Estate: White (Golden Hills)

Associated Families

• Leech
• White (Golden Hills)

Description

Henry Connor White of Golden Hill, county Tipperary, was the Registrar of the Royal Dublin Society from 1853 to 1877 and in 1844 married Margaret Charlotte Leech. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Henry White held land in the parish of Relickmurry and Athassel and Robert W. White in the parish of Shronell, barony of Clanwilliam, county Tipperary. A case published in ''The Irish Jurist'' (1856, p.194) shows that Henry C. White held land at Golden Hills and Kilterholme, county Tipperary, Tinlea, county Clare and Turville, county Limerick. In the 1870s W. Robert White of Spring Mount owned 666 acres in the county and John White of John's Street, Cashel owned 539 acres. In 1845 Emma-Louisa-Maunsell, youngest daughter of Henry White, of Golden Hills married Sir Thomas Judkin Fitzgerald of Lisheen, 3rd Baronet.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Golden Hills (H4127) Leet records Henry White as the proprietor of Goldenville, Golden, in 1814. In 1837 Lewis refers to Golden Hills as the "castellated residence of H. White". Edmond [Edward] Dalton occupied this house in the early 1850s holding it from Henry White. It was valued at £25. By 1858 Thomas Judkin Fitzgerald was occupying Golden Hills or Golden Lodge which was advertised for sale in January 1858 and again in April 1878. In 1878 Golden Hills was described as a "large castellated building" with a drawing room opening into a conservatory, dining room and morning room, 8 bedrooms and a servants' hall. The Irish Tourist Association surveyor records that it was the residence of Thomas Judkin Fitzgerald, High Sheriff of county Tipperary in 1798, known as "Flogging Fitzgerald". In the early 1940s most of the house had disappeared or was incorporated into a modern farmyard.	Goldenhills	Relickmurry & Athassel	Tipperary	Golden 162	Clanwilliam	Tipperary	Lat/Lon: 52.51327 -7.99263 OSI Ref: S005 402 Discovery map #66. OS Sheet #60.
Spring Mount (H4128) J. White was living at Spring Mount in 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation Robert W. White was the occupier, holding the property from William Scully. The house was valued at £17. The Whites were still occupying Spring Mount in the 1870s.	Springmount	Relickmurry & Athassel	Tipperary	Golden 162	Clanwilliam	Tipperary	Lat/Lon: 52.50698 -7.99116 OSI Ref: S006 395 Discovery map #66. OS Sheet #60.

Archival sources

• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), White & Atkinson, (town of Golden), 30 Nov 1854, Vol 32 (27), MRGS 39/014, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Baker, Ringwood & Gordon, solicitors' collection, includes plain copy will of Robert William White of Springmount 1881 & miscellaneous doucments, 1877-1914. Small Accs. Index 105, T.12,088, M.4153(1-7), D.23,199

Contemporary printed sources

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• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Clanwilliam Barony, 136 (Golden Hills), 145 (Springmount)
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 202 (Golden-ville)
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 81 (Golden Hills & Springmount)
• ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.VIII, Parish of Relickmurry & Athassel, p.31
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 172

Modern printed sources