Ballingarry Parish, Tipperary

As described in the Irish Research page, the tax records of this area in 1666/7 showed the following 4 family units:

• James Heade at Farranrory (in Bolintlea)
• Edward Heade at Lisnamrock and James Heade at Ballyphilip
• James Heade at Poynstown (this is west of Ballingarry by Gorteen and Derryvella)
• Robert Heade at Ikerrin (in the townland of Lismalin, south of Ballingarry, in the Drangan parish)

They were probably four of the 10 Heade (and variants) families in the 1659 census and these areas are highlighted in green in the map above. 

By the time of the tithe taxes of the 1820s, the descendants in the area were:

• Patrick Heade at Boula (Bolinthea).  He was baptised in 1806 when parish records were started.  He appears to have been an adult at the time and was sponsored by John Langley, a large landowner in the area.
• Michael Head at Knockadabe (probably Knockadive by Lickfinn).
• James Head at Lickfinn (note that there were two entries. They could be the same person at both locations or more likely two different families).
• Thomas Hayde and several Headon families in the Lismalin area on land owned by the Earl of Carrick.

These areas broadly reflect the 1666/7 groupings.

Lismalin is south of Ballingarry. Lickfinn and Knockadabe are close together while Boula is further north as can be seen from the map below:

At the time of Griffiths in 1850, the families were:

• John and Lawrence Hayde at Boula and Bridget Hayde at Knockalonga
• Michael Hayde and two James Haydes’ at Lickfinn and Pierce Hayde at Ballincurry
• Matthew Hayde at Derryvella and Judith Hayde at Gorteen Lower
• Thomas Hayde at Islands

It appears that these are the 4 main groupings that have developed from the 1666/7 families.  Each of these areas are considered on the following pages:

• Boula (Boulintlea) area
• Lickfinn area
• Derryvella/Gorteen area
• Islands area

In the parish records for Gortnahoe and Ballingarry there were also a number of other Hayde/Heade families in the early 1800s.  The linkages are not entirely clear as the records only started in the early 1800s.

Extracts from the Ballingarry parish records, the civil records, tombstones, valuation records, census returns and other records are at Ballingarry Families – Trees # 2 and # 14 

The graph below reflects the population trends in Ballingarry. It is probably also reflective of trends in other parts of Ireland.