Synge (Lislee)
Sir Edward Synge was the owner of over 1000 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. He was the lessor of property in the parish of Lislee, barony of Ibane & Barryroe, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. This family was originally from England and came to Ireland in the early 17th century. A number of family members were Protestant clergymen, two became bishops. Robert Synge was created a baronet in 1801. John Millington Synge, the playwright, was connected to this family. The seat of this family is recorded as Lislee Court, Bandon.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Abstracts of the titles, and tenants' terms of tenure, of lands belonging to Edward Synge, bishop of Elphin, in cos. Cork, Tipperary and Dublin, c. 1760. Ms. 2101 ; National Library of Ireland
- Accounts of the estates of Edward Synge, successively bishop of Ferns and Elphin in counties Sligo and Roscommon, 1724 - 1753. Ms. 2174 ; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 436
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 135
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage....privy councillors and knights''. London: Harrison, 1894. : 1360-1361
Modern printed sources
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Synge Papers (from 1670), the property of Mr. C. McIver, Dalkey, Co. Dublin, now in the National Library of Ireland, relating to the Synge and Follictt families, the diary of Sir R. Synge, 1786-1836, and to lands in Cos. Cork and Galway, including rental of Sir Edward Synge's estate at Ballymacody & Ballyglassen, Co Cork, c 1830. No. 378
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: 1311-1312