Woodley
This family settled in the parish of Aghabulloge, county Cork, in the mid 17th century. Anthony Woodley was granted over 160 acres in the barony of East Carbery by patent dated 1670 and the Woodley estate was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Ballymoney and Desertserges, barony of East Carbery, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The main part of Francis George Woodley's estate was centred in the parishes of Aghabulloge and Aghinagh, barony of East Muskerry. He seems to have held his estate in conjunction with Winthorp Sealy. Richard Woodley, probably an uncle of F.G. Woodley, was engaged in the legal profession and held townlands in the parishes of Kilmonoge, barony of Kinalea and Liscleary, barony of Kerrycurrihy, at the same time. Francis Woodley, of Leeds House, Macroom, owned over 3800 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. Other family members owned smaller acreages in the county.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Shanagraigue | Shanagraigue | Liscleary | Kinsale | Liscleary 201 | Kerrycurrihy | Cork |
OSI Ref: W690621
OS Sheet: 86, 98 Discovery map: 87 |
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| Leades House | Deelish | Aghabulloge | Macroom | Kilberrihert 225 | East Muskerry | Cork |
OSI Ref: W393 762
OS Sheet: 60 Discovery map: 79 |
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| Nadrid | Nadrid | Magourney | Macroom | Magourney 217 | East Muskerry | Cork |
OSI Ref: W458 718
OS Sheet: 72 Discovery map: 80 |
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| Frankfort | Frankfort | Mogeely | Fermoy | Curraglass 135 | Kinnatalloon | Cork |
OSI Ref: W963 931
OS Sheet: 46 Discovery map: 81 |
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Archival sources
- Report concerning Francis Woodley's estate, 1820, in possession of John Francis Connolly, Quarry, Leades, Aghinagh, Co Cork in 1975, see James S. Donnelly's book; Private Possession
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 482
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 139
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Kerrycurrihy Barony, 45 (Shanagraigue)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : East Muskerry Barony, 87 (Deelish)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 12 (Leeds), II, 375 (Frankfort)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 220
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Kinnatalloon Barony, 26 (Frankfort)
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxix, 122 (Leades)