Landed bestate maps

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
1 Cover, Book of 21 Maps
Property of Joe Moloney Barronstown

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
2 Map of Townlands

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
3 Index

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
4 Barronstown

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
5 Goatenstown

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
6 Ballykisteen & Acroboy

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
7 Monetogher, Milltown, East Ballyryan & Knockaneduff

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
8 Boreen & Ballyygoodoon

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
9 Ballyphillip & Ardlamon

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
10 Russelstown

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
11 Monard & Ballybrien

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
12 West Ballyryan & Lisheenamalause

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
13 Gortdrum

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
14 Barnanlleen & Cauteen

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
15 Coogey west of Doon

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
15a Coogey west of Doon

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
16 Rathnaveen-Ryan north Tipperary Town

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
17 Lands at Emly Village

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
18 Farranasa near Emly

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
19 Knockballynoe west of Kilfeacle

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
20 Kilscobin East of Cashel

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
21 Ballyfowloo, North of Rosegreen

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
22 Ballyduagh, North of Rosegreen

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
23 Stephenstown, North of Rosegreen

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
24 Lyonstown, North of Rosegreen

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Derby’s Estate Maps 1824,
25 Ballycomisk, North of Rosegreen

27. Book of Landed Estate Maps. Earl of Derby,
Ballykisteen, Limerick-Junction. 1824.
The 20 maps show fields, roads and buildings in
a townland. Each field has a number, the acreage
and a description e.g. pasture, meadow, tillage.
A table gives the farm tenants name his fields and
their total acreage.
Background. Landed estates were generally the
holdings of families usually of Anglo-Irish and
English extraction. The land was rented or leased
in small and large parcels to farm tenants. Some
tenants were also landlords, subletting to smaller
landholders. Frequently a tenant would hold a
lease for 21 years. Sometimes longer leases of
99 or even 999 years were made.
A land agent would carry out the day to day
management of the estate.
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The Earl of Derby’s Estate & House, Ballykisteen 1748 – 1873
The estate and house were located around Ballykisteen, Limerick-
Junction and extended to 6,100 acres. The estate came into the Earl of
Derby’s Family on the marriage in 1747 when James Stanley, Lord
Strange a English aristocrat married Lucy Smith an heiress and
granddaughter of Erasmus Smith. On the marriage the family name
became Smith-Stanley. The land was let to Tenant Farmers, the farms
were generally 20 areas with 2 acres fields with hedgerows as
boundaries, the farmers had cows and produced milk and butter and grew
tillage. They would have hens and a work horse.
Ballykisteen House, was built in 1825 as the first marital home of the Hon.
Edward Geoffrey Smith-Stanley (1799-1869), later Lord Stanley (when he
was Irish Secretary), In 1851 succeeded his father as 14th Earl of Derby.
He was three-times Prime Minister. He was a good landlord and paid for
the education of his tenants’ children. Derby established the Irish National
Education system in 1832 in Ireland and passed the Abolition of Slavery
Act in1833 in England.
The house was located on high ground behind the Ballykisteen Hotel with
views of the Galty mountains to the south.
In 1873 the estate and house was sold to Valentine O'Brien O'Connor
from Dublin a wealthy tobacco merchant with ships. He died the same
year and passed it to his son William O'Connor. In 1911, Robert B
Heuston owned the house that had 20 rooms and 18 windows in front.
The Derby and Oaks horseraces are named after the family.
The present Lord Derby home is Knowsley Hall, near Liverpool.
There is a book of 20 maps from 1824 showing the estate lands.

28. Earl of Derby’s Landed Estate 1824
Townlands Location Map

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By Drone 2017

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Griffiths Valuation circa 1860

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Griffiths Valuation circa 1860

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Gate Lodges

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