Foote/Foott (Millfort & Carrigacunna)
The Foote family were living in county Cork by the early 18th century. Burke's ''Landed Gentry of Ireland'' (1904) records three brothers Richard of Millford, Thomas of Springfort and Wade. In 1771 Richard Foott of Millford married Mary Baldwin and had three sons, George of Millford, Henry B. of Carrigacunna Castle and Edward of Gortmore. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Henry B. Foote held land in the parish of Monanimy, barony of Fermoy, county Cork. In the 1870s Henry B. Foot of Carrigacunna Castle owned 3,171 acres in county Cork. Lands in the baronies of Fermoy and East Carbery, the property of James Foott, were offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in 1852. Details of Springfort House, with an accompanying lithograph, are included in the sale notice of August 1852.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millfort | Kilvealaton West | Kilshannig | Mallow | Kilshannig 248 | Duhallow | Cork |
OSI Ref: W522 974
OS Sheet: 32 Discovery map: 80 |
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| Springfort Hall | Baltydaniel East | Caherduggan | Mallow | Kilcummer 131 | Fermoy | Cork |
OSI Ref: R551 038
OS Sheet: 25 Discovery map: 73 |
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| Carrigacunna Castle | Carrigacunna | Monanimy | Mallow | Monanimy 254 | Fermoy | Cork |
OSI Ref: R650 001
OS Sheet: 34 Discovery map: 73 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Foot, 2 Apr 1852, Vol 14 (34), MRGS 39/006, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Foott, 5 August 1852, Vol 18, MRGS 39/008, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- British Records Association Deposit (1950) included leases of lands in barony of Duhallow from members of the Dickson & Boyle (Earl of Shannon) families to members of the Freeman, Carthy, Foote, MacGhee, Keeffe, Boyle, Purdon, Allen, Purcell, Pike, Creagh, Wrixon, Longfield, Holmes, Fitzgerald, Purdon, Trant,, Delaney, Herrick, Reilly, Leader & Barry families, 1715-1857. Small Accs. Index 102; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 59 (Baltidanniel), 182 (Millford)
- TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 182 (Millfort)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Duhallow Barony, 27 (Kilveadon West)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 123
- 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] : 165
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Fermoy Barony, 21 (Baltydaniel East), 155 (Carrigacunna)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 240 (Springfort), II, 208 (Millfort), 384-385 (Carrigacunna)
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxiv, 276
- TOWNSEND, Horatio. ''Statistical survey of the county of Cork...'' Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1810: 520 (Carrigacume)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 242 (Carrigacunna)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 234 (Ballidonnel [Springfort]) 236 (Millfort)
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: I, 659
- HAJBA, Anna-Maria. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork''. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 98, 262, 336
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 196-197
- ''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). XVII, 2nd Series (1911), 35-42 (Carrigacunna)
- ''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). XV, 2nd Series (1909), 275 (Baltydaniel)
- ''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). XXIII, 2nd Series (1917), 93-95 (Millfort)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Foott Papers (from 1692), the property of Mr. G. Foott, Newbury House, Mallow, relating to the Foott family and to lands in Co. Cork. No. 86
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 58 (Carrigacunna)
- LYONS, Mary C. ''Illustrated Incumbered Estates, Ireland, 1850-1905.'' Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1993. : 37-38 (Springfort)