Bernard

According to Burke, the first Francis Bernard settled in Ireland around the time of Elizabeth I. In 1703 Francis Bernard purchased parts of the Earl of Clancarty estate in the barony of Muskerry, including Ballytrasna. A descendent, also Francis Bernard, was created Viscount Bernard and Earl of Bandon in 1800. The Earl of Bandon's estate in county Cork amounted to almost 41,000 acres in the 1870s. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, the estate was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Skull, barony of West Carbery, Ballinadee, Ballymoney, Desertserges, Kilmaloda, Kinneigh, barony of East Carbery, Ardfield, Castleventry, Kilkerranmore, Kilmeen, Lislee and Ross, barony of Ibane and Barryroe, Liscarroll and Buttevant, barony of Orrery, Kilmore, Knockavilly, barony of Kinalea, Athnowen, barony of East Muskerry, Caherlag, Carrigtohill, barony of Barrymore and Ballymodan, barony of Kinalmeaky. A Colonel Bernard, resident in India, was the owner of over 900 acres in county Waterford in the 1870s. The Waterford estate derives from Anne Bernard, who married Robert Foulkes of Youghal in the eighteenth century but bequeathed her estate to her nephew, Stephen Bernard. Sadleir, referring to the 1770s, mentions "Barnard of Prospect Hall, lives mostly in London" and notes that Stephen Bernard was MP for Bandon, 1727-1757.

Associated Families

Bernard

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Four Mile Water Court or Durrus Court	Gearhameen	Durrus	Bantry	Durrus West 28	West Carbery (West)	Cork	OSI Ref: V929420 OS Sheet: 130 Discovery map: 88
Rock Cottage (Skull)	Barnatonicane	Skull	Skull	Dunmanus	West Carbery (West)	Cork	OSI Ref: V864339 OS Sheet: 139 Discovery map: 88
Ballymountain House	Ballymountain	Inishannon	Bandon	Knockroe 8	East Carbery (East)	Cork	OSI Ref: W533557 OS Sheet: 111 Discovery map: 86
Seaview Cottage	Garranafeen	Rathclarin	Bandon	Kilbrittain 11	East Carbery (East)	Cork	OSI Ref: W528439 OS Sheet: 123 Discovery map: 86
Currarane	Currarane	Ringrone	Kinsale	Coolmain 205	East Carbery (East)	Cork	OSI Ref: W551459 OS Sheet: 124 Discovery map: 86
Castle Bernard	Castlebernard	Ballymodan	Bandon	Ballymodan 1	Kinalmeaky	Cork	OSI Ref: W473543 OS Sheet: 110 Discovery map: 86
Altamira	Altamira	Liscarroll	Mallow	Liscarroll 240	Orrery and Kilmore	Cork	OSI Ref: R459 143 OS Sheet: 7 Discovery map: 73
Dunowen	Dunowen	Island	Clonakilty	Ardfield 52	Ibane & Barryroe	Cork	OSI Ref: W362332 OS Sheet: 144 Discovery map: 89
Springmount or Carhoo House	Carhoo	Kilgarriff	Clonakilty	Kilkerranmore 47	Ibane & Barryroe	Cork	OSI Ref: W368398 OS Sheet: 135 Discovery map: 89
Ballytrasna	Ballytrasna	Kilmurry	Macroom	Mashanaglass 212	West Muskerry	Cork	OSI Ref: W382 688 OS Sheet: 83 Discovery map: 86
Cramer's Court or Ballindeenisk	Ballindeenisk	Kilmonoge	Kinsale	Kilmonoge 192	Kinalea	Cork	OSI Ref: W669537 OS Sheet: 112 Discovery map: 87
Fort William [Kinalea]	Ballymurphy North	Knockavilly	Bandon	Ballymurphy 5	Kinalea	Cork	OSI Ref: W522646 OS Sheet: 85 Discovery map: 87
Windsor House	Killahora	Caherlag	Middleton	Carrigtohill 270	Barrymore	Cork	OSI Ref: W783 741 OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 80
Killahora House	Killahora	Caherlag	Middleton	Carrigtohill 270	Barrymore	Cork	OSI Ref: W787 737 OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 80
Toureen Lodge/Ashbourne	Johnstown	Carrigtohill	Middleton	Carrigtohill 270	Barrymore	Cork	OSI Ref: W776 733 OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 80
Johnstown House	Johnstown	Carrigtohill	Middleton	Carrigtohill 270	Barrymore	Cork	OSI Ref: W780 737 OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 80
Curravarahane House/Bernard Court	Curravarahane	Ballymodan	Bandon	Ballymodan 1	Kinalmeaky	Cork	OSI Ref: W447536 OS Sheet: 110 Discovery map: 86
Mount Bernard	Carhoon East	Kilbrogan	Bandon	Kilbrogan 4	Kinalmeaky	Cork	OSI Ref: W445551 OS Sheet: 110 Discovery map: 86
Kilbrogan Glebe	Kilbrogan	Kilbrogan	Bandon	Kilbrogan 4	Kinalmeaky	Cork	OSI Ref: W491560 OS Sheet: 96, 110 Discovery map: 86
Moyge	Moyge	Liscarroll	Mallow	Liscarroll 240	Orrery & Kilmore	Cork	OSI Ref: R472 154 OS Sheet: 7 Discovery map: 73
Lotamore House	Lotamore	Rathcooney	Cork	Rathcooney 110	Cork	Cork	OSI Ref: W720 727 OS Sheet: 74 Discovery map: 87
Clifton	Ballintemple	St Finbars	Cork	Blackrock 95	Cork	Cork	OSI Ref: W715 716 OS Sheet: 74 Discovery map: 87
Coolmain Castle	Coolmain	Ringrone	Kinsale	Coolmain 205	East Carbery (East)	Cork	OSI Ref: W542436 OS Sheet: 124 Discovery map: 86
Prospect Villa (Kinsalebeg)	Prospecthall	Kinsalebeg	Youghal	Kinsalebeg 101	Decies-within-Drum	Waterford	OSI Ref: X116781 OS Sheet: 40 Discovery map: 82

Archival sources

Earl of Bandon estate, West Cork 1700-1930. Also deeds relating to lands at Cloughdagh, barony of Muskerry & Ballycurreen, barony of Barrymore, 1784. SM641; Cork City and County Archives
Deeds etc. relating to the family of Bernard and to estates in Cos. Cork, Galway, Monaghan and Westmeath, 19th - 20th c; National Library of Ireland
Genealogical Office: Ms.176, pp.428-30 Pedigree of Bernard of Castle Bernard, Barons, Viscounts and Earls of Bandon c.1695c.1850; National Library of Ireland
Abstract of title of William Bernard to lands at Ballinamought, Cork 1854. D. 15,434 ; National Library of Ireland
Genealogical Office: Ms.3, pp.59-61 Notes on the family of Bernard, Co. Cork 1807; National Library of Ireland
Genealogical Office: Ms.170, pp.155-6 Pedigree of Bernard of Castle Mahown and Palace Ann, Co. Cork c. 1610 1820; National Library of Ireland
Ms. 21,822 Lineage of the families of Bernard, Hingston and Perceval of Co. Cork, 19th c. 1 vol., with attached commissions to Arthur Bernard and John Baldwin in the militia of East Carbery etc., Co. Cork, 1 Sept. 1702, also list of Capt. Bernard's troop, East Carbery Militia [1702?], passport for William Robinson, 18 Jul. 1859, and note on the pedigree, 19th c; National Library of Ireland
Genealogical Office: Ms.164, pp.186-8 Pedigree of Bernard, Baron Bandon, in Co. Cork 1705 -- 1793; National Library of Ireland
Detailed abstract of will of Francis Bernard of Monard, Liberties of Cork 1722. Genealogical Office: Ms. 139, p.81 ; National Library of Ireland
Indenture made between Francis Bernard & Francis Harrison with Samson Jervis for the lands of Ballindinick & Bealgooly, in the Barony of Kinalea, with folded vellum map, by Cornelius O’Neill and J. Mollowny, 1789-1791. BL/SC/B-H ; University College Cork, Boole Library Archives
Two deeds of James 2nd Earl of Bandon, 1837, 1856. IE BL/SC/CD/6 & 8; University College Cork, Boole Library Archives
Collection of Co Cork leases & other legal documents, principally relating to the Bernard family but also to members of the Gookin, Buckworth, Stammers, Sealy, Beecher, Hedges, Stepney, Champagne, Fitzgerald, Daunt, McCarthy, Sanders, Webb, Bouchier & Baldwin families, 1709-1829. IE BL/SC/CB/1-30; University College Cork, Boole Library Archives
Pedigree of Bernard family, county Cork (Leader Collection); Irish Genealogical Research Society Library
Pyne Papers, 23 deeds mainly concerning lands in Co. Cork in which members of the Pyne family were parties, other parties include members of this family, 1783-1895. D 7194-7219; National Library of Ireland
Bandon Papers including rental of Earl of Bandon's estates 1857-1861, in possession of Rev Thomas A. O'Regan, CC, Kilbrittain, Co Cork in 1975, see James S. Donnelly's book; Private Possession
Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parishes of Bandon and Kilbrittain; Cork County Library
Lease of land in Johnstown, Co. Cork from the Earl of Bandon to Robert Bury, Harmony Lodge, Co.Cork, with related map by George Sullivan, surveyor, 4 Dec 1827. Ms 592; Representative Church Body Library
Assignment of lands of Cloghduane, Co. Cork, from John Meade, Ballymartle, Co. Cork, to James Bernard, Bandon, Co. Cork, 20 Jan. 1766. Ms 594; Representative Church Body Library

Contemporary printed sources

''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : West Carbery (West) Barony: 63 (Barnatonicane), 119 (Gearhameen)
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] : 18
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 116, 118
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : East Carbery (East) Barony: 61 (Ballymountain), 128 (Garranafeen), 137 (Currarane)
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Ballymodan Parish, Vol.I, 149. Vol II, 191 (Ballytrasna), Vol.II, 238 (Knockavilly Parish), Vol I, 281 (Johnstown - Mrs Palmer), Vol I, 654 (Lotamore)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Orrery and Kilmore Barony, 77 (Altamira), 81 (Moyge)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Kinalmeaky, 1 (Castlebernard), 2 (Curravarahane), 4 (Gully),
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ibane & Barryroe Barony, 31 (Dunowen), 33 (Carhoo)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : West Muskerry Barony, 91 (Ballytrasna)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Kinalea Barony,41 (Ballindeenisk), 55 (Ballymurphy North)
TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 170 (Castle Bernard), 172
LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 97 (Castle Bernard), 390 (Windsor - Dominick Sarsfield)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barrymore Barony, 153 (Killahora), 165 (Johnstown)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Kinalmeaky, 27 (Carhoon East), 35 (Kilbrogan)
SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxiv, 134 (Castle Bernard), xxv & 301(Coolmain)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Cork Barony, 58 (Ballintemple)
BENNETT, George. ''The History of Bandon and the principal towns in the west riding of Cork''. Cork: Francis Guy, 1869. : All
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix III. Abstracts of the conveyances from the trustees of the Forfeited Estates and Interests in Ireland in 1688'.: 375, 389
PRIOR, Thomas. ''A list of the Absentees of Ireland, and the yearly value of their estates and incomes spent abroad''. 1730: 7
WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 228 (Castle-Bernard), 254 (Prospect Hall)
BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : 24

Modern printed sources

BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: 89
''Bandon Historical Journal'': CONNOLLY, Paddy. Castlemahon/Castlebernard. no.12 (1996), pp.27-35.
MARSDEN, Simon & McLAREN, Duncan. . ''In ruins: the once great houses of Ireland''. Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1997. : 22-25 (Castle Bernard)
BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 62 (Castle Bernard)
SMITH, Charles. ''The ancient and present state of the county and city of Waterford''. Third edition edited by Donald Brady. Wateford : Waterford County Council, 2008. : 44 (Prospect Hall)
DONNELLY, James S., Jr. ''The land and the people of nineteenth-century Cork''. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1975: see index
''Weekly Irish Times'': 22 Jan 1938 Castle Bernard
''Bandon Historical Journal'': MORRISSEY, Conor J. The Earl of Bandon and the burning of Castle Bernard, 1921. No.27 (2011), pp.32-43.
''Bandon Historical Journal'': MORRISSEY, Conor. The Bernards of Bandon: a county Cork landed family and their estate, 1639-1921. No.28 (2012), pp.49-65.
HICKS, David. ''Irish country houses: a chronicle of change''. Cork: The Collins Press, 2012. : 1-13
''Éire-Ireland'': DONNELLY, James S. Jnr. ''Big House burning in county Cork during the Irish revolution, 1920-21. XLVIII, 3 & 4, Fall-Winter (2012), pp.141-197.
O'HEA O'KEEFFE, Jane. ''Voices from the great houses: Cork and Kerry''. (Cork: Mercier Press, 2013): 73-81
''Jnl of the Waterford and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society'' : Sadlier, T.U. The county of Waterford, 1775. XVI (1913), pp.49-55.
WALFORD, Edward. 'The County families of the United Kingdom''. London: Chatto and Windus, 1885): p.47, p.80 (Boyle Bernard)