Cox (Ballynoe)
Burke's (1886) records Robert Cox having received a grant of lands at Ballynoe, county Limerick, in 1637. Ballynoe was in the possession of the Cox family for at least the following two and a half centuries. William Cox held the townland of Ballynoe in the parish of Ballingarry, barony of Connello Upper, county Limerick, from the Court of Chancery, at the time of Griffith's Valuation and the representatives of William Cox held a townland in the parish of Kilcornan, barony of Kenry. Lands belonging to William Cox mainly in the barony of Orrery and Kilmore, county Cork but also in county Limerick were advertised for sale in February 1851 and lands in the baronies of Kenry and Connello Upper in February 1852 and November 1853 respectively. Griffith's Valuation records him holding lands in the parishes of Rathgoggan and Shandrum, barony of Orrery and Kilmore, county Cork. In the 1870s William Cox of Ballynoe owned 843 acres in the county and Robert H. Cox of Ballyneale owned 408 acres. In May 1886 William Cox's property at Ballynoe was offered for sale in the Land Judges' Court but the sale was adjourned due to absence of bidding.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Ballynoe | Ballynoe | Ballingarry | Croom | Ballynoe 10 | Connello Upper | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R432 324
OS Sheet: 38 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Springfort | Garrynagranoge | Rathgoggan | Kilmallock | Springfort 188 | Orrery & Kilmore | Cork |
OSI Ref: R514 208
OS Sheet: 2 Discovery map: 73 |
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| Ballyneale | Ballyneale | Ballingarry | Croom | Ballynoe 10 | Connello Upper | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R435 329
OS Sheet: 38 Discovery map: 65 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Cox, 19 July 1850, Vol 2 (26), MRGS 39/001, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Cox, 6 Feb 1852, Vol 13 (39), MRGS 39/006, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Cox, 10 Dec 1852, Vol 19 (41), MRGS 39/009, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Cox, 4 Nov 1853, Vol 24 (27), MRGS 39/010, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Copy of confirmation of arms to descendants of Robert Cox who was granted the lands of Ballynoe & Ballyscanlon, Co Limerick in 1637 & to his descendant William Cox of Ballynoe, Apr 1839. GO MS107:156-157; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Cox of Ballynoe & of Plymouth, Devon, 1637-1838. GO MS 174:8-10; National Library of Ireland
- Irish Tourist Association Survey file for parish of Ballingarry, barony of Connello Upper, 1944. Limerick West 5; Limerick Studies Department, Dooradoyle
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Connello Upper, 6 (Ballynoe)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 147
- 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] : 104
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 113-114 (Ballyno Cox & Ballynail)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Orrery and Kilmore, 219 (Garrynagranoge)
- 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: 184 (Springfort)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 188
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: I, 419-420
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 27 (Ballyneale & Ballynoe)
- GLIN, Knight of, GRIFFIN, D. J. & ROBINSON, N.K (eds).'' Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland''. Dublin: Irish Architectural Archive/Irish Georgian Society, 1989. : 101 (Ballynoe)
- HAJBA, Anna-Maria. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork''. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 336
- ''Irish Ancestor'': CUSSEN, Robert. Entries from Samuel Cox’s Family Bible. V (1973), 27-28
- ''Irish Times'': Land Judges' Court sale reports, 8 May 1886, p.3