Somerville
Burke's ''Irish Family Records'' indicates that the first of this family to settle in Cork was Rev. William Somerville, who allegedly fled persecution in Scotland in the 1690s. Col. Thomas Somerville of Drishane, Skibbereen, owned over 450 acres in county Cork in the 1870s while other members of the family owned similar amounts. Thomas Somerville was among the principal lessors in the parish of Castlehaven at the time of Griffith's Valuation while Elizabeth Somerville held townlands in the parish of Skull at the same time.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Point House/Cosheen | Castletownsend | Castlehaven | Skibbereen | Castlehaven North 317 | West Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W184310
OS Sheet: 142 Discovery map: 89 |
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| Laputa/Glen Barrahane | Castletownsend | Castlehaven | Skibbereen | Castlehaven North 317 | West Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W183310
OS Sheet: 142 Discovery map: 89 |
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| Mall Cottage/House | Castletownsend | Castlehaven | Skibbereen | Castlehaven North 317 | West Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W184312
OS Sheet: 142 Discovery map: 89 |
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| Drishane | Drishane | Castlehaven | Skibbereen | Castlehaven South 315 | West Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W180308
OS Sheet: 142 Discovery map: 89 |
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| Rock Cottage | Bawnlahan | Myross | Skibbereen | Castlehaven South 315 | West Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W204346
OS Sheet: 142 Discovery map: 89 |
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| Lissacaha Cottage | Lissacaha North | Skull | Skull | Dunmanus 324 | West Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: V869330
OS Sheet: 139 Discovery map: 88 |
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| Stone Hall | Aghatubrid More | Kilfaughnabeg | Clonakilty | Kilfaughnabeg 319 | East Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W219353
OS Sheet: 142 Discovery map: 89 |
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| Kingston House (Galway) | Rahoon | Rahoon | Galway | Galway Rural 45 | Galway | Galway |
OSI Ref: M268246
OS Sheet: 94 Discovery map: 45 |
Archival sources
- Somerville Family: Records of the Somerville and allied families by B. A. Somerville, 1870, including Somervilles of Castlehaven and Drishane Co.Cork, Cookstown, Co. Dublin, Somerville, Co. Meath. With later additions. Microfilm P 2347; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of Thomas Somerville of Castle Halkett in Co. Cork and to his grandson, Thomas Somerville of Drishane, Co. Cork, son of Thomas Townsend Somerville of Drishane, May 30, 1861. GO MS 108, pp.372-3 ; National Library of Ireland
- Somerville and Ross Papers. MSS17; Queen's University (Belfast) Library Archives
- Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parish of Castlehaven; Cork County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : West Carbery (East) Barony: 49 (Castletownsend), 53 (Drishane), 129 (Bawnlahan)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 134
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I, 297 Castlehaven Parish, Vol.II, 416-7 (Myross Parish)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : West Carbery (West) Barony: 92 (Lissacaha North)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 249 (Drishane), 251 (Lissacaha)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : East Carbery (West), 147 (Kilfaughnabeg)
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxvi, 161 (Drishane)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Galway Union, 55 (Rahoon)
Modern printed sources
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 1041-1043
- ''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: The Somervilles and their connexions in Cork. XLVII, 2nd Series (1942), 30-33
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Somerville Papers (from 1687), the property of Brig. D. H. Somerville, Drishane, Skibbereen, relating to the Somerville family and to lands in Co. Cork. No. 143
- LEWIS, Gifford. ''Somerville and Ross: the world of the Irish R.M.'' Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1987. : All
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': CHARLES-EDWARDS, G. The descent of the Somervilles of Drishane, county Cork. V (1979), 704-709.
- SOMERVILLE, Edith Oenone & SOMERVILLE, Boyle Townshend (compilers). ''Records of the Somerville Family of Castlehaven and Drishane, from 1174-1904.'' Cork: 1940: All
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': EDWARDS, Gifford Charles. The descent of the Somervilles of Drishane, County Cork, from the Scottish line of Somerville. V (1974-1979), 704-709
- LYONS, Mary C. ''Illustrated Incumbered Estates, Ireland, 1850-1905.'' Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1993. : 36-37 (Castlehaven)
- ''In the Shadow of the Steeple: journal of the Tullaherin Heritage Society'': MURPHY, William. Edith Somerville in Thomastown. IX (2006), pp.184-189.
- ''Skibbereen & District Historical Society Journal'': LACEY, Brian. Admiral Boyle Somerville: archaeologist and pioneering archeoastronomer. VII (2011), pp.97-108.
- O'HEA O'KEEFFE, Jane. ''Voices from the great houses: Cork and Kerry''. (Cork: Mercier Press, 2013): 105-115
- ''Skibbereen & District Historical Society Journal'': LANE, Padraig G. Somerville and Ross's West Cork: an image in fiction of land struggle and rural society. VIII (2012), pp.30-40.
- HICKS, David. ''Irish country houses: portraits & painters''. Cork: The Collins Press, 2014. : pp.120-133