The Berkerys of Tipperary
While researching the Civil Survey of Tipperary a name that popped up in Upper Ormond was Birrahgra or various spellings. (Birragra, Birraghgra). It seems that this name later became Berkery, a relatively rare name in Ireland that seems to be mainly confined to Tipperary in the 1901 and 1911 censuses with only 223 with that name in 1901 and 186 in 1911. https://www.barrygriffin.com/surname-maps/irish/berkery/ From Barrygriffin.com Looking at the Civil Survey the Birraghras or Berkerys own approximately 877 acres in Upper Ormond. They are included with the other larger and probably more well known surnames that own land in the barony such as Kennedy, Magrath, Butler, O'Meara, Bourke, Grace, Hogan, Morris, Ryan, Gleeson, O'Brien, McEgan / Egan. There are a few what I would say as less populous surnames such as Leamey, Curran, Tierney, Mullaghna? & Mackey. So what do we know about the Birraghra / Berkeys? The Last Lords of Ormond says this of them "Next in ...