Bennett (Coachford)
Francis Bennett, of Classes, Coachford and Greganes Manor, Roscarbery, was the owner of over 2800 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. He was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Kilmacabea, barony of West Carbery and Kilmeen and Templequinlan, barony of East Carbery, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Joseph Bennett held several townlands in the parish of Lislee, barony of Ibane & Barryroe. Over 1600 acres of Joseph Bennett's estate, held in perpetuity from the Archbishop of Dublin and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in February 1853. Bennett's tenants at the time included members of the Biggs, Tuckey and Jervois families. In April 1874 over 300 acres of George Bennett's estate at Dunworly in the barony of Ibane and Barryroe was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castle View Mill House | Ballinaroher | Templequinlan | Clonakilty | Kilnagross 49 | East Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W426448
OS Sheet: 122 Discovery map: 86 |
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| Dunworley Cottage | Dunworley | Lislee | Clonakilty | Butlerstown 59 | Ibane & Barryroe | Cork |
OSI Ref: W482369
OS Sheet: 136, 145 Discovery map: 87 |
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| Bennetts Grove | Letter | Kilmeen | Clonakilty | Rossmore 51 | East Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W358452
OS Sheet: 122 Discovery map: 89 |
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| Kilronane | Kilronane East | Fanlobbus | Dunmanway | Dunmanway 124 | East Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W253501
OS Sheet: 108 Discovery map: 86 |
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| Kilmacabea Mill | Kilmacabea | Kilmacabea | Skibbereen | Knockskagh 320 | East Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W207370
OS Sheet: 142 Discovery map: 89 |
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| Creggane House | Creggane | Ross | Clonakilty | Ross Carbery 57 | East Carbery (West) | Galway |
OSI Ref: W298353
OS Sheet: 143 Discovery map: 89 |
Archival sources
- Bennett (John): Rental of the estates of John Bennett, Co. Cork, 1770. n.3263, p.2881 ; National Library of Ireland
- Map of the estate of Bennettscourt, Co. Cork, the seat of J. H. Bennett, enlarged from the Ordnance Survey by Hodges and Smith. Folio sheet, coloured, with names of tenants, 1846. Manuscript map: 15 B. 22 (33); National Library of Ireland
- Extracts of wills of the Baldwin, Bayley, Becher, Aldworth and Bennett families, from 1619 - 1798. T. 996 ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Bennett, 22 February 1853, Vol 20, MRGS 39/009, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Bennett, 9 April 1874, Vol 113, MRGS 39/052, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Pedigree of Bennett family of county 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: 118
- 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] : 30
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : East Carbery (East) Barony: 145 (Ballinoroher)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ibane & Barryroe Barony, 61 (Dunworley)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : East Carbery (West) Barony: 25 (Letter), 102 (Kilronane East), 168 (Kilmacabea)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 68 (Bennetts Grove)
Modern printed sources
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: National Library Report on Private Collections, No. 260: Report on the Sullivan Papers (from 1707), the property of Brig. Gen. E. L. Sullivan, Glanmire House, Co. Cork, relating to the families of Copley, Browne, Bateman and Bennett, and to lands in Cos. Cork, Waterford, Kerry and Limerick.
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: I, 119
- WALFORD, Edward. 'The County families of the United Kingdom''. London: Chatto and Windus, 1885): p.76