O'Grady (Aghamarta)
Darby O'Grady, a younger brother of the 1st Viscount Guillamore, held land in the parishes of Ballingarry, barony of Connello Lower and Grean, barony of Coonagh, county Limerick in the early 1850s, while his son Standish D. O'Grady held land in the parishes of Askeaton, barony of Connello Lower and Kilbradan, barony of Shanid. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, the representatives of Carew O'Grady held townlands in the parishes of Carrigaline and Templebreedy, barony of Kerrycurrihy, county Cork. Ó Murchadha writes that this part of the estate was purchased by Carew O'Grady in 1824 from the estate of Lord Harberton. Standish Darby O'Grady of Aghamarta Castle owned 869 acres in county Cork and 1,111 acres in county Limerick in the 1870s. He died in 1886 leaving three daughters as his heirs.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Ballynort | Ballynort | Askeaton | Rathkeale | Iveruss 122 | Connello Lower | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R358 524
OS Sheet: 11 Discovery map: 64 |
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| Aghamarta Castle | Aghamarta | Templebreedy | Kinsale | Templebreedy 202 | Kerrycurrihy | Cork |
OSI Ref: W771607
OS Sheet: 99 Discovery map: 87 |
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Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 131, 152
- 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] : 351
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Kerrycurrihy Barony, 69 (Aghamarta)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.II, 601, Templebreedy Parish
Modern printed sources
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 2
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 456
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 913-915
- Ó MURCHADHA, Diarmuid. ''History of Crosshaven and the parish of Templebreedy''. Cork: Cork Historical Guides Committee, 1967): 33-35.