Plassey, County Clare
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In 1761, Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive
gave orders for his estate in County Clare
, centred around the townland of Ballykilty, to be renamed
Plassey `the name of the place where we gained our great victory in India to which I owe all my good fortune'. Shortly afterwards, he became Lord Clive, Baron Plassey in the County of Clare.
A number of authors have assumed a direct link between Robert Clive
and Plassey House
, now the administrative centre of the University of Limerick
, which is located on the Limerick bank of the River Shannon and connected by a bridge to County Clare. More recently, John Logan
of the University of Limerick
has asserted that there is `no historical basis for ascribing either occupancy or ownership of Plassey House or its adjacent lands to Robert Clive.' It has been suggested that Plassey House was renamed in the late eighteenth century by Thomas Maunsell, who lived there, to commemorate his own role or that of a family member in the Battle of Plassey.
The place described as Plassey, County Clare, in The Parliamentary Gazeteer of Ireland, 1845 http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/plassey_1845.htm appears to be the area on the opposite bank of the Shannon from Plassey, County Limerick
.
Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive
Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB , also known as Clive of India, was a British officer who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in Bengal. He is credited with securing India, and the wealth that followed, for the British crown...
gave orders for his estate in County Clare
County Clare
-History:There was a Neolithic civilisation in the Clare area — the name of the peoples is unknown, but the Prehistoric peoples left evidence behind in the form of ancient dolmen; single-chamber megalithic tombs, usually consisting of three or more upright stones...
, centred around the townland of Ballykilty, to be renamed
Plassey `the name of the place where we gained our great victory in India to which I owe all my good fortune'. Shortly afterwards, he became Lord Clive, Baron Plassey in the County of Clare.
A number of authors have assumed a direct link between Robert Clive
Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive
Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB , also known as Clive of India, was a British officer who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in Bengal. He is credited with securing India, and the wealth that followed, for the British crown...
and Plassey House
Plassey, County Limerick
Plassey is an area of County Limerick on the River Shannon, near Castletroy and Limerick, not to be confused with the Plassey estate in County Clare owned by Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive...
, now the administrative centre of the University of Limerick
University of Limerick
The University of Limerick is a university in Ireland near the city of Limerick on the island's west coast. It was established in 1972 as the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick and became a university by statute in 1989 in accordance with the University of Limerick Act 1989...
, which is located on the Limerick bank of the River Shannon and connected by a bridge to County Clare. More recently, John Logan
John Logan
-Politicians and judges:* John Alexander Logan , Australian judge* John Logan , Australian judge of the Federal Court of Australia* John William Logan , civil engineering contractor and British Member of Parliament...
of the University of Limerick
University of Limerick
The University of Limerick is a university in Ireland near the city of Limerick on the island's west coast. It was established in 1972 as the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick and became a university by statute in 1989 in accordance with the University of Limerick Act 1989...
has asserted that there is `no historical basis for ascribing either occupancy or ownership of Plassey House or its adjacent lands to Robert Clive.' It has been suggested that Plassey House was renamed in the late eighteenth century by Thomas Maunsell, who lived there, to commemorate his own role or that of a family member in the Battle of Plassey.
The place described as Plassey, County Clare, in The Parliamentary Gazeteer of Ireland, 1845 http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/plassey_1845.htm appears to be the area on the opposite bank of the Shannon from Plassey, County Limerick
Plassey, County Limerick
Plassey is an area of County Limerick on the River Shannon, near Castletroy and Limerick, not to be confused with the Plassey estate in County Clare owned by Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive...
.