Barry (Castle Cor)
In 1754 Richard Barry married Mary Norton and their son Colonel Richard Barry purchased the Castle Cor estate from the Deane Freemans in the early 1850s. He married a sister of the 1st Viscount Guillamore and had a son, William Norton Barry. In the 1870s William N. Barry owned 1,023 acres in county Cork. By his second wife, Elizabeth Wrixon Becher, William Norton Barry had a son, William Norton Barry, who married his cousin, Adelaide Wrixon Becher. He died in 1935 and she died in 1959. Her nephew Hope Murray inherited Castle Cor.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlecor | Castlecor Demesne | Kilbrin | Kanturk | Castlecor 160 | Duhallow | Cork |
OSI Ref: R445 067
OS Sheet: 24 Discovery map: 73 |
Archival sources
- Irish Tourist Association survey files, Parish of Ballyclogh; Cork County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 117
- 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] : 23
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 237
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxiv, 218
Modern printed sources
- PINE, L.G. (ed). ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. 4th ed. London: Burke's Peerage, 1958.: 57
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 65
- HOWARD, Joseph Jackson and CRISP, Frederick Arthur (eds). ''Visitation of Ireland''. Baltimore: reprint by Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 1973: Barry of Castle Cor, Co Cork. VI, 66
- WALFORD, Edward. 'The County families of the United Kingdom''. London: Chatto and Windus, 1885): p.57