Swanzy (Co Cork)
The Reverend Henry Swanzy was the eldest son of Henry Swanzy of Rockfield, county Monaghan. He was curate of Youghal in 1835 when he married Elizabeth Green of Nelson's Hill, Youghal. He was later appointed Canon of Subulter and rector of Kilshannig, county Cork. His eldest son the Reverend Henry Swanzy, rector of Castlemagner, county Cork, was a pioneering explorer in Canada with his cousin William Spotswood Green. In the 1870s the Reverend Henry Swanzy of Newberry owned 685 acres in county Cork.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Newberry House | Newberry | Kilshannig | Mallow | Kilshannig 248 | Duhallow | Cork |
OSI Ref: W515 968
OS Sheet: 32 Discovery map: 80 |
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| Clyda | Clyda | Kilshannig | Mallow | Kilshannig 248 | Duhallow | Cork |
OSI Ref: W536 974
OS Sheet: 33 Discovery map: 80 |
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Archival sources
- Miscellaneous pedigrees and genealogical notes extracted from Parish registers of Youghal and other sources. Includes data on families of Allin, Swanzy and Ball. Compiled by Rev. H. B. Swanzy. Also a list of High Sheriffs of Co. Meath 1714-1887 compiled by Rev. W. Reynell, c. 1905. Canon Leslie Collection, Ms. 2692 ; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- 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
Modern printed sources
- ''The Freeman's Journal'': 26 July 1835
- HAJBA, Anna-Maria. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork''. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 123, 228
- ''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). XXIV, 2nd Series (1918), 133-137 (Newberry House)