O'Donovan (East Carbery)
Daniel Donovan or his representatives were among the principal lessors in the parishes of Rathbarry & Ross, barony of Ibane & Barryroe and Caheragh, barony of West Carbery, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Richard and Frances Donovan held townlands in the parishes of Kilfaughnabeg and Ross, barony of East Carbery and Drinagh, West Carbery, at the same time. Lands at Ballygroman Upper, barony of East Carbery, partially owned by Richard Donovan and Cornelius Swiney, were offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in December 1854. They were purchased in trust by Messers. Mayne and Richard Martin. Over 600 acres in Kilfaughnabeg parish, owned by John, James and Rickard [O']Donovan was offered for sale in the Landed Estates court in November 1863. The representatives of Daniel O'Donovan of Warransbrook, Enniskeane, owned 1,220 acres in county Cork in the 1870s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrensbrook | Curraghcrowly East | Ballymoney | Dunmanway | Ballymoney 113 | East Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W361536
OS Sheet: 109 Discovery map: 86 |
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| Abbey Cottage | Abbeystrowry | Abbeystrowry | Skibbereen | Skibbereen Rural 309 | West Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W100340
OS Sheet: 141 Discovery map: 88 |
Archival sources
- Copy of confirmation of arms and supporters to Brigadier Morgan John O'Donovan, son of Col. Morgan William O'Donovan of Lissard, Skibbereen, Co. Cork, descended from Daniel O'Donovan of Castle Donovan, Nov. 2, 1945. Genealogical Office: Ms.111g, fol.18 ; National Library of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Donovan & Swiney, 15 December 1854, Vol 32, MRGS 39/015, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), O’Donovan, 19 November 1863, Vol 70, MRGS 39/035, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : East Carbery (East) Barony: 25 (Curraghcrowly East)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of West Carbery (East): 1 (Abbey Cottage)
- 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] : 348
Modern printed sources
- ''Freeman's Journal'': Incumbered Estates Court sale reports, 16 December 1854, p.4.