Estate: Peacocke (Barntick)

Associated Families

• Roche (Carass) (Baronet)
• Hickman (Barntick)
• Peacocke (Barntick)
• Peacocke (Fort Etna)

Description

Burke records the purchase by George Peacocke of an estate in the barony of Pubblebrien, county Limerick, in the reign of Charles II. From his nephew descend the Peacock of Graige and Fort Etna, county Limerick and Barntic, county Clare. The Peacocke family owned an estate centred on Barntick, county Clare, in the second half of the 18th century and the early 19th century. George Peacocke bought the property from the sale of the Hickman estate in the 1760s. He died in 1773 and was succeeded by his son Joseph who was a Justice of the Peace and at one time High Sheriff of county Clare. Joseph Peacocke was knighted in 1800 for his support of the Act of Union and died in 1812. The estate was divided between his two sons Sir Nathaniel and the Reverend William. By the 1820s the estate was put up for sale by the Court of Chancery. Joseph Power writes that it was about this time that the Roche family of Carass, county Limerick purchased the property. Sir Francis Peacocke 3rd Baronet still owned some land in the parish of Crecora, barony of Pubblebrien, county Limerick at the time of Griffith's Valuation.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Barntick (H1834) A 3 storey house dating back to the 17th century, it was originally a Hickman home. The Hickmans sold the property to the Peacockes in the mid 18th century. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Peacocke. Occupied by Daniel Powel in 1814 the house was later owned by the Roche family of Limerick and leased to the Lyons, who eventually bought the property. Now owned by the Murphy family through marriage with a member of the Lyons family.	Barntick	Clareabbey	Ennis	Clareabbey 31	Islands	Clare	Lat/Lon: 52.79757 -8.99639 OSI Ref: R328 723 Discovery map #58. OS Sheet #41.
Greenmount (H2316) Built in 1770, a two storey house, home of the Green family and held from the Peacockes. In 1786 Wilson refers to the seat of Mr. Greene, within half a mile of Patrickswell. which he calls Graig. The buildings were valued at £42 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Sold by the Greens in 1947. In the 1960s the house was demolished and a large modern house built instead by the Earl of Harrington.	Greenmount	Crecora	Croom	Crecora 3	Pubblebrien	Limerick	Lat/Lon: 52.59661 -8.69516 OSI Ref: R529 497 Discovery map #65. OS Sheet #13.
Pass House (H4923) In 1786 Wilson writes that Pass House was the seat of Mr. Peacock. By the time of Griffith's Valuation the house was occupied by Solomon Frost, leasing from the Peacock estate and valued at over £5. The property does not appear on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s.	Pass	Killeely	Limerick	Killeely 117	Bunratty Lower	Clare	Lat/Lon: 52.68753 -8.66998 OSI Ref: R547598 Discovery map #58. OS Sheet #63.

Archival sources

• National Archives of Ireland: Large collection of solicitors' records including documents re the Peacocke family of Limerick, 18th-19th centuries. E.J.French solicitor's collection, Small Accessions Index 8
• National Library of Ireland: Copy of confirmation of arms to Sir Joseph Peacock Bt of Barntick, Co Clare, 14 Dec 1802. GO MS 105: 18
• National Library of Ireland: Copy grant of arms to George Montagu Warren Peacocke, MP, nephew & heir of Gen Sir Marmaduke W. Peacocke & grandson of Marmaduke Peacocke of Graige & Barntie, Co Clare, & his wife Mary Sandford, on assuming name & arms of Sandford, 26 Jan 1866. GO MS 109: 97-98
• National Library of Ireland: Pedigree of Peacocke Barts of Graige, Co Limerick, Barntic, Co Clare & South Hill, Clifden, Co Galway, c 1630-1876. GO MS 114:196-197

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 Pubblebrien, 6 (Greenmount)
• 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
• WILSON, William. The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 174 (Pass), 177 (Barntick)

Modern printed sources

• BURKE, Sir Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: II, 1432-1433
• POWER, Joseph. A history of Clare Castle and its environs. Ennis: the author, 2004: 319-327