Richard Sydgrave or Segrave (died 1425) was an Irish judge who held office as Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer and served as deputy to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland . His family became among the foremost landowners in County Meath , and also held lands at Newry and at Carlingford, County Louth.
41-769: Ashbourne may refer to: Ashbourne, County Meath in Ireland Ashbourne RFC , a rugby union club Ashbourne, Derbyshire in England Ashbourne, South Australia in Australia Ashbourne, Victoria in Australia Baron Ashbourne , a title in the peerage of the United Kingdom See also [ edit ] Ashbourne Cup Ashbourne portrait , once thought to prove that Shakespeare
82-637: A "castle"). The castle and lands became the property of the Segrave family , who remained owners until 1649. The first of the family recorded in Meath, Richard Sydgrave , was Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer 1423–5. His son Patrick (living in 1445) married Mary Wafer, the heiress of Killeglan. They became one of the most influential and wealthy non-aristocratic families in Ireland during the 16th century, with two gaining
123-439: A coach company and financed road-building, collecting revenue from tolls. He financed a ten-mile (old Irish miles ) section of road from Dublin to Killegland. He decided to build a small town with an inn, a hotel and other small businesses to make money from travellers. He built this village near his ten-mile tollbooth and named the place after his favourite tree, and himself, i.e. Ash and Bourne. This began in 1820. Bourne's idea
164-444: A large enclosure centred around the remains of the church that is visible in the cemetery. This would link the townland name of Killegland – meaning 'Declan's Church' – to pre-Patrician settlement in the area. The town was recorded and known as Killegland , or Kildeglan , from at least the 13th century up to the late 19th century. Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath , set about building fortified houses, called mottes and baileys, in case
205-535: A number of 1916 centenary commemoration events. In September 2016, the monument was expanded with the addition of two side figures; one representing the Volunteers in uniform, the other a family. Ashbourne was a small village with a population of under 400 until 1970. In response to the growing population of nearby Dublin , a scheme of houses was built in Ashbourne. The population has trebled since 1996, and in 2022 it
246-424: A number of soccer teams (including Ashbourne United and Killegland AFC), a cricket club Ashbourne cricket club behind the community centre, and a judo club. There is a community centre, opened in 1981 and upgraded in 2017, which has a sports hall with a full-size basketball court, 3 badminton courts, a squash court, a handball & racquetball court, and changing facilities and meeting rooms. The community centre
287-420: A sergeant and four constables but given the level of fighting in the capital, reinforcements had been called in from surrounding barracks and so on the day of the attack, there were 10 RIC men stationed there. The rebels advanced on the barracks and disarmed two RIC men who were setting up a barricade outside the barracks. Ashe then called on the remaining officers to surrender and the siege situation turned into
328-538: A shoot-out. Ultimately the RIC members offered to surrender by waving a white handkerchief. However, before they could emerge, a supporting convoy of cars and RIC reinforcements arrived from the direction of Slane. Ashe's force spread out and rushed along Slane road to stop the RIC convoy from reaching Rath Cross. The RIC reinforcements took fire from all sides. The firefight lasted several hours before volunteer reinforcements arrived from Boranstown. The RIC eventually surrendered to
369-629: A time in Killeglan Castle. With the final subjugation of the native Irish after 1690, and the imposition of religious persecution in the Penal Laws, a new land-owner named Thomas Carter gained possession of the Killeglan lands. He did not live there, and the castle fell into disrepair and eventually into ruin. The Carter family held high office in Irish politics during the 18th century but their fortunes waned in
410-480: Is accessible from both Frederick Street, across from Ashbourne's original town centre and Killegland Square, linking the new retail area to the established centre in the town. In 2007, Ashbourne Retail Park Limited applied for planning permission for an extension to the park. The town's first cinema opened, in Ashbourne Retail Park, in 2009. Emerald Park , an amusement park and zoo near Ashbourne which
451-558: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ashbourne, County Meath Ashbourne ( Irish : Cill Dhéagláin , meaning ' Déaglán 's church') is a town in County Meath , Ireland . Located about 20 km north of Dublin and close to the M2 motorway , Ashbourne is a commuter town within Greater Dublin . In the 26 years between
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#1732847884329492-557: Is listed as 193 on the national journey planner. Bus Éireann provide a service (route 103) from Beresford Place, Dublin. Some of these services continue on to Ratoath , Kilmoon Cross and Duleek . Other services include Bus Éireann routes 105 (Blanchardstown - Drogheda), 109A (Dublin Airport - Kells), and Go-Ahead routes 195 (Balbriggan) and 197 (Swords). Ashbourne is linked to the M50 and Dublin city by 17 kilometres of motorway/dual-carriageway on
533-600: Is now the Ashbourne House Hotel on Frederick Street. Later he built a modest house on Castle Street near where the last remains of the Wafre and Segrave tower houses were. Richard married the daughter of a wealthy local family, Elizabeth Mangan, and had several children. The eldest, Thomas, became his father's heir and the last landlord of Ashbourne. He left Ireland and went to live in Northfleet, Kent , England, in 1899. The land
574-619: Is used by sporting organisations, including St Andrews Athletics Club. The International Baseball Centre (IBC) is located in Ashbourne behind the Ashbourne District Community Centre. The IBC is Ireland's only international standard baseball diamond, and home of the Ashbourne Baseball Club. Ashbourne Baseball Club is an amateur baseball club that competes in the Irish Baseball League. It fields teams in
615-618: The N2/M2 national primary route, which commences at junction 5 of the M50 motorway (13.5 km from Ashbourne). The road is a six-lane dual-carriageway from the M50 until exit 2, Cherryhound in County Dublin, where it becomes a motorway from there to the Rath roundabout, 1.5 km north of Ashbourne. The M2 incorporates a bypass of Ashbourne. The South Ashbourne Interchange, a junction taking traffic on and off
656-578: The United Kingdom . Almost one-fifth of all non-Irish born in the town are originally from Lithuania, and Lithuanian language services are held in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Ashbourne is served by two public transport companies: Bus Éireann and Ashbourne Connect. Ashbourne Connect provides an express coach service direct to Dublin city centre and the southside of the city. The service
697-459: The 1996 and 2022 census, the town tripled in population from approximately 4,900 to 15,680 inhabitants. The town is passed by the Broad Meadow Water , which comes from Ratoath and Dunshaughlin. Archaeological excavations in the area around Ashbourne have revealed evidence of settlement back to neolithic times. In the townland of Rath, to the north of the town centre, a Bronze Age settlement
738-512: The Battle of Ashbourne. The story was covered on the front page of the Irish Times the next day. The memorial, designed by Con O'Reilly and Peter Grant, commemorates the battle and John Crenigan and Thomas Rafferty who were killed. The monument has two images: on one side the figure is in the form of Christ, and on the other side is a rebel. On Easter Monday 2016, Rath Cross was the location of one of
779-558: The Little League division as well as teams in the A and B divisions of the adult league. Up until 2019, the teams competed under the name "Ashbourne Giants". Home games are played at the International Baseball Centre, an international standard baseball field located behind the Ashbourne District Community Centre. Fairyhouse Racecourse is located 10 km from Ashbourne. Richard Sydgrave An earlier member of
820-543: The N2 near the Nine Mile Stone, allows traffic to transfer to and from Ashbourne and its bypass. Phase II of the M50 upgrade, opened in 2010, links the N2 to the M50 at exit 5. A series of shopping developments were built in Ashbourne, including facilities in the crescent and on Ashbourne High Street. In 2002, a local area plan for the town was completed which provided for additional development in Ashbourne. The plan provided for
861-672: The Seagrave family, Stephen, had been Archbishop of Armagh 1323–1333; The exact relationship between the two men is unclear. Richard was the custodian of the See of Armagh in 1404. In 1405 he was granted lands in Newry which had been forfeited by the previous owners for rebellion : the Patent Roll however notes that "Richard will not be sufficient to sustain them without aid". He was also granted lands at Burtonstown, near Navan . His first recorded office
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#1732847884329902-482: The Wootton. Now based at Killeglan, it has pitches and a clubhouse, with an indoor astroturf and two full-size Gaelic pitches which opened in 2006. The local rugby union team, Ashbourne Rugby Club, was founded in 1976. Ashbourne is also home to Longhorns Rugby League Club which was formed in 2005 and plays its home matches at Ashbourne Rugby Club. The club were All-Ireland Rugby League champions in 2017. There are also
943-402: The centre of the town. In 1982, the parish was joined to Donaghmore, which has its own church 2 km (1 mi) to the south-east of Ashbourne. There is an 18-hole golf course (founded 1991), on the outskirts of the town and several sports clubs in the town. These include a Gaelic Athletic Association club, Donaghmore Ashbourne GAA , which was originally founded as 'Donaghmore' in 1923 at
984-641: The citizens of County Meath of extortion by the Lord Lieutenant's troops. In 1422 the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March , who was in England, nominated Sydgrave to act as one of his attorneys in Ireland. He was ex officio a member of the Privy Council of Ireland , and seems to have been a fairly regular attendee at its meetings. Like so many senior judges in that era, he faced
1025-476: The claims of a rival for office, in this case James Cornwalsh , who was finally confirmed as Chief Baron in 1425, only to be murdered in 1441 during a feud with the Fitzwilliam family. His killers were pardoned, as coincidentally were the murderers of Sydgrave's eldest son some years later. Sydgrave appears to have died in 1425. In his last years, through the marriage of his eldest son Patrick (died 1455) to
1066-522: The early 19th century. When the Carter estates were sold in the 1840s, the Killegland lands were bought by Frederick Bourne. Frederick Bourne was a rich entrepreneur who made his fortune from roads and transport. Before 1820 in Ireland roads were almost non-existent. Government regulations allowed for considerable spending on roads, and the subsequent improvements ensured greater post-coach services. Bourne owned
1107-417: The expansion of Ashbourne westward into the townland of Killegland adjoining the new N2 Ashbourne bypass. It led to the introduction of residential units, a retail park, community facilities and industrial units. Of the streets developed in Ashbourne's "new" town centre, Killegland Street has become a commercial street containing a number of retail units along with a library and council offices. Car parking in
1148-514: The heiress Mary Wafer, the family acquired the lands of Killegland, now Ashbourne, County Meath , where they remained until the 1640s; he also held the lands at Newry which had been granted to his father and, other lands in County Galway , although it seems that he was never able to gain effective control of the Newry lands; it was noted as early as 1405 that his father could not hold them. Patrick
1189-558: The high political office of Chancellor of the Exchequer, while another became High Sheriff of Meath ; Richard Segrave ( died 1598) and his son Patrick Segrave were both judges of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland) . However, their political power and possessions were removed during the religious wars of 1641 to 1650. Indeed, during the Cromwellian period, Oliver Cromwell 's son, Henry, stayed for
1230-459: The native Irish would regroup and attack. The remains of a motte and bailey structure can be found in Ratoath , 5 km from Ashbourne. Once settled, Hugh de Lacy divided the land among his army. A large portion of Killeglan was given to a family called Wafre in 1220. This family lived there until 1420, the last member of this family having built a tower house (a fortified house, often misdescribed as
1271-580: The town has been expanded by both underground car parking beneath Killegland Street (extending from Tesco to the Civic Offices) and a multi-storey car park above the retail units on the south end of the street. A large supermarket has opened a large store on the former Dardis & Dunns seed merchant site on the northern end of Frederick/Main Street as part of the Ashbourne Town Centre development and
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1312-528: The volunteers. However, given that the uprising in Dublin had been put down, the Fingal volunteers eventually gave themselves up two days later. Thomas Ashe and his men were sentenced to death for their part in the attack, but this was later commuted to penal servitude for life. Then President of Ireland , Seán T. O'Kelly , unveiled a memorial at Rath Cross Roads, Ashbourne, on Easter Sunday, 26 April 1959 to commemorate
1353-510: Was Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper in the late 1390s. He became a Baron of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland) in 1402 and Chief Baron in 1423; he also acted as Deputy Lord Chancellor. In 1409 he was made an acting judge on a five-man Court to hear a case of novel disseisin against the High Sheriff of Meath . In 1410 he obtained a remission for the townspeople of Carlingford, County Louth , where he
1394-548: Was Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford Ashburn (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ashbourne . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ashbourne&oldid=1051789052 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1435-599: Was a landowner, of payment of all tallage (a tax levied by the Crown), subsidies and military expenses, due to the devastation of the town by hostile Irish and Scottish forces. There is a record of his sitting with John Fitzadam , Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas , in 1412 to hear a case of novel disseisin brought by Thomas Clone against William Dervoys and his wife Blanche. In 1420 he and his colleague Roger Hawkenshaw were instructed to inquire into complaints by
1476-448: Was a success. However, by 1850 rail was taking business from the roadways, and the Bourne family fortune declined. In 1821 the population was 133, by 1841 it was 411. The Irish famine took a toll from 1845 to 1851, and the population declined. Frederick Bourne left his land at Killegland, and his village of Ashbourne, to his son Richard in 1844. Richard lived in the village, and his first home
1517-455: Was formerly known as Tayto Park, opened in 2010 and has approximately 50 acres of activities. The park is home to one of Europe's largest wooden roller coasters, The Cú Chulainn Coaster , which opened in June 2015. The Roman Catholic parish of Ashbourne extends south to Newtown Commons, east to Greenoge, north to Rath and west to Harlockstown. The Church of the Immaculate Conception is located in
1558-457: Was found during the construction of the M2 motorway. Archaeological excavations on the site of the Lidl supermarket revealed indications of the original medieval town, with several house remains, associated field systems, fish traps and mill races. Other excavations, in the vicinity of the cemetery of Killegland, revealed the extent of the early Christian settlement, with souterrains, house sites and
1599-481: Was murdered by Patrick White and others in 1455. His killers quickly obtained a pardon from the Parliament of Ireland , an act symptomatic of a time when the ease with which malefactors obtained pardons, even for murder, (as the case of James Cornwalsh also testified), was becoming a major social problem. Patrick's son, another Richard, was at the same time restored to his father's estates. The Segrave connection with
1640-545: Was recorded at 15,680 people, making it Meath's second largest town by population after Navan , and the largest town in the Meath East Dáil constituency, which elects 4 TDs to the Dáil . This growth coincided with a change in Ashbourne's demographics, with the 2006 census showing that over 12% of Ashbourne's population was born outside Ireland. The Lithuanian community is the second largest minority in Ashbourne after people from
1681-704: Was sold to the local tenants. On 28 April 1916, a group of Fingal Volunteers attacked the Royal Irish Constabulary barracks at Ashbourne. This event is documented in Ríocht na Mídhe , the journal of the Meath Archaeological and Historical Society, and other sources. The group were estimated to number 45 men and were under the command of Thomas Ashe , a national school teacher in Lusk with Richard Mulcahy acting as second-in-command. The barracks were usually manned by