Townsend (Garrycloyne Castle)
This branch of the Townsend family are descended from Richard Townsend of Pallastown, county Cork, fourth son of the Reverend Horatio Townsend and his wife Mary Hungerford. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Samuel Townsend held an estate mainly in the parish of Kilshannig, barony of Duhallow, county Cork but also in the parish of Knocktemple (Duhallow), Garrycloyne (Barretts) and in the parishes of Aglish and Donaghmore, (East Muskerry). This would appear to be Samuel Townsend of Garrycloyne Castle, Blarney, who married his cousin Frances Helena Newman in 1836. Their eldest grandson emigrated to Australia in the early 20th century. Samuel's first cousin the Reverend Philip Townsend resided at Fern Hill, parish of Kilshannig. In the 1870s Samuel's son Richard Townsend of Garrycloyne owned 3,932 acres in county Cork
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolmona Glebe House | Coolmona | Donaghmore | Macroom | Gowlane | Muskerry East | Cork |
OSI Ref: 508827
OS Sheet: 50 Discovery map: |
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| Fern Hill | Drommahane | Kilshannig | Mallow | Kilshannig 248 | Duhallow | Cork |
OSI Ref: W525 955
OS Sheet: 32 Discovery map: 80 |
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| Garrycloyne | Garrycloyne | Garrycloyne | Cork | Greenfort 73 | Barretts | Cork |
OSI Ref: W593 803
OS Sheet: 62 Discovery map: 80 |
Archival sources
- Land Judges’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Corrie, 10 June 1881, Vol 141 (38), MRGS 39/062, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Duhallow Part II, 15 (Drommahane)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 650 (Garrycloyne - John Travers), II, 208 (Bettesborough)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 136
- 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] : 449
- SMITH, Charles, M.D. ''The ancient and present state of the county and city of Cork. Containing a natural, civil, ecclesiastical, historical and topographical description thereof ''. First published 1750. This edition published Cork: John Connor, 1815: I, 302
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barretts Barony, 7 (Garrycloyne)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 193 (Garry-cloyne: Robert McCarthy)
Modern printed sources
- HAJBA, Anna-Maria. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork''. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 165-166
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 1114-1125
- ''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). X, 2nd Series (1909), 290 (Fern Hill)
- ''Jnl. of the Blarney and District Historical Society'', known as Old Blarney.: DUGGAN, J.J. Garrycloyne - Story of a townland. I (1989), 46-53