Crosbie/Talbot-Crosbie (Ardfert)
Reverend John Crosbie, bishop of Ardfert in the early 1600s, was the common ancestor of the Crosbies of Ardfert (Earls of Glandore) and the Crosbies of Ballyheige. The lands he acquired had previously been the property of the Cantillon family. The two main branches of the family remained influential in the North Kerry area for the next 300 years. The Ardfert family received the title Earl of Glandore in the 1770s. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, William Talbot Crosbie was the lessor of several townlands in the parishes of Ardfert, Kilflynn, Killahan and O'Dorney, barony of Clanmaurice. In the 1870s the Ardfert estate amounted to almost 10,000 acres.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyard House | Ballyard | Annagh | Tralee | Tralee Rural | Trughanacmy | Kerry |
OSI Ref: Q832135
OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 71 |
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| Ballyard | Ballyard | Annagh | Tralee | Tralee Rural | Trughanacmy | Kerry |
OSI Ref: Q832132
OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 71 |
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| Ardfert Abbey | Ardfert | Ardfert | Tralee | Ardfert 130 | Clanmaurice | Kerry |
OSI Ref: Q786210
OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 71 |
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| Sackville House | Sackville | Ardfert | Tralee | Ardfert 130 | Clanmaurice | Kerry |
OSI Ref: Q792218
OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 71 |
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| Tubrid House | Tubrid More | Ardfert | Tralee | Tubrid 136 | Clanmaurice | Kerry |
OSI Ref: Q809211
OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 71 |
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| Rea | Rea | Kilflynn | Tralee | Abbeydorney 129 | Clanmaurice | Kerry |
OSI Ref: Q901221
OS Sheet: 22 Discovery map: 71 |
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| Farran | Farran | O'Dorney | Tralee | Abbeydorney 129 | Clanmaurice | Kerry |
OSI Ref: Q73230
OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 71 |
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| Fortwilliam | Fortwilliam | O'Dorney | Tralee | Abbeydorney 129 | Clanmaurice | Kerry |
OSI Ref: Q823247
OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 71 |
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| Abbeylands | Skrillagh | Ardfert | Tralee | Ardfert 130 | Clanmaurice | Kerry |
OSI Ref: Q787215
OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 71 |
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| Ballymacadam House | Ballymacadam | Castleisland | Tralee | Castleisland 152 | Trughanacmy | Kerry |
OSI Ref: R029106
OS Sheet: 40 Discovery map: 72 |
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| Dunloe Castle | Dunloe Lower | Knockane | Killarney | Dunloe 78 | Dunkerron North | Kerry |
OSI Ref: V892912
OS Sheet: 65 Discovery map: 78 |
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| Beaufort | Beaufort | Knockane | Killarney | Dunloe | Dunkerron North | Kerry |
OSI Ref: V881922
OS Sheet: 65 Discovery map: 78 |
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Archival sources
- Crosbie Papers: 1611-1894: Family and estate papers, including deeds and correspondence, 1611-1894. Ms. 3821; Trinity College Dublin
- Family and estate correspondence and papers. PC188; National Library of Ireland
- James D Crosbie, Land Agent, Letter Books, 1892-1909; Kerry Library, Local History & Archives Section
- Rent ledger of the estate of John Crosbie of Ardfert, 1805-12. Ms. 5033. ; National Library of Ireland
- Dairy account book from the estate of William Talbot Crosbie, 1844-52. Ms.5034.; National Library of Ireland
- Rental of the estate of William Talbot-Crosbie in county Kerry, 1844-52. Ms.5035.; National Library of Ireland
- Cash book in respect of the estate of William Talbot Crosbie's Kerry estate, 1847-82. Ms.5036; National Library of Ireland
- Rent ledgers for the Kerry estate of William Talbot Crosbie, 1847-77. (Ms.5037). and 1850-1866 (Ms.5039); National Library of Ireland
- Drainage and fencing account book of William Talbot Crosbie's estate, 1847-48. Ms.5038.; National Library of Ireland
- General Account book of the estate of William Talbot Crosbie, 1852-56. Ms.5040. ; National Library of Ireland
- Farm account book of William Talbot Crosbie's estate, 1856-58. Ms.5041.; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of the Blennerhassett & Eager families with some notes on the Crosbie family. compiled by F.J. Eager, 1840. Ms.4112.; National Library of Ireland
- Rowan Collection: letters of Lady Arabella Denny, mainly to her sister Lady Anne Crosbie, with some letters from members of Fitzmaurice family, c.1699-1800. Ms.20, 601. ; National Library of Ireland
- Rowan Papers: Colpy of mortgage by John Gustavus Crosbie to the Earl of Glandore and Peter Holman, 1790. D.26,697. ; National Library of Ireland
- Lease by the Earl of Glandore, Jane Blennerhassett & others of property in Castleisland and Cahirnarard, to Garret Fleming & James Cotter. 1800. D.26,699. ; National Library of Ireland
- Lease by the Earl of Glandore & others of property in Castleisland to William Saunders, 1787. D.26,696. ; National Library of Ireland
- Rowan Papers: Copy of lease by Francis Crosbie to Michael Scanlan of lands at Lislaghlin, county Kerry, 1807. Ms.18,594. ; National Library of Ireland
- Deeds re lands in Co Kerry, Hon Maurice Crosbie & Rev Earl of Glandore, 1791. Longfield, Kelly & Armstrong solicitors' collection, Small Accessions Index 47, D.14797-14799; National Archives of Ireland
- James Walsh Collection includes will of Anne Crosbie of city of Limerick, late of Rusheen, Co Kerry, 18 Oct 1808 & 19 Nov 1812. Small Accs. Index 49, T.2101; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS County Kerry: Vol.I, 115 & 116, Ardfert Parish,
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Trughanacmy Barony: 2 (Ballyard House & Ballyard)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I, 49 (Ardfert Abbey), Vol.II, 642 (Ballard)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 141
- 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] : 438
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Clanmaurice Barony: 1 (Ardfert), 13 (Sackville), 82 (Rea), 143 (Farran), 144 (Fortwilliam)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 9 (Ardfert Abbey), 354 (Sackville)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 259 (Ardfert), 260 (Sackville and Skilleragh)
- SMITH, Charles. ''The ancient and present state of the county of Kerry. Containing a natural, civil, ecclesiastical, historical and topographical description thereof.'' Dublin: 1774. : 54-56
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix III. Abstracts of the conveyances from the trustees of the Forfeited Estates and Interests in Ireland in 1688'.: 390
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxi, 124
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 181 (Sackville, [Rev. Graves] Tobrid), 182 (Ardfert), 354 (Ballymacadam), 362 (Dunloe Castle & Beaufort)
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.113
Modern printed sources
- Bary, Valerie. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes of some Houses of Kerry'' Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1994. : 1 (Abbeylands), 12 (Ardfert Abbey), 25-26 (Ballyard House),118 (Fortwilliam) 216 (Sackville), 235 (Tubrid)
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: 152-153.
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 10 (Ardfert Abbey)
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 297-304.
- ''Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society'': MacMAHON, Bryan, Lindsey Talbot Crosbie of Ardfert : campaigner for conciliaiton. 2nd ser. V, 2 (2005), 172-206.
- ''THE KERRY MAGAZINE'': MacMAHON, Bryan, Sixty years of estate management in Ardfert. X(1999), 46-50.
- ''THE KERRY MAGAZINE'': MacMAHON, Bryan, Praise for William Talbot Crosbie of Ardfert. IX (1998), 24-27.
- ''THE KERRY MAGAZINE'': MacMAHON, Bryan, William Talbot Crosbie, the courts and the chronicle. VIII (1997), 18-23.
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Special Lists.: Correspondence and papers of the Crosbe Family of Artfert Abbey in TCD, Special List 273