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Kickham of Mullinahone, Co.Tipperary

References:

Papers of Patricia Lavelle.
Kickham family research by Eily Moylan.

Charles J. Kickham, R.V. Comerford, Wolfhound Press, 1979, hardback ISBN 0-905473-14-0, paperback ISBN 0-86237-024-7.
An Irish doctor's memories, Patrick Heffernan, Dublin, 1958, [NLI] Ir 92 h57

James Maher

The Valley near Slievenamon, ed. James Maher, Mullinahone, 1942, [NLI] Ir 828 k2
Romantic Slievenamon, ed. James Maher, Mullinahone, 1954, reprint 1955, [NLI] Ir 94142 m2
The Author of "Knocknagow" - some personal memories, Hester Sigerson Piatt, Irish Press, 9th May 1933, reprinted in [Maher, 1942].
Family of Charles J. Kickham (1752-1940), Annie Kickham White, pub in [Maher, 1954].

Michael Larkin

Michael Larkin, Mullinahone, its Heritage and History, Clonmel, 2002.
Michael and Nora Larkin, Mullinahone Parish: Burial Grounds, Clonmel, 2005.

Have searched all graves in Mullinahone church parish (including Kilvemnon).

Kickham family tree, author unknown.
Shee family tree, author unknown.

Mullinahone, Co.Tipperary.
Kickham St used to be called Callan St.
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The family originated in Kirkham (between Preston and Blackpool, see map), Lancashire, NW England [Maher, 1954].
In England the commonest form is Kirkham, with variants Kirkam and Kerkham [Comerford, 1979].

Kickham of Mullinahone, Kilvemnon par, SE Co.Tipperary (on border with Co.Kilkenny, see map), descend from:

--- Kickham,
or Kirkham,
Protestant,
born Lancashire [Heffernan, 1958],
farrier-sergeant in Cromwell's army, temp English Civil War 1642-51,
a military farrier was "an important position involving responsibility for the welfare of the horses in a cavalry regiment, but it was not sufficiently prestigious to ensure admission to the ranks of the colonial gentry" [Comerford, 1979],
received land in Ireland,
[O'Hart, 1892] lists "Kirkham" among the surnames of the Adventurers for Lands in Ireland 1642-46,
continued to practice as vet [Heffernan, 1958] under patronage of:
- Cooke of Kiltinan (or Kiltinane) Castle, Kiltinan par (SE of Fethard, SW of Mullinahone), Co.Tipperary.
  Kiltinan Castle was built 13th cent by Butler, later Lord Dunboyne, still inhabited.
  See [Irish Country Houses]. See Cooke-COLLIS in [Burkes Irish, 1976].
- Barton of Grove, Fethard par, Co.Tipperary (SW of Mullinahone).
  See [Irish Country Houses]. See BARTON of Co.Tipperary in [Burkes Irish, 1976]. See BARTON in [Burkes Peerage].
  Although Barton only purchased Grove, Co.Tipperary, in 1752. Before that they were seated in Co.Fermanagh, with a wine business in France.
"the tradition of the professional horse-handler survived in the family for a surprisingly long time" [Comerford, 1979].
A Kickham was Town Clerk of Cashel, Co.Tipperary, 1672 [Heffernan, 1958].

The Cromwellian farrier is ancestor somehow of:

--- Kickham,
Protestant,
had issue:
1. James Kickham,
  Protestant,
  of Knockelly Castle, nr Fethard, Co.Tipperary.
2. Charles Kickham,
  of Mullinahone, Co.Tipperary,
  born 1752, Protestant,
  grandfather of the Fenian Charles Joseph Kickham.

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