Shea
Jordan and O'Shea record the history of this merchant family from Cork who moved out of the city to reside at Mount Rivers, Carrigaline, in the early 19th century and then leased Britfieldstown from 1817-1834. The Sheas then resided at Gortigrenane before building their own home at Rennies on land purchased from Philip Samuel Townsend. Luke J. Shea of The Rennies, Kinsale, owned over 1700 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. He was among the principal lessors in the parish of Ballyfoyle, barony of Kinalea, at the time of Griffith's Valuation and also held land in the parish of Carrigtohill, barony of Barrymore. In March 1854 402 acres of his estate at Carrigane, barony of Barrymore, was advertised for sale.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Rennies Cottage | Ringroe | Ballyfoyle | Kinsale | Ballyfoyle 190 | Kinalea | Cork |
OSI Ref: W760520
OS Sheet: 113 Discovery map: 87 |
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| Mount Rivers (Carrigaline) | Kilnaglery | Carrigaline | Cork | Carrigaline | Kerrycurrihy | Cork |
OSI Ref: W731620
OS Sheet: 87 Discovery map: 87 |
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| Britfieldstown | Britfieldstown | Ballyfoyle | Kinsale | Ballyfoyle 190 | Kinalea | Cork |
OSI Ref: W779548
OS Sheet: 113 Discovery map: 87 |
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| Myrtleville House | Myrtleville | Templebreedy | Kinsale | Templebreedy 202 | Kerrycurrihy | Cork |
OSI Ref: W790590
OS Sheet: 99 Discovery map: 87 |
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| Gortigrenane House | Gortigrenane | Kilpatrick | Kinsale | Carrigaline 199 | Kinalea | Cork |
OSI Ref: W762571
OS Sheet: 99 Discovery map: 87 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Shea, 16 Mar 1854, Vol 26 (50), MRGS 39/011, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Shea, (premises in city of Cork), 3 May 1867, Vol 85 (6), MRGS 39/041, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Sale of Rennies, Townsend to Shea, 3 June 1833. ROD 1833.10.155; Registry of Deeds
- Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parish of Tracton; Cork County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Kinalea Barony, 12 (Ringroe)
- 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] : 410
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 134
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Ballyfoyle Parish, Vol.I, 134.
Modern printed sources
- BROWNE, McGOUGH & ROBERTS (eds). ''Tracton: where the abbey lies low''. ( Tracton, county Cork, 2007): JORDAN, Margaret & O'SHEA, Brian. The O'Sheas and Tracton. 231-245