Tobin (Ballincollig)
In 1835 Thomas Tobin (1807-1881), the son of a Liverpool merchant of Irish extraction, came to county Cork to manage the gunpowder mills at Ballincollig, county Cork, recently purchased from the Board of Ordnance. He married Catherine Ellis of Cumberland and they lived in the former Superintendant's House beside the mills. Thomas Tobin played an active role in the commercial and cultural life of Cork city and was knighted in 1855. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Thomas Tobin held a small estate in the vicinity of Ballincollig, barony of East Muskerry. In the 1870s he owned only 11 acres in county Cork.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oriel House | Ballincollig | Carrigrohanebeg | Cork | Ballincollig 65 | East Muskerry | Cork |
OSI Ref: W584 707
OS Sheet: 73 Discovery map: 80 |
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| Ballincollig | Ballincollig | Carrigrohane | Cork | Ballincollig | East Muskerry | Cork |
OSI Ref: W585701
OS Sheet: 73 Discovery map: 87 |
Archival sources
- Charles G. Lowden Collection, surveyor, estate agent & auctioneer, includes two sale catalogues & notice card re sale of furniture from Augrane Castle, Co Galway, seat of the Bagots & works of art from Ballincollig House, Co Cork, seat of "the late" Sir Thomas Tobin, to be sold on 7 Apr 1891. BDB17/SP3/45; Cumbria Record Office
- Pedigree of Tobin of Ballincollig, Co. Cork, c.1800 -- 1857, with descent through Garforth, Graham, Fleming, Stuart and Bruce from William I., King of England and Malcolm Cunmor, King of Scotland, 1087 -- 1857. GO Ms.178, pp.195-7 ; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : East Muskerry Barony, 35 (Ballincollig)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 136