Heard (Cos Cork, Tipperary & Kerry)
The Heards were a long established county Cork family stated to have arrived with Sir Walter Raleigh and to have received a grant of lands at Bandon. By the early 18th century the main branch of the family was settled at Kinsale. John Isaac Heard (1787-1862 ) of Kinsale and Ballydaly, county Cork, was Member of Parliament for Kinsale 1852-1858. In the 1870s Robert Heard, of Pallastown, Kinsale, owned over 2,000 acres in county Cork and 8,846 in county Tipperary. At the same time Edward Heard of Ballintubbrid owned 391 acres and Francis Heard of Rochfordstown owned 457 acres in the county. Over 700 acres in Kinalea barony, the property of Robert Heard and members of Green family, was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court in August 1876 and again in January 1877. In 1906, Samuel Thomas Heard owned what had been a portion of the Bland estate in the barony of Dunkerron South, county Kerry. The Heards of Ballintubbrid were a junior branch of the Pallastown family and Samuel Thomas Heard was the second son of Edward Heard of Ballintubbrid.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rossdohan | Rossdohan Island | Kilcrohane | Kenmare | Tahilla | Dunkerron South | Kerry |
OSI Ref: V714626
OS Sheet: 100 Discovery map: 84 |
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| Riverdale House | Baltinakin | Kilbrittain | Bandon | Kilbrittain 11 | East Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W514480
OS Sheet: 123 Discovery map: 86 |
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| Ballintubbrid House | Ballintubbrid East | Mogeesha | Middleton | Middleton Rural 268 | Barrymore | Cork |
OSI Ref: W843 707
OS Sheet: 76 Discovery map: 81 |
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| Lackamore Lodge | Tooreenbrien Upper | Kilvellane | Nenagh | Abington | Owney and Arra | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R795 605
OS Sheet: 38 Discovery map: 59 |
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| Pallacetown House | Mitchelstown East | Clontead | Kinsale | Kinsale Rural 207 | Kinsale | Cork |
OSI Ref: W658531
OS Sheet: 112 Discovery map: 87 |
Archival sources
- Draft confirmation of arms to Samuel Heard of Rossdohan, with draft pedigree, c.1650-1750. Genealogical Office Ms.803, 2. ; National Library of Ireland
- Draft pedigree and notes on family of Heard of Kinsale and Bandon in Co. Cork, 1619 -- 1763. Genealogical Office: Ms.804, p.23 ; National Library of Ireland
- Detailed abstracts of wills of Heard of Kinsale, Co. Cork, of Cork City and Dublin City, 1758 - 1833. Genealogical Office: Ms.139, pp.240-3 & 248 & 251 ; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of John Heard, Sovereign of Kinsale in 1734 and to his great great grandson, Samuel Thomas Heard of Rossdohan, Co. Kerry, son of Edward Heard of Ballintubber, Co. Cork, June 21, 1899. Genealogical Office: Ms.111, pp.46-7 ; National Library of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Green, Heard & Webb, 30 August 1876, Vol 125, MRGS 39/057, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Green, Heard & Webb, 30 January 1877, Vol 127, MRGS 39/057, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parish of Clontead; Cork County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 254 (Rossdohan), 275 (Tooreenbrien Upper)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 125 (County Cork), 163 (County Tipperary)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : East Carbery (East) Barony: 72 (Baltinakin
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barrymore Barony, 185 (Ballintubbrid)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 29 (Ballintobrid - William Weekes)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 375 (Ballintobber)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 245 (Ballintubbrid East)
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxxii, 221 (Rossdohan)
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.215