Benn-Walsh (Lord Ormathwaite)
The Benn-Walsh family, Walsh baronet and Baron Ormathwaite, had their principal seats in Cumbria and also at Radnorshire in Wales. Lord Ormathwaite's estate in county Kerry amounted to almost 9000 acres in the 1870s while he held 2,206 acres in county Cork. Much of it was purchased from George Ogle, heir to the Anglesey estate in the late 1760s and from the 3rd Earl of Kerry. Sir John Benn-Walsh was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Duagh, Kilcaragh, Kilfeighny and Kilshenane, barony of Clanmaurice as well as a townland of 1900 acres in the parish of Galey, barony of Iraghticonnor, county Kerry at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In 1840, the Ordnance Survey Field Name Books indicated that the agent was Joseph Gubbat, of Mount Street, Dublin. At the time of Griffith's Valuation he held land in the parishes of Aglish, Athnowen and Magourney, barony of East Muskerry, county Cork.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duagh Glebe | Inchymagilleragh West | Duagh | Listowel | Trienearagh 124 | Clanmaurice | Kerry |
OSI Ref: R026328
OS Sheet: 11 Discovery map: 64 |
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| Tullamore House | Tullamore | Galey | Listowel | Shronowen | Iraghticonnor | Kerry |
OSI Ref: Q993387
OS Sheet: 5 Discovery map: 63 |
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| Grange (Athnowen) | Grange | Athnowen | Bandon | Ballygroman 18 | East Muskerry | Cork |
OSI Ref: W562 688
OS Sheet: 85 Discovery map: 86 |
Archival sources
- 1602-1883: title deeds and estate papers, family and legal papers; Cumbria Record Office
- Deeds relating to Lord Ormthwaite's estates in counties Cork & Kerry. Ms.5960-5965.; Trinity College Dublin
- Correspondence of the Fowke, Benn, Walsh and Maskelyne families Mss Eur D546 1751-1819 ; British Library
- 1558-1947: rentals and surveys, tenancy agreements, deeds, family settlements, mortgages, sale catalogues and misc papers; National Library of Wales
- Lord Ormathwaite Estate Particulars of Tenancies [1907], and Papers Associated with Land Commission Sale of the Estate (1900-1925); Kerry Library, Local History & Archives Section
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 131, 144
- 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] : 356
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Clanmaurice Barony: 41 (Inchymagilleragh West)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Iraghticonnor Barony: 47 (Tullamore)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS County Kerry: Vol.II, 105 (Duagh Parish)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : East Muskerry Barony, 2 (Grange)
Modern printed sources
- Bary, Valerie. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes of some Houses of Kerry'' Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1994. : 237 (Tullamore House)
- ''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: DONNELLY, James S. Jnr. The journals of Sir John Benn-Walsh relating to the management of his Irish estates, 1823-64. 2nd Series, LXXIX (1974), 86-123 and LXXX (1975), 15-42.
- MOSLEY, Charles (ed). ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage''. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999: II, 2046-2047
- DICKSON, David. ''Old World Colony: Cork and south Munster 1630-1830'' Cork: Cork University Press, 2005. : 79
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Special Lists.: Ormathwaite deeds in TCD. Special List 341