NASH, Edward. The Nash Family. Compiled by Edward Nash, Justice of the Peace for County Kerry.

No place of publication. Circa 1910. fragile wrappers. interesting pedigree of this Irish family. Little publishing information S.n. [c.1910]. Royal octavo. pp. 8. Original frayed wrappers. A good copy. Very rare.

This Nash family of Farrihy County Limerick and Convamore, County Cork are said to have come to Ireland with Raleigh. On a painting of the family arms (which disappeared about 1850, but of which a copy made about 80 years ago is in the possession of Mr. Gray, of Lotaville, Cork) there was an inscription as follows: “This is the coat armour of the Nashes of Almon Hall, Gloucester. A.D. 1400.” The arms are - Vert a chevron or, between 3 doves passant argent, each holding in the beak an olive branch proper. Crest - A boar passant. Motto - Vi et virtute.

The first of whom anything definite is known was Andrew Nash, gentleman, who 14th Feb., 1679, had from the Earl of Orrery a lease of a house and lands in Charleville and the lands of Coolynes near there, all of which he was “constrained” to leave in 1688, when his house was burned by the Irish Army or “Rapparees.” He was one of the Galway Prisoners, 1689-90, and on the 17th March, 1690/91, was appointed agent over all his property by the Hon. Henry Boyle, of Castle Martyr (then going to Flanders, where he died, Oct., 1693). On the 1st May, 1697, he had a lease for 31 years from John Bowen, of Kilbolane, of the lands of Farrahy, 600 acres. He was living there 1707, and probably died about that time. He is supposed to have married a Miss Pett.

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