Corker
Family history sources suggest the Corkers were originally a Lancashire family. Thomas Corker purchased or leased property in the Inishannon area from the Earl of Cork (later the Duke of Devonshire)'s estate in the early eighteenth century. In 1850 the rental of lands in the barony of East Carbery, the property of Chambre Corker, was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. James Corker was one of the principal lessors in the parish of Inishannon, barony of East Carbery, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In the 1870s, Mrs. Corker of Inishannon owned over 160 acres, while the representatives of John Corker were proprietors of 300 acres in county Cork.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Cor Castle | Ardnaclug | Inishannon | Bandon | Inishannon 6 | East Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W538571
OS Sheet: 97 Discovery map: 86 or 87 |
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| Belmont (Inishannon) | Ardnaclug | Inishannon | Bandon | Inishannon 6 | East Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W536573
OS Sheet: 97 Discovery map: 86 or 87 |
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| Downdaniel | Skevanish | Inishannon | Bandon | Inishannon 6 | East Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W531576
OS Sheet: 97 Discovery map: 86 |
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| Firgrove | Skevanish | Inishannon | Bandon | Inishannon 6 | East Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W540573
OS Sheet: 97 Discovery map: 86 |
Archival sources
- Pedigree of Corker of Dublin and Upper Lota and Downdaniel, Co. Cork, c.1700 -- c.1820. Genealogical Office: Ms.173, p.57 ; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Corker of Monkstown, Co. Dublin, and Upper Lota, Co. Cork, c.1670 -- c.1800. Ms.177, pp.153-4; National Library of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates Court Rentals (O'Brien), Corker, 11 June 1850, Vol 1, MRGS 39/001, (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: 61 (Ardnaclug), 64 (Skevanish)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 130
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of names of proprietors and area and valuation of properties in counties in Ireland, held in fee or perpetuity or long leases at chief rents,'' 1876. (412) LXXX. 395: 61
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.II, p.21. Inishannon Parish
Modern printed sources
- ''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: DAY, Robert. Heraldry: the Corker arms. With query by D. Townshend. Ser. 1, Vol. III,(1894) pp. 153-154, p. 172
- ''Éire-Ireland'': DONNELLY, James S. Jnr. ''Big House burning in county Cork during the Irish revolution, 1920-21. XLVIII, 3 & 4, Fall-Winter (2012), pp.141-197.