in the missing
medieval gravestone in Burgessbeg with the following inscription “"Hic
jacet Donatus Dermitius als Bryn de Gortmore'. “Here lies Donagh Dermot O’Brien
of Gortmore”. It may be a record of a Donagh & Dermot O’Brien. It is carved
in black lettering which is often a feature of the 1500 / 1600s.
A daughter (Shragh) of this Dermot marries a Daniel
Glissane.
Less certain there are a number of Donagh (or variants) O’Bryens
in the Civil Survey who could be the other name on the gravestone.
Downe mc Donogh Bryen of Knockaneneglasny Gent.
Donogh O Bryen of Carriggall
Donogh O Bryen of Toburteriffe
Doune McDonogh of Knockaneneglasny (probably Downe mc Donogh
Bryen of Knockaneneglasny Gent)
However the HMR doesn’t record any Donagh O’Briens in Gortmore
and associated areas but there are a number in the half-barony.
In Knockaneneglasny in the HMR there is a Mortagh McTeige who
could possibly be a son of Teige O’Bryen of Carriggall.
In Knockanecreegh in the HMR there is a Thurloe Byran who
could possibly be Therlagh Bryen of Carriggal.
There are lots of other O’Briens and Briens etc in the HMR
but none that could be linked with any certainty.
One interesting name that I know nothing about is a John
Roche who appears in various records.
In the Civil Survey in Kilmcstully is listed a
John Roch of Cranagh
He is an Irish Papist.
The sd John Roch Proprietor of one pld In Kilmcstully in fee
by Descent from his ffather Thomas Roch. who purchased the same from Kenedy
mcMahowne Inheritor thereof about the yeare 1610 (as wee are informed).
Next we find him listed for transplantation to Connacht in
Simington’s Transplanation to Connacht. He was to be transplanted to the Barony
of Ballymoe and the parish of Templetogher. There are 4 Roches listed in the
parish in the Griffiths Valuation with very small holdings.
However we next find a John Roch in Gortmore in the Hearth
Money Rolls.
We looked at the Hearth Money Rolls before here.
https://thetipperaryantiquarian.blogspot.com/2025/03/hearth-money-rolls-gortmore.html
O’Briens and Hogans carry down in the townland to the
Griffiths Valuation but nothing that can be conclusively linked.
