Estate: Mansfield (Rathgormuck)

Associated Families

• Mansfield
• Mansfield (Rathgormuck)
• Woulfe (Carrick on Suir)

Description

Walter Henry Mansfield was among the principal lessors in the parish of Rathgormuck at the time of Griffith's Valuation in 1850. Rathgormuck was formerly the property of his mother's family, the Woulfes of Carrick on Suir. G.L.P. Mansfield held townlands in the parish of Clashmore, barony of Decies-within-Drum at that time. George Patrick Lattin Mansfield had offered over 800 acres of his estate in the barony of Decies-without-Drum for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in 1851. The original 1770s lease was from the Osborne estate to John Fowler. The Freeman's Journal reported that the purchaser was Denis Keeffe, for over £5600. The representatives of Miss Mansfield were lessors in the parish of Modelligo, barony of Decies-without-Drum. By the 1870s, the estate held by the representatives of Capt. Walter Mansfield amounted to over 1200 acres in county Waterford while G.L.P. Mansfield, with an address in county Kildare, owned over 700 acres.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Glen Lodge (Glen Poer) (H4027) Labelled on the first edition Ordnance Survey Map as Glen Lodge and on the later 25-inch map as Glen Poer. Held by James Gallway from James Power at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the buildings were valued at £19. In 1876 it is given as the address of Capt. Walter Mansfield. The 1943 ITA survey notes it as the residence of Mrs. Monsell [?]. Now in the possession of the Rosminian Order as a retreat house and known as Glencomeragh House.	Glen Upper	Dysert	Clonmel	Gurteen	Upperthird	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.34873 -7.52301 OSI Ref: S325220 Discovery map #75. OS Sheet #2.
Rathgormuck Castle (H4213) The buildings in the vicinity of Rathgormuck Castle were valued at £10 in 1850 and leased by Walter Mansfield to Thomas Terry. On the first edition Ordnance Survey map the castle is described as "in ruins".	Rathgormuck	Rathgormuck	Carrick-on-Suir	Glen 7	Upperthird	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.31269 -7.49994 OSI Ref: S341180 Discovery map #75. OS Sheet #.
Graigavalla (H4214) Walter Henry Mansfield owned several properties in this townland at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The largest was a mill valued at £12. A property labelled Glenduff Corn & Tuck Mill appears on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map in this townland. It is not visible on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. Another property in the same townland was leased to Catherine Kirwan with a value of £11. A farm is still extant at this site.	Graigavalla	Rathgormuck	Carrick-on-Suir	Glen 7	Upperthird	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.28945 -7.53098 OSI Ref: S320154 Discovery map #75. OS Sheet #3.
Ballynamultina House (H4362) Francis Kennedy was leasing this property from the Mansfield estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £18 10s. Leet also refers to it as his residence in 1814. Smith states it was the seat of Mr. Mansfield in the late eighteenth century. A house is still extant at the site.	Ballynamultina	Clashmore	Youghal	Clashmore 100	Decies-within-Drum	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.01699 -7.80771 OSI Ref: X132850 Discovery map #82. OS Sheet #34.
Derriheen House (H4514) In 1851 Mrs. Grace Mansfield was occupying this property, which was in the hands of the Court of Chancery at the time. It was valued at £24. It is still extant and occupied. Lewis refers to it in 1837 as the seat of C. Maunsell.	Kilderriheen	Affane	Lismore	Ballyhane 58	Decies without Drum	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.14198 -7.84661 OSI Ref: X105989 Discovery map #82. OS Sheet #21.

Archival sources

• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Mansfield, 4 February 1851, Vol 5, MRGS 39/002, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: O'Connor & Dudley, solicitor's collection includes papers re John Guerin v Patrick Mansfield, Co Waterford, 1854-1880s. Small Accs. Index 66, Co 1894, D.9117-9121
• National Library of Ireland: Rent ledger relating to property in Co. Waterford of John Mansfield, 1783 - 94. Mansfield Papers, Ms. 9633
• National Library of Ireland: Mansfield Papers, Ms. 9632 Rent ledger of the Woulfe and Mansfield families, relating to properties in Co. Tipperary and Co. Waterford, 1783 - 1811.
• Waterford County Library: Irish Tourist Association Survey files: Barony of Upperthird

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. : Barony of Upperthird: 59 (Graigavalla), 61 (Rathgormuck)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Decies-within-Drum: 63 (Ballynamultina)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Decies without Drum: 6 (Kilderriheen)
• BATEMAN, John. The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.298
• HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 306
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: vol.I, 10 (Affane parish, Derriheen)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 176

Modern printed sources

• Analecta Hibernica: AINSWORTH, J.F. Mansfield Papers (from 1565), the property of Mr. P. L. Mansfield, the Red House, Newbridge, (now in the National Library of Ireland) relating to the families of Mansfield and Lattin and to lands in counties. Kildare and Waterford. XX (1958), 92-125
• Freeman's Journal: Encumbered Estates Court sale reports, 5 February 1851, p.4
• NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Special Lists.: Mansfield Papers. Collection List. No.77
• SMITH, Charles. The ancient and present state of the county and city of Waterford. Third edition edited by Donald Brady. Wateford : Waterford County Council, 2008. : 45 (Ballynamultina)