Sealy (Cork)

Winthrop B. Sealy, of Barleyfield, Bandon, was the owner of over 2000 acres in county Cork in the 1870s and was among the principal lessors in the parish of Rathclarin, East Carbery barony, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. John Sealy (or Seely) was among the principal lessors in the parish of Ballymoney at the same time. Richard Sealey of Richmount held property in the parish of Ballymodan, barony of Kinalmeaky and owned over 800 acres in the 1870s. In 1854, almost 500 acres at Kilcoleman West, barony of Kinalmeaky, the property of John T.H. Sealy, were offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. Lands in the barony of Ibane and Barryroe, the property of John Sealy and John Young, were offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in April 1858. Mrs Elizabeth Sealy held land in the parish of Ballyhay, barony of Fermoy in the mid 19th century. Her representatives owned 950 acres in the 1870s.

Associated Families

Sealy (Cork)

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Ardnacrow House	Ardnacrow	Rathclarin	Bandon	Rathclarin 12	East Carbery (East)	Cork	OSI Ref: W501453 OS Sheet: 123 Discovery map: 86
Gortahorna House	Barleyfield	Rathclarin	Bandon	Rathclarin 12	East Carbery (East)	Cork	OSI Ref: W507480 OS Sheet: 123 Discovery map: 86
Burren House	Burren	Rathclarin	Bandon	Rathclarin 12	East Carbery (East)	Cork	OSI Ref: W509438 OS Sheet: 123 Discovery map: 86
Casino House	Garranereagh	Ringrone	Kinsale	Coolmain 205	East Carbery (East)	Cork	OSI Ref: W539453 OS Sheet: 124 Discovery map: 86
Ballylangy House	Ballylangy	Lislee	Clonakilty	Butlerstown 59	Ibane & Barryroe	Cork	OSI Ref: W505380 OS Sheet: 136 Discovery map: 87
Frankfort	Coolmoreen	Inishannon	Bandon	Inishannon 6	Kinalea	Cork	OSI Ref: W553565 OS Sheet: 97 Discovery map: 87
Nohaval House	Nohaval	Nohaval	Kinsale	Nohaval 194	Kinalea	Cork	OSI Ref: W728521 OS Sheet: 113 Discovery map: 87
Ummera	Ummera	Timoleague	Clonakilty	Timoleague 64	Ibane & Barryroe	Cork	OSI Ref: W474450 OS Sheet: 123 Discovery map: 89
Richmount	Clancoolbeg	Ballymodan	Bandon	Ballymodan 1	Kinalmeaky	Cork	OSI Ref: W486540 OS Sheet: 110 Discovery map: 86

Archival sources

Manuscript pedigree of Sealy of Richmount, Co. Cork, 1066 -- 1900. Genealogical Office: Ms.810, p.20 ; National Library of Ireland
Copy of grant of arms to the descendants of Charles Lewis King of Newton House, Leixlip, Co. Kildare by Jane Stawell Bernard Sealy, daughter of Capt. Sampson Stawell Sealy, son of John Sealy of Richmount and to his son, Charles Sealy King of Richmount, Co. Cork, Dec. 15, 1902. Genealogical Office: Ms.111, pp.130-1 ; National Library of Ireland
Copy of grant of crest and motto to Charles King of Richmount, Co. Cork, on his assuming under deed poll the name of Sealy King, Nov. 1, 1923. Genealogical Office: Ms.111c, fol.40 ; National Library of Ireland
Pedigree of Seely, Seilly, Scilly, Scilli and later Seeli-Armitage-Stanley, of Bandon, Co. Cork, of Ballymackey, Co. Tipperary, of Lucan (possibly Canada) and Osgoode Hall, Canada, with descent from Stanley, Armitage and Hodgins, c.1750 - 1948. Genealogical Office: Ms.182, pp.585-6 ; National Library of Ireland
Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Sealy & Young, 29 April 1858, Vol 51, MRGS 39/025, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Sealy, 26 October 1854, Vol 30, MRGS 39/013, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Sealy, (Spike Island), 10 Feb 1859, Vol 55 (12), MRGS 39/028, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
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
Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Sealy, 3 July 1868, Vol 90 (41), MRGS 39/049, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Baker, Ringwood & Gordon, solicitors' collection, includes plain copy will of Jonas Morris Sealy [of Barleyfield], 3 Aug 1836. Small Accs. Index 105, T.12,028; National Archives of Ireland
Genealogical Notes, Sealy family, Co Cork. M.5182; National Archives of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 134
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] : 408
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : East Carbery (East) Barony: 123 (Ardnacrow), 124 (Barleyfield), 125 (Burren), 138 (Garranereagh)
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Ballymodan Parish, Vol.I, 149, Rathclarin Parish, Vol.II, 490.
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 229 (Barleyfield), 230 (Burren)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ibane & Barryroe Barony, 51 (Ballylangy)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Kinalea Barony, 34 (Coolmoreen), 66 (Nohaval)
LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 384 (Ummery)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Kinalmeaky, 1 (Clancoolbeg)

Modern printed sources

BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 545
''Irish Times'': Advertisement for sale of Ballylangy in Land Judges' Court, published 10 February 1890, p.8.