The Musgraves of Grange Lodge, Whiting Bay, and the Desmonds of Ardmore

Dear Ceannfine:

Here is a reference from the Landed Estates Database for the Musgrave family:  http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/family-show.jsp?id=3233

The link to their houses is listed here:  http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/estate-show.jsp?id=3227

If you click on the link showing the XY coordinates, you will see the area.  I am copying a photo from the OSI website which shows where Grange House was located in the Cassini Map (1840s) and where the house is located (or another building) today.  From the second link above, it appears that there is still a house there.  

If you need any further information, please let us know.  

 

All the best,

 

Jane

Dear Jane

Many thanks for your reply and helpful information.  The reason I am looking for specific locations is because I am part of a team at Toitu Otago Settlers Museum in Dunedin (New Zealand) that is making a documentary about our region's early settlers and this includes a component that traces individual migrants and families from their home places to where they ended up in Otago.  Mary Desmond is one of the early Irish settlers that we are focussing on and we plan to be in Waterford on 31 July to film her origin story.  Our target locations are: Clashahany townland in Grange parish where Mary's family lived in the 1830s when she and her half siblngs were born, and Tourin House at Cappagh, where the Musgraves were based.  The Grange House on the coast is also of interest because that localtion puts the two families physically close together and possibly accounts for Mary securing a position as a servant to Edward and Anastasia Musgrave, which is what brought her to Otago in 1859.  So we really appreciate your help in identifying the places we need to find.  If you would like to discuss this further, feel free to contact me at the Museum:  sean.brosnahan@dcc.govt.nz

Regards

Seán