O'Grady (County Cork)
Rev. Thomas O'Grady was one of the principal lessors in the parish of Kilmoe, barony of West Carbery, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A nephew of Standish O'Grady, 1st Viscount Guillamore, he was the rector of Castetownbere at the time. His second son was Standish James O'Grady, later involved in the Irish Literary revival. His wife was Susan Doe, a member of a family holding a small estate in the Kilmoe area for many years. The representatives of Mrs Susan O'Grady owned 1,696 acres in county Cork in the 1870s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrigmanus House | Gortnacarriga | Kilmoe | Skull | Crookhaven 323 | West Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: V762274
OS Sheet: 147 Discovery map: 88 |
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| Glebe House (Killaconenagh) | Curradonohoe | Killaconenagh | Castletown | Killaconenagh 40 | Bear | Cork |
OSI Ref: V663453
OS Sheet: 115 Discovery map: 84 |
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| Crookhaven House | Crookhaven | Kilmoe | Skull | Crookhaven 323 | West Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: V802254
OS Sheet: 147 Discovery map: 88 |
Archival sources
- Papers of O’Grady of Caher Guillamore, Co Limerick, mainly concerning a legal case re the 1836 will of 1st Viscount Guillamore, 1840s. Also some documents re title of Lissinisky [Lissaniska East, barony of Glenquin] purchased by John Quillinan, a London merchant, from the Courtenay estate in 1808 & left by the 1st Viscount to his son Thomas. References to Richard O'Grady, Rathfreedagh House, 1910s. 19th-early 20th centuries. (unsorted collection) PC 772-773 ; National Library of Ireland
- Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parish of Castletownbere; Cork County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : West Carbery (West) Barony: 137 (Gortnacarriga)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Bear: 86 (Curradonohoe)
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage....privy councillors and knights''. London: Harrison, 1894. : 640-641.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 131
- 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] : 351