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Griffith’s Valuation (1847-1864)	RootsIreland.ie
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Irish Genealogy Website (Church Records)	Glasnevin Trust
DublinHeritage.ie/Graveyards	Certificates
Diocese of Cork & Ross	Clare County Library
Skibereen Heritage Centre	Greene County, New York
Irish Roots Magazine	Irish Births, Marriages & Deaths Online
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland	National Library of Ireland
General Register Office of Ireland	Valuation Office
British Census 1911	Irish Merchant Seamen
Irish Workhouses	Irish Times Newspaper
Depositions 1641 from Trinity College	Irish Times Archives
Limerick Quaker Records	Irish Townland Database
National Library of Ireland	Irish Townland Database Too
Clans of Ireland	FindMyPast Website
Census of Ireland	Surviving Census Records
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Irish Maps	More Irish Maps
FamilySearch.org (LDS Church Website)	Leitrim/Roscommon Website
Depositions of 1641	Down Survey at Trinity College-Dublin

The Eustace Families of County Limerick

The earliest record of a Eustace family member in County Limerick lists John Eustace of Ballymurra, County Limerick who converted to Protestantism in 1746. His name is listed on “The Convert Rolls” edited by Eileen O’Byrne in 1981. The Eustace name was rare in County Limerick and was concentrated in a very small area in Limerick and died out by 1879. Essentially, there were 3 lines in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s and they could all be related. From the 1790’s until 1806 it looks as if most of the baptisms in St. Mary’s Church, Limerick were for the children of Robert Eustace (Spelled frequently as UESTICE) and Nora McGrath. This is interesting as their first son was named “Walter.” An unusual name but both the names Robert and Walter are found in Cahermurphy, County Clare from 1815-1816 on. There were two distinct Eustace families in Limerick in the years preceding Patrick Eustace’s emigration. One family appears to be from Mungret, County Limerick. They descend from a John Eustace, of Ballymurra who, according to “THE CONVERT ROLLS” edited by Eileen O’Byrne in 1981, converted to Protestantism in 1746. I am attaching an article about him as having the oldest headstone in the cemetery in Limerick and also attaching a death notice of probably one of his descendants named John Eustace from Mungret who died in 1896. Bridget Eustace, Ballymurry, cert. and enrolled 1 November 1779 (A). John Eustace, gent. Ballymurra, Co Limerick, cert. 13 November 1746, enrolled 17 November 1746(A). Conformity 18 May 1746 (B). (D). The second family is definitely Catholic. According to www.familysearch.org there were three Roman Catholic marriages occurring in about the same time frame and place in Limerick. The two churches mentioned below are part of a group of 5 churches in the Limerick Diocese and they date back to the Middle Ages. The records are:

1. MARGARET EUSTACE to John Grady on Jan 25, 1834 at St. Mary’s Church in Limerick City, Limerick.
2. JOHN EUSTACE to Jane Seymour on Jan 28, 1834 at St. Michael, Limerick City, Limerick.
3. BRIDGET EUSTACE to James Henderson on Feb. 28, 1841 at St. Michael, Limerick City, Limerick.

Bridget became widowed and remarried John Matson on Nov 14, 1846 at St. Michael, Limerick City, Limerick. Bridget’s father was PATRICK EUSTACE a bootmaker. Patrick Eustace would have been born abt. 1795-1815. I suspect that because two of these 3 marriages occurred at St. Michael’s Church that John (married to Jane) and Bridget (m to James/John) could be siblings or somehow related. If John was the brother of Bridget then he would be the son of PATRICK EUSTACE and if John had a son a year after his marriage (1835ish) he likely would have named him after his father, Patrick. Of course, this is all conjecture but research is needed here. I know I have told you that the name “William” doesn’t seem to fit into the Eustace lines at least on the west side Ireland. When I reread your family history, I see that Patrick who came to the US in the 1850’s had 4 sons. The oldest sons were Thomas and John. William is fourth. Naming patterns usually (but definitely not always) called for the oldest son to be named after the father’s father. And the second oldest son to be named after the mother’s father. The remaining sons were then named after uncles, etc. Having said that, we know that a “William Eustace” died in Limerick in 1868 at the age of 17. He would have been born in 1851 so a full generation after your ancestor Patrick. The following are all of the Eustaces that died in Limerick between 1864-1922: William Eustace single b. 1851 d. pauper of typhoid fever 1868 in workhouse at St. Munchins, Limerick. Anne Eustace single b. 1822 d. pauper of dementia Nov 29, 1879 in worhouse at St. Munchins, Limerick. John Eustace widower b. 1799 a Dyer died January 29, 1881 of bronchitis age 82 in workhouse at St. Munchins, Limerick. John Eustace, of Mungret Street, Limerick Limerick Chronicle 28th April 1896 Sudden Death: John Eustace, 65; a rag and bone gatherer by occupation lodging with a man named John Long was suddenly taken ill on Sunday and died in a short time. Death is attributed to heart disease. Mr J. Coffey, R.O had the internment carried out as it appeared the deceased was destitute. The coroner Mr. De Courcey was communicated with but did not consider it necessary to hold an inquest. http://www.limerickcorp.ie/media/Media,5993,en.pdf We don’t know if they were Catholic or not. There is one birth: Catherine Cantlon b. April 13, 1866 whose mother was Catherine Eustace. This birth also occurred in the workhouse at St. Munchins, Limerick. There is also a record of a Catherine Eustace who died at sea who was from Limerick. I will try and find that and send to you. Here again, we don’t know if they were Catholic. By the way, there were three children of Patrick Eustace of Kilrush (Bernard’s family) who were born in Limerick between 1905-1910. They moved to Limerick so Patrick (Bernard’s family) could learn the tailoring trade. They moved back to Kilrush abt. 1911. This family is not directly related. Here’s what I think the next step should be. Maybe Stig or one of you would contact St. Michael’s Church and St. Mary’s Church in Limerick City on their website and see if you can get any Eustace death, baptismal, marriage records that they may have. I will say here that I have found evidence of one other Eustace family who had children baptized at St. Senan’s in County Clare in the 1830’s who were from “Ballynolan” Limerick. Their names were Michael and Mollie Miniter Eustace and they had a son “Pat” baptized at St. Senan’s in 1833. I have ruled them out only because Michael doesn’t seem to fit and they look to be originally from the clan in County Clare. However, I believe your family originates there too. This Robert Eustace and Nora McGrath couple look like the first recorded parents of children in Limerick in the early 1790’s. WALTER UESTICE was baptized April 20, 1793 Parents: Rob UESTICE and Nora McGrath St. Mary’s Church, Limerick MATT UESTICE was baptized Mar 2, 1796 Parents: Rob UESTICE and Nora MCGrath St. Mary’s Church, Limerick JOHN UESTICE was baptized April 20, 1801 Parents: Rob UESTICE and Nora McGrath St. Mary’s Church, Limerick PATRICK UESTICE baptized December 1, 1806 Parents: Rob UESTICE and Nora McGrath St. Mary’s Church, Limerick MARGARET UESTICE June 9, 1813 Parents: Michael UESTICE and Mary Gleeson St. Mary’s Church Limerick RC PATRICK EUSTACE Jan 25, 1816 Parents: Michael EUSTACE and Mary Gleeson St. Mary’s Church, Limerick RC MICHAEL EUSTACE April 24, 1821 Parents: Patrick EUSTACE and Mary Hamilton St. Mary’s Church, Limerick RC MICHAEL EUSTACE October 8, 1845 Parents: Patrick EUSTACE and Mary O’Brien St. Mary’s Church, Limerick RC JAMES EUSTACE Dec 04, 1810 Parents: John EUSTACE and Mary Sullivan PATRICKSWELL, Co Limerick RC Sponsors: Js Sinan Mgt Quin MICHAEL EUSTACE Feb 7, 1818 Parents: James Eustace and Ellen McGarry PATRICKSWELL, Co. Limerick RC Sponsors: Edm McGarry and My Fitzgerald JOHN EUSTACE May 19, 1837 Parents: John EUSTACE and Bridget Neville PATRICKSWELL, Co. Limerick RC Sponsors: Jn Dea and Han Galahoe 1757 Ellen Eustice St, Mary’s RC 1808 Alexander Eustace Church of St. John CI 1806 Mary Eustace ? 1813 Joanna Eustace Patrickswell RC 1813 Mary Eustace St. Mary’s RC 1815 Patrick Eustace St. Mary’s RC 1817 James Eustace Patrickswell RC 1817 Maria Eustace Patrickswell RC 1824 Maria Eustace Patrickswell RC 1826 Bridget St. Mary’s RC The family in Patrickswell looks like it stayed in Limerick until late 1800’s. 1757 Ellen Eustice to Michael Conneen Jan 11, 1757 St. Mary’s Church RC 1808 Alexander Eustace to Ellen Kenny Jan 25, 1808 Church of Ireland St. John’s CI Mungret Street, Crecora Cemetery, St. Michael’s and St. Mary’s all look very close to each other on the Google map. John who died in 1896 may have been related. Certainly more records would help. There are two Eustace women in the 1901 census – one from Carlow, the other from Clare. Limerick, Ireland to Quebec, Canada http://www.immigrantships.net/v6/1800v6/amanda18410926.html 26 September 1841 wrecked at Little Metis Point, at five o’clock, on the 26th instant – She had forty passengers and a crew of eighteen*. The captain, two seamen, and two apprentices were amongst those saved. Limerick Standard 1 November 1841 Loss of the Barque Amanda, of Limerick It is with deep regret that we record this day the wreck of this fine vessel, the property of our fellow citizen, George Williams, Esq., attended with the loss of Forty-one lives. She left this port on the 22d of August last with emigrants, and was driven ashore off Metis[-sur-Mer], on the 26th of September, and totally lost. The greater portion of the crew and passengers took to the boats, which soon swamped, and all were lost; the captain, some of the crew and passengers, who were left on the wreck, were saved. The following we take from the Quebec Mercury, of October 5:- Shipwreck of the Barque Amanda – Forty-one lives lost – In the Gazette of Friday last, we informed our readers that Captain Bucanan, of the ship Scotland, had seen off Metis a ship on shore, which, to all appearances was a total wreck. Yesterday morning the subjoined melancholy confirmation of that recent report was received in a letter, by Messrs. W. Price, and Co., of this city, from which we have been favoured with the following extract:- “Metis, 29th September, 1841. “I have to inform you of the loss of the barque Amanda, Captain Davis, from Limerick, which came ashore at Little Metis Point, at five o’clock, on the 26th instant – She had forty passengers and a crew of eighteen*. The captain, two seamen, and two apprentices were amongst those saved.” A.C. Buchanan, Esq., Emigrant Agent, has kindly favoured us with the following list of passengers and crew:- List of the passengers and crew of the barque Amanda, Solomon Davis, master, bound for Quebec, cleared on the 17th August, and sailed on the 22d August, from Limerick: Passengers Saved.

1. James O’Neill, of the County of Clare;
2. Catherine O’Neill, of the County of Clare;
3. Patrick Hanlon, county Kerry;
4. Timothy Murphy, of county of Limerick;
5. Michael Hall, of county of Limerick;
6. Maurice Hall, of county of Limerick;
7. Philip Sarsfield, of county of Limerick;
8. James Nevill, of county of Limerick;
9. Margaret Molony, of county of Limerick;
10. Anne O’Neill, of the county of Cork.

Total passengers saved – 10. Passengers Lost.

1. Stephen Rennals, county of Clare;
2. James Slattery, of Limerick;
3. Patrk. Clancy, of Limerick;
4. Anne Murray, of Limerick;
5. Mary Hall (aged 6), of Limerick;
6. J. Hinchey, of Limerick;
7. Margaret Hinchey, of Limerick;
8. Maria Hinchey, of Limerick;
9. John Hinchey, of Limerick;
10. Frederick Harden, of Limerick;
11. Daniel Carney, of Limerick;
12. Margaret Carney, of Limerick;
13. James Carney, of Limerick;
14. Mary Carney, of Limerick;
15. Daniel Carney, of Limerick;
16. Jeremiah Conners, of Limerick;
17. Catherine Eustace, of Limerick;
18. John O’Brien, county of Clare;
19. Michael O’Brien, county of Clare;
20. Mary Cummins, of the county of Galway;
21. Bridget Cummins, of the county of Galway;
22. Anne Cummins, of the county of Galway;
23. Catherine Cummins, of the county of Galway;
24. Michael Cummins, of the county of Galway;
25. Julia Crawley, of Clare;
26. Patrick O’Neill, of Clare;
27. Thomas Kennedy, of Dingle.

*Male adults lost 11.- Female adults lost 12.- Total Adults 23.- Children Lost 6. Total passengers lost -29. Crew Saved.

1. Solomon Davis, master;
2. Edward Roundy, second mate;
3. Timothy Behane, seaman;
4. Patrick O’Brien, apprentice;
5. Charles Donnelly, apprentice.

– Total crew saved, 5. Crew lost.

1. Patrick Blake, 1st mate;
2. James M’Inerney, carpenter;
3. Michael Hegarty, cook;
4. John Fahy, steward;
5. David Keeffe, sea-men;
6. John Harper, sea-men;
7. John Graham, sea-men;
8. Thomas Allan, sea-men;
9. Patrick Shannon, sea-men;
10. Thomas Harte, sea-men;
11. John Hynes, sea-men;
12. James Cusack, apprentice;
13. Francis Johnson, apprentice.

– Total crew lost, 12. Transcriber’s Notes: * According to this list, there were 37 passengers and 18 crew. * These totals of passengers lost do not match with the list given. Correspondence 03/21/2004 captain Davis I believe Solomon Davis is my ancestor. Here is a brief summary of his descendents. Solomon Davis, Captain Amanda born in Province of Quebec son Solomon Davis, b 1826, Quebec Married Susan Ames from Sudbury Massachusetts Settled in Holland VT. Daughter Henrietta Davis, b 1850 married Albert Hall, Holland, Orleans, Vt. Henrietta died 1887 in Vt Asylum, Burlington, Vt son Leslie J. Hall, b Vt married May Budd son Leslie C Hall (My Grandfather)born 1899 NYC, moved to Sudbury, Massachusetts 1942. died 1962 Still looking for Solomon Senior’s family. Will update when found. Subito Limerick Standard Newspaper 1 November 1841 Contributed by Nick Reddan for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 19 April 2003

Waterford Eustace Families

Griffith’s Valuation: John Eustace is listed as a boarder at St. John’s Within Parish, Clarks Lane/John’s Lane/John’s Street/Trinity Lane, Waterford. Perhaps this is the same person at four similar addresses.

Egan’s History Guide & Directory of the County & City of Waterford (1894): Joseph Eustace; House 66, Johnstown; fowl dealer (Page 470); William Eustace; House # 50; Johnstown; householder (Page 470).

Thom’s Directory for Waterford (1909/10): Ellen Eustace; Manor Street, Waterford City (Page 67); John Eustace; Printer; Bank Lane, The Mall, Waterford City (Page 52); Joseph Eustace; laborer; Roseallen (Rose Lane), Waterford (Page 85); _____Eustace (Mrs.); John’s Lane, Waterford City (Page 67); Mary Eustace (Mrs.); Johnstown, Waterford (Page 69); Mary Eustace; householder; Milk Lane, (Peter Street), Waterford, (Page 85); Richard Eustace; laborer; Roche’s Street (off Water Street), Waterford; (Page 85).

Census of Ireland (1901): House 4.2 Bank Lane (Waterford Urban No. 4, Waterford) John Eustace; age 48, male; Head of Family; Roman Catholic; Birthplace – Waterford City; Bookbinder; Read & write; Married; Mary Anne Eustace; age 50; female; Wife; Irish Church; Birthplace – Waterford City; Read & write; Married;

WATERFORD MEN I N THE WORLD WAR I CASUALTY LISTS. The Waterford News – 28th of July 1916, Page 5 The casualty lists during the past few days include many Waterford men including Private E. (Edward) Eustace, Waterford, R.I. Regiment (7514) who has been killed (on July 4, 1916) in France. His parents (Martin Eustace and Ellen Cashin, reside at Lady Lane. (Edward Eustace was born August 13, 1895 in the Waterford City Workhouse. His parents were Martin Eustace, laborer and Ellen Cashin.

The Eustace Family & Their Lands in County Kildare

By Major-General Sir-Eustace F. Tickell with additions by Ronald F. Eustice

(Tickell’s article as published in the Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society; Volume XI1I, No. 6 (1955)

In several of his valuable contributions to this Journal, the late Lord Walter Fitz Gerald regretted the virtual disappearance from the County of many of the old Kildare families, among which be always cited the Eustaces, upon whose history he submitted several articles. As a descendant of the main Castlemartin and Harristown line, the present writer now owns some of the old family papers, and these have but recently been sorted out. Though sadly incomplete, these papers confirm. many of the facts already published in this Journal and provide us with others. At the cost of much repetition, this seemed to be an opportunity to collect the Eustace story, so far as it could be traced, into one paper. It is a story closely linked with Irish history since the fourteenth century, the story of the birth of a great family and of its gradual disappearance from the County in the storms that have passed through Ireland during the last five-hundred years. This was a family often divided against itself by deeply- held religious differences and by divergent political loyalties, a family whose important members so often chose the losing side: It was for a time perhaps the most powerful in Kildare (except of course the FitzGeralds), with lands scattered from Confey in the north to beyond the county boundary in the south; from the Dublin and Wicklow mountains in the east to Athy and Newbridge in the west. The triangle containing Naas, Ballymore Eustace and Old Kilcullen was almost one large family estate Criche-Eustace  or  Cry-Eustace  it was called. Their castles, especially those at  Ballymore Eustace, Harristown, Castlemartin and Clongowes Wood, guarded the Pale for several centuries, and only fell at last to the guns of Ormonde and Cromwell. It was rare for a jury of county gentlemen to contain no Eustace, and on at least one occasion they formed a majority upon a panel of twelve. Theirs was a family that produced, as we shall see, many of the great men of Kildare and several who held the highest positions in the Government of Ireland. The family produced two Lords Deputy, three Lords Chancellor, two Lords Treasurer and the High Sheriff of Kildare on forty-five occasions. With a few notable exceptions they have now almost disappeared from Kildare, and their name has become a rare one in Ireland itself. It was an inquiry into the causes of the rise and then the fall of this large family, and especially into what in fact did happen to their lands, that led to the original draft of this Paper, or rather to the collection of the bare facts that it contains. These facts have been drawn from many sources, not the least being of course the past volumes of this Journal. (The Eustace references in the Journal are extremely numerous, but a list of the principal ones will be given in an Appendix.) The writer is neither an archæologist nor genealogist, and has but seldom visited Ireland. He would therefore be most grateful if those more qualified than he, would draw attention to any errors, wrong conclusions or important omissions from this Paper, which was not originally intended for publication and is submitted with great diffidence. Origin of the Eustace Family We can dismiss as purely legendary the vague claims that have been made to a direct descent from early bearers of the name. There was Saint Eustachius, venerated 20th Sept.a Roman centurion of the first century, converted to Christianity by the miraculous vision of a stag who bore a crucifix between his antlers. Saint Eustachius (Eustace) is the patron saint of Newbridge College and was venerated September 20th (until his sainthood and very existence was questioned by the Vatican in 196X.) . There was Count Eustace of Boulogne, one of the four Norman knights who dispatched the wounded King Harold at the Battle of Hastings, and the father of Godfrey de Bouillon, who captured  Jerusalem from the Turks. There was Godfrey’s elder brother Eustace, the grandfather of the young Eustace (son of King Stephen) who while he lived was heir to the throne of England. There was also Godfrey’s younger brother, also named Eustace, who is said to have landed at Waterford on his return from the First Crusade. There is however little doubt that no Eustace, as such, was among the early settlers in Ireland. It is, I think, fairly certain that the Eustaces were a junior branch of the family of Le Poer, now represented by the Marquess of Waterford. Four brothers Le Poer, of Norman origin, landed in Ireland with Henry II in 1171, and were granted lands in Ossory (Waterford). Their crest was the stag of St. Eustachius, probably their patron saint, and several of the family were named after him. (The Eustace battle-cry is said to have been “Poer-a-boo, which was also the battle cry of the LePoer family). One of the LePoer brothers, Sir Eustace Le Poer, Baron of Kells, was a Justice Itinerant in 1285, and invaded Scotland in 1296, 1301 and 1303. According to The Book of Howth, he entered Scotland with great power of men. Mark that the Eustacys (sic) descended lineally of the second son of the foresaid Lord Eustas, which were very noble men in those days of Knighthood and ability.” He died in 1311, and his son, Arnold, seems to have assumed the name of FitzEustace, which was borne by his family until changed to Eustace soon after the introduction of surnames in 1465. He was Lord of the Manors of Oughterard and Castle Warden, thus showing that the Le Poers had spread north from Waterford into County Kildare by the end of the thirteenth century. We also hear of a Sir Arnold Le Poer (along with several others of his name, including Sir John, son of Robert LePoer.) slaying Lord John Bonneville at Ardscull further south in the County as early as 1309. By 1317, Arnold FitzEustace Le Poer certainly owned Castlemartin and the neighbouring, townlands of Kilcullen, Brannockstown and Nicholastown, all just south of the Liffey. We also know that a FitzEustace was settled at Castlemartin before 1330; perhaps he was the Robert FitzEustace who was Lord Treasurer of Ireland in l 327. We can thus assume with a fair degree of certainty that the Eustace estates in County Kildare originated at least as early as the start of the fourteenth century, (They had been granted lands near Naas in 1355) and were based upon the family stronghold of Castlemartin at the great bend in the Liffey, and that this had been built by a member of a junior branch of the powerful Le Poer family from Waterford, who had been granted or had seized lands in Kildare. One of these FitzEustaces founded the Dominican Priory at Naas in 1356, with its church dedicated to St. Eustachius (see Naas). The Justiciary Rolls of Edward I and II, in items dealing with Cos. Kildare and Meath, contain references to the names Eustace and FitzEustace. These include: Richard, a Burgess of Kells, 1291,; Richard and John, son of John, 1305; Richard, a Juror, 1306; Geoffrey and John concerned in events near Castlemartin, 1308 and 1310; Sir Richard, a Juror, 1310/12; and Thomas murdered by Nicholas Aunsell, tried at Naas, 1313. The author knows of no authentic references earlier than these. During the next half-century the sons and grandsons of these Castlemartin FitzEustaces spread north, south and east, for we soon find the following prominent members of the family well established on their estates: Robert of Craddockstown, High Sheriff of Kildare 1375 John of Newland, alive in 1377 and High Sheriff in 1434 Sir Maurice of Ballycotelan (Coghlanstown), High Sheriff of Kildare and of Dublin, and died about 1402 Sir John of Blackhall (Calverstown), High Sheriff of Kildare and died 1405. Attempts to link these, and other known FitzEustaces living in the fourteenth century, with the main Castlemartin branch would be largely conjectural; it is therefore proposed to treat their families as separate branches, but of a common stock. (I think that it is very probable that Sir Maurice of Ballycotelan, Thomas FitzOliver (Constable of Ballymore 1373) and Roland FitzOliver of Castlemartin were brothers. If so, this would afford the link between, the FitzEustaces of Castlemartin and the powerful Ballycotlan branch.) We shall follow through the main line of Castlemartin and Harristown (including Portlester, Baltinglass and Robertstown) and then deal with the above and with other branches and the detached possessions that arose later. (There is, I believe, a document that shows a FitzEustace as “‘ Baron of Castlemartin “‘ as  early as 1200, but I have failed to trace it and doubt its accuracy.) Under the name of the principal townland of each estate we shall try to trace its origin, its history so far as it is known, and finally the circumstances of its disappearance or loss. In some cases the information available to the writer is very meagre and can no doubt be supplemented by those with greater local knowledge. The branches and estates so dealt with are given below, neighboring and inter-related branches being grouped. Modern spelling will be adopted throughout. Athy, Ballybyrne and Gurteenvacan, Barretstown near Ballymore Eustace Blackhall (Punchestown), Blackrath and Ballymount, Brannockstown and Boleybeg, Calverstown and Gormanstown, Castlekeely and Yeomanstown, Castlemartin & Harristown, Castlemore & Newstown, County Carlow, Coghlanstown (Ballycotelan), Colbinstown & Crookstown Confey, Cong, Co. Mayo, Cork & Dublin Craddockstown, Dowdenstown and Dowdingstown, Dublin Estates, Elvertstown Gaganstown Kerdiffstown, Kilcullen, Kineagh, Mainham and Clongowes Wood, Mullaghcash, Mylerstown & Moone, Naas Narragh & other rectories Newland Portlester, County Meath Robertstown, Tipperkevin near Ballymore Eustace Wexford Estate

Surname Variations

Other Surname Variations:

Several variations of the name have puzzled family historians. In some cases, alternate spellings of the name have become commonplace and actually appear to be separate families, which they often are not.:

Eustance:

This variation appears in various early records. It is clearly a variation of the surname Eustace. Captain William S. Eustance trained as a boy on the S. S. Indefatigible and during a career of more than 50 years afloat in Liverpool ships, rose in rank from seaman to senior captain. For his many career accomplishments, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1962.

 

Heustis & Huestis:

To Come….

 

Stacy:

Research by the late EFA Master President Donald W. Eustace has verified that Stacy is a shortened version of the name Eustace. The name Stacy is fairly prevalent on all three continents where we find Eustaces and other variants. We hope to learn more of our Stacy connections in the future and to share these with you.

Surname Variations

Other Surname Variations:

Several variations of the name have puzzled family historians. In some cases, alternate spellings of the name have become commonplace and actually appear to be separate families, which they often are not.:

Eustance:

This variation appears in various early records. It is clearly a variation of the surname Eustace. Captain William S. Eustance trained as a boy on the S. S. Indefatigible and during a career of more than 50 years afloat in Liverpool ships, rose in rank from seaman to senior captain. For his many career accomplishments, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1962.

 

Heustis & Huestis:

To Come….

 

Stacy:

Research by the late EFA Master President Donald W. Eustace has verified that Stacy is a shortened version of the name Eustace. The name Stacy is fairly prevalent on all three continents where we find Eustaces and other variants. We hope to learn more of our Stacy connections in the future and to share these with you.

Surname Variations

Other Surname Variations:

Several variations of the name have puzzled family historians. In some cases, alternate spellings of the name have become commonplace and actually appear to be separate families, which they often are not.:

Eustance:

This variation appears in various early records. It is clearly a variation of the surname Eustace. Captain William S. Eustance trained as a boy on the S. S. Indefatigible and during a career of more than 50 years afloat in Liverpool ships, rose in rank from seaman to senior captain. For his many career accomplishments, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1962.

 

Heustis & Huestis:

To Come….

 

Stacy:

Research by the late EFA Master President Donald W. Eustace has verified that Stacy is a shortened version of the name Eustace. The name Stacy is fairly prevalent on all three continents where we find Eustaces and other variants. We hope to learn more of our Stacy connections in the future and to share these with you.

Surname Variations

Other Surname Variations:

Several variations of the name have puzzled family historians. In some cases, alternate spellings of the name have become commonplace and actually appear to be separate families, which they often are not.:

Eustance:

This variation appears in various early records. It is clearly a variation of the surname Eustace. Captain William S. Eustance trained as a boy on the S. S. Indefatigible and during a career of more than 50 years afloat in Liverpool ships, rose in rank from seaman to senior captain. For his many career accomplishments, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1962.

 

Heustis & Huestis:

To Come….

 

Stacy:

Research by the late EFA Master President Donald W. Eustace has verified that Stacy is a shortened version of the name Eustace. The name Stacy is fairly prevalent on all three continents where we find Eustaces and other variants. We hope to learn more of our Stacy connections in the future and to share these with you.

Surname Variations

Other Surname Variations:

Several variations of the name have puzzled family historians. In some cases, alternate spellings of the name have become commonplace and actually appear to be separate families, which they often are not.:

Eustance:

This variation appears in various early records. It is clearly a variation of the surname Eustace. Captain William S. Eustance trained as a boy on the S. S. Indefatigible and during a career of more than 50 years afloat in Liverpool ships, rose in rank from seaman to senior captain. For his many career accomplishments, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1962.

 

Heustis & Huestis:

To Come….

 

Stacy:

Research by the late EFA Master President Donald W. Eustace has verified that Stacy is a shortened version of the name Eustace. The name Stacy is fairly prevalent on all three continents where we find Eustaces and other variants. We hope to learn more of our Stacy connections in the future and to share these with you.

Surname Variations

Other Surname Variations:

Several variations of the name have puzzled family historians. In some cases, alternate spellings of the name have become commonplace and actually appear to be separate families, which they often are not.:

Eustance:

This variation appears in various early records. It is clearly a variation of the surname Eustace. Captain William S. Eustance trained as a boy on the S. S. Indefatigible and during a career of more than 50 years afloat in Liverpool ships, rose in rank from seaman to senior captain. For his many career accomplishments, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1962.

 

Heustis & Huestis:

To Come….

 

Stacy:

Research by the late EFA Master President Donald W. Eustace has verified that Stacy is a shortened version of the name Eustace. The name Stacy is fairly prevalent on all three continents where we find Eustaces and other variants. We hope to learn more of our Stacy connections in the future and to share these with you.

Surname Variations

Other Surname Variations:

Several variations of the name have puzzled family historians. In some cases, alternate spellings of the name have become commonplace and actually appear to be separate families, which they often are not.:

Eustance:

This variation appears in various early records. It is clearly a variation of the surname Eustace. Captain William S. Eustance trained as a boy on the S. S. Indefatigible and during a career of more than 50 years afloat in Liverpool ships, rose in rank from seaman to senior captain. For his many career accomplishments, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1962.

 

Heustis & Huestis:

To Come….

 

Stacy:

Research by the late EFA Master President Donald W. Eustace has verified that Stacy is a shortened version of the name Eustace. The name Stacy is fairly prevalent on all three continents where we find Eustaces and other variants. We hope to learn more of our Stacy connections in the future and to share these with you.

Surname Variations

Other Surname Variations:

Several variations of the name have puzzled family historians. In some cases, alternate spellings of the name have become commonplace and actually appear to be separate families, which they often are not.:

Eustance:

This variation appears in various early records. It is clearly a variation of the surname Eustace. Captain William S. Eustance trained as a boy on the S. S. Indefatigible and during a career of more than 50 years afloat in Liverpool ships, rose in rank from seaman to senior captain. For his many career accomplishments, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1962.

 

Heustis & Huestis:

To Come….

 

Stacy:

Research by the late EFA Master President Donald W. Eustace has verified that Stacy is a shortened version of the name Eustace. The name Stacy is fairly prevalent on all three continents where we find Eustaces and other variants. We hope to learn more of our Stacy connections in the future and to share these with you.

Surname Variations

Other Surname Variations:

Several variations of the name have puzzled family historians. In some cases, alternate spellings of the name have become commonplace and actually appear to be separate families, which they often are not.:

Eustance:

This variation appears in various early records. It is clearly a variation of the surname Eustace. Captain William S. Eustance trained as a boy on the S. S. Indefatigible and during a career of more than 50 years afloat in Liverpool ships, rose in rank from seaman to senior captain. For his many career accomplishments, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1962.

 

Heustis & Huestis:

To Come….

 

Stacy:

Research by the late EFA Master President Donald W. Eustace has verified that Stacy is a shortened version of the name Eustace. The name Stacy is fairly prevalent on all three continents where we find Eustaces and other variants. We hope to learn more of our Stacy connections in the future and to share these with you.

Surname Variations

Other Surname Variations:

Several variations of the name have puzzled family historians. In some cases, alternate spellings of the name have become commonplace and actually appear to be separate families, which they often are not.:

Eustance:

This variation appears in various early records. It is clearly a variation of the surname Eustace. Captain William S. Eustance trained as a boy on the S. S. Indefatigible and during a career of more than 50 years afloat in Liverpool ships, rose in rank from seaman to senior captain. For his many career accomplishments, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1962.

 

Heustis & Huestis:

To Come….

 

Stacy:

Research by the late EFA Master President Donald W. Eustace has verified that Stacy is a shortened version of the name Eustace. The name Stacy is fairly prevalent on all three continents where we find Eustaces and other variants. We hope to learn more of our Stacy connections in the future and to share these with you.

Surname Variations

Other Surname Variations:

Several variations of the name have puzzled family historians. In some cases, alternate spellings of the name have become commonplace and actually appear to be separate families, which they often are not.:

Eustance:

This variation appears in various early records. It is clearly a variation of the surname Eustace. Captain William S. Eustance trained as a boy on the S. S. Indefatigible and during a career of more than 50 years afloat in Liverpool ships, rose in rank from seaman to senior captain. For his many career accomplishments, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1962.

 

Heustis & Huestis:

To Come….

 

Stacy:

Research by the late EFA Master President Donald W. Eustace has verified that Stacy is a shortened version of the name Eustace. The name Stacy is fairly prevalent on all three continents where we find Eustaces and other variants. We hope to learn more of our Stacy connections in the future and to share these with you.

Eustace Family in County Roscommon, Ireland

Compiled by Ronald F. Eustice

The Eustace Family in County Roscommon

The name Eustace is very rare in County Roscommon. A search conducted in March 2007 by the County Roscommon Heritage & Genealogical Company located three families that lived in the entire county between 1850 and the early 1900s, as follows:

 

John Eustice and Bridget Dufficy

John Eustace was born circa 1848 in Kings County[1].  He married Bridget Dufficy, although no record of this marriage was located.  John was at one time an Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) Officer, but had left the force by 1886 when his occupation was listed as an RIC Pensioner on the birth of his son Michael Joseph. Bridget Eustace died in Cartron on 23^rd February 1901 aged 48 years.[2]  John and Bridget had issue:

• Henry Francis Eustace, born on 24^th February 1883, in Cartron, the father was listed as a farmer,[3] and baptised on 28^th February 1883 (sponsors: Patrick Lynan and Ann Dufficy).  He married at Tulsk to Bridget Dockery on 22^nd June 1938.[4]
• Eva Eustace, born on 26^th November 1884, in Cartron, father’s occupation, farmer.[5]
• Michael Joseph Eustace, born on 22^nd September 1886, in Cartron, fathers occupation, Pensioner RIC,[6] and baptised on 26^th September 1886 (sponsors: James Callan and Ann Flaherty).[7]
• Thomas Eustace, born in Cartron, baptised on 15^th August 1890 (sponsors: John Higgins and Mary Conroy).[8]  He died in Carton on 24^th December 1890, aged given as six months.[9]
• Mary Kate Eustace, born on 08^th February 1892, in Cartron, father’s occupation, farmer,[10]  and baptised on 13^th February 1892 (sponsors: Francis Eustance and Mary Keaveney).[11]

Catherine Dufficy, age 45, occupation housekeeper and described as a sister-in-law is listed with the John Eustace family on the 1901 census which was taken on 31st March. Catherine Dufficy was probably the sister to Bridget who had passed away only a week earlier.

 

John Eustice and Mary Travers

No marriage or death records were located for this couple, but two baptismal records were located for their children as follows:

• William Eustace, baptised on 2^nd July 1859 (sponsors: Thomas Henry and Sara Fury).[12]
• James Eustace, baptised on 15^th February 1861 (sponsor: Mary Eustace).[13]

John Eustice and Margaret Mullins

Again no marriage or death records located for this couple, although it is possible that John is the same John that was married to Mary Travers, there were two children of this couple located;

• Thomas Eustace, baptised on 11^th May 1862 (sponsors: Patrick Daly and Winifred Donohoe).[14]
• Richard Eustace, born on 3^rd February 1864, in Keeff Street, Athlone, father’s occupation, baker,[15] and baptised on 21^st February 1864 (sponsors: Martin Beuson and Margaret Mahon).[16]

 

Thomas Eustace & Ann Fahey

Thomas Eustace (son of Thomas) was born c1824-1830. He married Ann Fay (Fahey) about 1851 (place unknown). Ann was believed to be a native of County Westmeath. Thomas and Ann Eustace lived in County Roscommon. Thomas Eustace was a shoemaker by trade and went to England probably as a result of the Potato Famine. Ann Fahey (Fay)’s father was a cheese dealer and later may have owned several grocers shops. According to their marriage certificate, Thomas’s father was also named Thomas and was also a shoemaker. Thomas and Ann Eustace lived in Sutton, near St. Helens in Lancashire, England and had nine children, eight sons and one daughter.

 

The 1871 Census records of Sutton, Lancashire, England
Name	Relationship	Age
Thomas Eustace	Head	43
Ann	Wife	36
Michael		18
Mary		15
James		12
Thomas		10
Daniel		8
John		6
William		3 my grandfather
Francis		6 months

 

The youngest son, Joseph Eustace was born two years later. The eldest son, Michael was believed to be a weightlifter, and died quite young due what was reported to be “straining his heart”, – according to my father.

Two brothers, James and Thomas are believed to have emigrated to the United States, and were later followed by their younger sibling William, or Bill as he was known, hoping to make a better life for himself and his future wife whom he had left behind in England.

He had many adventures and things were going quite well until his letters from home ceased. Realising that they had been intercepted by a young lady, there was some trouble and when that was sorted, he got the first available boat back to England where he and his beloved Alice were married and had four children, my father, Francis, or Frank, being the eldest.

My grandfather was a great storyteller, but unfortunately I was too young at the time to take much notice, and like many of my generation, I found older people rather intimidating. One of my earliest memories, is when I was about three years old, was sitting between my parents on a scratchy horse-hair settee, being constantly nudged by my mum to sit still, intrigued by the flickering gas light, while my grandfather sat in his rocking chair, smoking his pipe and spun his yarns, as my mum said.
 

Eustace of Roscommon (1881 Census of England)

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation
Thomas EUSTACE Head M Male 57 Roscommon, Ireland Gen Ag Lab
Maria EUSTACE Wife M Female 44 Westmeath, Ireland
James EUSTACE Son U Male 22 Sutton, Lancashire, England Gen Lab
Thomas EUSTACE Son U Male 20 Sutton, Lancashire, England Gen Lab
Daniel EUSTACE Son U Male 18 Sutton, Lancashire, England Gen Lab
John EUSTACE Son U Male 16 Sutton, Lancashire, England Gen Lab
William EUSTACE Son Male 13 Sutton, Lancashire, England Scholar
Francis EUSTACE Son Male 10 Sutton, Lancashire, England Scholar
Joseph EUSTACE Son Male 8 Sutton, Lancashire, England Scholar

[1] 1901 census extract for the Eustace household in the townland of Cartron, civil parish of Kilcooley

[2] Strokestown Civil Deaths, vol. 12, p. 44.

[3] Strokestown Civil Births, vol. 10, p. 41.

[4] Tulsk RC Baptisms, vol. 02, p. 126.

[5] Strokestown Civil Births, vol. 11, p. 46, no corresponding church record located

[6] Strokestown Civil Births, vol. 12, p. 44.

[7] Tulsk RC Baptisms, vol. 02, p. 143.

[8] Tulsk RC Baptisms, vol. 02, p. 157, no corresponding civil record located

[9] Strokestown Civil Deaths, vol. 10, p 47

[10] Strokestown Civil Births, vol. 14, p. 19.

[11] Tulsk RC Baptisms, vol. 02, p. 163.

[12] Athlone RC Baptisms, vol. 03

[13] Athlone RC Baptisms, vol. 03

[14] Athlone RC Baptisms, vol. 03

[15] Athlone Civil Births, vol. 1, p. 5.

[16] Athlone RC Baptisms, vol. 03

Frank Eustace

Eustace Household Heads listed in Griffith’s Valuation (1848-64)

In order to produce the accurate information necessary for local taxation, the Tenement Act of 1842 provided for a uniform valuation of all property in Ireland, to be based on the productive capacity of land and the potential rent of buildings. The man appointed Commissioner of Valuation was Richard Griffith, a Dublin geologist, and the results of his great survey, the Primary Valuation of Ireland, were published between 1848 and 1864. The Valuation is arranged by: county, barony, poor law union, civil parish and townland. Griffith’s Valuation lists every landholder and every householder in Ireland. Apart from townland address and householder’s name, the particulars given are: name of the person from whom the property was leased (immediate lessor); description of the property; acreage and valuation.

Index to Griffith’s Valuation of Ireland, 1848-1864

Eustace, Alexander    County Dublin

Parish: Tallaght

Location: Ballinascorney, Upper

 

Eustace, Rep. Andrew            County Dublin

Parish: Dublin City

Location: Merchants Quay Ward Braithwaite Street

 

Eustace, Rep. Andrew            County Dublin

Parish: Dublin City

Location: Merchants Quay Ward Summer Street

 

Eustace, Rep. Andrew            County Dublin

Parish: St. Catherine’s

Location: Braithwaite St.

 

Eustace, Rep. Andrew            County Dublin

Parish: St. Catherine’s

Location: Summer Street

 

Eustace Bridget          County Carlow

Parish: Dunleckny

Location: T/Bagenalstown, Royal Oak Road

 

Eustace, Bridget         County: Clare

Parish: Kilmihil

Location: Castlepark

 

Eustace, Bridget         County: Clare

Parish: Kilmurry

Location: Breaghva

 

Eustace, Catherine     County Kildare

Parish: Kilberry

Location: Willagrove

 

Eustace, Catherine     County Longford

Parish: Cashel

Location: Ballyrevagh

 

Eustace, Charles S.    County Kildare

Parish: Kilmeage

Location: Robertstown

 

Eustace, Charles S.    County Kildare

Parish: Mylerstown

Location: Clonuff

 

Eustace, Capt. Chas. S.          County Westmeath

Parish: Kilcleagh

Location: Kilgarvan Glebe

 

Eustace, Christopher             County Dublin

Parish: Dublin City

Location: North Dock Ward Seville Place

 

Eustace, Christopher             County Dublin

Parish: St. Thomas

Location: Seville Place

 

Eustace, Daniel           County Wexford

Parish: St. Marys New Ross

Location: New Ross

 

Eustace, Edward         County Carlow

Parish: Fennagh

Location: Castlemore

 

Eustace, Edward         County Carlow

Parish: Nurney

Location: Oldtown

 

Eustace, Edward         County Dublin

Parish: Dublin City

Location Trinity Ward Mc Guinness’s Place

 

Eustace, Edward         County Dublin

Parish: Saggart

Location: Moneenalion Commons, Lower

 

Eustace, Edward         County Dublin

Parish: St. Marks

Location: Mc Guinness’s-Place

 

Eustace, Edward         County Offaly/Kings

Parish: Ballyburly

Location: Barrysbrooke

 

Eustace, Edward         County Offaly/Kings

Parish: Ballyburly

Location: Togher

 

Eustace, Edward         County Wexford

Parish: Fethard

Location: Grange

 

Eustace, Edward         County Wexford

Parish: Killann

Location: Greenan

 

Eustace, Edward         County Wexford

Parish: Kulnamanagh

Location: Ballyedmond

 

Eustace, Edward         County Wexford

Parish: Templeludigan

Location: Ballywilliam

 

Eustace, Francis         County Kildare

Parish: St. Michaels

Location: Athy Tn Athy Keatings Lane

 

Eustace, Hardy           County Carlow

Parish: Ardistan

Location: Ardristan

 

Eustace, Hardy           County Carlow

Parish: Ardoyne

Location: Craans

 

Eustace, Hardy           County Carlow

Parish: Ardoyne

Location: Newstown

 

Eustace, Hardy           County Carlow

Parish: Ardoyne

Location: Rathvarrin

 

Eustace Hardy            County Carlow

Parish: Moyacomb

Location: Leany

 

Eustace, James           County Carlow

Parish: Fennagh

Location: Castlemore

 

Eustace, James           County Carlow

Parish: Tullowmaginuna

Location: Graiguenaspidogue

 

Eustace, James           County Dublin

Parish: Finglas

Location: Tolka

 

Eustace, James           County Dublin

Parish: Glasnevin

Location: Glasnevin

 

Eustace James           County Dublin

Parish: Rathfarnham

Location: Terenure

 

Eustace, James           County Fermanagh

Parish: Kinawley

Location: Rossdanean

 

Eustace, James           County Kildare

Parish: Carnalway

Location: Main Street Kilcullen

 

Eustace, James           County Kildare

Parish: Clane

Location: Firmount West

 

Eustace, James           County Louth

Parish: St. Peters

Location: Moneymore/Dyer Street

 

Eustace, James           County Wicklow

Parish: Kilbride

Location: Ballyfolan

 

Eustace, James           County: Wicklow

Parish: Kilbride

Location: Kilbride

 

Eustace, James           County Wicklow

Parish: Kilbride

Location: Lisheens

 

Eustace, James, Jr.    County Wicklow

Parish: Kilbride

Location: Ballyfolan

 

Eustace, James H.      County Carlow

Parish: Fennagh

Location: Castlemore

 

Eustace, Jas.   County Dublin

Parish: Dublin City

Location: Merchants’ Quay Ward, Weaver’s Square

 

Eustace, Jas.          County Dublin

Parish: St. Catherine’s

Location: Weaver’s Square

 

Eustace, John                         County Clare

Parish: Kilfiddane

Location: Shannakea More

 

Eustace, John                         County Clare

Parish: Kilmihil

Location: Cahermurphy

 

Eustace, John             County Clare

Parish: Kilmihil

Location: Castlepark

 

Eustace, John            County Clare

Parish: Kilmihil

Location: Leitrim

 

Eustace, John             County Clare

Parish: Kilrush

Location: Gowerhass

 

Eustace, John             County Cork

Parish: St. Anne’s Shandon

Location: Glanmire Road Lower (Strand Crescent)

 

Eustace, John             County Dublin

Parish: Balrothery

Location: Tankardstown

 

Eustace, John             County Dublin

Parish: Balrothery

Location: Town of Balbriggan High Street

 

Eustace, John             County Dublin

Parish: Clontarf

Location: Greenlanes Back-Lane

 

Eustace, John            County Dublin

Parish: Dublin City

Location: North Dock Ward, Gloucester St. Nt Upper

 

Eustace, John          County Dublin

Parish: Dublin City

Location: Royal Exchange Ward (Bow Lane)

 

Eustace, John         County Dublin

Parish: Rathcoole

Location: Crockshane

 

Eustace, John          County Dublin

Parish: Rathcoole

Location: Rathcoole

 

Eustace, John          County  Dublin

Parish: St. Peters

Location; Bow-Lane

 

Eustace, John           County Dublin

Parish: St. Thomas

Location: Gloucester Street, North, Upper

 

Eustace, John           County Kilkenny

Parish: Ullard

Location: Tiroe

 

Eustace, John            County Meath

Parish: Athboy

Location: Townparks/Town of Athboy/Upper Bridge St

 

Eustace, John             County Waterford

Parish: St. Johns Within

Location: Clarks Lane

Comment: Lodgers

 

Eustace, John             County Waterford

Parish: St. Johns Within

Location: John’s Lane

Comment Lodgers.

 

Eustace, John             County Waterford

Parish; St. Johns Within

Location: John’s Street

Comment: Lodgers

 

Eustace, John             County Waterford

Parish: Trinity Within

Location: Trinity Lane

Comment: Lodgers

 

Eustace, John             County Wexford

Parish: Ishartmon

Location: Grange

 

Eustace, John             County Wexford

Parish: Kiltennell

Location: Ballymoney Upper

 

Eustace, John             County Wexford

Parish: Newbawn

Location: Raheevarren

 

Eustace, John           County Wicklow

Parish: Kilbride

Location: Ballyfolan

 

Eustace, John, M.D.   County Dublin

Parish: Glasnevin

Location: Hampstead 5th.

 

Eustace, Joseph         County Dublin

Parish: Donnybrook

Location: Ringsend, Thorncastle Street

 

Eustace, Joseph         County Wexford

Parish: St. Mary’s New Ross

Location: New Ross

 

Eustace, Judith           County Wexford

Parish: Tomhaggard

Location: Genstown

 

Eustace, Laurence      County Dublin

Parish: Dublin City

Location: Inn Quay Ward Charles Street West

 

Eustace, Laurence      County Dublin

Parish: St. Michan’s

Location: Charles Street, West

 

Eustace, Luke            County Longford

Parish: Shrule

Location: Gorteenclareen

 

Eustace, Margaret      County: Clare

Parish: Kilmurry

Location: Derrynalecka

 

Eustace, Margaret      County Fermanagh

Parish: Kinawley

Location: Drumroosk

 

Eustace, Margaret      County Kildare

Parish: Killashee

Location: Mullacash South

 

Eustace, Mary            County Clare

Parish: Kilmihil

Location: Kiltumper

 

Eustace, Mary            County Clare

Parish: Kilrush

Location: Gowerhass

 

Eustace, Mary              County Kildare

Parish Ballybrackan

Location: Derryoughter East

 

Eustace, Mary               County Westmeath

Parish: Kilcleagh

Location: T/Moate, Athlone Road

 

Eustace, Michael        County Clare

Parish: Kilmaley

Location: Furroor

 

Eustace, Michael        County Clare

Parish: Kilrush

Location: Gowerhass

 

Eustace, Michael        County Wexford

Parish: St. Mary’s New Ross

Location: Irishtown (New Ross)

 

Eustace, Michael        County Wicklow

Parish: Kilbride

Location: Ballyfolan

 

Eustace, Oliver           County Carlow

Parish : Myshall

Location: Myshall

 

Eustace, Oliver           County Dublin

Parish: Coolock

Location: Brookville, Village of Coolock

 

Eustace, Oliver           County Wexford

Parish: St. Marys New Ross

Location: New Ross

 

Eustace, Oliver           County Wicklow

Parish: Kilbride

Location: Knockbane

 

Eustace, Oliver           County Wicklow

Parish: Kilbride

Location: Lisheens

 

Eustace, Patrick         County: Clare

Parish: Kilfiddane

Location: Shannakea More

 

Eustace Patrick          County Clare

Parish: Kilmihil

Location: Cahermurphy

 

Eustace, Patrick         County Clare

Parish: Kilmihil

Location: Castlepark

 

Eustace, Patrick         County Dublin

Parish: Clondalkin

Location: Bedlesshill

 

Eustace, Patrick         County Dublin

Parish: Rathcoole

Location: Crockaunadreenagh

 

Eustace, Patrick         County Dublin

Parish: Saggart

Location: Newtown, Upper

 

Eustace, Patrick         County Kildare

Parish: St. Michaels

Location: Athy Tn of Athy Chapel Hill

 

Eustace, Patrick         County Meath

Parish: Athboy

Location: Mullaghstones

 

Eustace, Patrick         County Westmeath

Parish: Leny

Location: Rathbennett

 

Eustace, Patrick         County Westmeath

Parish: Mullingar

Location: T/Mullingar Dirty Lane

 

Eustace, Patrick        County Wexford

Parish: Fethard

Location: Fethard

 

Eustace, Paul           County Wexford

Parish : Ki

Location : Knockina

 

Eustace, Richard        County Cork

Parish: Youghal

Location: Youghal Lands

Town of Youghal, Main St.

 

Eustace, Richard        County Dublin

Parish: Dublin City

Location: Usher’s Quay Ward New Row West

 

Eustace, Richard        County Dublin

Parish: St. Catherine’s

Location: New-Row, West

 

Eustace, Richard        County Dublin

Parish: St. Catherine’s

Location: Weaver’s Square

 

Eustace, Richard        County Wexford        

Parish: Kiltrisk

Location: Corbally

 

Eustace, Richard        County Dublin

Parish: Dublin City

Location: Merchants’ Quay Ward Weaver’s Square

 

Eustace, Robert          County Carlow

Parish: Ardistan

Location: Ardristan

 

Eustace, Robert          County Clare

Parish: Kilmihil

Location: Cahermurphy

 

Eustace, Robert          County Louth

Parish: St. Peters

Location: Moneymore/Sunday’s Gate

 

Eustace, Samuel         County Fermanagh

Parish: Kinawley

Location: Drumroosk

 

Eustace, Sarah            County Carlow

Parish: Ardoyne

Location: Ratheeragh

 

Eustace, Sarah            County Dublin

Parish: Dublin City

Location: South Dock Ward Merrion Square South

 

Eustace, Sarah            County Dublin

Parish: St. Peters

Location: Merrion-Square, South

 

Eustace, Simon           County Clare

Parish: Kilrush

Location: Gowerhass

 

Eustace, Stannard, Esq.   County Cork

Parish: Castletownroche

Location: Ballydoyle

 

Eustace, Stephen County Laois/Leix/Queens

Parish: Aghmacart

Location: Newtown

 

Eustace, Susanna        County Cork

Parish: St. Annes Shandon

Location Glanmire Road Lower (Rockgrove Terrace)

 

Eustace, Sylvester      County Carlow

Parish: Fennagh

Location: Castlemore

 

Eustace, Teresa          County Dublin

Parish: Dublin City

Location: South Dock Ward

Baggot Street Lower

 

Eustace, Teresa          County Dublin

Parish: St. Peters

Location: Baggot-Street Lower

 

Eustace, Thomas County Carlow

Parish: Fennagh

Location: Castlemore

 

Eustace, Thomas        County Carlow

Parish: Gilbertstown

Location: Rathrush

 

Eustace, Thomas        County Dublin

Parish: Monkstown

Location: Dunleary Anna Cottage

 

Eustace, Walter          County Clare

Parish: Kilmihil

Location: Cahermurphy

 

Eustace, William         County Cork

Parish: Tullagh

Location: Baltimore

 

Eustace, William         County Kilkenny

Parish: Danesfort

Location: Rathclogh

 

Eustace, William         County Westmeath

Parish: Leny

Location: Cullenhugh

 

Eustace, William         County Wexford

Parish Kiltrisk

Location: Coolatrindle

 

Eustice, Henry            County: Offaly

Parish: Kilbride

Location: Cloncollog

Parish Kiltrisk

Location: Coolatrindle

Eustice, Henry County: Offaly

Parish: Kilbride

Location: Cloncollog

Irish Eustace Families of Unknown Origin

By: Ronald F. Eustice

Alexander Eustace & Mary Mason Family Patrick Eustice & Mary (Bridget) Regan Family of New Jersey

Eustace Births, Christenings & Marriages in International Genealogical Index

M=Male, F=Female, B=Birth, C=Christening, M=Marriage

 

No Christian name
EUSTACE (M)
B: 29 Jun 1865
Father: Frank EUSTACE
0736, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Peggy HEELIN

No Christian name
EUSTACE (M)
B: 9 Feb 1867
Father: Stephen EUSTACE
0729, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Eliza KELLY

No Christian name
EUSTACE (F)
B: 22 Feb 1867
Father: James EUSTACE
0583, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland
Mother: Johanna WHELAN

Alexander EUSTACE (M)
B: 1690
(No parents listed) Galway, Ireland

Mrs. Alexander EUSTACE (F)
B: about 1693
(No parents listed) Galway, Ireland

Alicia Catherine EUSTACE (F)
B: 1827
Rel: William ROBERTSON
Robertstown, Kildare, Ireland
(no parents listed)

Andrew EUSTACE (M)
B: 31 Oct 1866
Father: Alexander EUSTACE
0473, Rathcoole, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Eliza BYRNE

Ann EUSTACE (F)
B: about 1464
Spouse: Maurice FITZGERALD of Laccagh, Ireland

Anne EUSTACE (F)
B: about 1673
Father: Maurice EUSTACE of Harristown, Kildare, Ireland

Anne EUSTACE (F)
S: about 1714
Father: Edward EUSTACE of Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Bridget LONGFIELD

Annie Sidney EUSTACE (F)
B: 27 Apr 1866
Father: John EUSTACE
0654, Coolock and Drumcondra,
Mother: Maria Eliza NEILSON Dublin, Ireland

Ann EUSTACE (F)
B: 24 Jul 1866
Father: John EUSTACE 0830, New Ross, Wexford, Ireland
Mother: Margaret KELLY

Anthony EUSTACE (M) S: about 1665
Father: Francis EUSTACE of Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Mrs. Francis EUSTACE

Arthur EUSTACE (M) S: about 1595
Father: Oliver EUSTACE of Clonmullen, Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Mrs. Oliver EUSTACE

Bridget EUSTACE (F) S: about 1716
Father: Edward EUSTACE of Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Bridget LONGFIELD

Bridget EUSTACE (F) S: about 1765
Father: Robert EUSTACE of Newstown, Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Catherine WHELAN

Bridget EUSTACE (F) M: 14 Mar 1778
Rel: Alta Elizabeth WARREN Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
(no parents listed)

Bridget EUSTACE (F) C: 7 Aug 1825
Father: Edward EUSTACE Hull Chapel In Jarrett Street, Formerly In North Street-Catholic,
Mother: Bridget ALLEN

Bridget EUSTACE (F) B: 12 Dec 1864
Father: John EUSTACE of Ballymahon, Longford, Ireland
Mother: Rose DALY

Bridget EUSTACE (F) B: 2 Aug 1868
Father: Laurence EUSTACE 0418, Monasterevin, Kildare,
Mother: Eliza ELLARD Ireland

Catherine EUSTACE (F) S: about 1560
Spouse: Henry BORROWES of Gilltown, Kildare, Ireland

Catherine EUSTACE (F) M: 1585
Spouse: Henry BORROWES Ireland

Catherine EUSTACE (F) S: about 1597
Father: Oliver EUSTACE of Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Mrs. Oliver EUSTACE

Catherene EUSTACE (F) M: 5 Nov 1735
Rel: Alta Elizabeth WARREN Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
(No parents listed)

Catherine Marie EUSTACE (F) S: about 1769
Father: Robert EUSTACE of Newstown, Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Catherine WHELAN

Catherine EUSTACE (F) B: 1776
Rel: Mary Ann EAGLES RIDDLE Ireland
(no parents listed)

Catherine EUSTACE (F) B: 22 Oct 1864
Father: James EUSTACE 0541, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland
Mother: Johanna WHELAN

Charles EUSTACE (M) B: 8 May 1866
Father: John EUSTACE 0978, Stillorgan, Dublin, Ireland
Mother Anne WARD

Christina EUSTACE (F) B: 4 Jan 1865
Father: John EUSTACE 0668, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Margaret BRUCE

Christopher EUSTACE (M) B: 29 Oct 1866
Father: Alexander EUSTACE 0735, Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Anne JONES

Christopher EUSTACE (M) B: 4 Jan 1867
Father: Christopher EUSTACE 0566, Rhode, Offaly, Ireland
Mother: Anne MCCABE

Clotilda EUSTACE (F) B: about 1700
Father: (Sir) Maurice EUSTACE of Harristown, Kildare, Ireland

Daniel EUSTACE (M) B: 5 Sep 1865
Father: Oliver EUSTACE 0848, Blessington, Wicklow, Ireland
Mother: Honor CONLAN

Dorcas EUSTACE (F) B: 2 Apr 1866
Father: Robert EUSTACE 0550, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Sarah Jane KIERNAN

Edmond EUSTACE (M) B: 2 Jan 1865
Father: Patrick EUSTACE 0964, Waterford, Waterford, Ireland
Mother: Catherine THOMPSON

Edward EUSTACE (M) S: about 1593
Father: Oliver EUSTACE of Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Mrs. Oliver EUSTACE

Edward EUSTACE (M) S: about 1663
Father: Francis EUSTACE of Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Mrs. Francis EUSTACE

Edward EUSTACE (M) S: about 1687
Father: Oliver EUSTACE of Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Eleanor NUGENT

Edward EUSTACE (M) S: about 1759
Father: Robert EUSTACE of Ellengrove, Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Catherine WHELAN

Eleanor EUSTACE (F) B: about 1536
Rel: Jane B. J. COX Ireland
(No parents listed)

Eleanor EUSTACE (F) B: 1539
(No parents listed) of Gowran, Kilkenny, lreland

Eleanor EUSTACE (F) S: about 1539
Father: Rowland EUSTACE of Kilkenny, Ireland
Mother: Joan BUTLER

Eleanor EUSTACE (F) B: about 1547
Father: Rowland EUSTACE of Corbally, Laoighis, Ireland

Ellen EUSTACE (F) B: 3 Aug 1864
Father: Patrick EUSTACE 0423, Monasterevin, Kildare,
Mother: Eliza CURTACE Ireland

Ellen EUSTACE (F) B: 24 May 1865
Father: John EUSTACE 0991, Stillorgan, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Anne WARD

Elinor EUSTACE (F) S: about 1767
Father: Robert EUSTACE of, Newstown, Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Catherine WHELAN

Frances EUSTACE (F) B: 27 Feb 1866
Father: Michael EUSTACE 0770, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Frances ROSS

Francis EUSTACE (M) S: about 1631
Father: Rowland or Francis EUSTACE of Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Mrs Rowland or F EUSTACE

Mrs. Francis EUSTACE (F) S: about 1635
Spouse: Francis EUSTACE of Carlow, Ireland

Francis EUSTACE (M) S: about 1685
Father: Oliver EUSTACE of Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Eleanor NUGENT

Frederick Adolphus Dawson EUSTACE (M) B: 4 Aug 1866
Father: Hardy EUSTACE 0457, Tullow, Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Anna DUCKETT

Grace Isabella Florence J EUSTACE (F) B: 26 Nov 1864
Father: Hardy EUSTACE 0506, Tullow, Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Anna DACKETT

Helena Maria EUSTACE (F) S: about 1722
Father: Edward EUSTACE of Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Bridget LONGFIELD

Hardy Robert EUSTACE (M) B: 18 Mar 1865
Father: Robert EUSTACE 0638, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Sarah Jane Kiernan

James EUSTACE (M) S: about 1718
Father: Edward EUSTACE of Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Bridget LONGFIEID

James EUSTACE (M) S: about 1757
Father: Robert EUSTACE of Ardristan, Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Catherine WHELAN

James EUSTACE (M) B: 27 Sep 1864
Father: William EUSTACE 0609, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Harriett MARTIN

James EUSTACE (M) B: 29 Feb 1864
Father: Oliver EUSTACE 0919, Blessington and Ballymore,
Mother: Honor CONLAN Wicklow, Ireland

James EUSTACE (M) B: 6 Oct 1865
Father: James EUSTACE 0720, Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Anne LOUGHLIN

James EUSTACE (M) B: 2 Aug 1866
Father: John EUSTACE 0461, Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland
Mother: Ally CROAK

James EUSTACE (M) B: 27 Sep 1864
Father: William EUSTACE 0609, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Harriett MARTIN

James EUSTACE (M) B: 29 Feb 1864
Father: Oliver EUSTACE 0919, Blessington and Ballymore,
Mother: Honor CONLAN Wicklow, Ireland

James EUSTACE (M) B: 6 Oct 1865
Father: James EUSTACE 0720, Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Anne LOUGHLIN

Jean EUSTACE (F) B: about 1775
Spouse: Thomas KENRICK of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Joan EUSTACE (F) B: about 1531
Father: Roland FITZEUSTACE of Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland
Mother: Joan BUTLER

John EAUSTICE (M) C: 22 Jul 1708
Father: John EAUSTICE Saint Catherine, Dublin, Dublin,
Mother: Elinor Ireland

John Joseph EUSTACE (M) B: 1 Jul 1864
Father: Alexander EUSTACE 0477, Rathcoole, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Eliza BYRNE

John EUSTACE (M) B: 17 Apr 1865
Father: Richard EUSTACE 0893, Gorey, Wexford, Ireland
Mother: Mary BYRNE

John EUSTACE (M) B: 1 Sep 1868
Father: Nicholas EUSTACE 0874, Templeludigan, Wexford,
Mother: Bridget MAGEE Ireland

Joseph EUSTACE (M) S: about 1683
Father: Oliver EUSTACE of Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Eleanor NUGENT

Joseph EUSTACE (M) B: 10 Mar 1867
Father: Edward EUSTACE 0438, Durrow, Laoighis, Ireland
Mother: Mary KEERWICK

Lucinda Jane Edgar
EUSTACE (F) B: 12 Aug 1866
Father: Marcus EUSTACE 0606, Coolock and Drumcondra,
Mother: Elizabeth J. WALLACE Dublin, Ireland

Luke EUSTACE (M) B: 25 Aug 1866
Father: John EUSTACE of Ballymahon, Longford, Ireland
Mother: Rose DALY

Margaret EUSTACE (F) B: about 1487
Spouse: George BARNEWALL of Harristown, Kildare, Ireland

Margaret EUSTACE (F) S: about 1755
Father: Robert EUSTACE of Ardristan, Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Catherine WHELAN

Margaret EUSTACE (F) C: 1 Sep 1850
Father: James EUSTACE Bagenalstown, Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Mary HOWARD

Margaret EUSTACE (F) B: 21 Oct 1864
Father: Patrick EUSTACE 0382, Kilrush, Clare, Ireland
Mother: Mary GLAVAN

Margaret EUSTACE (F) B: 1 Aug 1865
Father: Thomas EUSTACE 0846, Blessington, Wicklow, Ireland
Mother: Mary MURPHY

Margaret Christina J EUSTACE (F) B: 24 Dec 1866
Father: William EUSTACE 0576, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland
Mother: Mary Anne MILL

Maryann EUSTICE (F) C: 30 Nov 1761
Father: John EUSTICE Saint Peter and Saint Kevin, Dublin,
Mother: Elinor Dublin, Ireland

Marcus John EUSTACE (M) B: 2 Feb 1864
Father: Marcus EUSTACE 0543, Coolock and Drumcondra,
Mother: Elizabeth Jane WALLACE Dublin, Ireland

Mary EUSTACE (F) C: 4 Jul 1680
Father: Hen. EUSTACE Saint Catherine, Dublin, Dublin,
Mother: Mary Ireland

Mary EUSTACE (F) C: 30 Aug 1699
Father: Garratt EUSTACE Saint Catharine, Dublin, Dublin,

Mary EUSTES (F) C: 21 Jun 1713
Father: John EUSTES Saint Catherine, Dublin, Dublin,
Mother: Elinor Ireland

Mary EUSTACE (F) B: about 1720
Father: Alexander EUSTACE of Corbally, Laoighis, Ireland
Mother: Mrs. Alexander EUSTACE

Mary EUSTACE (F) B: about 1720
Father: Alexander EUSTACE of Corbally, Laoighis, Ireland

Mary EUSTACE (F) B: 24 May 1864
Father: Michael EUSTACE 0746, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Frances ROSS

Mary EUSTACE (F) B: 25 May 1864
Father: Michael EUSTACE 0713, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Frances ROSS

Mary Anne Frances EUSTACE (F) B: 13 Oct 1864
Father: William EUSTACE 0534, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland
Mother: Mary Anne MILLAR

Mary EUSTACE (F) B: 20 Feb 1864
Father: Pat EUSTACE 0648, Templemore, Tipperary,
Mother: Mary FANNIN Ireland

Maria EUSTACE (F) B: 11 Jun 1865
Father: James EUSTACE 0542, Leighlinbridge, Carlow,
Mother: Mary BYRNE Ireland

Maria EUSTACE (F) B: 9 Aug 1865
Father: Robert EUSTACE 0477, Tullow, Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Anne FOLEY

Mary Jane EUSTACE (F) B: 9 Mar 1865
Father: Richard EUSTACE 0771, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Jane MAGEE

Mary EUSTACE (F) B: 22 Sep 1866
Father: Denis EUSTACE 0742, Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Jane NORTON

Mary EUSTACE (F) B: 21 May 1866
Father: Edward EUSTACE 0971, Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Mary MURPHY

Mary EUSTACE (F) B: 28 Aug 1868
Father: John EUSTACE 0467, Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland
Mother: Ally CROAK

Maria EUSTACE (F) B: 7 Nov 1869
Father: Edward EUSTACE 0399, Durrow, Laoighis, Ireland
Mother: Mary KERWICK

Matthew EUSTACE (M) C: 20 Jan 1711
Father: John EUSTACE Saint Catherine, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Ellinor

Maurice James EUSTACE (M) B: 25 Jul 1867
Father: James EUSTACE 0699, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Emily Catherine STACK

Nicholas EUSTACE (M) S: about 1661
Father: Francis EUSTACE of Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Mrs. Francis EUSTACE

Oliver EUSTACE (M) S: about 1567
Spouse: Mrs. Oliver EUSTACE of Castlemore, Carlow, Ireland

Mrs. Oliver EUSTACE (F) S: about 1571
Spouse: Oliver EUSTACE of Carlow, Ireland

Oliver EUSTACE (M) B: 1657
Father: Francis EUSTACE of Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Mrs. Francis EUSTACE

Oliver EUSTACE (M) C: 30 Nov 1684
Father: Oliver EUSTACE Saint Michan, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Patrick EUSTACE (M) B: 19 Apr 1864
Father: Patrick EUSTACE 0341, Labasheeda, Clare, Ireland
Mother: Mary ROONAN

Patrick EUSTACE (M) B: 5 Mar 1864
Father: Edward EUSTACE 0984, Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Mary MURPHY

Patrick EUSTACE (M) B: 15 Mar 1864
Father: Edward EUSTACE 0794, Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Mary MURPHY

Patrick EUSTACE (M) B: 20 Feb 1864
Father: Pat EUSTACE 0648, Templemore, Tipperary,
Mother: Mary FANNIN Ireland

Patrick EUSTACE (M) B: 5 Jun 1865
Father: Thomas EUSTACE 0835, Templeludigan, Wexford,
Mother: Johanna MURPHY Ireland

Patrick EUSTACE (M) B: 8 Jun 1866
Father: Michael EUSTACE 1055, Coolattin and Clonegall,
Mother: Margaret BYRNE Wicklow, Ireland

Patrick EUSTACE (M) B: 29 May 1866
Father: Michael EUSTACE 0372, Multyfarnham, Westmeath,
Mother: Catherine PARKER Ireland

Patrick EUSTACE (M) B: 7 Jul 1867
Father: Francis EUSTACE 0644, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Margaret HYLAND

Patrick EUSTACE (M) B: 2 Jul 1868
Father: John EUSTACE 0031, Ballymahon, Longford, Ireland
Mother: Rose DALY

Rachell EUSTACE (F) C: 28 Jul 1685
Father: Maurice EUSTACE Saint Michan, Dublin, Dublin,
Mother: Margt. Ireland

Richard EUSTACE (M) C: 20 Oct 1700
Father: Charles EUSTACE Saint Nicholas Without, Dublin,
Mother: Mary Dublin, Ireland

Richard EUSTACE (M) B: 3 Feb 1864
Father: John EUSTACE 0008, Athlone, Roscommon, Ireland
Mother: Margaret MULLINS

Robert EUSTACE (M) C: 5 Jun 1672
Father: Oliver EUSTACE Saint Michan, Dublin, Dublin,
Mother: Eliz. Ireland

Robert EUSTACE (M) S: about 1729
Father: Edward EUSTACE of Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Bridget LONGFIELD

Robert EUSTACE (M) S: about 1761
Father: Robert EUSTACE of Newstown, Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Catherine WHELAN

Rowland or Francis
EUSTACE (M) S: about 1599
Father: Oliver EUSTACE of Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Mrs. Oliver EUSTACE

Mrs. Rowland or Francis
EUSTACE (F) S: about 1603
Spouse: Rowland or Francis EUSTACE of Carlow, Ireland

Roland EUSTACE (M) S: about 1659
Father: Francis EUSTACE of Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Mrs. Francis EUSTACE

Rosanna EUSTACE (F) B: 3 May 1864
Father: Michael EUSTACE 0812, Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Jane KELLY

Stephen EUSTACE (M) B: 1 Jun 1864
Father: Edward EUSTACE 0447, Durrow, Laoighis, Ireland
Mother: Mary KERAVICK

Theresa EUSTACE (F) B: 21 Oct 1866
Father: James EUSTACE 0720,Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Anne LOUGHLIN

Thomas EUSTACE (Male) S: about 1669
Father: Francis EUSTACE; of Carlow Ireland
Mother: Mrs. Francis EUSTACE

Thomas EUSTACE (Male) C: 10 Nov 1700
Father: Tho. EUSTACE; Saint Nicholas Without, Dublin,
Mother: Sarah Dublin, Ireland

Thomas EUSTACE (Male) S: about 1727
Father: Edward EUSTACE of Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Bridget LONGFIELD

Thomas EUSTACE (Male) S: about 1763
Father: Robert EUSTACE; of Newstown, Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Catherine WHELAN

Thomas EUSTACE (Male) B: 1781
(No parents listed) Tyrone, Ireland

Thomas Henry EUSTACE (Male) C: 7 Sep 1845
Father: John EUSTACE; Toem, Tipperary, Ireland
Mother: Christian

Thomas Fox EUSTACE (Male) B: 27 Aug 1866
Father: Thomas Fox EUSTACE 0609, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Anne MORRISSON

Thomas EUSTACE (Male) B: 23 Dec 1866
Father: Patrick EUSTACE 0976, Waterford, Waterford, Ireland
Mother: Catherine THOMPSON

Thomas EUSTACE (Male) B: 17 Jan 1867
Father: James EUSTACE 0418, Kilrush, Clare, Ireland
Mother: Anne McNAMARA

Walter EUSTACE (Male) C: 9 May 1660
Father: Walter EUSTACE; Derry Cathedral, Templemore,
Londonderry, Ireland

William EUSTACE (Male) B: about 1577
Rel: Winona E. NETTERVILLE; of Dowth, Meath, Ireland
(no parents listed)

William EUSTACE (Male) S: about 1667
Father: Francis EUSTACE of Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Mrs Francis EUSTACE

William EUSTACE (Male) C: 1 Mar 1683
Father: Sarah EUSTACE Saint Catherine, Dublin, Dublin,
Mother: Margaret Ireland

William EUSTACE (Male) S: about 1720
Father: Edward EUSTACE of Carlow, Ireland
Mother: Bridget LONGFIELD

William EUSTACE (Male) C: 20 Dec 1812
Father: Thomas EUSTACE Templemichael, Longford, Ireland
Mother: Rose CLENDINNEN

Wm James EUSTACE (Male) C: 4 Apr 1831
Father: John EUSTACE Stradbally with Clonea and
Mother: Christiana Ballylanheen, Waterford, Ireland

William EUSTACE (Male) B: 7 Feb 1864
Father: Henry EUSTACE 0142, Cork, Cork, Ireland
Mother: Joanna CREEDON

THE DISPOSSESSED LANDOWNERS OF IRELAND, 1664
(Adapted from lists given to the Duke of Ormonde to select his nominees for restoration)

As published in The Irish Genealogist November 1971 (Volume 4, No. 4; pages 275-302)

In 1641, rebellion broke out in Ireland and was followed by more than nine years of almost continuous fighting, while in England  King Charles I and the Parliament strove for supremacy. The Irish Rebellion of 1641 (Irish: Éirí Amach 1641) began as an attempted coup d’etat by Catholic Irish gentry, who tried to seize control of the English administration in Ireland to force concessions for the Catholics living under English rule. However, the coup failed and the rebellion developed into an ethnic conflict between native Irish Catholics on one side, and English and Scottish Protestant settlers on the other. This began a conflict known as the Irish Confederate War. The rising was sparked by Catholic fears of an impending invasion of Ireland by anti-Catholic forces of the English Long Parliament and the Scottish Covenanters who were defying the authority of the King Charles I. In turn, the rebels’ suspected association with the King of England, Scotland and Ireland, Charles I, helped to spark the outbreak of the English Civil War. The English and Scottish Parliaments refused to raise an army to put down the rebellion unless it was under their command rather than the King’s.

The Irish rebellion broke out in October 1641 and was followed by several months of violent chaos before the Irish Catholic upper classes and clergy formed the Catholic Confederation in the summer of 1642. The Confederation became a de facto government of most of Ireland, free from the control of the English administration and loosely aligned with the Royalist side in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. The subsequent war continued in Ireland until the 1650s, when Oliver Cromwell’s New Model Army decisively defeated the Irish Catholics and Royalists, and conquered the country.

Maurice Eustace of Castlemartin, who had become a Catholic, joined the rebellion, and in February, 1642, both Castlemartin and Kilcullen Bridge were burnt by Lieutenant General the Earl of Ormonde, when his troops captured Naas and proceeded to lay waste the surrounding countryside. A reward of £400 and a free pardon was offered to anyone who would bring in the head of Maurice Eustace, and later that same year he was attainted and his lands declared forfeit. In 1643, Castlemartin, then garrisoned by 400 men under one of the FitzGeralds, surrendered to Ormonde, who quartered his troops there during his march south to capture Timolin. Harristown seems to have avoided trouble at this time, but was occupied as an outpost by General Preston in 1647, when he was at Naas preparing to advance into County Meath. Earlier that year, Castlemartin had been captured by Colonel Michael Jones  and again burnt.

In 1648, both Castlemartin and Harristown fell to Colonel Hewson, and were left in ruins, which included Sir Maurice Eustace’s new house. Sir Maurice Eustace (later Lord Chancellor who was a Protestant, was arrested by Colonel Jones, and kept in prison at Chester for seven years, only narrowly escaping exile to Jamaica. On his release and return to Dublin in 1655, Sir Maurice was accused of communicating with King Charles II, and arrested again, but he was set free though under strict supervision.

Such was the fate of Sir Maurice Eustace, a loyal Protestant, but the Catholic Eustaces suffered far worse during these years of fighting and later under the Commonwealth (1649-1660). By 1657, the following Eustaces had been deprived of their lands: Maurice of Castlemartin, Alexander of Dowdenstown, Anne and Jane of Ballymore Eustace, Walter and Nicolas of Elverstown, Oliver of Ballymore Eustace, Oliver of Blackhall, Thomas of Tipperkevin, James and Nicolas of Confey, Thomas and Maurice of Moone, Walter of Ballycolane, Edward of Blackwood, Richard of Narragh, Rowland of Mullaghcash, and Christopher of Newland. Some of Christopher Eustace’s lands were restored but only after his mind was impaired because of mental illness.

The lists which follow were copied from the Prendergast MSS. Vol. iv at the Kings Inns Library, Dublin, by E. G. More O’Ferrall in 1970, and are published by kind permission of the Committee of that library. The originals are among the Carte MSS. Vol. 44 (1660-70) in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, where the Prendergast transcript was made. Thus we here present a copy of a copy, but we are satisfied that it is accurate, since Prendergast was a careful worker and we have taken great pains to reproduce his copy faithfully. The names that occur in these lists are those of the heads of families who lost their lands through the Cromwellian Settlement and were not, for the most part, compensated with grants in Connacht or Clare, nor restored by the Court of Claims which functioned in 1663. In a few cases, where two or three members of a family are mentioned, one of them is described as ‘ past’. This means that the individual has passed the Court of Claims for restoration. A very small number of the ex-landowners on these lists were eventually restored to some of their former lands as nominees, and it fell to Ormonde, as Lord Lieutenant, to make the recommendations.

For this purpose he needed not only the names of the persons concerned but some briefing also on their conduct during the period of the war of 1641-52 in Ireland, and more especially the early part of it, which was now referred to officially as ‘the late horrid Rebellion’. This briefing was done by means of capital letters placed above or after names on the lists with a key at the beginning explaining what they stood for.

The genealogical importance of these lists is obvious. In a number of cases they provide the name of the son and heir of the pre-Cromwellian head of the family where this would otherwise be unknown. Of those who “lived inoffensively” during the Rebellion we are sometimes told, or can infer, the reason for it, e.g. ‘ aged and bedridd ‘, a minor, or ‘ constantly distracted ‘.

The inclusion of a name on these lists suggests that the person was living in 1664 but is not proof. Some of those named are known to have died previously, and some are actually marked as killed in the King’s service.

Where a father and son, or other members of the same family, are mentioned together, it may be accepted that the earlier generation was head of the family during the Rebellion and is now dead, while the younger generation is the present (1664) claimant.

It could be a reasonable genealogical aim of many Irish people to trace their descent from an individual on these lists. Once this has been achieved, it is generally (possible to go back several more generations with much less difficulty through inquisitions, fiants, etc. Although virtually all of these persons were Catholic, because it was the ‘ Irish Papists’ that were dispossessed by Cromwell, it should be remembered that many of their descendants conformed later, especially during the 18th century, so that today they are genealogically important not only to Catholics but to many Irish Protestants also.

The number of entries for each province is as follows:
Leinster 538
Munster 704
Ulster 20
Connaught 368

Ulster had already been ‘planted’ in the reign of James I, so that there were no longer many native proprietors to be dispossessed. Connaught had been left to some extent as a refuge for Papist landowners under Cromwell’s ‘ to Hell or Connaught’ policy. Hence the greatest number of confiscations was in the other two provinces. The meaning of the figures which appear on the right hand side opposite to each name is not explained. They do not denote the extent or valuation either of lands previously forfeited or of the estates to which a few of these individuals were eventually restored. It is possible that they are acreages to which they were recommended to be restored immediately. We include them in the expectation that their purpose will eventually be known. And they do indicate the relative importance of these former landowners among themselves. The original is almost unpunctuated; stops have been introduced here occasionally for the sake of clarity. EDITOR.

‘Qualifications of Lists furnished to Ormond whence to select Nominees’

A          Those who eminently suffered by the Nuncio & his party for their good affections to His Majesty’s Service.

B          Those who by their early repentance redeemed their former failings by submitting to the cessation in 1643 to the peace        in 1646 to the cessation with the Earle of Inshiquyn & upon all other occasions manifested their good affections to his Majesty’s service.

C          Those who constantly upon all occasions opposed the Nuncio & his party, labored to induce the people to returned to their former obedience to his Majesties’ Government  signally endeavored to assert the peace of 1646.

D          Those who from the beginning lived inoffensively

E          Those named in H.M. Declaration & Act of Settlement as specially meriting on suffering.

G          Those who continued with H.M. abroad or served under his ensigns beyond the seas.

H          Those who submitted & constantly adhered to the peace of 1648.

I           Those who since the cessation in 1643 lived quietly & inoffensively at home.

K          Those who were killed in H.M. Service.

L          Those who were of known good affections to H.M.’s service & dyed before the cessation in 1643.

Note: For Leinster an extra category (F) is given, for ‘ infants, idiots or Madd men’, but apparently is never used.

EUSTACE FAMILY MEMBERS MENTIONED IN THE RECORDS
PROVINCE OF LIENSTER
County Meath

Town of Drogheda
County Dublin

City of Dublin

County Kildare

County Westmeath

County Louth

County Kilkenny

County Wexford

Queen’s County (now County Leix)

PROVINCE OF MUNSTER

PROVINCE OF CONNAUGHT

PROVINCE OF ULSTER

Eustace Household Heads listed in the Tithe Applotment Books

Tithe Applotment Books (1820-1838):
The Tithe Applotment Books record the results of a unique land survey taken to determine the amount of tax payable by landholders to the Church of Ireland, which was the established church of Ireland until 1869. They are known as the Tithe Applotment Books because the results of this land survey were originally compiled in nearly 2,000 hand-written books. This data set represents a virtual census for pre-Famine Ireland. Since it covers all of Ireland, it is immensely important in terms of constructing, not just an image of a particular family line, but of wider social conditions in the country.

In the original enumeration, each landholder was recorded along with details such as townland, size of holding, land quality and types of crops. The amount of tithe payable by each landholder was based on all of these factors and calculated by a formula using the average price of wheat and oats from 1816-23. Most parishes had at least one tithe survey from 1820-38 while some had two or more. The results of each were carefully laid out in a large book prepared for the purpose, hence the title by which this archive is known to genealogists — the Tithe Applotment Books (TAB). Some parts of the country were exempt from paying tithe, among them glebe lands (land occupied by established clergymen), granges (land which in pre-Reformation times had belonged to a monastery) and all towns.

The Tithe Applotment Books are not comprehensive and some parts of the country were not surveyed. It should not be assumed that these ‘exceptions’ from the tithe survey were due to parishes being overlooked since there are usually explanations as to why they were tithe-free. In some cases there are no tithe books because a certain parish did not exist, or was part of another parish, at the time of the survey. There were also some parishes outside parochial jurisdiction, such as the above-mentioned granges, while glebe lands and all towns were also exempt. Since towns were exempt, household heads such as tradesmen and laborers, and did not occupy land were not listed.

Eustace Household Heads (Tithe Applotment Books {1823-1835})

1. Doctor Eustace; County Dublin, Glasnevin Parish, Hampsted Townland, (1823);
2. Ephraim Eustace;  Co. Wexford, St. Mary’s Parish, Butler’s Land Townland, (1824);
3. James Eustace; Co.Westmeath, Leny Parish: Rathburnett, Orurse, Rathbennett or Charterschool Townland, (1824);
4. James Eustace; Killeen Parish, Ballybrackan Townland, County Kildare, (1824);
5. Michael Eustace; Knocknahooan Parish, Killimer Townland, County Clare, (1824);
6. Simon Eustace; Grangecon Parish, Baltinglass Townland, Dublin & Kildare Counties, (1824);
7. Edward Eustace, Fennagh Parish, Castlemore Townland, County Carlow, (182X);
8. Major Joseph Eustace; Fennagh Parish, Castlemore Townland, County Carlow, (1825);
9. Major Eustace; Fennagh Parish, Castlemore Townland, County Carlow, (1825);
10. Major Eustace; Fennagh Parish, Castlemore Townland, County Carlow, (1825);
11. Major Eustace; Fennagh Parish, Castlemore Townland, County Carlow, (1825);
12. Robert Eustace, Esquire; County Carlow, Barragh Parish, Cranes Townland; (1825);
13. Robert Eustace, Esquire; Barragh Parish, Newstown Townland, County Carlow, (1825);
14. Robert Eustace, Esquire; Barragh Parish, Rathvarine Townland, County Carlow, (1825);
15. Sylvester Eustace; Fennagh Parish, Castlemore Townland, County Carlow, (1825);
16. William Eustace; Fennagh Parish, Castlemore Townland, County Carlow, (1825);
17. Edmond Eustace; Kilmichael Parish, Cahermurphy Townland, County: Clare (1826);
18. Ephraim Eustace; Old Ross Parish, Craken Townland, County Wexford (1826);
19. James Eustace; Crumlin Parish, Bluebell Townland, County Dublin, (1826);
20. John Eustace; Kilmichael Parish, Cahermurphy Townland, County Clare, (1826);
21. William Eustace; Abington Parish, Rathhordan Townland, County Limerick, (1826);
22. ______ Eustace; Saggart Parish, Newtown Townland, County Dublin, (1827);
23. Captain (Charles Stannard) Eustace; Ardnurcher Parish, Kilnacreeve Townland, Co. Westmeath, (1827);
24. Edward Eustace, Ullard Parish, Ballymurragh, Townland, County Kilkenny (1827);
25. George Eustace; Rathcoole Parish, Commons Townland, County Dublin, (1827);
26. James Eustace; Cashel Parish, Collum Townland, County Longford, (1827);
27. Oliver Eustace, Myshall Parish, Myshall townland, County Carlow, (1827);
28. Oliver Eustace, Myshall Parish, Myshall townland, County Carlow, (1827);
29. Oliver Eustace, Myshall Parish, Myshall townland, County Carlow, (1827);
30. Patrick Eustace, Rathcoole Parish, Commons Townland, County Dublin, (1827);
31. Thomas Eustace; Myshall Parish, Myshall Townland, County Carlow, (1827);
32. William Eustace; Erry Parish, Rathordan Townland, County Tipperary, (1827);
33. Mrs. ______ Eustace; Carlow Parish, Burrin St East Side Townland, County Carlow, (1828);
34. ______ Eustace; Ardristan Parish, Aghade Townland, County Carlow, (1828);
35. Edward Eustace; Ardristan Parish, Roscat Townland, County Carlow, (1828);
36. Edward Eustace, Esquire; Ardristan Parish, Ellengrove Townland, County Carlow, (1828);
37. Edward Eustace; Graiguenamanagh Parish, Fisher’s Graig Townland, County Kilkenny, (1828);
38. Captain J. Eustace; Carlow Parish, Dublin Street Chapel Lane Townland, Co. Carlow, (1828);
39. James Eustace, Esquire; Ardristan Parish, Ardristan Townland, County Carlow, (1828);
40. James Eustace, Esquire; Ardristan Parish, Ardristan Townland, County Carlow, (1828);
41. Edward Eustace; Balrothery Parish, Balbriggan Townland, County Dublin, (1829);
42. Edward Eustace; Balrothery Parish, Dublin Street, Balbriggan, County Dublin, (1830);
43. Edward Eustace; Ballymacormick Parish, Farnagh Townland, County Longford, (1830);
44. James Eustace; Ballymacormick Parish, Farnagh Townland, County Longford, (1830);
45. John Eustace; Youghal Parish, Kilnatoura Townland, County Cork, (1830);
46. Patrick Eustace; Ballymacormick Parish, Farnagh Townland, County Longford, (1830);
47. Stephen Eustace; Aughmacart Parish, Newtown Townland, Queen’s County, (1830);
48. William Eustace; Ballymacormick Parish, Farnagh Townland, Co. Longford, (1830);
49. James Eustace; Templemichael Parish, Bog Lots Townland, Co. Longford, (1831);
50. Chris Eustace; Kilbride Parish, Lescheans Townland, County Wicklow, (1833);
51. Chris James Eustace; Kilbride Parish, Kilbride Townland, County Wicklow, (1833);
52. Christopher Eustace; Kilbride Parish, Lescheans (Lisheen) Townland, County Dublin, (1833);
53. Chryse Eustace; Kilbride Parish, Lescheans (Lisheen) Townland, County Wicklow, (1833);
54. Edward Eustace; Killann Parish, Greenane Townland, County Wexford, (1833);
55. Edward Eustace; Fethard Parish, Grange Townland, County Wexford, (1833);
56. James Eustace; Kellistown Parish, Kellistown Townland, County Carlow, (1833);
57. James Eustace; Templemichael Parish, Knockahaw Townland, County Longford (1833);
58. James Michael Eustace; Kilbride Parish, Ballyfolan Townland, County Dublin, (1833);
59. Joshua Eustace; Youghal Parish, Doctor’s Quarter Townland, County Cork, (1833);
60. Joshua Eustace, Esquire;Templemichael Parish, Killea Townland, Co. Waterford, (1833);
61. Oliver Eustace; Kilbride Parish, Ballyfolan Townland, County Dublin, (1833);
62. Mrs. ____ Eustace; Roscommon Parish, Church Park and Ballypheson Townland, Co. Roscommon, (1834);
63. Oliver Eustace; Tipperkevin Parish, Tipperkevin Townland, County Dublin, (1834);
64. Patrick Eustace; Templeludigan Parish, Ballywilliam Townland, County Wexford, (1834);
65. Patrick Eustace; Templeludigan Parish, Ballywilliam Townland, County Wexford, (1834);
66. Robert Eustace, Esquire;Moyacomb Parish, Leaney Townland, County Carlow, (1834);
67. Robert Eustace, Esquire;Moyacomb Parish, Leaney Townland, County Carlow, (1834);
68. George Eustace; Rathcoole Parish, Rathcoole Townland, County Dublin, (1835);
69. Patrick Eustace; Rathcoole Parish, Rathcoole Townland, County Dublin, (1835);
70. John Eustace; Tullamaine Parish, Graigalug Townland, County Carlow, (1835);
71. Edward Euestace;Kiltrisk Parish, Coolatrindle Townland; County Wexford, (1834);
72. Patrick Eustace; Gilbertstown Parish, Rathrush Townland, County Carlow, (1834);
73. James Eustice; Dunleckny Parish, Barret`s Square Townland, County Carlow, (1825);
74. Edward Eustice; Templemichael Parish, Longford Townland, County Longford, (1826);
75. John Eustice; Kilrush Parish, Gowerhass Townland, County Clare, (1826);
76. Michael EusticeKilrush Parish, Knockkerry Townland, County Clare, (1826);
77. Patrick Eustice; Kilrush Parish, Gowerhass Townland, County Clare, (1826);
78. Sinon Eustice; Kilrush Parish, Gowerhass Townland, County Clare, (1826);
79. Mr. Edward Eustice; Ullard Parish, Ballymorrough Townland, County Kilkenny (1827);
80. Christy Eustice; Ballyburly Parish, Barrysbrook Townland, Kings County (1831);
81. Michael Eustice; Ballyburly Parish, Barrysbrook Townland, Kings County (1831);
82. Luke Ustry (Eustace); Shrule Parish, Gurteen Townland, County Longford, (182X);

THE HOUSE OF EUSTACE
By Reverend John Kingston; Published in Reportorum Novum; Catholic Families of the Pale

With the exception of the Fitzgeralds, Earls of Kildare, no family exercised a greater influence in the county of Kildare than the Eustaces. For more than three hundred years they occupied large estates in Wicklow and Kildare which gave them considerable power and enabled them to play a dominating role in the development of the Pale. To mention that five of the families were chancellors of Ireland, two deputies and one lord high treasurer proves their importance, but some also fought the English power and some gave their lives and fortunes for the Catholic faith. There is no mention of the name among the retinue of Strongbow, yet they were settled in Kildare a century later. Consequently some local historians ” Lodge VI, p. 211. like Lord Walter Fitzgerald believe they were a branch of the Poer family who used Eustace as a Christian name, others suggest they were a junior branch of the Fitzgeralds, while De Burgo makes the extraordinary suggestion that they were descended from the Roman martyr, St. Eustacius. In the church of St. Sixtus in Rome is the tomb of a Father Eustace who died in 1712 with the inscription” hic jacet R. D. Eustacii alias FitzEustace, sacerdos ex familia Sancti Eustacii Romani Martyris in Hibernia circiter sexcentis annis stabilita.” De Burgo thinks they came to Britain and were befriended by the Saxon kings, but the theory is too fanciful to merit serious consideration. 15

Certainly the Eustaces were settled in Kildare very early in the fourteenth century. Their chief residence was a lovely property on the Liffey near Kilcullen called Castlemartin and they appear here in 1317 and in the neighbouring townlands of Kilcullen, Brannockstown and Nicholastown. There was a Robert FitzEustace Lord Treasurer of Ireland in 1327 while Geoffrey FitzEustace was appointed to oversee the garrisons of Kilteel, Rathmore, Ballymore and Graney in 1355. The little town of Ballymore, then a manor of the Archbishop of Dublin, became specially identified with the family. Important as an outpost of the Pale the Eustaces established castles around the town of which the Archbishop made them constables. We know they were owners of estates in the vicinity at Craddockstown, Gaganstown, Harristown, Barrettstown, Boleybeg, Mullaghcash, Coghlanstown, Punchestown and Blackball in the 15th century, but they were also proprietors of lands in Newland, Carnalway, Kerdiffstown and Confey. Sir Thomas FitzEustace was appointed to collect the ” smoke silver” for Kildare in 1386 (this was a tax of a half-penny on every hearth), and later was constituted constable of Ballymore by Thomas Minot.

 The office of constable with its salary of ten pounds a year was important and onerous because of the raids of the O’Byrnes, it remained in the Eustace family until 1524. It involved the holding of markets and fairs, the collection of taxes, the strengthening of castles and the raising of armed levies to resist the clansmen. They were not always faithful to their charge, the parliament of 1468 reproved Sir Richard FitzEustace for lack of diligence in defending the town and allowing the mere Irish to exercise authority there.

 Sir Edward Eustace of Castlemartin was high sheriff of Kildare in 1421, 1423, 1425, 1428 and 1430. He was appointed a privy counselor in 1431 when he paid a visit to Henry VI and later became lord deputy for the Duke of York. The lands of the Eustaces were often raided by the Irish, In 1448 Sir Edward successfully defended Castlemartin from an onslaught of the O’Connors of Offaly.

The most important of the Eustaces in the 15th century was a son of Sir Edward’s named Roland who occupied the castle and lands of Harristown. Born about 1430 he played a prominent part in the Wars of the Roses and in the government of the Pale. Trained to the law Roland became chief clerk to the King’s Bench and keeper of the rolls. The Duke of York impressed by his father’s loyalty and ability appointed him lord treasurer, a post which he held for thirty-eight years. He was knighted in 1459 and in 1462 was created Baron Portlester. The title was taken from lands in County Meath which belonged to the family. The following year he became lord deputy for the absent viceroy, the Duke of Clarence. Closely allied by marriage to the Fitzgeralds the Eustaces were zealous supporters of the Yorkists and flaunted their partisanship even when Henry VII conquered at Bosworth. Roland was captain of the Guild of St. George, a body of knights constituted by the parliament of 1472, for the defense of the Pale. Once he was accused of treason but escaped trial, and at the end of his life he was deprived of the chancellorship but refused to give up the seal. Obviously he was typical of the turbulent barons of the age, yet he was a generous benefactor of the Church. Beside Kilcullen in a beautiful setting on the river Liffey he founded and endowed a friary for Franciscans of Strict Observance called New Abbey. Little remains to-day of this convent as the stones were used by the poor Catholics of Kilcullen to build their first church after the Penal Laws. His effigy with that of his third wife, Margaret, can be seen on his tomb. He is in armour and Margaret in a long pleated costume with a ” horned ” head-dress, with the arms of Eustace and D’Artois on a panel.16 A monument very similar exists in the old parish church of St. Audoen’s in High Street where Portlester erected a chantry in honour of Our Lady. Sadly scarred by age and neglect it reads “orate pro anima Rolandi Fitz-Eustace de Portlester qui hunc locum sive capellam dedit in honorem Beatae Mariae Virginis, etiam pro anima Margaretae uxoris suae et pro animis omnium fidelium defunctorum. Anno dom. 1455.” He also founded chantries at Piercetown, Laundey and Greenogue and re-erected the Guild of English Merchants trading with Ireland. For forty years he was a dominant figure in the Pale and the marriage of his daughter to the powerful Earl of Kildare gave him unlimited influence. Yet his last days were dogged by misfortune. Although an old man he espoused the cause of Lambert Simnel and followed him to England.

Forgiven by the king he was later accused of peculation and dismissed from the office of treasurer. For a while he was imprisoned in Dublin Castle before his death in 1496. Portlester had no legitimate heir so the title died; it is believed he had two natural sons who predeceased him. His four daughters married well but the Countess of Kildare died in 1495 and was buried in New Abbey beside her father. Portlester’s estate may have included Coghlanstown as there is still extant there the pedestal of a small memorial cross with the inscription ” Portlester 1462.”” Whether he or his brother built the little chapel behind Castlemartin is uncertain, but it was erected about this time.

The Eustaces were now spread all over Kildare and had properties in Dublin and the present County Wicklow. Alen refers to a number of them in his Register including Richard who was a canon of St. Patrick’s and  prebendary of Swords in 1497. Their loyalty to the Geraldines cost them dearly when Silken Thomas made his rash revolt. James of Tipperkevin, Thomas of Cardiston and Christopher of Coghlanstown joined the rebellion and forfeited their lands, Christopher was executed. However the family not for the first time were divided, Sir Thomas Eustace the nephew and heir of Portlester remained loyal and even raised troops to oppose the rebels. He was rewarded by a peerage, being created Baron Kilcullen in 1535 and Viscount Baltinglass in 1541. Yet his mother was a sister of Christopher who had been executed for treason a few years before. The Reformation further enriched the first Viscount Baltinglass with the loot of the great Cistercian abbey of Baltinglass and a lease of New Abbey. He was one of the lords of parliament who proclaimed Henry VIII king of Ireland in 1541 and he was granted the demesne of Kilberry (near Athy) on the suppression of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. It is impossible to know how far he was prepared to go with the new religion although Maurice of Castlemartin seems to have accepted the Protestant faith.18 As a reward he was given the forfeited estates of his kinsman, Christopher of Coghlanstown.

The first viscount died in 1549 leaving a large family and was succeeded by his eldest son, Roland. This man was a fervent Catholic who took every opportunity of professing his faith. How he must have grieved when he saw New Abbey left desolate and the lovely church a ruin. He attended the parliament of 1558 and vigorously challenged the Act of Uniformity. Roland married Joan, the daughter of James Butler, eighth Lord of Dunboyne, and had six sons and two daughters. The queen was annoyed with his constant opposition to heresy and ordered his imprisonment in 1567 but the Irish government did not deem it politic to interfere with him. It was no surprise to find the eldest son of such a man even more valiant in defense of his religion.

Perhaps the most distinguished of the Eustaces, James, third Viscount Baltinglass was born in 1530 and received his education from a kinsman, Sir Norman Eustace who was a priest and a fearless champion of orthodoxy. Even before his accession to the estates James boldly protested to the deputy, Sir Henry Sydney, about the persecution of the Catholics and the illegal taxation enforced without any parliamentary sanction. Convinced that Elizabeth was an usurper because of the papal decree of 1570 he looked to Mary, Queen of Scots, for a true sovereign who would restore the old religion. There is no doubt that James was a Catholic of heroic mould who was prepared to sacrifice everything for the faith. He was imprisoned in 1577 but was released the following year to assume his title on the death of his father. His possessions were vast and were increased by an advantageous marriage to Mary Travers of Monkstown Castle,19 unfortunately from this union there was no issue. Prior to his father’s death he lived for many years in Monkstown but immediately on coming to Harristown commenced dangerous intrigues with Desmond and the O’Byrnes and O’Tooles of Wicklow. James Eustace was shocked by the treatment of the Earl of Desmond as a letter, still extant, to Black Tom, the formidable Butler testifies. He implored the Protestant Ormonde to return to the faith of his ancestors and to refrain from harrying the Geraldine. Obviously the third viscount was an idealist, his preparations for war to aid Fitzmaurice and Desmond were too hesitant and far too slow. The rebellion in Munster had been crushed before he was ready to move, yet he and his allies liad one glorious success at Glenmalure before the inevitable defeat. A party of Spaniards who escaped the Smerwick massacre marched across Ireland to assist him but were slaughtered outside Naas.20

Baltinglass escaped to Munster and eventually to Spain where Philip II received him kindly and many Spaniards revered him as a true confessor of the faith. He died in exile 1586. Forty-five of his adherents were hanged in Dublin, including two of his brothers, Thomas and Walter. Another brother, William, was killed in the fighting according to an official report to Walsingham ” head of William Eustace another of the Baltinglass brethren, taken this morning ” but Edmund escaped to Scotland and thence to Spain where he assumed the title of fourth viscount while Richard, the remaining brother, became a priest and died in Rome. Among the other Eustaces who took part in the rising were Maurice of Castlemartin and Thomas of Kerdiffstown who were both executed, and John of Newland and Oliver of Blackball who were pardoned.

In 1585 the Statute of Baltinglass was passed by the Irish parliament with considerable opposition. The title and arms of Baltinglass were attainted and all the great possessions of the family were forfeited. New Abbey was granted to the poet, Edmund Spenser, but the major parts of the estates were given to Sir Henry Harrington. Harristown was restored to John Eustace of Castlemartin in 1590 and William, his brother, was restored to Castlemartin two years later. The queen was hopeful that by this clemency the family might resume their former loyalty; it was believed they were both Protestants as William had actually fought with the English army against his own brethren. There is no question that Baltinglass believed he was fighting a holy war. The English too knew it was a vital religious struggle, which perhaps explains the despicable efforts to pervert the condemned gentry on their way to the scaffold.21 One victim of the rising deserves special mention. Maurice Eustace, son and heir of John Eustace of Castlemartin, refused to follow his father and accept the new religion. Instead he went abroad with the intention of becoming a priest and entered the Jesuit novitiate at Bruges. His father disinherited him but died shortly afterwards and Maurice was hurriedly summoned home by his relatives. His brother, William, who was anxious to placate the government at all costs in the hope of succeeding to Castlemartin promptly, handed over Maurice to their custody.22 Only twenty-four years old, the young levite was accused of treason and of correspondence with Baltinglass. At his trial all that could be proved against him was membership of the Society of Jesus, which the judge said was quite sufficient to prove his treason, and the young man was sentenced to the usual cruel death by hanging and quartering.23

William profited by his treachery. He himself was confirmed in Castlemartin and his son John was granted Harristown and some of the old Baltinglass lands in Rochestown and Calverstown. In 1606 he was given the tolls of the annual fair at Kilcullen Bridge and a year later was High Sheriff of the county. He married four times and died at a great age in 1635. He was buried at Castlemartin. Strangely enough, one of his cousins married Elizabeth Bigland of Yorkshire, a daughter of Mary Strickland, the loyal friend and companion of Mary, Queen of Scots, who brought a drinking cup into the family with the inscription, ” this was Mary, Queen of Scots, drinking cup ye day she was beheaded. She gave it to her goddaughter Mary Strickland to be kept for her sake.” This treasure has been carefully handed down in the Eustace family despite their later vicissitudes.24 The eldest son, John, who had been granted the Baltinglass estate at Harristown died in 1623 leaving his lands to his eldest son Maurice, who became a great and powerful force in the land after the Rebellion of ’41. Known to history as Sir Maurice Eustace he was a learned lawyer, a biblical scholar of note, a student of Hebrew and an immensely wealthy man. Born about 1595 and brought up a Protestant, Maurice entered Trinity College in 1610, graduated 1615 and became a fellow and lecturer in Hebrew in 1617. Probably he was intended for the church but changed his mind and studied law at Lincoln’s Inn where he was called to the Bar in 1625. The favour of Adam Loftus, the Protestant Archbishop, procured him a very useful clientele and brought him to the notice of Stratford the deputy. His promotion was rapid, in 1629 he was Serjeant-at-law and 1634, leader of the Irish Bar. He was knighted on his election as speaker of the Commons in 1639 when he made a speech of fervent loyalty to church and state. There is no question that he acquired enormous wealth which was invested in lands at Palmerstown, Chapelizod and Rathdown. His town house occupied the present site of Eustace Street, to which he has given the name, but he also had a very fine residence at Palmerstown and, of course, his home at Harristown. A considerable part of the Phoenix Park belonged to him, it was later acquired from his heirs to enclose the park by Ormonde. With acute political insight, Sir Maurice abandoned his patron in his difficulties and adhered to Ormonde the rising star.

The Rebellion of 1641 radically changed the ownership of Irish land, the Catholics only recovered a fraction of their former property. This is well illustrated by the fate of the Eustaces who suffered cruelly in the Cromwellian plantations. The Civil Survey shows how widespread the family were in Kildare with a statement of their farms and acreage. The following list gives the name of the owner in 1641 and the number of acres computed by the surveyors.
James Eustace of Confy – 21, 5i and 396 acres.
Thomas Eustace of Straffan – 24 and 140 acres.
William Eustace of Craddockstown – 14, 160, 120, 40 and 620 acres.
Rowland Eustace of Blackhall – 260 acres.
Alexander Eustace of Duddingstown – 40 acres.
Christopher Eustace of Newland  – 284, 206, 320, 34, 309, 163, 232 and 66 acres.
Sir Maurice Eustace of Yeogostown – 166,130,50,126, 38, 160 and 270 acres.
Richard Eustace of Blackrath – 380 acres.
Maurice Eustace of Castlemartin  – 60, 160, 30, 80, 200, 1,00, 385, 200, 185 and 45 acres.
Thomas and Maurice Eustace of Moone – 75 and 1,000 acres.
Walter Eustace of Ballycollan – 192 acres.
James Eustace of Clongowes – 24, 40 and 340 acres.
John Eustace of Castledermott – 12 acres.

This was an estimate of their lands in the county but the Eustaces of Confy had a large farm at Milltown in the parish of Clondalkin, Sir Maurice had his lands at Chapelizod and Rathdown and other members of the clan had farms in Carlow and Wexford. According to the Survey all were Catholics except Sir Maurice who became Master of the Rolls in 1644. His cousin and namesake the owner of Castlemartin joined the Rebellion in its early days and was declared a traitor, all his estates were forfeited and a reward of 400 Pounds placed on his head. Charles II granted the lands to Sir Maurice but Ormonde seized the fortress in 1643 and four years later it was completely destroyed by the parliamentary forces under Colonel Jones. The Eustaces of Ballymore, Tipperkevin and Barrettstown are not included in the Survey but, of course, they would also lose their lands under the Commonwealth. The Catholics of Ireland were now to transplant to Connaught and all their lands to be given away to English adventurers and soldiers. We know that transplantation certificates were issued to Christopher of Newland, Walter of Ballycallane and Mary of Blackhall and lands in Connaught were allocated to Martha, John, Francis, Anne and Cisly Eustace but whether they ever got possession of them is doubtful. The Puritans did their uttermost to entice Sir Maurice to their service but he remained steadfastly loyal to the king. In 1648 he was arrested at his house in Palmerstown and sent to England where he spent seven years in prison at Chester. Through the influence of Lord Valentia he was allowed to return to Ireland in 1655 where for a time he enjoyed the friendship of Richard Cromwell.25 However, he was suspected of corresponding with the king and spent a time in prison in Dublin before the Restoration. The hope of the Irish Catholics for justice and restitution of their property was not fulfilled on the return of Charles II and thousands of acres of the best land in the country remained in the possession of penniless adventurers and bigoted puritans. This was not the fault of the king who wished his Irish subjects well, but rather his inability to deal with corrupt and desperate factions who were determined to prevent peace and justice in Ireland.

Many of the Eustaces never recovered their estates and the prominence and importance of Sir Maurice only saved others. From the beginning Charles II realised he must find a lawyer of integrity to try and solve the tangle of the Cromwellian settlement. Sir Maurice Eustace was his obvious choice and despite his unwillingness was appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland and one of the lord justices. Unfortunately his two co-justices were dangerous schemers with bitter hostility to the Catholics, whom they had slaughtered and robbed. There is no doubt that Sir Maurice was most anxious to restore the Catholics to their land, he believed there could be no peace in the ruined country if men who had loyally fought for their king were refused justice. But he was an old and ailing man and his fellow justices, the Earls of Orrery and Mountrath, overruled him.

Sir Maurice had all his estates restored to him including the old family home of Castlemartin. The old owner of it had died in exile and his son, John Eustace, was given back the lovely estate by the Chancellor. Thus Catholic Eustaces returned to Castlemartin. The generosity of Sir Maurice was probably stimulated by John’s marriage to his niece. The last days of the Chancellor were sad, continual ill health and constant controversy over the land settlement were augmented by worry about the succession to his vast property. To his deep sorrow he had no legitimate heir and he was perplexed whether to leave his estate to a natural son or a nephew. Charles II wished to grant him a peerage but the patent never passed as Sir

Maurice wanted a special clause in favour of his son. Eventually Sir Maurice made a settlement of his property a few days before his death in 1665 mostly in favour of a nephew who became Sir Maurice of Harristown, but his brother William was given Calverstown and Blackrath and Alexander who appears to have been a younger brother was given Yeomanstown and Castlekeely. These latter lands were forfeited lands which Sir Maurice received by grant and now restored to their owners or at least kept in the family.26

Buried in Castlemartin, Sir Maurice was also given a great funeral with effigy and heraldic honours in St. Patrick’s Cathedral. His chief heir was also a lawyer who represented Knocktopher in parliament and in 1681 formed Harristown into a manor of 4,000 acres with markets, fairs, its own sovereign, burgesses, prison and returning two members to parliament. Sir Maurice Eustace of Harristown was a convinced Protestant. He supported William of Orange and had to flee to England during the war, being attainted by the parliament of 1689 but returned to resume possession in 1700.

He died in 1704 when the estate was divided up between his three daughters. Harristown was sold in 1738 to Rev. John Kearney and purchased in 1768 by the well-known Dublin banker David La Touche in which family it remained until 1935.

The complex and difficult genealogy of the Eustaces is illustrated in this century as there were three Sir Maurice Eustaces, (1) the Lord Chancellor, (2) Sir Maurice of Harristown, (3) Sir Maurice of Castlemartin. As we have seen the Chancellor restored John Eustace to the old home and in 1684 his eldest son, Maurice, succeeded to the property. This Maurice was an uncompromising Catholic who had fought gallantly against Cromwell. During the war he was accused of hanging a spy but the Chancellor obtained pardon for him at the Restoration. James II created him a baronet and confirmed his title to Castlemartin. In the war that followed James had no more devoted servant than Sir Maurice. He raised Eustace’s Regiment and distinguished himself at Derry and the Boyne. Amongst his officers were James Eustace of Yeomanstown, Richard and John Eustace and Richard Warren a nephew of the Chancellor. Richard of Barretstown (north of Ballymore Eustace) was second in command of Lord Gormanstown’s regiment. When the end came at Limerick Sir Maurice refused to desert his sovereign and went to France where he died in 1693 leaving two daughters. As a result, Castlemartin was declared forfeited to the crown and sold in 1703 to Thomas Keightly of Dublin.27 The present owners acquired it in 1850. It was from Castlemartin that General Dundas made his proclamation in 1798 which resulted in the Curragh massacre. Also included in the Williamite confiscation were the lands of Alexander and Laurence Eustace, 618 and 261 acres respectively.

A most unusual circumstance arose in the case of Yeomanstown. When the war ended the family consisted of three brothers, Maurice, Thomas and James. Maurice was in France but availed of the fourth article of the Treaty of Limerick to return and claim the estate. Unfortunately, he died in 1697 without issue. Thomas who was outlawed had died in 1692 so James entered into possession. The Commissioners expelled him in 1700 but a special act was passed granting him the property on condition his children were brought up Protestants. James was included in the treaty but the Commissioners held that Thomas had an interest in it.28 Another Catholic branch of the Eustaces that survived the war through the Treaty of Limerick was the owner of Barretstown and both houses were of great importance during the persecution that followed. Yeomanstown, which is situated three miles directly west of Naas, must not be confused with Yeogostown now corrupted to Gaganstown which lies between Kilcullen and Ballymore Eustace and south of Harristown.23

Ireland now lay at the mercy of the Protestant Ascendancy who imposed upon the unfortunate country a spate of iniquitous laws known as the Penal Code. In the government lists of 1697, Father James Eustace of Cradockstown was stated to be living at the house of Colonel Richard Eustace and a Franciscan named James Eustace was also ministering in the locality. When the persecution was at its worst in 1712 an informer told the government that the famous Dr. Nary, Vicar-General of Dublin, was hiding in Kildare and orders were given to have him apprehended.

Naas 25 Sept. 1712
This day I received from the Sub-Sheriff of Kildare a proclamation for the taking and apprehending of John Burke, Dr. Byrne and Dr. Nary and immediately I went to the house of Captain James Eustace of Yeomanstown in this neighbourhood where Dr. Nary had been for three or four months past and made diligent search for the said Doctor but could not find him but was told the Doctor had gone this day to surrender himself to the Government and that the search should have been made yesterday for the said Doctor. Francis Sotheby.30

It would appear that the Franciscan was caught as another letter cites:

Naas 24 October 1714
Sir—There is only one James Eustace a popish priest under sentence of transportation in my gaole. He was convicted before my being a sheriff. I received no order for his transportation else I would have sent him away before now. He is in close confinement. I shall be ready to dispose of him as their Excellenceyes shall direct.
Brabazon Ponsonby, Sheriff.3

Life was not easy for a Catholic landowner in the eighteenth century and accumulation of debt overwhelmed James Eustace who died in 1720 when Yeomanstown had to be sold. Barrettstown also passed out of the family so that the only Eustace left in Kildare was the Naas line. This branch which has always been Protestant and still survives traces its descent from William, a brother or nephew of Lord Baltinglass.31 This William married a Margaret Ashe of Forenaght’s Great near Naas and his grandson as a result inherited valuable property in the town. Later they moved to Robertstown where in 1839 the Rev. Charles Eustace as senior representative of the line claimed the title of Baltinglass. The Attorney-General admitted the pedigree submitted was unshakable but stated the attainder precluded his claim. The present representative of this line is Frank Rowland Eustace of Cullenamore, Co. Sligo who is entered in the most recent edition of the Landed Gentry as Eustace of Baltinglass.32

Divorced from the land and forbidden the professions, some of the Catholic Eustaces entered industry. In the registers of the XVIII century we come across the familiar names—Rowland, Portlester, Maurice, Richard and Christopher—chiefly in the silk and linen trades. Father Chetwode Eustace, the famous antiquary, was descended from Anne, daughter of Sir Maurice of Harristown. He was for a time professor of Rhetoric in Maynooth but later went to England where he caused considerable scandal by his friendship with leading Protestants and his residence at Cambridge. Dr. Milner reproached him for his indifferentism and said his conduct was offensive to all Catholics. Father Eustace travelled widely and published many books on his travels which had a wide popularity. He died in 1815. To-day, the little town of Ballymore and a few scattered monuments in St. Audoen’s and New Abbey are all that reminds us of the past glories of the Eustaces who were so often worthy of their motto ” Cur me persequeris ” and the crucifix emblazoned on their shield. Many of them truly died for faith and fatherland.

He married Lady Francis Hyde 3 “Burke, Irish Priests in the Penal Times, p. 327.

31 There is much dispute about the parentage of this William but apparently

he was living in London in 1610 as Viscount Baltinglass.

32 Landed Gentry of Ireland,

27 Later Sir T. Keightley, M.P. for Kildare. He married Lady Francis Hyde

the daughter of Lord Clarendon.

28 Williamite Confiscation—Simms, p. 129.

sv Also Gagostown.

s” Newland was another which he gave to Sir Maurice of Harristown

25 Valentia later earl of Anglesey was a trusted servant of Parliament whose

brother had married a niece of Sir Maurice

21 Irish Martyrs in the Penal Days—Ronan.

22 The Catli. Ency. states that he was secretly ordained a priest before his

mprisonment and that he fought at Glenmalure.

23 Ronan—ibid. Lives of the Irish Martyrs O’Reilly, p. 158.

24 Irish Landed Gentry—Burke, 1958. .

19 Mary was daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Travers, master of the ordnance,

and after the death of Baltinglass remarried Sir Gerald Aylmer. She died in 1610.

^ Kildare Arch. Journal, Vol. XIII, No. 6

17 Rep. Novum, Vol. II, No. i—article on Ballymore by Rev. W. Hawkes.

» Kildare Arch. Journal, Vol. XIII, No. 6.

16 Portlester married (i) Elizabeth Brune, (2) Joan Bellew widow of Christopher

Plunkett first Lord Killeen, (3) Margaret, widow of John Dowdall, and daughter

and co-heiress of Jenico D’Artois.

15 The origin of the Eustaces is treated by Lord W. Fitzgerald, Fr. Denis

Murphy, S.J., and General Eustace Tickell in the Kildare Arch. Journal.

Some Eustace Families of County Kilkenny

1775

Eleanor Eustes
St. Mary’s (RC), Co. Kilkenny;
Eleanor EUSTES (Female) Baptized: 11 May 1775;
Father: Francis EUSTACE
Mother: Mary BOW
Sponsors: James COMERFORD, Mrs. BUTLER.
Source: Rothe House Trust Ltd.

1776

Mary Eustes
St. Mary’s (RC), Co. Kilkenny;
Mary EUSTES (Female)
Baptized 2 Aug 1776;
Father: Francis EUSTES;
Mother: Mary BOWE;
Sponsors: John HENESY, Mrs. BRENAN;
Source: Rothe House Trust Ltd.

 

Mary Ustice
Slieverue Parish (RC), Co. Kilkenny;
Mary USTICE (Female)
Baptized 28 Aug 1776;
Father: Nicholas USTICE, Ballinlaw;
Mother: Anne GAFNEY;
Sponsors: Walter LAWLER, Nicholas WHITE, Mary DWYER, Catherine CONNORS;
Source: Rothe House Trust Ltd.

1777

Roland/ Rowland Euestes
St. Mary’s, Co. Kilkenny;
Record states Church of Ireland but not consistent with earlier children born to same couple. They were Roman Catholic;
Roland EUESTES (Male)
Baptized 3 Jul 1777;
Father: Francis EUESTES;
Mother: Mary BOWE;
Sponsor: John HENESY, Mrs. COMERFORD;
Source: Rothe House Trust Ltd.

1779

Joan Eustice
Freshford (RC), Co. Kilkenny;
Joan EUSTICE (Female)
Baptized 11 Jan 1779;
Father: John EUSTICE, Three Castles;
Mother: Margaret REILY;
Sponsors: Not recorded;
Source: Rothe House Trust Ltd.

 

John Ustice
Slieverue (RC), Co. Kilkenny;
John USTICE (Male)
Baptized 26 Mar 1779;
Father: Nicholas USTICE, Ballinlaw;
Mother: Anne GAFNEY;
Sponsors: James DWYER, Anstice O’Rily;
Source: Rothe House Trust Ltd.

1781

Richard Eustace
St. Canice’s (RC), Co. Kilkenny;
Richard EUSTACE (Male)
Baptized: 27 Jan 1781;
Father: Not recorded EUSTACE;
Mother: Anstice EUSTACE;
Sponsors: Patt LAHY, Catty DU;
Source: Rothe House Trust Ltd.

 

James Eustace
St. Mary’s (RC), Co. Kilkenny;
James EUSTACE (Male)
Baptized: 3 Aug 1781;
Father: Francis EUSTACE;
Mother: Anne SHORTAL;
Sponsor: Darby BRENAN, Mrs. SHORTALL;
Source: Rothe House Trust Ltd.

 

Luke Eustace
Slieverue (RC), Co. Kilkenny;
Luke EUSTACE (Male)
Baptized: 14 Dec 1781;
Father: Nicholas EUSTACE, Ballyrouradh;
Mother: Nancy GAFNEY;
Sponsors: John ROACH, Catherine EAGEN;
Source: Rothe House Trust Ltd.

1785

Francis Eustace
St. Mary’s (RC), Co. Kilkenny;
Francis EUSTACE (Male)
Baptized: 11 Dec 1785;
Father: Francis EUSTACE;
Mother: Anne SHORTALL;
Sponsor: Bridget SHORTALL;
Source: Rothe House Trust Ltd.

1788

Elizabeth Eustace
St. Mary’s (RC), Co. Kilkenny;
Elizabeth EUSTACE (Female)
Baptized: 14 Dec 1788;
Father: John EUSTACE;
Mother: Not recorded;
Sponsors: Charles SULLIVAN, Mary SCULLY;
Source: Rothe House Trust Ltd.

1799

James Eustace
Slieverue (RC), Co. Kilkenny;
James EUSTACE (Male)
Baptized: 26 Aug 1799;
Father: James EUSTACE, from Wexford;
Mother: Nancy ROACH;
Sponsors: Patrick SHANAHAN, Jony HALLIGAN;
Source: Rothe House Trust Ltd.

1815

Thomas Eustace
Mothel (Church of Ireland), Co. Kilkenny;
Thomas EUSTACE (Male)
Baptized 3 Dec 1815;
Father: William EUSTACE, Coolcullen;
Mother: Catherine EUSTACE;
Sponsors: Not recorded;
Source: Rothe House Trust Ltd.

1817

Catherine Eustace
Castlecomer (RC), Co. Kilkenny;
Catherine EUSTACE (Female)
Baptized: 31 Oct 1817;
Father: Patrick EUSTACE, Castlecomer Barrack;
Mother: Margaret HENESY;
Sponsors: Thomas RYAN, Mary MORAN;
Source: Rothe House Ltd.

1821

William Eustace
Mothel, (Church of Ireland), Co. Kilkenny;
William EUSTACE (Male)
Baptized: 12 May 1821;
Father: William EUSTACE, Knockalane;
Mother: Catherine EUSTACE;
Sponsors: Not recorded.
Source: Rothe House Trust Ltd.

1825

Joseph Eustace
Graignamanagh (RC), Co. Kilkenny;
Joseph EUSTACE (Male)
Baptized: 1 Apr 1825;
Father: Michael EUSTACE, Graig;
Mother: Ellen CASEY;
Sponsors: Patt RYAN, Susanna RYAN;
Source: Rothe House Trust Ltd.

1826

John Eustace
Graignamanagh (RC), Co. Kilkenny;
John EUSTACE (Male)
Baptized: 23 Jul 1826;
Father: Edward EUSTACE, Ballymunagh;
Mother: Mary BUTLER;
Sponsors; R.P. KEHOE, M. LARRY;
Source: Rothe House Trust Ltd.

1829

Patrick Eustace
Graignamanagh (RC), Co. Kilkenny;
Patrick EUSTACE Twin of John (Male)
Baptized: 13 Mar 1829;
Father: Michael EUSTACE, Ballymoraugh;
Mother: Eleanor CASEY;
Sponsors: Edward LACY, Bridget SHAUGHNESSY;
Source: Rothe House Trust Ltd.

 

John Eustace
Graignamanagh (RC), Co. Kilkenny;
John EUSTACE Twin of Patrick (Male)
Baptized: 13 Mar 1829;
Father: Michael EUSTACE, Ballymoraugh;
Mother: Eleanor CASEY:
Source: Rothe House Trust Ltd

Convert Rolls

1704-1839

In order to avoid the legal disabilities imposed by the Penal Law, a number of Catholics renounced their religion for that of the established Church of Ireland. In the majority of cases this was not a sincere renunciation of the Catholic religion, as it was the only legal means whereby a Catholic could obtain basic civil rights. The Convert Rolls, covering the period from 1704 to 1839, in addition to the names, give the address and sometimes the names of parents. The Convert Rolls edited by E. O’Byrne has been published by the Irish Manuscript Commission (1981).

 

Bridget Eustace,  Ballymurry, cert. and enrolled 1 November 1779 (A).

Edmund Eustace,  cert. 18 November 1734, enrolled 25 November 1734 (A). Eustace, Mr. Edmond, of Dublin, conformity 10 November 1734 (B). (D).

Edward Eustace, gent., Dublin, cert. and enrolled 22 August 1710 (A). Conformity 20 August 1710 (B). (C). (D).

Frances Eustace, certified and enrolled 6 May 1766 (A). Now of Dublin, conformity 1 May 1766 (B). (D).

Honour Eustace, Dowdingstown, Co Dublin; certified and enrolled 21 February 1765 (A). Eustace, Mrs Honor, conformity 20 February 1765 (bracketed with Richard Eustace) (B). (D).

James Eustace and Ann, his wife, Galway, cert. 19 September 1736,

enrolled 21 October 1736 (A). Conformity 5 September 1736 (B).(D).

John Eustace, gent. Ballymurra, Co Limerick, cert. 13 November 1746, enrolled 17 November 1746(A). Conformity 18 May 1746 (B). (D).

John Eustace, cert. 20 January 1775, enrolled 6 February 1775 (A).

Joseph Eustace,  County Carlow, cert. and enrolled 2 May 1743 (A). Conformity 1 May 1743 (B). (0).

Mary Eustace, Ballymore Eustace, certified 9 November 1761, enrolled 12 November 1761(A).

Mary Eustace, otherwise Drake, of Ballymore Eustace, d. Dublin, conformity 27 July 1761(B). (D).

Maurice Eustace, Dublin, cert. 12 February 1771, enrolled 13 February 1771 (A). Now of Dublin, conformity 11 February 1771 (B). Gent. (D).

Richard Eustace, Dowdingstown,County Dublin,cert. and enrolled 21 February 1765 (A); conformity 20 February 1765 [ with Honor Eustace] (B). (D).

Rose Eustace, Dublin, cert. 28 March 1765, enrolled 6 April 1765 (A). Eustace, Mrs Rose, now of Dublin, conformity 23 March 1765 (B). (D).

Rowland Eustace, Dublin, cert. 30 October 1724, enrolled 3 November 1724 (A). Conformity 12 October 1724 (B). (C). (D).

William Eustace, junior, Craddockstown, Co Kildare, cert. and enrolled 22 July 1743 (A). Mr William Eustace, junior, conformity 2 July 1743 (B).(D).

William Eustace, Dublin, cert. 12 October 1768, enrolled 20 October 1768 (A). Now of Dublin, conformity 12 October 1768(B). (D).