The Viscounts Fitzwilliam of Ireland
This family had many contacts with the
family of the
Earls Fitzwilliam of England
through the centuries.
They often referred to each other as kinsmen.
But there is no real evidence they are related.
Richard Fitzwilliam,
"of Ballymon"
(must be
Ballymun, N Co.Dublin).
He fl temp
Edward II (reigned 1307-1327).
He had issue:
-
William Fitzwilliam,
born est c.1325,
of Moreton, near Swords, N Co.Dublin.
This must be Mooretown townland, Swords par (just NW of Swords).
NOT of Swords Castle.
Ancestor of the Viscounts Fitzwilliam.
The start of the family in
[Lodge's Peerage of Ireland, 1754].
This claims a relationship to
Fitzwilliam of England.
But there is no real evidence.
Ballymun townland, Santry par, Co.Dublin, on
1829 to 1842 map.
Today this is the area just N of the motorway junction,
while the new town of Ballymun is in different townlands S of the junction.
Mooretown, just NW of Swords, on
1829 to 1842 map.
The ruin of Glasmore Abbey survives today.
See photo
and satellite view.
Related to the Viscounts Fitzwilliam
Various members of the same Fitzwilliam family
were connected with:
- Jobstown Castle, W of Tallaght, from 1326.
See JOBSTOWN
on pp.14-15
of [Ball, vol.3, 1905].
See transcript.
Inquest into death of
Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam 1592
says that if his near male relatives' lines fail, his property is to go to
Stephen Fitzwilliam of Jobstown.
- Swords Castle,
end of Main St, Swords, N Co.Dublin, c.1400.
This was built 1183 for the
first Norman Archbishop of Dublin.
The Archbishops of Dublin left it for Tallaght
in 1324.
See 1791 picture.
In the 1500s the Viceroy Sidney
attempted to renovate it.
- Other lands in Dundrum
(not the Castle), early 1300s.
- Donnybrook, Co.Dublin, 1400s
(later inherited by their cousins).
- Thorn Castle
and the lands of
Booterstown, Co.Dublin, 1400s
(later inherited by their cousins).
-
Booterstown Castle, Co.Dublin, 1449
(later inherited by their cousins).
References
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