Cramer (Kinsale)
A family of German extract who came to Ireland in the reign of James I. Originally settled in county Kilkenny but moved to county Cork in the early 18th century. Marmaduke Cramer was the owner of over 1400 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. He was among the principal lessors in the parish of Ringcurran at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathmore House (Kinsale) | Rathmore | Ringcurran | Kinsale | Kinsale Rural 207 | Kinsale | Cork |
OSI Ref: W678495
OS Sheet: 125 Discovery map: 87 |
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| Ballylanigan (Cramer) | Ballylanigan (Cramer) | Kilvemnon | Callan | Kilvemnon 25 | Slievardagh | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S351 381
OS Sheet: 63 Discovery map: 67 |
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| Ballindinis | Ballindinis | Mogeely | Middleton | Ightermurragh 262 | Imokilly | Cork |
OSI Ref: W982745
OS Sheet: 77 Discovery map: 81 |
Archival sources
- Bourke Presentation (1934), includes patent granting fairs & markets at Ballengarrydown, Co Limerick to John James Marmaduke Coghill Cramer, 1771. C688; National Archives of Ireland
- Bargain and sale for ever by Marmaduke Cramer, Rathmore, Co. Cork to Theophilus Bolton, Dublin City of specified lands in King’s Co and Co. Tipperary, 8 Oct. 1803. 99/56/10/3/9 ; National Archives of Ireland
- Detailed abstracts of wills of Cramer of Rathmore, Co. Cork, of town of Newry, and of City of Dublin, 1739 - 1817. GO Ms.139, pp.230-1 ; National Library of Ireland
- Wages book, mainly for servants, of Coghill Cramer, 1779-91. Tisdall Papers Microfilm P4692 ; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Kinsale Barony, 52 (Rathmore)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 120
- 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] : 105
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 218 (Ballylanigan)
Modern printed sources
- ''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: A genealogical note on the family of Cramer or Coghill. From materials collected by Bertram C.A. Windle. XVI, 2nd Series (1910), 66-81
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 115