Morgan (Bunalun)
Captain Anthony Morgan, of Bunalun, Skibbereen, County Cork married Eliza Tymons, of Riverstown, County Clare and they had a son, Anthony Hickman Morgan, born 1858. He served as a surgeon in the British army. In 1896 he married Mary, daughter of Charles Bagnall, of Clonkennan, county Limerick. He was High Sheriff of county Cork and Deputy Lieutenant. In the 1870s [Captain] Anthony Morgan of Bunalun owned 1216 acres in county Clare and 1133 acres in county Cork. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Anthony, Edward and William Morgan held land in the parish of Shanrahan, barony of Orrery and Kilmore, county Cork.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Hollybrook | Maulbrack | Abbeystrowry | Skibbereen | Skibbereen Rural 309 | West Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W123366
OS Sheet: 141 Discovery map: 89 |
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| Bunalunn or Mount Music | Bunalunn | Caheragh | Skibbereen | Woodfort 311 | West Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W124374
OS Sheet: 141 Discovery map: 89 |
Archival sources
- Copy of confirmation of arms to Capt. Anthony Morgan of Bunalun, Skibbereen, Co. Cork, only son of Capt. Anthony Morgan of Prospect Hill, City of Cork, Feb. 24, 1903. Genealogical Office: Ms.111, pp.131-2 ; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of William Bagnell of Shanrahan, Co. Tipperary, and to his great grand daughter Mary Bagnell, wife of Lt. Col. Anthony Hickman Morgan of Hollybrook House and Banalun, Co. Cork, daughter of Charles Edward Bagnell of Clonkennan, Co. Limerick, son of Rev. William Henry Bagnell, Rector of Ballybrood, Co. Limerick, Oct. 5, 1917. Genealogical Office: Ms.111B, fol.42 ; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of John Mason of Castle Lyons and of Seafield, Kinsale, both in Cork, at the instance of his grand daughter Mary Bagnell, wife of Lt. Col. Anthony Hickman Morgan of Hollybrook House and Banalun, both in Co. Cork, daughter of Charles Edward Bagnell of Clonkennan, Co. Limerick, by Mary, eldest daughter of George Mason of Kinsale, son of the first mentioned John Mason, Oct. 8, 1917. Genealogical Office: Ms.111B, fol.43 ; National Library of Ireland
- Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parish of Skibbereen; Cork County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 326
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 112, 129
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 250 (Maulbrack & Bunalunn)