Oliver (Inchera & Dunkettle)
Charles Silver Oliver of Spa Hill, county Limerick and Inchera, Little Island, county Cork, was a younger brother of Richard Oliver Gascoigne of Castle Oliver. In 1805 he married Maria Elizabeth Morris of Dunkettle, county Cork and they had seven children. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Mrs Maria Oliver held land in the parish of Castlelyons, barony of Barrymore, while her son Silver C. Oliver held an estate in the parishes of Ballingaddy, Kilfyn and Particles, barony of Coshlea, county Limerick and in the parishes of Kilshannig, barony of Duhallow, Aghabulloge, Magourney, barony of East Muskerry and Little Island, barony of Barrymore, county Cork and Glenkeen, barony of Kilnamanagh Upper, county Tipperary. In the 1870s Silver C. Oliver owned 2,156 acres in county Limerick, 6,738 acres in county Cork, 849 acres in county Tipperary and 129 acres in county Kilkenny.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spa Hill | Kilfinnane | Kilfinnane | Kilmallock | Kilfinnane 37 | Coshlea | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R687 229
OS Sheet: 56 Discovery map: 73 |
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| Towermore | Towermore Upper | Castlelyons | Fermoy | Coole 139 | Barrymore | Cork |
OSI Ref: W875 955
OS Sheet: 36 Discovery map: 81 |
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| Richmond | Dunkettle | Caherlag | Cork | Caherlag 107 | Barrymore | Cork |
OSI Ref: W734 734
OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 80 |
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| Inchera | Inchera | Little Island | Cork | Caherlag 107 | Barrymore | Cork |
OSI Ref: W737 720
OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 87 |
Archival sources
- Castle Oliver Papers, records of the Oliver & Silver families of Castle Oliver & to properties in Cos Limerick, Kerry, Cork, Waterford, Leitrim & Kilkenny, including records of the Corporation of Kilmallock, 17th-19th centuries. D 18,854-19,056, MS 8482, MS 9089-9091, MS 9449-9451, MS 10,930-10,944; National Library of Ireland
- Fifteen deeds relating to property of the Oliver family in County Cork, 1697 - 1777. D. 19,011-25 ; National Library of Ireland
- Colthurst of Blarney estate papers, including deeds, rentals, correspondence, maps & plans, photographs & other material relating to Colthurst, Morris, Oliver, Jefferyes & other families. 1602-1960s. U196 & 196A ; Cork City and County Archives
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 353
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 152, 167
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: IV, 74 & 84 (Spa Hill)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barrymore Barony, 51 (Inchera), 108 (Towermore)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 301 (Towermore House), II, 290 (Sun Lodge)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 335 (Richmond), 365 (Sun Lodge)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 248 (Tormore [Connor])
Modern printed sources
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 921-924
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Oliver Papers, Report no 395
- HAJBA, Anna-Maria. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork''. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 350