Estate: Bury (Shannongrove)

Associated Families

• Bury (Little Island & Curraghbridge)
• Bury (Shannongrove) (Earl of Charleville)
• Caulfeild (Copsewood)

Description

Phineas Bury was granted almost 6,000 acres in the barony of Kenry, county Limerick in 1666 and 588 acres in the barony of Mogunnihy, county Kerry in 1669. His second son, John Bury, settled at Shannon Grove, county Limerick. In 1703 John Bury purchased parts of the confiscated estates of Sir Drury Wray and King James II in the barony of Kenry. county Limerick. ''Irish Family Records'' records John's fourth son, Thomas, "of Curraghbridge". The descendants of John's eldest son, William, continued to reside at Shannon Grove until at least the mid 18th century. Charles William Bury of Charleville Forest, county Offaly, was created Earl of Charleville in 1806. His father, John Bury of Shannon Grove (1725-1764,) succeeded to the estates of his maternal uncle, Charles Moore, Earl of Charleville, in February 1764, and thereafter his branch of the family was resident in King's County [county Offaly]. The Ordnance Survey Name Books show Lord Charleville as a main proprietor in the parishes of Ardcanny, Chapelrussell, Kilcornan and Kildimo, barony of Kenry. His agent was his cousin, Reverend Robert Bury of Killora Bridge, Cork. Members of the Westropp, Fitzgerald, De Vere and Waller families were some of the main tenants on the Earl's Limerick estate. By the time of Griffith's Valuation. however. most of the Earl's property in the parishes of Chapelrussell, Kilcornan and Kildimo was in the possession of General Caulfeild. Ó Corrbuí gives details of two sales of Bury lands in 1844 including a large acreage to General James Caulfeild. The earldom became extinct in 1875 following the death of the 5th Earl of Charleville.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Mount Pleasant (H1741) An 18th century house that was the home of Richard Bury, son of John Bury of Shannon Grove, county Limerick. In the 19th century it was the residence of the Cox family. Griffith's Valuation shows that Captain J. Cox held the property from the representatives of Anthony Hickman. The house was valued at £22. Two other houses in the townland of Clarefield were also occupied by members of the Cox family, Kate Ville and Mary Ville. This house is now a ruin.	Clarefield	Moyarta	Kilrush	St Martins 93	Moyarta	Clare	Lat/Lon: 52.63783 -9.55860 OSI Ref: Q945 552 Discovery map #63. OS Sheet #66.
Shannon Grove (H2257) Originally the home of the Bury family, Earls of Charleville, overlooking the Shannon estuary. The Ordnance Survey Name Books record this house as four-storied, built in 1709. Bence Jones dates this house from the early 18th century. Lewis writes that Shannon Grove was the old family mansion of the Earls of Charleville and "now the residence of Bolton Waller". Bolton Waller held the property in fee in the early 1850s when the buildings were valued at £43 and the demesne was over 400 acres. Bought by John Sheehy of Askeaton in 1860 and remained in the possession of his descendants until the mid 20th century. The house is still extant and occupied.	Shannongrove	Ardcanny	Rathkeale	Pallaskenry 128	Kenry	Limerick	Lat/Lon: 52.66110 -8.86469 OSI Ref: R415 570 Discovery map #65. OS Sheet #3.
Summerville (H2263) Described by Lewis as an ancient seat of Lord Charleville "now occupied by an agent". In the early 1850s Patrick and Michael O'Donnell were resident and they held the property from General James Caulfeild.	Summerville	Kilcornan	Rathkeale	Pallaskenry 128	Kenry	Limerick	Lat/Lon: 52.65021 -8.87925 OSI Ref: R405 558 Discovery map #65. OS Sheet #3.

Archival sources

• National Archives of Ireland: Commission of Peace to John Bury, Co Limerick, 1730. M.2296
• National Archives of Ireland: Papers re estates in Cos Tipperary, Waterford, Kildare, Clare & Limerick of Palliser family & associated families of Hickman, Gledstanes, Dawson & Bury. D.17,502-17,515, M.2078-2079, T.7137-7138
• National Library of Ireland: Pedigree of Bury of Cromleholm, Shannon Grove & Curraghbridge, Co Limerick, Earls of Charleville, of Mt Pleasant, Little Island & Carrigrenane, Co Cork & Derryluskan, Co Tipperary, 1666-1868. GO MS 179:313-316
• National Library of Ireland: Detailed abstract of will of John Bury of Shannon Grove, Co Limerick, 1721. GO MS 139:90
• National Library of Ireland: De Lacy Smith Collection, rental of estates in barony of Kenry, Co Limerick, Thomas & John Bury, 1740-1744. MS 869
• National Library of Ireland: Dunalley Papers, include rent roll of the Earl of Charleville's estate (especially the town of Tullamore, Co Offaly). 1763. Collection List 25, Ms. 29,808
• Offaly County Library: Charleville & Howard Bury Papers
• Public Record Office, Northern Ireland: Copies of Bury of Charleville Papers, including agent's letters & accounts re Shannongrove estate, 1825-1840. T3069/B/19-59
• Public Record Office, Northern Ireland: Howard Bury Papers, T3069
• Trinity College Dublin: Estate Papers, 1711-1814
• Westmeath County Library: Family & Estate Papers, 17th-20th centuries

Contemporary printed sources

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

• FITZGERALD, Rev P. & MCGREGOR, J.J. The history, topography and antiquities of the county and city of Limerick. Dublin: 1826, republished Limerick: O'Brien Book Publications,1999: I, 348 (Shannongrove)
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 43 (Shannon Grove), II, 72 (Summerville)
• ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: I, 83-94, 138-143 & 146 (Shannongrove): II, 98-101: IV, 32 & 34 (Summerville)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland, 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 63, 201 & 217
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland, 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix III. Abstracts of the conveyances from the trustees of the Forfeited Estates and Interests in Ireland in 1688'.: 352

Modern printed sources

• BENCE-JONES, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 258 (Shannon Grove)
• BURKE, Sir Bernard. A genealogical history of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison, 1883: 603
• MALCOMSON, A.P.W. The Pursuit of the Heiress: Aristocratic Marriage in Ireland, 1740-1840. Belfast: Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006: 4-5
• MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). Burke's Irish Family Records. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 190-192
• NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Special Lists.: Howard Bury Papers, Special Lists 204 & 312
• Ó CORRBUÍ, Máirtín. Kenry: The story of a barony in County Limerick. The author, 1975, reprint 2004: 72-75, 114-116

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