298 -.. HISTORY OF LIJIERICK. IIISTOBY OF LIJIERICK. 299 Roch, David, same, The lands granted in 1688, and now about to be disposd of by the Trus- Ronan, Nicholas, same, in stephenson, ~ohh,~all~vau~han, Co. Limcriek, tees, were the county of Limerick :- Stevens, Thomas, same, Acres profitable. Value per annum. Total Value. Skiddy, Nicholas. City of Limerick. 12th Oct., 1696 14,882~. 2a. $4,728 10 0 $61,370 10 10 ~treteh;~dward, same, I In the county Tipperary :- Tobin, James, Fethard, Co. Tipperary* 31,960~. 3a. $8,888 12 0 $45,552 2 6 Thprry, James, City of Limerick, In the county Clare :- Thyrry, Patrick, same, 72,426~. $12,060 17 0 $156,791 l 0 Thyrry, Stephen, same, apothecary, Wall, Gibbon, same, doctor, The conduct of the confiscators made a noise throughout Europe, and in White, William, sami, merchant. Paris a list of those lands was publishd under the following head, a copy of which we now have before us :- So much for cc The glorious, pious, and immortal memory of the good and great King William." So much for the Treaty of Limerick, and the good ETAT DES TERBES CONFISQU~ES. faith of those to whom the fortunes of Ireland were committed in an evil Par le Prince d'Orange, depuis le 13 de Fevrier, 1688, sur les Fideles moment. Catholiques d'Irelande, qui ont semi le Roy, Jacques 11. & 1' ont suivi en France ; Represent& au Parlement dJA.gleterre par les Commissaires em- ployez iJcei effet. As we have this remarkable document in the Book of Distributions, and CHAPTER XXXVTI. afterwards printed in the Report of the Commissioners of Public Records, we take it fully from the latter as a piece of official information, which it is not surprising had caused indignation and anger throughout Europe :- LAND3 GRANTED IN l688 AND THEIR VALUE A~ERseveral reports, and protracted negotiations, it was at length re IAcree Value per am. I Total. solved by Parliament to bring to a conclusion the question of the forfeited estates. It is not necessary that we should go over the ground traversed by these heart-rending proceedings. County of Dublin ... ... From the principal reports it appeared County of Bfeath ... ... that County of Westmeath ... ... The Number of Acres in the sevmal Counties in Ireland belonging to forfeiting County of Kildare ... ... perso~swere ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,060,792 County of Catherlogh ... ... Which bemg worth £211,623 a year, at six years purchase for lie, and at thii- County of Wicklow ... ... teen years for an Inheritance amounted to ... ... ... ... f 2,685,130 County of Wexford ... ... Out of the Lands, the Estates restored to the old Proprietors by the Articles of Queen's County ... ... Limerick and Galway, were valued at E724,923, and those restored by Royal King's County ... ... Favour at £260,163, after which, and several other allowances, the goss County of Kiikenny ... value of all the Estates forfeited since the 13th of Feby., 1688, amounted to County of Longford ... ... 51,622,343 Co. Louth and Town of Drogheda ... The number of Grants and Custodiums, since the Battle of the Boyne, County of Cork ... ... County of Kerry ... ... under the Great Seal of England, were 76, some of the principal of which County of Clare ... ... are mentioned, viz.- County of Waterford ... ..- To the Lord Romney 3 grants of ... ... ... ... ... County of Limerick ... ... To the Earl of Albemarle 2 grants of ... ... ... ... County of Tipperary ... ... To William Bentinck (Lord woodstock)"' ... ... ... Camty of Galway ... I" To Ginkle Earl of Athlone (occasioned by the Parliament of Irelmdj" ... County of Roscommon ... ... To the F31of Galway ... ... ... ... ... ... County of Mayo ... ... To the Earl of Roehford, two grants of ... ... ... ... County of Sligo ... ... ... County of Antrim To the Lord Coningsby ... ... ... -er ... ... ... To Col. Gestavus Hamilton, for his services in wa& throngh the Shannon, and County of Down ... ... storming Athlone, at the head of the English Grenadiers ... ... County of Brdmagh ... ... To Si Thomas Prendergast for the most valuable consideration of discovering County of Cavan ... ... the hassination Plot ... ... ... ... County of Nonaghan ... ... ... ... County of Fermanagh ... ... Several of the Grantees had raised great sums of mone by sale of their lands, amounting in all to 868,155, p$icularly the Ear1' of Athlone (his grant being confirmed by Act of Padmment) rho had sold to the amount The denominations confiscated in the county of Limerick embraced a very of Bl7,6Y4. These lands were forfeited by the Earl of Lucan, Patrick large portion of the entire county. Sarsfield. The Lo~dRomney, R30J147, and the Earl of Albemarle, E30,000. 300 HISTORY OF LIMERICK. HISTOBY OF LIMEBICE. 301 k. h the county Tipperary Barony of CIanwilliam, according to the Book of mediately after executed deeds of conveyance to the several purchasers. Distribution, 155 denominations were confiscated. These deeds or transfers are emUed in the Court of Chancery. By an act, Eliogarty m Territory of Ileagh 250 denominations. passed 33 Geo. 111. cap. 42, the forfeited lands unsold vested in the Crown. Iffa and Off' .. ... 424 ditto. In the year 1704, the county of Limerick and county of Cork, were Ikerrine ... ... 47 ditto. infested by three appropriators of somewhat different character, viz. : three Kilnalongurty ... ... 24 ditto. notorious Tories, or Robbers, who carried every enterprise with a high hand ; Kilnamanagh ... ... 45 ditto. Connor More, O'Sullivan, and Philip ConneU. They were, at length, so Lower Ormond .. .. 279 ditto. insufferable in their depredations, that the inhabitants of the various places Middlethird ... ... R68 ditto. named, rose against, pursued and beheaded them; and set up their heads Bwney and Arra ... ... 190 ditto. at Mallow, Askeaton, and Newcastle west, county Limerick. Henry Widden- SlievardagE and Compsey .. 105 ditto. ham and Richard Stephens wrote to J. Dawson, Esq., secretary, Dublin Upper Ormond 150 ditto. Castle, informing him of the fact, and praying the persons may receive the In additioc, all the cath'diic glebe land, which was held for pious nsw, was rewards,- particularly the widow of Laurence Hartnecly who lost his life in the parcelled out in a similar ruthless manner. It amounted to several thousands affair.' of acres. To return to the sales, they were chiefly by "public cant;" the highest bidder In the cowty of Clare, in the Baronies of Bunratty, Burren, Clonderhw, was declared the purchaser. The sales in the county and city of Limerick, not- Corcomroe, Ibraken, Inchiquin, Islands, Moyfarta, !Nlagh, there were withstanding the extent and character of the confiscations, were comparatively euormous co~lfiscationsalso under the several baronial denominations. Each few, the particulars of them are given in the note.2 In Tipperary and denomination averaged some hundreds of acres, and the chief complaint against the ancient possessor was his being an "Irish Papist." 1 Thorpek Catalo&e of the Southwell MSS. r -Lands ---. brought to sale in the county of Limerick:- But the soldiers, notwithstanding, were by no means satisfied with the Roll, 2id Anne, first part, face. way in which they were treated. Early in 1701, a tract was published in John Hunt, of Glangoole, Co. Tipperary, gent, 12th June, 1703 ; consideration, f 422 12s. 9fd London entitled, "Some considerations upon the Payment of the Arrears due The lands of Curra alias Curryhouse, 177a. 3r.; barony Kenry, Co. Limerick-the estate of the to the Army, and on the Subscription for purchasing Forfeited Estates in late King James, subject to a chiefry of 2s. 6d. to the Earl of Kildare. Inrolled 19th June, 1703. Hon. William.----~ Fitzmaurice of Gullane. Co. Kerw. Esa.. 12th June. 1703: consideration. Ireland ;"which showed that all was not pleasant with the soldiers, or with f 5,008. The castle, town, and lands of Gortnetubri&.245; 3r. ~osveri'iane,&&vane, Bally: the adventurers who had advanced their money on the faith of being rewarded nelaum, 396a 2r. 8p. Kiileene, 1648. Ratb, 174a. and 32p. Drumcumane, GO9a-in Gort- more, and Coolgorman, 48a.-liberty of commonage on the commons of Clonluske alias C!ougish bp the green acres of Ireland.8 --the mountain of Monymuck and Ballydanniell, 694a lr. 16p.-the lands of Clounmore, 429a. The acres were plantation acres which bear a proportion to English, as 441 3r. 24p. Total quit-rent, f 30 7s. Gbd. ; barony Co~ello,Co. Limerick-the estate of Sir John is to 264. The value of the goods and chattels (forfeited) were so uncertain, Fitzgerald, attainted. Inrolled 2lst June, 1703. Roll, 2nd hue, first part, back. no estimate has been made of them. Debts due by judgment 'and statute, Sir Matthew Deane, knight, 11th May, 1703; consideration, E195 12s. 3qd. The lands of and a few mortgages due to forfeiting persons restored, amounted to Killmacanerlv. containing 768.; barony Connello, CO. Limerick-the estate of the late Ki $120,013 13s. 10d. There were yet to be computed 297 houses in the James 11. idrolled 10th-June, -1703. Richard Powell of Cloghviller, Co. Limerick, gent., 19th April, 1703; consideration, £901 City of Dublin, 36 houses in the City of Cork, with 226 houses situate in the 18s. g&d. The town and lands of Galbuoly, 180a. Tonetire, 74a. 3r. 6p.; barony Clanwilliam, several cities and towns of Ireland; together with 61 mills, 28 fairs and CO.- - Limerick -the estate of the late King Jmes 11. Inrolled 14th June, 170% markets, 72 rectories and tithes, chief renh amounting to $283 per annm ; hll, 2nd Anne, second part, face. Sir Thomas Southwell, bart., 22nd June, 1703 ; consideration, 6116--in Ardagh, 29a. 32p.; and 6 ferries and fisheries, the forfeitures of persons not restored, value, in barony Conrelloe, Co. Limerick-the estate of the late King Jamea 11. Inrolled 30th June, 1703. gross, t50,OOO. The woods of the kingdom, then standing on the forfeited John Bury of Ballynecarrigy, Co.