1659 Census of County Clare
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 2:00 pm
1659 Census of County Clare
Where are the O’Briens in the Barony of Ibrickane in the 1659 Petty’s Census of Clare?
The principal names listed for the 1659 Census of Clare are: Creagh, Clanchy, Carthy, Connor, Cassy, Clovane, Hiername, Hicky, Lyne, Mahon, McMahon, Moriarto, Mullowny, McNemara, Shea, Sulevane and McTeige.
Studying the 1826 Tithe Applotment Books and 1855 Griffith Valuation you can find an O’Brien in almost every townland. Were O’Brien’s listed in these later land records in the Barony of Ibrickane transplanted from other parts of Clare or Ireland?
Recently, I was discussing this subject with a member of the Sexton family that has their family roots in Ibrickane and she told me that all the Sextons were transplanted to Donogan Castle in the Barony of Ibrickane by Cromwell. They then spread throughout the Parish of Kilmurry-Ibrickane becoming one of the largest families in the Parish. She told me that there were seventeen Sextons sent to Donogan Castle all with red hair and blue eyes. I then told her that I would like to read about this and asked her if she knew of a book I could read to find out more on this subject. She said she didn’t know of any book but was told this since she was a little girl.
I would appreciate your comments and opinions on this subject of O’Brien’s and Sexton’s absence in the 1659 Clare Census.
Thank you,
Kevin J. O'Brien
Where are the O’Briens in the Barony of Ibrickane in the 1659 Petty’s Census of Clare?
The principal names listed for the 1659 Census of Clare are: Creagh, Clanchy, Carthy, Connor, Cassy, Clovane, Hiername, Hicky, Lyne, Mahon, McMahon, Moriarto, Mullowny, McNemara, Shea, Sulevane and McTeige.
Studying the 1826 Tithe Applotment Books and 1855 Griffith Valuation you can find an O’Brien in almost every townland. Were O’Brien’s listed in these later land records in the Barony of Ibrickane transplanted from other parts of Clare or Ireland?
Recently, I was discussing this subject with a member of the Sexton family that has their family roots in Ibrickane and she told me that all the Sextons were transplanted to Donogan Castle in the Barony of Ibrickane by Cromwell. They then spread throughout the Parish of Kilmurry-Ibrickane becoming one of the largest families in the Parish. She told me that there were seventeen Sextons sent to Donogan Castle all with red hair and blue eyes. I then told her that I would like to read about this and asked her if she knew of a book I could read to find out more on this subject. She said she didn’t know of any book but was told this since she was a little girl.
I would appreciate your comments and opinions on this subject of O’Brien’s and Sexton’s absence in the 1659 Clare Census.
Thank you,
Kevin J. O'Brien