McCarthy (Cork)
Alexander McCarthy was one of the principal lessors in the parish of Kilgarvan, barony of Glanarought, county Kerry, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He also held land in the county Cork parishes of Bregoge, barony of Orrery and Kilmore, Kilmichael, barony of West Muskerry and St Finbarrs, barony of Cork. Florence McCarthy also held land in the parishes of Clonpriest and Kilmacdonogh, barony of Imokilly. The estate of Alexander McCarthy, of Cork, amounted to almost 3000 acres in county Kerry in the 1870s as well as over 1000 acres in county Cork. Alexander McCarthy (1803-1868) was a barrister and Member of Parliament for Cork city and the county at various times. He was a cousin of the McCarthy O'Learys.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Currymount | Currymount | Bregoge | Mallow | Churchtown 238 | Orrery and Kilmore | Cork |
OSI Ref: R499 100
OS Sheet: 16 Discovery map: 73 |
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| Cleve Hill | Ballintemple | St Finbars | Cork | Blackrock 95 | Cork | Cork |
OSI Ref: W697 716
OS Sheet: 74 Discovery map: 87 |
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 128, 143
- HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. ''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 287
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Orrery and Kilmore, 17 (Currymount)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Cork Barony, 57 (Ballintemple)
Modern printed sources
- HAJBA, Anna-Maria. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork''. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 137
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 459-460
- ''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: Historical and Topographical Notes, etc on Buttevant, Doneraile, Mallow and Places in their vicinity. Collected by James Grove White (c 1906). XIX, 2nd Series (1913), 294-296 (Currymount)