Limerick
John Limerick was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Abbeystrowry, Kilmacabea, Myross and Skull, barony of West Carbery and Kilfaughnabeg, barony of East Carbery, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. His estate amounted to over 8000 acres in county Cork in the 1870s.William Limerick was among the principal lessors in the parish of Kilmacabea, barony of West Carbery in 1853. 266 acres, originally in the ownership of Maria Nagle, were offered for sale in the Encumbered estates Court in July 1850. The petitoners to the sale were William and John Limerick and they are recorded as the lessors of these lands in Griffith's Valuation.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Unionhall House | Ballincolla | Myross | Skibbereen | Myross 321 | West Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W212345
OS Sheet: 142 Discovery map: 89 |
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| Wood View | Ballincolla | Myross | Skibbereen | Myross 321 | West Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W214344
OS Sheet: 142 Discovery map: 89 |
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| Ballincolla House | Ballincolla | Myross | Skibbereen | Myross 321 | West Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W219345
OS Sheet: 142 Discovery map: 89 |
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| Ardmanagh House | Ardmanagh | Skull | Skull | Skull 333 | West Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: V923316
OS Sheet: 139 Discovery map: 88 |
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| Meenvane | Meenvane | Skull | Skull | Skull 333 | West Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: V930317
OS Sheet: 139 Discovery map: 88 |
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| Millfield House (Ross) | Burgatia | Ross | Clonakilty | Ross Carbery 57 | East Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W291371
OS Sheet: 143 Discovery map: 89 |
Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates Court Rentals (O'Brien), Nagle, 26 July 1850, Vol 2, MRGS 39/001, (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; National Archives of Ireland
- Pedigree of Limrick family of Cork (Leader Collection); Irish Genealogical Research Society Library
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 127
- 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] : 272
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : West Carbery (East) Barony: 127 (Ballincolla)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : West Carbery (West) Barony: 58 (Ardmanagh), 93 (Meenvane)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : East Carbery (West) Barony: 35 (Burgatia)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 286 (Millfield - Sweeny)
- TOWNSEND, Horatio. ''Statistical survey of the county of Cork...'' Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1810: 343
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.271
Modern printed sources
- ''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: DENNY, Rev H.L.L. The family of Limrick of Schull, Co Cork. XIII, 2nd Series (1907), 120-127