Swete
Samuel Swete of Greenville, county Cork, (originally known as Kilglass, see http://www.kilmichael.org/hisodon.htm), purchased the lands of one of the McSweeneys and died in 1733. In 1791 Benjamin Swete, youngest son of Benjamin Swete of Greenville, married Thamer Swete of Bandon. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Benjamin Swete held an estate in the parishes of Kilmichael, Inchigeelagh and Kilmurry, barony of West Muskerry, county Cork. George S. Swete of Greenville, Lissarda, county Cork, was the owner of over 3000 acres in the 1870s. In November 1877 part of the fee simple estate (1,006 acres) of George Samuel Swete in the barony of West Muskerry and his life interest in Greenville (1,889 acres) were advertised for sale. The Irish Times reported that some lots were withdrawn and some sold out of court. The purchasers on the day of sale included Messers. Lombard, Hussey and Thomas K. Sullivan. See both www.ballinacurra.com/history and http://homepage.mac.com/rc.vervoorn/swete/family/index.html for more information.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Fort Prospect (Clonakilty) | Ballinoroher | Kilnagross | Clonakilty | Kilnagross 49 | East Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W424432
OS Sheet: 122 Discovery map: 86 |
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| Greenville | Greenville | Kilmichael | Macroom | Greenville 211 | West Muskerry | Cork |
OSI Ref: W347 653
OS Sheet: 83 Discovery map: 86 |
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| Milton House (Bandon) | Knocknagarrane | Ballymodan | Bandon | Ballymodan 1 | Kinalmeaky | Cork |
OSI Ref: W470528
OS Sheet: 110 Discovery map: 86 |
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| Ballinacurra House (Kinsale) | Ballinacurra | Clontead | Kinsale | Kinsale Rural 207 | Kinsale | Cork |
OSI Ref: W616512
OS Sheet: 111 Discovery map: 87 |
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Archival sources
- Abstract of deed dated 10 October, 1735 between Jehosaphat Hulcat of Cork, and Joyce Sweet and Benjamin, her husband of Kinsale. Mentions Travers and Lucas families, 1735. Genealogical Office: Ms. 144, p. 35 ; National Library of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Swete, 6 Nov 1877, Vol 130 (5), MRGS 39/058, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Irish Tourist Association survey files, Parish of Kilmichael; Cork County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : East Carbery (East) Barony: 115 (Ballinrougher)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 135
- 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] : 435
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 211 (Greenville)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Muskerry, 89 (Greenville)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 178 & 191 (Greenville)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Kinalmeaky Barony, 16 (Knocknagarrane)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 120
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 243 (Balnacurragh)
Modern printed sources
- ''The Genealogists' Magazine'': Swete (Benjamin): of Pleasantfield, Co. Cork, 1769. Will in Society of Genealogists. Vol. XI, No. 7 (1952)
- ''Irish Times'': Landed Estates Court sale reports, 7 November 1877, p.3