Bury (Little Island & Curraghbridge)

A branch of the Bury family, Earls of Charleville, descended from Phineas Bury of Little Island, county Cork, fifth son of John Bury of Shannon Grove, county Limerick. "Irish Family Records" records Thomas fourth son of John Bury as "of Curraghbridge". At the time of Griffith's Valuation Phineas Bury of Little Island and Curraghbridge, Adare, county Limerick, held 3 townlands in the parish of Adare, barony of Kenry, including Curraghbridge. Phineas died in 1853. Eliza Bury [his widow] held land in the parish of Little Island from the Earl of Limerick at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In the 1870s their son Phineas Bury of Little Island, Queenstown, county Cork, owned 603 acres in county Limerick and 890 acres in county Cork. Phineas Bury's uncle the Reverend Robert Bury of Carrigrenane, county Cork, married Letitia Barry of Ballyclogh, county Cork, the Bury Barry family. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the Reverend R. Bury held land in the parishes of Ballydeloher and Little Island, barony of Barrymore.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Curraghbridge	Curraghbridge	Adare	Croom	Adare North 1	Kenry	Limerick	OSI Ref: R452 475 OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 65
Killora Lodge	Killahora	Caherlag	Middleton	Carrigtohill 270	Barrymore	Cork	OSI Ref: W783 737 OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 80
Toureen Lodge/Ashbourne	Johnstown	Carrigtohill	Middleton	Carrigtohill 270	Barrymore	Cork	OSI Ref: W776 733 OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 80
Brooklodge House	Ballyvisteale Demesne	Ballydeloher	Cork	Caherlag 107	Barrymore	Cork	OSI Ref: W755 759 OS Sheet: 80 Discovery map: 64
Brookville	Brookville	Ballydeloher	Cork	Caherlag 107	Barrymore	Cork	OSI Ref: W754 762 OS Sheet: 64 Discovery map: 80
Carrigrenan	Carrigrenan	Little Island	Cork	Caherlag 107	Barrymore	Cork	OSI Ref: W770 707 OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 87
Little Island House	Wallingstown	Little Island	Cork	Caherlag 107	Barrymore	Cork	OSI Ref: W743 720 OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 87
Ballinderrig	Courtstown	Little Island	Cork	Caherlag 107	Barrymore	Cork	OSI Ref: W768 724 OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 87

Archival sources

Pedigree of Bury of Cromleholm, Shannon Grove & Curraghbridge, Co Limerick, Earls of Charleville, of Mt Pleasant, Little Island & Carrigrenane, Co Cork & Derryluskan, Co Tipperary, 1666-1868. GO MS 179:313-316; National Library of Ireland
Copy of confirmation of arms to William Pennefather Arthur Forbes Phineas Bury of Curraghbridge, Co Limerick & Carrigrenane, Little Island, Co Cork, only son of William Phineas Bury of Carrigrenane, 19 Nov 1896. GO MS 110:209-210; National Library of Ireland
Bond of indemnity by Phineas Bury, Little Island House, Co Cork to the Great Southern & Western Railway Co for £2,200. 8 Aug 1881. 999/469; National Archives of Ireland
S. Gordon & Son, solicitor's collection, includes John Bury's Commission of Peace for Limerick, 1730 & marriage settlement of John Bury of Cork & Rebecca Beare, widow, 1762. M.2296 & D.18258 Small Accs Index 103 ; National Archives of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 119, 147
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barrymore Barony, 5 (Ballyvisteale Demesne), 8 (Brookvillle), 50 (Carrigrenan & Courtstown), 51 (Wallingstown), 153 (Killahora)
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 241 (Killora Lodge - Rev R. Berry), II, 290 (Wallinstown House)
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] : 63
LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 272 (Little-Island)
TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 167 (Little Island)
WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 35 (Litle Island)

Modern printed sources

MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 190-192
BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 59 (Carrigrenane), 189 (Little Island)