Smith (Blossomfort)
Hajba writes that Richard Smith was agent to the Longfields of Longueville, county Cork, and that he first resided at Assolas and later at Blossomfort. He married Frances Finch of Clonmacken, county Limerick and they had a large family. At the end of the 19th century their eldest son Captain Richard Fitzherbert Smith lived at Clydaville for a time. Richard Smith was killed by a horse at a fair in 1877. In the 1870s he is recorded as owning 890 acres in county Cork. It is not established if he was related to the J. Smith who was living at Blossomfort in 1837.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blossomfort | Blossomfort | Ballyclogh | Mallow | Kilmaclenine 235 | Orrery and Kilmore | Cork |
OSI Ref: R491 011
OS Sheet: 24 Discovery map: 73 |
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| Assolas | Assolas | Castlemagner | Kanturk | Greenane 164 | Duhallow | Cork |
OSI Ref: R427 028
OS Sheet: 23 Discovery map: 73 |
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| Clydaville | Clydaville | Kilshannig | Mallow | Kilshannig 248 | Duhallow | Cork |
OSI Ref: W537 972
OS Sheet: 33 Discovery map: 80 |
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Duhallow, 1 (Assolas)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 129 (Blossomfort)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 134
- 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] : 416