Estate: Power (Faithlegg)

Associated Families

• Power (Faithlegg)

Description

Nicholas Mahon Power, of Faithlegg House, was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Ballynakill and Faithlegg, barony of Gaultiere, county Waterford, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He served as MP for Waterford in the mid-nineteenth century. The Power of Faithlegg estate amounted to almost 4700 acres in county Waterford in the 1870s as well as lands in county Wexford.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Belmont House (Ballynakill) (H4677) Sir Samuel Roberts was leasing this property from Nicholas M. Power in 1848 when it was valued at £37 6s. In 1837, Lewis noted the property as the seat of J. Roberts.	Ballynakill	Ballynakill	Waterford	Ballynakill 77	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.25257 -7.07152 OSI Ref: S634116 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #10.
May Park (H4679) George Meara was leasing this property from the Power estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £78. Lewis also notes it as his seat in 1837.	Ballynakill	Ballynakill	Waterford	Ballynakill 77	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.25173 -7.07886 OSI Ref: S629115 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #10.
Glenville (H4680) In 1848 John Greene was leasing this property from the Power estate when it was valued at £46.	Ballynakill	Ballynakill	Waterford	Ballynakill 77	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.24907 -7.08331 OSI Ref: S626112 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #10.
Ballynakill A (H4681) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Martin Rockett was leasing this property from the Power estate when it was valued at £15 10s.	Ballynakill	Ballynakill	Waterford	Ballynakill 77	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.24818 -7.08479 OSI Ref: S625111 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #10.
Ballynakill House (Gaultiere) (H4682) Leased by Robinson Thomas from the Power estate in 1848, when it was valued at £42. In 1837 Lewis noted it as belonging to the Power family but "now occupied by a tenant". Leet records it as the residence of P. Power in 1814. Writing in 1774, Smith describes Ballynakill as "the agreeable seat of William Dobbyn". Brady notes that it incorporates the fabric of a medieval tower house. Ballynakill House is still extant and occupied.	Ballynakill	Ballynakill	Waterford	Ballynakill 77	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.24625 -7.06726 OSI Ref: S637109 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #10.
The Mount (H4704) Nicholas Mahon Power held this unocupied property at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was described as a "herd's house" and valued at £10 12s. A ruined folly still exists adjacent to the site.	Cheekpoint	Faithlegg	Waterford	Faithlegg 90	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.27170 -6.99200 OSI Ref: S688138 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #10.
Daisybank House (H4705) In 1848, Patrick Tracy was leasing this property from the Power estate when it was valued at over £18. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests it was built in the later eighteenth century and served as a hotel during its long history.	Cheekpoint	Faithlegg	Waterford	Faithlegg 90	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.26998 -7.00229 OSI Ref: S681136 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #10.
Mighnawn Cottage (H4706) Labelled as Mighnawn Cottage on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey Map of the 1890s, this property was leased by Miss Mary Owens from the Power estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was valued at £20 8s.	Cheekpoint	Faithlegg	Waterford	Faithlegg 90	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.26910 -7.00378 OSI Ref: S680135 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #10.
Coolbunnia (H4707) In 1848, Margaret Cheasty was leasing this property from thel Power estate when it was valued at £10. The house is adjacent to the the site of Faithlegg Castle, the original stronghold of the Aylward family in the area.	Coolbunia	Faithlegg	Waterford	Faithlegg 90	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.25571 -7.01433 OSI Ref: S673120 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #10.
Faithlegg House (H4709) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Faithlegg House was owned by Nicholas O'Neill Power and valued at £100. The lands in this area were originally held by the Aylward family after the Norman Conquest but they were dispossessed by Cromwellian forces in the 1650s. Faithlegg was then acquired by the Bolton family who eventually built the house in the eighteenth century. It was sold by them to the Power family in 1819. It was enlarged and extended under Power ownership and in 1906 was valued at £110. Faithlegg remained in the Power family until 1935 when it was sold to the De La Salle order who used it as a novitiate until the 1980s. It is now Faithlegg House Hotel. See www.faithlegg.com.	Faithlegg	Faithlegg	Waterford	Faithlegg 90	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.25760 -7.02601 OSI Ref: S665122 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #10.

Archival sources

• National Archives of Ireland: Bank of Ireland, Law Agent's Department donation includes certified copy of 1841 census return, Power family, Faithlegg, county Waterford. M. 6177
• National Archives of Ireland: Hoey & Denning, solicitor's collection, includes copy grant of probate & will of Nicholas Mahon Power, 1873. T.6151
• National Library of Ireland: Pedigree of the family of Power, or le Poer, mainly in England but also in Ireland from the 12th to the 16th century, [Compiled c. 1900?] Ms. 19,926
• National Library of Ireland: Miscellaneous genealogical notes, some in the form of draft letters, by George C. Mahon, relating mainly to the Lynch and Power families. George C. Mahon Papers, Ms. 22,236
• Waterford County Library: Irish Tourist Association Survey files: Barony of Gaultier

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 Gaultiere: 4 (Ballynakill), 11 (Cheekpoint), 14 (Coolbunnia, Faithlegg)
• 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] : 374
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 23 (Ballynakill)
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I, 157-8 (Parish of Ballynakill), Vol.I, 611 (Parish of Faithlegg)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion..., HC 1906, c, 177: 303 (Faithlegg)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 175

Modern printed sources

• MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). Burke's Irish Family Records. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 964