Miscellaneous: Tenants of H.K. Grogan Morgan, Esq., Wexford - 1847 Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Wexford Index Miscellaneous Records Copyright Contributed by: James G. Ryan jim.ryan@circa.ie ________________________________________________________ TENANTS OF H.K. GROGAN MORGAN, ESQ., SUPPLED WITH TURNIP SEED, WEXFORD - 1847 This is a 'List of the tenants of H.K. Grogan Morgan Esq. who were supplied with turnip seed etc and the quantity given to each' (National Library of Ireland Ms. 11,108). It lists 32 tenants in 17 townlands in south Wexford, particularly in the civil parishes of Newbawn, Horetown and Kilturk. The year 1847 was during the Great Famine. The seeds provided were turnip (otherwise Swede or Rutabaga), mangold or mangel-wurzel, carrot and parsnip. In 1847 HAMILTON KNOX GROGAN- MORGAN was an extensive land-owner in Wexford, Waterford and Cork. He lived in Johnstown Castle in Wexford. NAME RESIDENCE John PARLE Saltees Island John ELWARD Ballyclemuck (or Ballyclemock) James FURLONG Coalspit William HARTWELL Horetown John WARREN Rath Robt. HAYES Bennettstown Walter CODD Sallystown Philip FURLONG Redmondstown John LARKIN Horetown James MURPHY Ballyclemuck John CRASHIE Ballyclemuck Thomas STAMERS Walshstown (Walshestown) Redmond DALTON Ballyclemuck Martin DALTON Ballyclemuck Christ. WARRINER Johnstown James KELLY Ballyclemuck Thomas ARCHBOLD Ballyclemuck Thomas NEVILLE Ballyclemuck James BYRNE Ballyclemuck John KELLY Senr. Ballyclemuck Richd. PETITT Ballycleary Bridget PENDERGAST Ballyclemuck William REIGH Newtown Francis CARDIFFE Ballyseskin William FURLONG Soighane (Soughane) Rich. WALSH Killinick William WARRINER Janeystown (Probably Jonastown) Thos. HARPER (HARPUR) Rathmacknee Nicholas NEVILLE Newtown Martin CHAMBERS Horetown Patk. HAYES Horetown Pierce POORE (POWER) Ballyclemuck Additional Comments: The tenants listed include larger farmers as well as smallholders: Griffith Valuation (conducted in 1853) for the Townland of Ballyclemock (written Ballyclemuck in the document), for instance shows that REDMOND DALTON held 32 acres; JAMES MURPHY had 29, Pierce Power had 50; JOHN ELWARD had 48 acres. RICHARD PETITT had 110 acres in Ballycleary, but THOMAS HARPER (or Harpur) held only 4 acres in Rathmacknee. The more commonly used versions of the townland names are indicated in brackets where relevant. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/irfiles/