Biggs (Cork)
The representatives of Thomas Biggs, of Dunmanway, owned over 800 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. Thomas Beamish of Clashnacrina, Dunmanway was their agent at this time. The Biggs family were mill owners and were among the principal lessors in the parishes of Rathclarin and Fanlobbus, barony of East Carbery, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. .
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryborough | Clooncalla More | Rathclarin | Bandon | Rathclarin 12 | East Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W481443
OS Sheet: 126 Discovery map: 86 |
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| Garryhankardmore | Garryhankard | Knockavilly | Bandon | Brinny 3 | Kinalea | Cork |
OSI Ref: W532607
OS Sheet: 97 Discovery map: 87 |
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| Callatrim Retreat/Callatrim House | Callatrim | Kilbrogan | Bandon | Kilbrogan 4 | Kinalmeaky | Cork |
OSI Ref: W483568
OS Sheet: 96, 110 Discovery map: 86 |
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| Cloonties House | Cloonties East | Fanlobbus | Dunmanway | Milane 126 | East Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W213504
OS Sheet: 107 Discovery map: 85 |
Archival sources
- Detailed abstracts of wills of Beggs, clothiers of Bandon, 1771. Genealogical Office: Ms.139, p.77 ; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Biggs family of county Cork (Leader Collection); Irish Genealogical Research Society Library
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : East Carbery (East) Barony: 126 (Clooncalla More)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 118
- 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] : 34
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Kinalea Barony, 56 (Garryhankard)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.II, 238 (Knockavilly Parish)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Kinalmeaky, 27 (Callatrim)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : East Carbery (West) Barony: 75 (Cloonties East)
Modern printed sources
- ''Bandon Historical Journal'': HAMILTON, Padraig. "Governor" Thomas Biggs, c.1750-1824: woollen proprietor, miller and provost. no.11 (1995), pp.23-34.