The Tipperary Antiquarian

  Hervey Morres (1767 - 1839) A leader of the United Irishmen in Tipperary. He was born outside Nenagh in Rathnaleen. He was said to be from a poor catholic gentry family. In 1782, at the age of 15 he went with his kinsman Lieutenant-General Edward Count D'Alton of Grennanstown (near Toomevara) to Flanders and enlisted in the Austrian army. He fought in various campaigns for the Austrians before returning to Ireland around 1794. He moved back to Knockalton outside Nenagh and initially it is said that he was pro British and the status quo at the time. However, he became disillusioned and joined the United Irishmen and began work on preparing Tipperary and Munster for rebellion. He ended up on the United Irishmen's executive and began plans for taking a large arms store at the Phoenix Park. He narrowly avoided arrest when this didn't work out and made his way to Co. Westmeath where he eventually joined up with the French army that had invaded under General Humbert...

Right on the border with Tipperary there was a large castle in the townland of Annagh in Co. Limerick. It was in the Barony of Owneybeg or part of Owney O'Mulryan - aka Ryan Country.  The castle was the residence of William O'Mulryan who was one of the last chiefs of the O'Mulryan clan.  On the Down Survey maps below we can clearly see an impressive building.  And here. In the Civil Survey for Limerick, the townland of Annagh is owned by a John Ryan Esqr (this may be William's Son) and the following is described there.  "Annagh three qarters of land wth a Castle two Orchards and a mill seate".  So somewhere between the 1650s and the 1840s it is completely destroyed without a trace.  According to Tierney in "The Parish of Murroe & Boher", the lands were confiscated in the 1650s, firstly coming into the possession of Col. Richard Lawrence until 1666 when the lands were granted to Roger, Earl of Orrery. He was an absentee landlord. Next a Sir Thomas...

'Confiscation cannot take away a right' (The O'Donoghue to Sir Marmaduke Travers in Charles Lever's Novel The O'Donoghue, 1845) via Marnane's From Landed Estates to Family Farms. Land Ownership in Tipperary See this wikipedia link for more about the Act for the Settlement of Ireland  Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 - Wikipedia I have been working on trying to figure out the original townland names for as many of the Ryans that feature in Simington's Transplantation to Connacht and tieing in where they were scheduled to be transplanted to.  That has expanded out a little to include those mentioned in O'Mahoneys paper in the North Munster Antiquarian Journal - "Cromwellian Transplantation from Limerick" This is the spreadsheet tracking the work below. Those coloured red I have been able to identify placename wise and have written about.  Link here If anyone can identify any of the placenames I haven't been able to find, let me know. It...

  From -  The Civil Survey A.D. 1654–56 vol. ii, county of Tipperary western and northern baronies - Irish Manuscripts  - available to download here In the Civil Survey we have the following owners for Aghluggart. Richard Laffan of Newtown Esqr. Donogh Ryan of Aghluggart Donogh Ryan of Allengort is listed in Simington’s Transplantation to Connacht to be transplanted to Feacle (Upper) in Co. Clare. There are Ryans recorded in the Griffiths Valuation for Feacle Parish in Clare but no one that stands out as a potential descendant of a displaced Ryan (ie with a larger than normal holding). We don’t have a Hearth Money Roll for the townland so we can’t compare that to see if Donogh Ryan is still in Allengort in 1665/66/67. In the Tithe Applotments there are no Ryans recorded. https://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?county=Tipperary&parish=Moyaliff&townland=Allengort&search=Search From https://www.askaboutireland.ie/grif...

  From -  The Civil Survey A.D. 1654–56 vol. ii, county of Tipperary western and northern baronies - Irish Manuscripts  - available to download here This is a very interesting one. In the Civil Survey – John Ryan of Lissnaselly Gent is the owner of Cooldotia townland. Simington in the Transplantation to Connacht records a John Ryan of Cooledoty to be transplanted to Kilseily (Lr.) in Tulla Barony in Co. Clare. In the Griffiths Valuation for Kilseily there are a number of Ryans recorded in the Parish. Next we see if any Ryans remained in Cooldotia in Tipperary. There is one Ryan in the Tithe Applotments for Cooldotia here https://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?county=Tipperary&parish=Ballycahill&townland=Cooldotia&search=Search There are no Ryans in the Griffiths Valuation in Cooldotia. Could this suggest John Ryan went to Clare? What is really interesting is that a much more in depth review has been done on th...

  From -  The Civil Survey A.D. 1654–56 vol. ii, county of Tipperary western and northern baronies - Irish Manuscripts  - available to download here There was a location called Glandar in Simington’s Transplantation to Connacht that I couldn’t figure out for a while. However an old map that my friend Margaret O’Sullivan sent me from some time in the 1600s I’d say, shows a townland called Glangar, when I researched exactly where it was, it is the current townland of Glengar in the Civil Parish of Doon. This seems to me to be a likely candidate for it. In the Civil Survey for the townland (Glanegare) the following are recorded. Wm. oge Ryan of Solloghood in the Barony of Clan Wm. Esqr Wrn. Ryan of Glangare Gent. Teige Ryan of Glangare Derby Ryan of Gortnaskehy.   So in Simington we have a William Fitz Connor Ryan of Glandar who is scheduled for transplantation to Kilcummin in Galway. Could this be the Wm. Ryan of Glangare mentioned above in the Civil Surv...

  From -  The Civil Survey A.D. 1654–56 vol. ii, county of Tipperary western and northern baronies - Irish Manuscripts  - available to download here Attybricke is mentioned a number of times in the Civil Survey but doesn’t get its own entry. I think it may be included as part of Ballysynod which is a large area of almost 1000 acres. In it is recorded a Teig Ryan of Attybricke He is said to own “The sd Teige Ryan of Attybrick pprietor. of one colpe acre & two thirds of a colpe acre by descent from his Ancestors.” In Simington’s Transplantation to Connaught a Teige O’Mullrean of Athybricke is scheduled to be transplanted to Killokennedy (Lr.) Kilmurry. In Penders 1659 census there is a Teige Ryane gent recorded in Killogenedy – Hillegy. In the Griffiths Valuation for Killokennedy there are a number of Ryans. Including two in Killeagy – One a Benjamin Ryan renting 122 acres from a John Sampson. So it would be interesting to hear from his descendants. Fr...

  From -  The Civil Survey A.D. 1654–56 vol. ii, county of Tipperary western and northern baronies - Irish Manuscripts  - available to download here In Simmington's Transplantation to Connacht a John Ryan with a location Glanishynavy alias Mocklane is listed for transplantation to two locations in Galway – Kilcummin & Killannin. Figuring this placename out took a bit of work. Help from the Irish Placenames Research group suggested that Mocklane was Mogland today. When I went to look for this area in the Civil Survey there was only one mention of a Moghlan but not record under that name. Luckily in the same section there is a Glyssinivie and its locational description is pretty much where Mogland is shown on the Down Survey maps. Glyyssinive would have a similar pronunciation to Glanishynavy. In the Civil Survey in Glyssinive we have the following John Ryan of Glissinniuie Teige Ryan Daniell Ryan of ye same   So we have found the John Ryan listed in the transplant...