Allen (Clashanure & Liscongill)
The Allens were Elizabethan settlers in county Cork. Richard Allen was established at Greenfield, parish of Clonfert, barony of Duhallow, by the beginning of the 18th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation his descendant, William Allen of Liscongill, held an estate in the parishes of Clonfert and Tullylease, barony of Duhallow. John Allen and others were among the principal lessors in the parish of Kilfaughnabeg, barony of East Carbery, at the same time. Some of William's family settled in Natal in the late 19th century. Richard's younger brother, Kyrle, married Susanna, daughter and heiress of Joshua Dowe of Coolroe, Ballincollig and Clashenure, Ovens, county Cork. Their descendants are still living at Clashenure. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the representatives of Kyrle Allen held land in the parish of Athnowen. Through the 1867 marriage of Alfred William Allen and Sarah Jane Philpot, the Philpot property of Mount Zephyr, Cullen, Millstreet, county Cork passed to the Allens. In November 1869 the estate of William Cocks Allen at Rowls Allen, barony of Duhallow, was advertised for sale. It was held under a lease dated 1758, Boyle Aldworth to Philip Allen for three lives renewable for ever. Property owned by William Allen was sold in the Landed Estates Court in November 1870. The purchasers were Messers. O'Callaghan and Murphy. In the 1870s Kyrle Allen of Clashanure owned 562 acres in county Cork. Other Allen family members owned similar acreages including the Reverend James Allen of Creagh, Skibbereen, (Liscongill family) 404 acres.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfield | Greenfield | Clonfert | Kanturk | Kanturk 165 | Duhallow | Cork |
OSI Ref: R363 043
OS Sheet: 23 Discovery map: 72 |
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| Liscongill | Liscongill | Clonfert | Kanturk | Newmarket 183 | Duhallow | Cork |
OSI Ref: R331 047
OS Sheet: 22 Discovery map: 72 |
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| Glenville | Bregoge | Bregoge | Mallow | Buttevant 237 | Orrery and Kilmore | Cork |
OSI Ref: R522 091
OS Sheet: 16 Discovery map: 73 |
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| Clashanure | Clashanure | Athnowen | Cork | Ovens 67 | East Muskerry | Cork |
OSI Ref: W516 717
OS Sheet: 72 Discovery map: 80 |
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| West View | Aghatubrid More | Kilfaughnabeg | Clonakilty | Kilfaughnabeg 319 | East Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W218351
OS Sheet: 142 Discovery map: 89 |
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| Chateau Marie or East View | Aghatubrid More | Kilfaughnabeg | Clonakilty | Kilfaughnabeg 319 | East Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W220353
OS Sheet: 142 Discovery map: 89 |
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| Stone Hall | Aghatubrid More | Kilfaughnabeg | Clonakilty | Kilfaughnabeg 319 | East Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W219353
OS Sheet: 142 Discovery map: 89 |
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| Glandore Cottage | Rushanes | Kilfaughnabeg | Clonakilty | Kilfaughnabeg 319 | East Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W226353
OS Sheet: 142 Discovery map: 89 |
Archival sources
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Allen, 12 Nov 1869, Vol 95 (34), MRGS 39/045, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Detailed abstracts of wills of Allen of Bettyville, of Clashenure, of Shandrum in Co. Cork and of Cork City, 1775 - 1801. GO Ms. 139, pp. 26-7 ; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Allen of Greenfield, Co. Cork, c. 1680 - 1837. GO MS 179, pp. 178-9 ; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of confirmation of arms to descendants of William Allen of Liscongill, Co. Cork, descended from Abraham Allen & to grandson of William, being James F. S. Allen, M. D., of Pietermaritzberg, Natal, Sept. 14, 1897. GO MS 110, p. 221B ; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of Capt. Philip Allen, Mayor of Cork 1800-1, descended from Abraham Allen & to the great grandson of Capt. Philip being Lt. Col. William Henry Allen, R. A. M. C. of Paynton, eldest son of Atwell Hayes Allen of Seaview, Queenstown, March 6, 1913. GO MS 111a, p.102 ; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Allen family of Cork (Leader Collection); Irish Genealogical Research Society Library
- Pedigree of Allen of Curraghair, of Greenfield, of Ballyduane, of Liscongill, of Bettyville, of Clashanure, of Ballyholahane all in Co. Cork, of America and of Natal, South Africa, c. 1580 - 1895. GO Ms. 180, pp. 533-40 ; National Library of Ireland
- British Records Association Deposit (1950) included leases of lands in barony of Duhallow from members of the Dickson & Boyle (Earl of Shannon) families to members of the Freeman, Carthy, Foote, MacGhee, Keeffe, Boyle, Purdon, Allen, Purcell, Pike, Creagh, Wrixon, Longfield, Holmes, Fitzgerald, Purdon, Trant,, Delaney, Herrick, Reilly, Leader & Barry families, 1715-1857. Small Accs. Index 102; National Archives of Ireland
- Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parish of Newmarket; Cork County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of East Muskerry, 28 (Clashanure)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Duhallow, 46 (Liscongill)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 210 (Green-field)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Orrery and Kilmore, 17 (Bregoge)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 89 (Clashenure), Vol.II, 90 (Kilaughnabeg Parish)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 116
- 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] : 6
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : East Carbery (West) Barony, 147 (Aghatubrid More), 155(Rushanes)
Modern printed sources
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 17-18
- HAJBA, Anna-Maria. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork''. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 182, 188, 241
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Allen of Clashanure Papers, No 484
- ''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: Historical and Topographical Notes, etc on Buttevant, Doneraile, Mallow and Places in their vicinity. Collected by James Grove White (c 1906). XX, 2nd Series (1914), 160-161 (Greenfield)
- ''Irish Times'': Landed Estates Court Sale reports, 16 November 1870, p.2.