O'Donovan
Burke's ''Irish Family Records'' indicates that The O'Donovan's ancestors' original territories were in county Limerick but that they were driven into West Cork where they acquired considerable lands in what became known as the barony of Carbery. The estate of The O'Donovan amounted to over 3000 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. It was one of the principal lessors in the parishes of Abbeystrowry and Castlehaven at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrigfadda Glebe | Carrigfadda | Abbeystrowry | Skibbereen | Skibbereen Rural 309 | West Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W121327
OS Sheet: 141 Discovery map: 89 |
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| Liss Ard | Russagh | Abbeystrowry | Skibbereen | Skibbereen Rural 309 | West Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W131314
OS Sheet: 142 Discovery map: 89 |
|
| Hollybrook | Maulbrack | Abbeystrowry | Skibbereen | Skibbereen Rural 309 | West Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W123366
OS Sheet: 141 Discovery map: 89 |
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| Montpellier | Castletreasure | Carrigaline | Cork | Douglas 98 | Cork | Cork |
OSI Ref: W699 681
OS Sheet: 86 Discovery map: 87 |
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| Squince House | Myross | Myross | Skibbereen | Myross 321 | West Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W211315
OS Sheet: 142 Discovery map: 89 |
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| Rosebank | Russagh | Abbeystrowry | Skibbereen | Skibbereen Rural 309 | West Carbury (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W132321
OS Sheet: 141 Discovery map: 89 |
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| Bawnlahan | Bawnlahan | Myross | Skibbereen | Castlehaven South 315 | West Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W196348
OS Sheet: 142 Discovery map: 89 |
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Archival sources
- Documents relating to interests and property of the O'Donovan family in Co. Cork, 1619-1874. M. 7051 ; National Archives of Ireland
- Maps of the O'Donovan estate (later Powell) in Myross parish, Co. Cork, 1727 - 1835. M. 4969 (1-9); National Archives of Ireland
- O'Donovan Papers, including rental of The O'Donovan's estate in Carbery, 1839-1869, journals of The O'Donovan mid 19th century, in possession of The O'Donovan, Hollybrook House, Skibbereen, in 1976, see James S. Donnelly's book; Private Possession
- Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parishes of Castlehaven, Skibbereen; Cork County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : West Carbery (East): 2 (Carrigfadda), 135 (Myross)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 131
- 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] : 348
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 250 (Russagh)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Cork Barony, 3 (Castletreasure)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 485 (Montpelier)
Modern printed sources
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 905-907.
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: AINSWORH, J.F. Report on the O'Donovan Papers (from 1610), the property of The O'Donovan, Hollybrook House, Skibereen, relating to the O'Donovan family and to lands in Co. Cork Report No. 153
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: AINSWORTH, J.F. Second supplementary report on the O'Donovan Papers (from 1632), the property of Brig. M. J. W. O'Donovan, Skibbereen, relating to the O'Donovan family and to lands in Co. Cork. No.370
- ''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: Ó MURCHADHA, Diarmuid. Diary of General Richard O’Donovan 1819-1823. 2nd Series, XCI (1986), 105-117
- HOWARD, Joseph Jackson and CRISP, Frederick Arthur (eds). ''Visitation of Ireland''. Baltimore: reprint by Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 1973: O'Donovan of Clan Cathal, Co Cork. IV, 55-56
- DONNELLY, James S., Jr. ''The land and the people of nineteenth-century Cork''. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1975: 389 & index