Hare (Listowel)

The Hare family had come to Ireland after the Cromwellian settlement and acquired property initially in Dublin and later in Cork. Their influence extended to Kerry at the end of the eighteenth century when Richard Hare purchased 20,000 acres of the Knight of Kerry's estate around Listowel. His son William afterwards became first Baron Ennismore and later Earl of Listowel. The main family seat was at Convamore, county Cork. The Ordnance Survey Name Books indicate that Stephen Collis acted as their agent in Kerry. Andrew Hare was one of the principal lessors in the parish of Aglish, barony of Magunihy, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The Earl of Listowel was the lessor of several townlands in the parishes of Ardfert, Duagh, Finuge, Kilcaragh, Kilmoyly, KIlshenane, Killahan, Kiltomy and O'Dorney, barony of Clanmaurice, county Kerry, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The estate also held property in the parishes of Duagh, Dysert, Kilconly and Listowel in the barony of Iraghticonnor. In 1854 the estate was petitioner to the sale of 150 acres of the estate of Edward Church, at Kilmolane, barony of Iraghticonnor, formerly lands owned by the Raymonds. The estate amounted to almost 26,000 acres in county Kerry in the 1870s as well as over 5,000 in county Cork. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the county Cork estate was in the parishes of Kilmeen (Duhallow), Grenagh (Barretts), Ballyhooly, Killathy, Litter and Mallow (Fermoy), Glanworth (Condons and Clangibbon), while the Dowager Countess held land in the parishes of Churchtown and Kilbroney, barony of Orrery and Kilmore, St Michaels and Whitechurch, barony of Cork. In the mid 19th century the Earl of Listowel also held an estate in the parishes of Aghnameadle and Kilnaneave, barony of Upper Ormond, county Tipperary. This estate was advertised for sale in March 1861. The Irish Times reports that the purchasers included Messers. John Dwyer, Francis Trent, William Bolton and Peter Ryan. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the Honourable Henry Hare held land in the parishes of Castletown, Doon and Oola, barony of Coonagh, and Askeaton, barony of Connello Lower, county Limerick. In the 1870s the Honourable Richard Hare of Devonport, England, owned 3,687 acres in county Limerick. He was a brother of the 2nd Earl of Listowel. His nephew Robert Dillon Hare of Ballymore owned 944 acres in county Cork.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Ballygrenane House	Ballygrenane	Finuge	Listowel	Listowel Urban 122	Clanmaurice	Kerry	OSI Ref: Q995329 OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 63
Islandmacloughry	Islandmacloughry	Finuge	Listowel	Listowel Urban	Clanmaurice	Kerry	OSI Ref: Q984332 OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 63
Banna House	Banna Mountain	Kilmoyly	Tralee	Banna 133	Clanmaurice	Kerry	OSI Ref: Q758224 OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 71
Ennismore House	Ennismore	Dysert	Listowel	Ennismore 107	Iraghticonnor	Kerry	OSI Ref: Q923320 OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 63
Killacrim House	Killacrim	Dysert	Listowel	Ennismore 107	Iraghticonnor	Kerry	OSI Ref: Q942319 OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 63
Greenville	Gortcurreen	Listowel	Listowel	Listowel Rural 121	Iraghticonnor	Kerry	OSI Ref: Q961333 OS Sheet: 11 Discovery map: 63
Gurtenard	Listowel	Listowel	Listowel	Listowel Urban	Iraghticonnor	Kerry	OSI Ref: Q993335 OS Sheet: 11 Discovery map: 63
Ballycullen House	Ballycullen	Lismakeery	Rathkeale	Askeaton West 119	Connello Lower	Limerick	OSI Ref: R318 488 OS Sheet: 19 Discovery map: 64
Convamore Upper	Conva	Ballyhooly	Fermoy	Ballyhooly 127	Fermoy	Cork	OSI Ref: R719 009 OS Sheet: 26 Discovery map: 73
Convamore	Conva	Ballyhooly	Fermoy	Ballyhooly 127	Fermoy	Cork	OSI Ref: W713 992 OS Sheet: 34 Discovery map: 80
Renny	Renny Lower	Kilcummer	Fermoy	Kilcummer 131	Fermoy	Cork	OSI Ref: W703 995 OS Sheet: 34 Discovery map: 80
Gurteen	Gurteen	Killathy	Fermoy	Killathy 132	Fermoy	Cork	OSI Ref: W743 984 OS Sheet: 35 Discovery map: 80
Eastly Cottage	Ballyellis	Mallow	Mallow	Mallow Rural 250	Fermoy	Cork	OSI Ref: W572 977 OS Sheet: 33 Discovery map: 80
Ballyellis	Ballyellis	Mallow	Mallow	Mallow Rural 250	Fermoy	Cork	OSI Ref: W571 978 OS Sheet: 33 Discovery map: 80
Ballymore House	Ballymore	Templerobin	Cork	Queenstown Rural 103	Barrymore	Cork	OSI Ref: W832 673 OS Sheet: 88 Discovery map: 81
Millbrook	Millbrook	Kilnaneave	Nenagh	Kilkeary 110	Upper Ormond	Tipperary	OSI Ref: R922 735 OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 59

Archival sources

Lord Listowel Estate Rentals (1880s-1960s), Deeds (1812-1956) & Legal Proceedings Papers (1877-1970). ; Kerry Library, Local History & Archives Section
Estate papers 18th-20th century. D.18,522 et seq. M.2331 et seq, T.7289 et seq. ; National Archives of Ireland
Papers relating to the estates of the Hare family, earls of Listowel. 1779-1853. D585.; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Papers relating to tithes on the county Kerry estates of the Earl of Listowel. 1838. M.2356; National Archives of Ireland
Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Church, 1 June 1854, Vol 29, MRGS 39/0012, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
W.B. Scott, solicitor's collection, contains many records re land transactions in Cos Clare, Limerick & Cork, 18th-19th centuries, including marriage settlement of Robert Dillon Hare & Flora L.E. Longfield, 1871. Small Accs Index 76, D.10,549 ; National Archives of Ireland
Four maps of the estates of the Earl of Listowel in Co. Cork, 1803-40. M. 2334-7; National Archives of Ireland
Estate, legal & family papers, 1830-1880. Acc 2315; City of Westminster Archives Centre
Outgoing letterbook Richard Hare, Cork Merchant, (ancestor of Earl of Listowel), 1771-1772. U259; Cork City and County Archives
Survey of Kerry farms, 1790. M.2329, M.2336, M.2348; National Archives of Ireland
Pyne Papers, 23 deeds mainly concerning lands in Co. Cork in which members of the Pyne family were parties, other parties include members of this family, 1783-1895. D 7194-7219; National Library of Ireland
Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Listowel, 5 Mar 1861, Vol 61 (31), MRGS 39/031, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Irish Tourist Association Files, Parish of Castletownroche; Cork County Library

Contemporary printed sources

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] : 205, 273
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Clanmaurice Barony: 57 (Ballygrenane), 60 (Islandmacloughey), 112 (Banna)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 125, 127, 143
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Iraghticonnor Barony: 33 (Ennismore), 34 (Killacrim), 101 (Ballygowloge), 108 (Gortcurreen), 111 (Listowel)
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I,591 (Dysert Parish, Ennismore), 138 (Convamore & Upper Convamore), 631 (Finuge Parish) [Sewell, O'Halloran], II, 338-339 (Ballyellis)
LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 37 (Ballycullen), 42 (Ballygrennan) [Showell], 51 (Ballymore), 124 (Convamore)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 258 (Ennismore)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Connello Lower, 40 (Ballycullen)
ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: V, 51 & 58 (Ballycullen)
ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS County Kerry: Vol.I, Ardfert Parish, 96.
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Fermoy Barony, 13-14 (Conva), 112 (Gurteen), 128 (Ballyellis)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barrymore Barony, 55 (Ballymore)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 234
TOWNSEND, Horatio. ''Statistical survey of the county of Cork...'' Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1810: 521 (Convamore)
SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxv & 132
ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.V, Parish of Kilnaneave, p.232, 236. Vol.VIII, Parish of Templederry, p.213
BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.207, 273.

Modern printed sources

Bary, Valerie. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes of some Houses of Kerry'' Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1994. : 42 (Banna), 151 (Killacrim)
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Special Lists.: Hare Family, Earls of Listowel papers in Public Record Office, Northern Ireland . No.122
MOSLEY, Charles (ed). ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage''. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999: II, 1734-1736
BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 20 (Ballycullen), 24 (Ballymore), 89 (Convamore)
HAJBA, Anna-Maria. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork''. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 38, 125, 312
''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). XXIV, 2nd Series (1918), 170-173 (Renny)
DICKSON, David. ''Old World Colony: Cork and south Munster 1630-1830'' Cork: Cork University Press, 2005. : 79
BLAKE, Tarquin. ''Abandoned mansions of Ireland II: more portraits of forgotten stately homes'' Cork: Collins Press, 2012. : 30-37 (Convamore)
''Éire-Ireland'': DONNELLY, James S. Jnr. ''Big House burning in county Cork during the Irish revolution, 1920-21. XLVIII, 3 & 4, Fall-Winter (2012), pp.141-197.
''Irish Times'': 6 March 1861, p.4