William Humphrys of Brittas

• References:
  • Fr. David Humphreys and New Tipperary, Denis G. Marnane, article in Tipperary - history and society, eds. William Nolan and Thomas McGrath, Dublin, 1985, ISBN 0-906602033
  • Land and Violence - a history of West Tipperary from 1660, Denis G. Marnane.

• Sources yet to be consulted:
  • The Justice of the Land League, Rev. David Humphrys, 1880, in the O'Kelley collection, [NLI] special collections, 34.S.14/6
  • The Landlord Relief Bill, Rev. David Humphrys, 1903, bound in a volume of pamphlets, [NLI] special collections, 44.Q.21/14

  • The Logic of the Land Bill, Ronan Hawkins-Fitzgerald, 1881, [NLI] special collections, 2315
  • Portraits of Fr.Humphrys being "shadowed", Ronan Hawkins-Fitzgerald, c.1890, [NLI] special collections, 5712
  • Photograph entitled "shadowing" in Tipperary, Ronan Hawkins-Fitzgerald, c.1885, [NLI] special collections, 5712 A and B
  • The Irish Court of Appeal and the Healy Clause, Ronan Hawkins-Fitzgerald, 1883, [NLI] special collections, 6314

  • Biographical Dictionary of Co.Tipperary.

1. (probably) William Humphrys.
2. David Humphrys.
3. Maria Humphrys.
4. Margaret Humphrys.
5. Bridget Humphrys.
6. (think) Margaret Humphrys.
7. Michael Humphrys.
8. Nicholas Humphrys.
9. Anne Humphrys.

10. Fr. David Humphrys,
    the famous campaigner for tenants' rights,
    born Brittas, bapt 18th June 1843 [Murroe].

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