Humphrys of Doonane, Co.Tipperary

Humphrys (or Humphreys) of Glenstal, Co.Limerick.

See notes on the spelling of the name.

References:

Family tree by Claire Humphreys.
Short genealogy made out by Dick Humphreys in 1939 (after his mother's death).
Humphrys family graves, old churchyard, Abingdon (or Abington), Co.Limerick.

The old churchyard at Abingdon, Co.Limerick, burial place of the Humphrys.
(Left) See full size.
(Right) Close-up of plaque. See full size.
The Cistercian monastery, the Abbey of Owney, was founded here c.1196 by Theobald Walter, first Chief Butler of Ireland, who is also buried here.
Photos 2006. Photos courtesy of Richard Humphreys.

The Humphrys are of Welsh ancestry (reflected in the spelling).
They probably came over to Ireland in the 12th cent. Norman invasion.
Or at least, if they came over in the Plantations or with Cromwell, then they lost their land (and reverted to the old religion) very quickly, for they are found as a tenant-class Catholic family on the Co.Tipperary / Co.Limerick border since at least 1665.

Our line starts with:

William Humphrys,
born 1724,
farmer at Doonane, Co.Tipperary (nr Co.Limerick border).

Of the family that stayed on the old farm in Doonane, Co.Tipperary:

Patrick Humphreys, of Doonane,
born 1812.

Humphries [thus spelt] of Ballyvarra, Co.Limerick, were meant to be of the family of Doonane:

Edward Humphries,
born c.1850, apparently Ballyvarra, Co.Limerick,
lived in Cork.

A family tree exists offline as:

Humphrys of Doonane, Co.Tipperary
and Glenstal, Co.Limerick
4th edition, Apr 1991

Co.Limerick:
- --- Humphrey,
  mar Margaret --- and had issue:
  1. William Humphrey,
    in 1885 he erected a stained glass window in the Redemptorists church, Limerick in memory of his mother,
    the window is of the Annunciation and the Nativity.
Co.Tipperary:
- Rev. D. Humphreys, CC of Newport attended dinner to celebrate the granting of the Freedom of Limerick to Michael Davitt 1884.
Co.Cavan:
- Bryan Mulligan is interested in Humphrys of Ballyhaise, Co.Cavan.
- Gordon Hamilton is interested in the Cavan Humphrys.
Other:
- There is a Humphrystown in Boystown par, NW Co.Wicklow.
- Antoin MacUnfraidh was Irish Ambassador to Iraq in the Gulf crisis 1990.
- Pelham Humphries and the Spindletop oil field inheritance.
- Welsh and English Humphries genealogy by Georgene Humphries
- Humphreys on the web
Humphreys surname discussion forum
Humphries surname discussion forum

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