Powell (West Carbery)
Burke indicates that the Powells, originally a Welsh family, inherited the O'Donovan estate at Roscarbery though the marriage of Emma Powell with The O'Donovan in 1800. There were no children of this marriage and the estate was inherited by Emma's brother Edward. He was one of the principal lessors in the parishes of Creagh and Myross, West Carbery, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In the 1870s, his son, Henry C. Powell of Bawnlahan, was the owner of over 2400 acres in county Cork.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curraghalicky | Curraghalicky | Drinagh | Skibbereen | Drinagh | West Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W225464
OS Sheet: 120 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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| Myross Cottage | Bawnlahan | Myross | Skibbereen | Castlehaven South 315 | West Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W202348
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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| Seaview Cottage | Garranafeen | Rathclarin | Bandon | Kilbrittain 11 | East Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W528439
OS Sheet: 123 Discovery map: 86 |
Archival sources
- Documents relating to the O'Donovan family and their property in barony of West Carbery, county Cork, 1619–1874; letters from Edward Powell, Baunlahan, county Cork, to his brother, including references to the famine, 1844–66. 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
- 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: 129 (Bawnlahan)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 132
- 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] : 373
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 250 (Bawnlahan)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 349 (Seaview)
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 492-493.
- ''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