O'Donovan (Kilcrohane)
The estate of Timothy O'Donovan, of O'Donovan's Cove, parishes of Durrus and Kilcrohane, amounted to almost 2000 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. The estate of the late Richard O'Donovan, MD, amounted to over 1600 acres in county Cork at the same time. Both were among the principal lessors in the parish of Kilcrohane, West Carbery, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Richard and Daniel O'Donovan held townlands in the parish of Inchigeelagh in 1851. In June 1869, over 1400 acres at Coolmountain, owned by Richard Donovan and others, was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court. The sale notice indicates that the lands were held on lease from members of the Tonson, Lords Riversdale, estate since 1832. Kathleen O'Donovan, executrix of Richard O'Donovan, offered over 1000 acres of this estate for sale in the Landed Estates Court in July 1876. The original lease, dated 1752, was between the Bishop of Clonfert, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora and William Roberts. Timothy O'Donovan had taken up the lease in 1844. The lots were sold to Messers. O'Donovan and Dalton for over £6,000.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Lodge | Tullig | Durrus | Bantry | Glanlough 29 | West Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: V888407
OS Sheet: 130 Discovery map: 88 |
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| O'Donovan's Cove | Rossnacaheragh | Kilcrohane | Bantry | Glanlough 29 | West Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: V885404
OS Sheet: 130 Discovery map: 88 |
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| Coolmountain House | Coolmountain | Inchigeelagh | Dunmanway | Coolmountain | East Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W189604
OS Sheet: 93 Discovery map: 85 |
Archival sources
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Donovan, 11 June 1869, Vol 94, MRGS 39/045, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), O’Donovan, 7 July 1876, Vol 125, MRGS 39/056, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : West Carbery (West) Barony: 54 (Rossnacaheragh), 122 (Tullig)
- 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] : 348
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 131
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I, 591 (Durrus Parish)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : East Carbery (West) Barony: 115 (Coolmountain)
Modern printed sources
- ''Irish Times'': Landed Estates Court sale notices, 8 July 1876, p.3.