Evans (Ash Hill Towers)
A branch of the Evans family, Barons Carberys, descended from Thomas Evans of Miltown Castle, county Cork, Member of Parliament for Castlemartyr, who, in 1721, married Mary Waller of county Limerick. Their eldest son, Eyre of Milltown Castle, married a county Limerick heiress, Mary Williams, and their eldest son was Eyre Evans of Ash Hill Towers. Their second son, Reverend Thomas Waller Evans, was ancestor of the Evans of Knockaderry, county Limerick. Most of the estate of this family was in county Cork. In December 1858 over 900 acres in the baronies of Orrery and Kilmore, county Cork and Pubblebrien, county Limerick, part of the estate of Elystan Eyre Evans, a minor, were advertised for sale, by his guardians. Another sale of parts of E.E. Evans estate in the baronies of Orrery and Kilmore, county Cork, Coshlea, county Limerick and Granard, county Longford was advertised in June 1860. These lots were sold to Mr. Cagney and G.F. Ralph. Elystan Eyre Evans of Ash Hill Towers owned 2,148 acres in county Cork and 264 acres in county Limerick in the 1870s. Over 500 acres in counties Cork and Limerick including Ashhill Towers and demesne were advertised for sale in June 1877. The sale of many of these lots was adjourned due to insufficient bidding but some lots were sold in trust.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Ash Hill Towers | Ash Hill | St Peters and St Pauls | Kilmallock | Kilmallock 43f | Coshlea | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R602 272
OS Sheet: 47 Discovery map: 73 |
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| Milltown Castle | Milltown | Cooliney | Kilmallock | Milltown 187 | Orrery and Kilmore | Cork |
OSI Ref: R500 198
OS Sheet: 7 Discovery map: 73 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Evans & Crofton, 9 Dec 1858, Vol 54 (28), MRGS 39/027, (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Evans & Crofton, 14 June 1860, Vol 59 (41), MRGS 39/030, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Evans, 29 June 1877, Vol 128 (37 & 38) & 6 July 1878, Vol 134 (4), MRGS 39/058 & 39/060, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Pedigree of Evans of Ballygrenane, Caheraass, Bulgaden Hall, Fanningstown, Co Limerick, Barons Carbery of Portrane, Co Laois, Ash Hill Tower & Bushy Island, Co Limerick, later Evans Freke, D’Arcy Evans & Waller Evans, circa 1628-1862. GO MS 178:475-494; National Library of Ireland
- Maps of estate of Elyston C. Evans, in Cos Cork & Limerick, with tenants’ names, 1867. 21 F 123; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Evans of Ash Hill, through Burgamy, Co Longford from Rose of Morgans, circa 1700-1830. GO MS 174:7; National Library of Ireland
- Irish Tourist Association Survey file for parish of Kilmallock, barony of Coshlea, 1943. Limerick North East 22; Limerick Studies Department, Dooradoyle
- Leases by members of, the family of Evans, relating to lands at Ardglass, Killares and Lissaree in the Barony of Orrery and Kilmore Co. Cork, 1845-1868. D. 27,283-27,285 ; National Library of Ireland
- Agreement of Samuel Kingston with Thomas Evans re lands at Sheaf, barony of East Carberry, Co. Cork, 1 May, 1728. D. 26,815 ; National Library of Ireland
- Deeds re lands in Co Limerick, 1704-1816. D.20479-20510; National Archives of Ireland
- Irish Tourist Association survey files, Parish of Ballyhea; Cork County 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: 122, 148
- 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] : 150
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 13 (Ashhill)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Coshlea, 2 (Ash Hill)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: VI, 101 (Ash Hill Towers)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 172-173 (Ash Hill Towers)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 265 (Ash Hill - Weldon)
Modern printed sources
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 13
- HAJBA, Anna-Maria. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork''. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 263
- ''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: Historical and Topographical Notes, etc on Buttevant, Doneraile, Mallow and Places in their vicinity. Collected by James Grove White (c 1906). XXIII, 2nd Series (1917), 95-103 (Milltown Castle)
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: 236-237
- ''Irish Times'': Landed Estates Court sale reports, 5 June 1860. 30 June 1877, p.3