Atkins (Carrigaline & Queenstown)
Robert Atkins of Waterpark, Carrigaline, county Cork, Sheriff of Cork in 1722 was a relative of Robert Atkins of Firville. He had two daughters. The eldest, Margaret, married Colonel Warham St Leger. Their son, Robert, eventually succeeded to Waterpark and took the name Atkins. Berkeley estimates that the Atkins inherited about 1,000 acres of the Lavallin estate. Robert's great grandson, Robert St. Leger Atkins, was the owner of over 1600 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. He was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Carrigaline and Whitechurch at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Walter Atkins also held land in the parishes of Clonpriest and Carrigaline.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterpark | Carrigaline Middle | Carrigaline | Cork | Carrigaline | Kerrycurrihy | Cork |
OSI Ref: W733627
OS Sheet: 87 Discovery map: 87 |
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| Carrigaline B | Carrigaline Middle | Carrigaline | Cork | Carrigaline | Kerrycurrihy | Cork |
OSI Ref:
OS Sheet: 87 Discovery map: 87 |
Archival sources
- Pedigree of Atkins family of Cork (Leader Collection); Irish Genealogical Research Society Library
- Abstracts of wills & other documents re Lysaght, Royse, Davis, Honan, Atkins & other families, 17th-19th centuries. Dr E. MacLysaght Collection, Small Accessions Index 52, T.1696, Co.1014, M.372 ; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Kerrycurrihy Barony, 18 (Carrigaline Middle)
- 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] : 13
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 116
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, John. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoing territorial possessions or high office; but uninvested with heritable honours''. London: Henry Colburn, 1836-1838: IV, 570
- ''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: BERKELEY, George. History of the Lavallins. XXX, 2nd Series (1925), 10-15, 75-83 & XXX1, 2nd Series (1926), 36-43, 53-59
- WALFORD, Edward. 'The County families of the United Kingdom''. London: Chatto and Windus, 1885): p.34