Estate: Willington (Castle Willington)

Associated Families

• Willington

Description

Jonathan Willington, the third son of James and Mary Willington of Killoskehane Castle, county Tipperary, married Mary Drought. James Willington's estate was in the parishes of Ballymackey and Kilkeary, barony of Upper Ormond, in the mid 19th century. The estate of James Willington, including Castle Willlington, amounting to over 2,600 acres in the baronies of Upper and Lower Ormond was advertised for sale in November 1852. James Willington purchased some of the lots himself while others were sold to Messers. Langford, Scott and Wilson. In the 1870s Frederick Willington of New Grove, Rathcabbin and St Kierans and James W. Willington of Castle Willington, Ballymakey owned 1,098 and 1,358 acres respectively in county Tipperary.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Hermitage (H4386) This house was occupied by J.A. [John Andrew] Jackson at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held from his father Major Jackson. The house was valued at £20.16 shillings and was located close to the River Ollatrim. This house was renovated in the early 21st century.	Killowney Little	Ballymackey	Nenagh	Ballygibbon 108	Upper Ormond	Tipperary	Lat/Lon: 52.88349 -8.10102 OSI Ref: R932 814 Discovery map #59. OS Sheet #21.
Mount Pleasant (H4387) The main home of the Jackson family in the 19th century, occupied by John Short in 1814, by Captain Jackson in the 1830s and by Major Jackson in the early 1850s. The house with 448 acres was held from John Willington. The buildings were valued at £29+. Francis Freeman was the tenant in 1870. This house no longer exists.	Killowney Little	Ballymackey	Nenagh	Ballygibbon 108	Upper Ormond	Tipperary	Lat/Lon: 52.89157 -8.11887 OSI Ref: R920 823 Discovery map #59. OS Sheet #15.
Castle Willington (H4388) Castle Willington was the seat of a junior branch of the Willington family of Killoskehane Castle. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Willington. The Ordnance Survey Name Books note it as the seat of James Willington. Valued at £38+ it was held by James Willington in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Alice C. Langford occupied this house valued at £20 in 1906. She was a daughter of John Willington and had married in 1877 Charles C. Coplen Langford. This house of 3 storys with tower house attached is still a residence.	Killowney Big	Ballymackey	Nenagh	Ballygibbon 108	Upper Ormond	Tipperary	Lat/Lon: 52.88619 -8.09806 OSI Ref: R934 817 Discovery map #59. OS Sheet #21.

Archival sources

• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Willington, 18 Nov 1852, Vol 19 (14), MRGS 39/009, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Library of Ireland: A volume of manuscript copies of popular songs and airs, with words and music, in the hand of Alice Willington of Castle Willington Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, 1865. Ms 19,346
• National Library of Ireland: Thirty-four deeds, including a few wills, relating to the Freeman family of Kilcullen, Co. Kildare, and the Willington, Fishbourne and White families, 1802-44, 1864. D. 13,069-13,102
• National Library of Ireland: Pedigree of the Willington family in Ireland (incomplete). Ms 19,775

Contemporary printed sources

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• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Upper Ormond, 23 (Killowney Big), 24 (Killowney Little)
• 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] : 478
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 103 (Castle-willington)
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 144 (Castle Willington)
• ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.I, Parish of Ballymackey, p.238 & 255
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 172
• SLATER, Isaac. Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats. (Manchester: 1894) : xxiv, 133 (Castle Willington)
• WILSON, William. The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 369 (Castle Willington)

Modern printed sources

• Freeman's Journal: Encumbered Estates Court sale reports, 19 November 1852, p.3.
• BENCE-JONES, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 80 (Castlewillington)