Tullaroan being comprehended in the territory of Leinster, became on the death of king Dermod Mac Morough in 1171, the property of Richard de Clare, surnamed Strongbow, earl of Pembroke,* really by force of arms, though nominally by his marriage with Eva, that prince's only child.†

• It should be noted, that although in the eyes of the English nation and sovereign, Strongbow was merely regarded as an English Noble, bolding of the King; yet, in the estimation of the Irish, he was accepted as the King of Leinster, in right of his wife Eva, heiress of that kingdom. This circumstance might have been, perhaps, productive of important consequences during some of the ensuing periods of English feebleness within the pale, if a series of male heirs had survived in this ancient family.

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† It may also bere he desireable to particularize the chief materials provided for the foundation destined to support our intended fabric. Among these, the national Records in the Castle of Dublin, in the Courts of Law, and Public Offices, assuredly merit the first place from their authenticity and the quantity of matter contained in them, though in the present undertaking they have been more serviceable in adding stability, than in giving form; for most of the genealogical part bas been transcribed from a MS. of 1715, by Michael Grace of Gracefield; for which he acknowledges as its original an old family "folio MS, in the possession of John Grace of Courtstown, then in France." The first mentioned MS, contains also an account of the Sheffield, Walsh and Bryan families.

Sheffield Grace, who died in 1746, further assisted to rescue from oblivion some particulars relative to his name. Besides his genealogical additions to the forgoing MS., he has detailed many interesting biographical circumstances connected with the civil wars, the family attainder, confiscation of property, &c,

In the year 1785, a pedigree was drawn out, exhibiting the descent, in a clear and unbroken stream, from the marriage of Baron Almaric Grace, in 1385, the 8th Richard II. to the birth of John Grace, bis lineal descendant in the fourteenth generation, who was Aide-de-camp to the reigning Prince of Anhalt Coethen in the Austrian service, and died at the siege of Belgrade in 1789.

An authenticated pedigree of eleven generations is recorded in the Office of Arms, commencing temp.Henry VIII. with Baron John Grace

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