Orpen (Elm Park)
At the time of Griffith's Valuation John Orpen held land in the parishes of Inchigeelagh, barony of West Muskerry and Cullen, barony of Duhallow, county Cork. John Herbert Orpen was a grandson of John Herbert Orpen, sixth son of the Reverend Thomas Orpen of Killowen, county Kerry and an eminent physician of Cork city in the late 18th century. His uncle the Rev. John E. Orpen was among the principal lessors in the parish of Kilmocomoge, barony of Bantry in the mid 19th century. The Reverend John E. Orpen married Frances daughter of Richard Ashe of Coolehane and they had four sons who all died childless. Their second son Richard Ashe Orpen of Lisheens and later of Elm Park, Cork, assigned Elm Park to his nephew Richard Ashe. Richard Ashe Orpen of Elm Park, Farran, owned 2,204 acres in county Cork in the 1870s.
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flintfield House | Gortageen | Cullen | Millstreet | Keale 281 | Duhallow | Cork |
OSI Ref: W286 933
OS Sheet: 39 Discovery map: 79 |
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| Willow Brook | Cloghboola Beg | Drishane | Millstreet | Drishane 287 | West Muskerry | Cork |
OSI Ref: W277 882
OS Sheet: 48 Discovery map: 79 |
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| Lisheen House (Bantry) | Lisheen | Kilmocomoge | Bantry | Kealkill 36 | Bantry | Cork |
OSI Ref: W032555
OS Sheet: 115 Discovery map: 85 |
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| Elm Park | Garryhesty | Desertmore | Bandon | Ballygroman 18 | East Muskerry | Cork |
OSI Ref: W515 694
OS Sheet: 72 Discovery map: 80 |
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Archival sources
- Photocopied valuations of the estates of J. Barter, R.A. Orpen, Anna Perrier, Rev Somers Payne, J. Mulhollands & reps of late John Hassett, 1887-1889. 111/101(ii); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Duhallow, Part II, 6 (Gortageen)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 131
- 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] : 358
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 442 (Flintfield - Denis O'Connell), Vol.II, 165 (Kilmocomoge)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Bantry: 46 (Lisheen)