BRYAN FAMILY

Reference code:

IE UCDAD S0006/30

Fonds

4 boxes

Administrative history

The Bryan family held lands and property in Dublin and other parts of the country, chiefly counties Tyrone and Offaly. Some members of the family used the prefix Butler, following the marriage of Robert Bryan to Sarah Elizabeth Butler in 1778. The land at Buolyart [Bolart], county Offaly, came into the possession of the family through the Rev. Robert Dougatt (d.1830), precentor of St Patrick’s Cathedral, who inherited it from his mother’s brother, William King, Archbishop of Dublin.

Archival history

The Bryan family papers are part of the archives of the firm of Franks & Oulton, solicitors, 21 Lower Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin, acquired in 1971. The parent collection is being listed on the basis of individual client, usually landed families.

Scope and content

Deeds, wills, marriage settlements, accounts and correspondence relating to the disposition of family lands in Dublin and counties Offaly and Tyrone.

Includes correspondence of Henry Newton, estate agent, Newry, county Tyrone, 1832ñ54, with comments on local conditions, agrarian violence, the Great Famine, emigration and the decline of the land.

Access:

Available by appointment to holders of a UCDAD reader’s ticket