Crosbie (Ballyheige)
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. Pierce and Margaret Crosbie were among the principal lessors in the parish of Ballyheige, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The representatives of Pierce Crosbie held several townlands in the parish of Aghavallen, barony of Iraghticonnor, at the same time. The representatives of James Crosbie held several townlands in the parish of Killehenny in the same barony. 435 acres of James Crosbie's estate had been offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in July 1850. In 1859, lands in the baronies of Clanmaurice and Iraghticonnor, formerly in the hands of Francis McDonnell Crosbie, were offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court. The Ballyheige estate amounted to over 13,000 acres in the 1870s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Ballyheige Castle | Ballyheige | Ballyheige | Tralee | Ballyheige 131 | Clanmaurice | Kerry |
OSI Ref: Q748285
OS Sheet: 14 Discovery map: 71 |
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| Ballyheige Glebe | Buncurrig | Ballyheige | Tralee | Ballyheige 131 | Clanmaurice | Kerry |
OSI Ref: Q758281
OS Sheet: 14 Discovery map: 71 |
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| Rusheen House | Rusheen | Aghavallen | Listowel | Carrig | Iraghticonnor | Kerry |
OSI Ref: Q994462
OS Sheet: 2 Discovery map: 71 |
Archival sources
- Crosbie Estate (Ballyheigue) Rentals (1857-58, 1866, 1869, 1890, 1892, 1899-1908, 1915-‘17), Legal Papers (mostly 1900-‘25), Tenant Purchase Loans Account Book, 1904. ; Kerry Library, Local History & Archives Section
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Crosbie, 2 July 1850, Vol 2, MRGS 39/001, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Pedigree of Crosbie of Ballyheige and others, Genealogical Office Ms. 810, 23. ; National Library of Ireland
- Rowan Papers: Nineteenth century copies of Crosbie family correspondence, c.1627-1735, particularly re robbery of Lady Margaret Crosbie's house, 1731. Ms.20,600. ; National Library of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), McDonnell Crosbie, 10 November 1859, Vol 57, MRGS 39/028, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Clanmaurice Barony: 15 (Ballyheige), 19 (Buncurrig)
- 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] : 109
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 141
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 260 (Ballyheige)
- 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
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS County Kerry: Vol.I, Ballyheige Parish, 396, 400, 402.
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxii, 131
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Iraghticonnor Barony: 22 (Rusheen)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 179 (Rosheen)
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.113
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: 151-152
- Bary, Valerie. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes of some Houses of Kerry'' Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1994. : 33 (Ballyheige Castle), 215 (Rusheen)
- ''THE KERRY MAGAZINE'': McMAHON, Bryan. The sale of the Crosbie estate at Ballyheigue in 1906-7. 6 (1995), 30-33.
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 22-23 (Ballyheige Castle)
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 297-304.
- ''Weekly Irish Times'': 5 September 1936 Ballyheigue Castle