History: The Cromwellian Settlement of the County of Limerick
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THE CROMWELLIAN SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY OF LIMERICK
By James Grene Barry, D.L. M.R.S.A.I.
PART THE FOURTH.
CLANWILLIAM BARONY (1)
STRADBALLY PARISH
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OLD PROPRIETOR TOWNLAND GRANTEE
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Baron Castleconnell (2)
… Castleconnell Andrew Ram
… Stradbally Richard Peirce
… Do. John Snow
… Glebe Duke of York
… Islands in the Shannon Samuel Eames
… Upper Portcrushy Earl of Inchiquin
… Do. Do.
… Lower Portcrushy Do.
… Do. Do.
… Boherquill Humphrey Hartwell
… Parke Do.
… Bog in Common Lord Inchiquin & H. Hartwell
(1) Originally Aostrimaighe the territory of the clan
O'Chomaine (?) (O'Gunnings). Their chief seat was
Castleconnell (Caislean wi Chonaine). They were dispossessed
by the O'Briens of Thomond, who in turn had to give place to
the Bourkes. William de Burgh got a grant of Castleconnell
and a large of Clanwilliam from King John. This barony and
the barony of Clanwilliam in Tipperary, known as West and
East Clanwilliam, got their names from William FitzAdelan de
Burgh, who lived at Athassel and founded the Augustinian
Abbey there, A.D. 1200.
(2) This was William, sixth Lord Castleconnell. He joined
the Confederate Catholics in 1642 and sat in the General
Assembly in Kilkenny. He raised and commanded a regiment of
horse against the Parliament, and when his estates were
confiscated he joined King Charles in his exile, and served
the Duke of York's regiment. On the restoration his
attainder was reversed and his estates were restored in
part. His grandson, the eighth Lord, cast in his lot with
James II, was attainted, and lost all his estates. He died
without issue in France, 1697.
CLONKEENE PARISH
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OLD PROPRIETOR TOWNLAND GRANTEE
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…
Lord Castleconnell
Richard Bourke of Ballyvarry Ballyguymore William King
… Madebuoy Do.
Walter Bourke & David Barry Coolebane Do.
Conor Clancy, Richard Bourke, and Cloonekeene Ralph Wilson
Donogh Conor Do. Samuel Mollineux
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FEDAMORE PARISH
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OLD PROPRIETOR TOWNLAND GRANTEE
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Katherine Bourke & Dr. Arthur
… In Williamstown Wm Mathews
… Bog in same
CAHERCONLISH PARISH
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OLD PROPRIETOR TOWNLAND GRANTEE
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Lord Brittas (3)
… Brittas Joseph Stepney (4)
… Do. John Cooke
… Gurteenskagh Hollow Blades
… Do. John Cooke
… Gurteenagheely John Cooke & Lord Brittas
Lord Brittas
… Killinure James Collins
… Do. George Evans
… Do. Lord Brittas
… Do. Colonel Dillon
… Knockeagh John Friend
… Knockatanacashlan Lady Brittas
… Do. John Friend
… Carrickerrily Do.
… Downeenana Lord Brittas
… Templemichael Lady Brittas
… John Friend
… Ballyart Hollow Blades
… Claynoe A. Ingram
Lord Brittas, Charles & Simon Clancy Do. Lord Brittas
… Grenanoutragh and A. Ingram
… Grenanitragh
… A Common Do.
Richard Wolfe, of Limerick & Conor Bog in Common Do.
Clancy of Ballybricken Garraniskey John Mansell
Edward Bourke Do. Thomas Mansell
… Boskill John Friend
Walter Bourke, of Castleerkin Faranferin Do.
… Castleerkin Ulissus Burgh (5)
… Garryclash Do.
… Synode Daniel Abbott
Laurence White, of Limerick Shraghane John Friend
Daniel Creagh Cloghmo_ll Bishop of Ferns and Loughlin
… Bog in Common to do
William Bourke, of Caherconlish, & Moch Hollow Blades
Conor Clancy, of Knockbally Adam A. Ingram
Ballybricken Ballyvorneen Do.
William Bourke Lombardstown Do.
Lord Cahir Caherconlish Ralph Wilson
… Glebe
… Bog in common to adjoining lands
(3) Theobald Bourke, grandson of the first Lord
Castleconnell, was created Baron Brittas in 1618. In 1642 he
joined the Confederate Catholics, and, in due course, had
his estates confiscated, and was transplanted into
Connaught. "We, the said Commissioners, hereby certify that
Theobald Bourke, Lord Baron of Brittas, in the County of
Limerick, hath, upon the 19th day of November, 1653,
delivered unto us in writing the names of himself and such
other persons as are to remove with him, etc. The said
Theobald Lord Brittas, aged 75 years, red-gray hair, slender
face. The lady Margaret (his wife), gray hair, slender face.
Margaret and Mary (grand- daughters), daughters of Sir John
Bourke, etc., etc." Lord Brittas died in 1654 and was
succeeded by his son, Sir John Bourke, whose son, Theobald,
third Lord Brittas, threw in his lot with James II, and was
attainted.
(4) Joseph Stepney, of Abington, was High Sheriff of the
County Limerick in 1686. He built a mansion house there out
of the materials of the ruined Cistercian Abbey. His son,
Thomas, of Kilmarnock, Co. Dublin, had the grant of the
castle and lands of Brittas enrolled—at a Crown rent of £2
16s. 10½d.—July, 6th, 1703.
(5) William Bourke, of Dromkeen married, before 1640, a
daughter of McKeogh, of Rivers, whose sisters were married
to, respectively, Bourke of Ballynagarde, and Bourke of
Kishyquirke. The Bourkes of Dromkeen were known as "Slogh
Meyler," and were descended from Edward McWilliam Oughter.
John Bourke, who died in 1440, got Dromkeen and one-third of
Clanwilliam from the Bourkes of Castleconnell in exchange
for his wife's dowrey in Coshmagh, she was an O'Brien of
Thomond. Richard Bourke, of Dromkeen, conformed in the time
of Charles I, took Orders, and changed the family name to
Burgh. His son Ulick (improperly anglicised Ulisses), was
Rector of Grean and Dean of Emly. He gave very material
assistance to William III during his siege of Limerick, and
was made by him, in 1692, Bishop of Ardagh. His tomb is in
Dromkeen ruined church.
Source: FHL# 1279256 pt8.