Confusion about White Family of Greenhall, Killoscully, County Tipperary
Hello,
I am researching Richard White of Greenhall, Parish of Killoscully, County Tipperary, son of Henry White, who on 30 Jul 1847 shot and killed his cousin of the same name, Richard White of Abbeyville, County Limerick, son of Richard White. (That's three men named Richard White.) The Whites of Greenhall rented land from the Whites of Abbeyville, who fell into arrears at the height of the Famine. The court issued an injunction allowing those of Abbeyville to take possession of the cow herd from those in Greenhall. The murder occurred during the attempted enforcement of that injunction.
There is an 1830 baptismal record for Richard White at Killoscully, son of Henry White and Katherine Ryan. He's got at least two brothers: William, baptized 1828, and Henry, baptized 1835. That seemed a good match but I'm not convinced these are the "Whites of Greenhall."
Henry Jr., the brother of murder suspect Richard White of Greenhall, committed suicide in 1859, and farewell note mentions that he is the son of "Henry White of Greenhall" and "grandson of late Henry Rose, high sheriff of County Limerick." And, indeed, on 13 May 1862, there died in Dublin one Mary White, "relict of Henry White, Esq., of Greenhall" and "daughter of the late Henry Rose, Esq., Limerick" - their mother, it seems.
So, were there really two contemporaneous Henry White families in Killoscully, each with sons named Richard and Henry? One of them Catholic with a wife named Katherine Ryan? The other of unknown religious affiliation (though context suggests Anglican) with a wife named Mary Rose?
Any help would be massively appreciated. Many thanks for your consideration.