Estate: Hickman (Kilmore)

Associated Families

• Hickman (Fenloe)
• Browne (Newgrove)
• Gore (Clonroad & Tyredagh)
• Hickman (Kilmore)

Description

By his second marriage Gregory Hickman, merchant of Hamburgh, had three sons. The eldest, Walter, founded the Kilmore branch of the family. Walter Hickman of Kilmore, parish of Killimer, barony of Clonderalaw, county Clare, had a son Henry who married Margaret, daughter of Sir William Poole of Poole Hall, Devon. Henry and Margaret had three sons, Poole, Henry and William. Margaret Hickman died in 1707. A descendant of one of these sons, Poole Hickman of Kilmore, married Letitia Browne of New Grove. He was High Sheriff of county Clare in 1782. They had a son Poole (1783-1842) and three daughters Letitia, Anne (Browne) and Mary (O’Dwyer). Anne Hickman married her first cousin, Edmond Browne of New Grove, in 1798. In 1824, Mary Browne, daughter of Edmond and Anne Browne, married Francis Gore and their descendants eventually inherited the Hickman estate by the will of Anne’s brother, Poole Hickman, who died in 1842. He was succeeded by his sister, Letitia Hickman, who held an estate comprised of at least nine townlands in the parishes of Killimer and Kilmurry at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. The sale rental of the Kilmore estate dated January 1852 shows that the estate had been much larger, consisting of over 18 townlands and amounting to about 4,800 Irish acres. Marcus Keane bought about 1,000 acres of this estate at Enogh, barony of Moyarta. The Freeman's Journal provides details of the purchasers of other lots though the sale of some was adjourned due to insufficient bidding. Letitia Hickman died in 1861. The following website gives a history of the Hickman family and Kilmore House: http://www.markhams-of-derryguiha.com/id24.html.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Besborough (H2168) Occupied by Reverend Theobald Butler in 1837 and still in his possession at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He held the property from Letitia Hickman and it was valued at over £22. By the 1870s this house was the home of Robert William Cary Reeves and it was still in his possession in 1906. Later in the 20th century the house became the home of the Hassett and Sexton families.	Poulnadarree	Killimer	Kilrush	Killimer 101	Clonderalaw	Clare	Lat/Lon: 52.61299 -9.38791 OSI Ref: R060 522 Discovery map #64. OS Sheet #68.
Kilmore (H2170) The home of a branch of the Hickman family in the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Hickan. Inherited by the Gores in the 1860s. Burnt in July 1922.	Kilmore	Kilmurry	Kilrush	Knock 98	Clonderalaw	Clare	Lat/Lon: 52.63180 -9.31465 OSI Ref: R110 542 Discovery map #64. OS Sheet #68.
Woodlawn House (H2171) Situated on the Hickman estate, this house valued at over £13 was unoccupied at the time of Griffith's Valuation and the lease held by Denis Culligan. Joseph Studdert had occupied the house in 1837. He was a grandson of Maurice Studdert of Elm Hill, county Limerick. One of Joseph's sons married Mary Gore of Tyredagh Castle and the Gore Hickmans appear to have occupied the house in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This house is now a ruin.	Kilmore	Kilmurry	Kilrush	Knock 98	Clonderalaw	Clare	Lat/Lon: 52.63073 -9.32939 OSI Ref: R100 541 Discovery map #64. OS Sheet #68.
Oaklands (H2172) A one storey 18th century house on the Hickman estates occupied by William Henn in 1814 and by R. Hunt in 1837. The residence of the Bennett family from at least the mid 19th century and sold by the Misses Bennett in 1929.	Knock	Kilmurry	Kilrush	Knock 98	Clonderalaw	Clare	Lat/Lon: 52.62796 -9.33669 OSI Ref: R095 538 Discovery map #64. OS Sheet #68.
Doonnagurroge Castle (H2173) Weir writes that this is a 17th century house with a Hodges coat of arms over a door. William Monsell is recorded as the proprietor of Donogroge, Kilrush in 1814. Situated on the Hickman estate it was occupied by George Crowe Hodges in 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The Clare Journal (17 Nov 1856) records the death of this gentleman aged 70. The home of the Talty family in the later part of the 19th century.	Doonnagurroge	Killimer	Kilrush	Killimer 101	Clonderalaw	Clare	Lat/Lon: 52.62275 -9.39856 OSI Ref: R053 533 Discovery map #64. OS Sheet #67.
Lotabeg (H3804) Bence Jones writes that this house was built circa 1800 for Sir Richard Kellett 1st Baronet. Lewis gives D. Callaghan as the proprietor of Lotabeg in 1837. Poole Hickman was resident at the time of Griffith's Valuation, holding the property from William Galway. The buildings were valued at £87. Home of the Mahony family in the late 19th century.	Lotabeg	Rathcooney	Cork	Rathcooney 110	Cork	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.90586 -8.41561 OSI Ref: W714 727 Discovery map #87. OS Sheet #74.

Archival sources

• James Hardiman Library, National University of Ireland, Galway: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (Dunboyne), Hickman, 22 Jan 1852, Vol 2, 69-
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Hickman, 22 Jan 1852, Vol 13 (22), 22 Apr 1852, Vol 14 (52), MRGS 39/006, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Keane, 9 Apr 1850, Vol 1 (6), MRGS 39/001, (microfilm copy in NUIG)

Contemporary printed sources

Many of these resources are now available online. For a list with Web links please see the Online Printed Sources Links

• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Kilrush Union, 6 (Doonnagurroge), 8 (Poulnadarree), 27 (Kilmore), 28 (Knock)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Cork Barony, 37 (Lotabeg)
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 245 (Kilmore), 312 (Oakland Lodge)
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 146 (Donogrogue Castle & Besborough), 191 (Kilmore, Woodlawn & Oaklands)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion..., HC 1906, c, 177: 221 (Kilmore)
• TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 204 (Kilmore)
• WILSON, William. The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 178 (Kilmore)

Modern printed sources

• Freeman's Journal: Incumbered Estates Court sale reports, 23 January 1852, p.4
• The Other Clare: UA CRÓINĺN, Risteárd and BREEN, Martin. The Hidden Towers. XVI (1992), 5-10
• BURKE, John & BURKE, John Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Henry Colburn, 1847: 148-149 (Browne of Newgrove)
• BURKE, Sir Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 264
• REID, Austin. The tenant farmer in the social and political life of Clare, 1849-1885. Unpublished M.A. Thesis, Department of History, University College, Galway, 1976: 200
• WEIR, Hugh W. L. Historical, Genealogical and Architectural notes on some Houses of Clare. Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1999. : 107-108, 163, 212, 283