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