Survey of Tullaroan, Or Grace's Parish, in the Cantred of Grace's Country, and County of Kilkenny: Taken from the Statistical Account, Or Parochial Survey of IrelandFaulkner Press, 1819 - 160 páginas |
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... wife Eva , heiress of that kingdom . This circumstance might have been , perhaps , productive of important consequences during some of the ensuing periods of English feebleness within the pale , if a series of male heirs had survived in ...
... wife Eva , heiress of that kingdom . This circumstance might have been , perhaps , productive of important consequences during some of the ensuing periods of English feebleness within the pale , if a series of male heirs had survived in ...
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... wife Basilia granted to that house certain lands held by William Danmartin , for the health of the souls of earl Gilbert her father , Richard her brother , and her husband Raymond ; and from the same authority , we learn , that ...
... wife Basilia granted to that house certain lands held by William Danmartin , for the health of the souls of earl Gilbert her father , Richard her brother , and her husband Raymond ; and from the same authority , we learn , that ...
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... wife Isabel de Clare , earl Strongbow's only child , commenced a new structure on the site of the old , which , with the subsequent alter- ations attendant on time and fashion , is the present castle . By failure of heirs male in the ...
... wife Isabel de Clare , earl Strongbow's only child , commenced a new structure on the site of the old , which , with the subsequent alter- ations attendant on time and fashion , is the present castle . By failure of heirs male in the ...
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... wife , Jacobus le Botiller , Daniel de Sancto Albino , Radulph Biggott , Edmundus le Gras , Willielmus le Gras , Edmundus le Gras , Gilbert de Clare earl of Gloucester and Hertford and Johan his wife , Roger Bigott earl of Norfolk ...
... wife , Jacobus le Botiller , Daniel de Sancto Albino , Radulph Biggott , Edmundus le Gras , Willielmus le Gras , Edmundus le Gras , Gilbert de Clare earl of Gloucester and Hertford and Johan his wife , Roger Bigott earl of Norfolk ...
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... wife Elena Birmingham , granted , 34th Edward I. ( 1306 ) to Edmund the lord butler of Ireland , all his lands in Fythard ( Fethard ) in the county of Tippe- rary . In 1334 ( 7th of Edward III . ) William le Gras • Plea rolls in Record ...
... wife Elena Birmingham , granted , 34th Edward I. ( 1306 ) to Edmund the lord butler of Ireland , all his lands in Fythard ( Fethard ) in the county of Tippe- rary . In 1334 ( 7th of Edward III . ) William le Gras • Plea rolls in Record ...
Términos y frases comunes
acres potatoes acres wheat ancient Antiquities appears arable bally Ballylinch baron of Courtstown branch Butler Callan Carew church Clare county of Kilkenny county of Tipperary court Courtstown Courtstown Castle crown culm daughter descendants Desmond died ditto domini duke earl of Desmond earl of Ormond Edward eldest Elizabeth England English estates farmers feudal Fitz Fitz-Gerald Garret Gerald Grace family Grace of Courtstown Grace of Gracefield Grace's castle Grace's country Grace's Parish Gracefield branch granted ground heir Henry hills improvement Ireland Irish James John Grace Kildare KILKENNY CASTLE Kilmanagh king king of Leinster lands leaving issue Legan Leinster lime Liveries lord deputy lord of Decies manor married meadow miles Monastic oats patent possession Proprietors queen Queen's county rath Raymond le Gros reign rent rest grazed Richard Grace Robert Grace seneschal sheep Sheffield sir Oliver Grace Strongbow survey tion town townland Tullaroan vale Walsh wife William le Gras
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Página 106 - Our calmer judgment will rather tend to moderate than to suppress the pride of an ancient and worthy race. The satirist may laugh, the philosopher may preach ; but Reason herself will respect the prejudices and habits which have been consecrated by the experience of mankind.
Página 106 - A lively desire of knowing and of recording our ancestors so generally prevails, that it must depend on the influence of some common principle in the minds of men.
Página 86 - ... meeting one Day forty Men, Women and Children, near the Wood of Kildonan, who were coming for greater Security to live within his Quarters, caused them all to be killed. Some Soldiers of the King's Army being taken in a Village in Grace's Parish, Colonel Axtel caused all the Inhabitants of the said Village to be apprehended, hanged three of them, and sold the rest to the Barbadoes.
Página 36 - The walls of this tower were of considerable thickness, and the rests and fire-places within showed it to have originally admitted five floors. From the sides of this great square tower, two wings extended, which terminated on the east and west with round towers. The east front consequently exhibited on its southern angle, one of these round towers, and further northwards...
Página 22 - The possession of extensive districts rewarded these military chieftains, and from such splendid acquisitions the services of their own subordinate adherents were also largely recompensed. Among these princely grants was that of Grace's country to Raymond le Gros. This consisted of a vast tract of land, comprehending, it is said, the barony of Cranagh, and extending northwards by the liberties of Kilkenny and the river Nore, to the borders of the Queen's County ; and thence southwards along the borders...
Página 35 - A tradition prevails that the castles of Tullaroan and Courtstown were distinct structures, and the former having been destroyed in a hostile irruption of the Irish, the latter was erected on a different site. The ruins of this edifice evinced considerable grandeur, as well as great strength. They exhibited the spirit of a powerful chieftain, and the taste of a feudal age. Courtstown castle consisted of an outward ballium or envelope, having a round tower at each angle, and also at each side of an...
Página 35 - Castle consisted of an outward ballium of envelope, having a round tower at each angle, and also at each side of an embattled entrance to the south, which was further defended by a portcullis. Within this area, or outward court, comprehending about an acre of ground, stood the body of the castle, enclosing an inner court of an oblong form.
Página 86 - ... who was his heir, and of what age; in order to entitle the king to his marriage, wardship, relief, primer-seisin, or other advantages, as the circumstances of the case might turn out.
Página 122 - ... of prey, Deaf to the forceful cries of gnawing hunger, And piteous plaintive voice of misery, (As if a slave was not a shred of nature, Of the same common nature...
Página 36 - ... its southern angle one of these round towers, and further northwards stood a similar tower, flanking a portal which led into the inner court formerly furnished with a portcullis.— Between this last flanking round tower and a square tower at the northern angle was a spacious room or hall, of an oblong shape, occupying the entire space. The north front consisted of a high embattled wall connecting two square towers, and inclosing the inner area on that side.