Estate: Burke (Cork)

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• Burke (Cork)

Description

Edmund Burke of Lota Park, Cork, owned over 2000 acres in the county in the 1870s while Edmund Burke, of Prospect Villa, Parish of Barnahely, owned over 300 acres at the same time. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Thomas Burke was among the principal lessors in the parish of Carrigaline, barony of Kerrycurrihy.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Prospect Villa (H3095) Thomas Burke was leasing Prospect Villa from Mary and Catherine Rogers at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £60. Lewis refers to it as the seat of Lt.Col. Burke in 1837. The house was included in the sale of the Rogers estate in the Landed Estates Court in February 1862. A factory has been constructed in this area.	Barnahely	Barnahely	Cork	Carrigaline 75	Kerrycurrihy	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.82883 -8.32786 OSI Ref: W774641 Discovery map #87. OS Sheet #87.
Shanbally Cottage (Carrigaline) (H3113) Thomas Burke was leasing this property to Joseph Beaumont at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It was valued at £34 and included a mill. The latter, known as Rathanallig Mills (W751651), is described as "in ruins" on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey Map of the 1890s while the house is diminished in size and has since disappeared. There are still buildings on the mill site.	Shanbally	Carrigaline	Cork	Carrigaline 75	Kerrycurrihy	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.83594 -8.35693 OSI Ref: W754649 Discovery map #87. OS Sheet #87.
Lota Park (H3806) Built in the early 19th century by John Power and purchased by Jeremiah James Murphy circa 1836. By the early 1850s occupied by Colonel Ludlow Beamish who held it from John Courtney. In the 1870s the home of Edmund Burke. In the 20th century home of Joseph Gubbins and later of Mrs Francis Mahony. Now operates as a health care facility.	Lotamore	Rathcooney	Cork	Rathcooney 110	Cork	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.90590 -8.40398 OSI Ref: W722 727 Discovery map #87. OS Sheet #74.

Archival sources

Contemporary printed sources

• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND, 1850-1858. : Kerrycurrihy Barony, 7 (Barnahely), 29 (Shanbally)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 119

Modern printed sources

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