Estate: Roche (Shannon View)
Associated Families
Description
A branch of the Roche family descended from Stephen Roche of Pallas, county Limerick, late 17th century, who married Anastasia daughter and co heir with her sister Catherine Apjohn of Thomas Lysaght. Their third son Philip of Shannon View married Margaret daughter of John Kelly of Limerick. Their descendants intermarried with members of the Whyte family of Loughbrickland, county Down. From Philip's eldest brother Stephen descend the Roches of Rye Hill, county Galway. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Charles Philip Roche held an estate in the parishes of Kilbradran, barony of Shanid and Corcomohide, barony of Connello Upper, county Limerick. His estate of 1,208 acres was advertised for sale in November 1861. In the early 1840s the agent for this estate was Stephen Edward Collis of Listowel, county Kerry. In the 1870s Charles P. Roche of Dublin owned 1,222 acres in county Limerick.
Houses
House Name / Description |
Townland |
Civil Parish |
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DED |
Barony |
County |
Map Ref |
Shannon View
(H2431)
It was valued at £22+ at the time of Griffith's Valuation, occupied by Thomas Kelly and held from Henry O. Seward. Thomas Kelly was an uncle of James Michael Kelly of Rockstown Castle and Cahircon. He married Letitia Roche, a granddaughter of Philip Roche of Shannon View and his wife, Margaret Kelly of Limerick. This house is no longer extant and extensive urban development has taken place in the area.
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Newcastle |
Kilmurry |
Limerick |
Ballysimon 45 |
Clanwilliam |
Limerick |
Lat/Lon:
52.66738 -8.56915
OSI Ref:
R615 575
Discovery map #65.
OS Sheet #5.
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Archival sources
- National Archives of Ireland:
Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Roche, 28 Nov 1861, Vol 63 (47), MRGS 39/032, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
- National Library of Ireland:
Map of part of estate of Philip Roche in parish of Caherconlish, barony of Clanwilliam, Co Limerick, 1795. 16 H 32(13)
Contemporary printed sources
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Modern printed sources