Evans (Carker)
The Evans family first settled in county Limerick but through marriage with Bridget Green of Carker, parish of Doneraile, county Cork, they inherited that property. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Nicholas and Ralph Evans held at least eight townlands in the parish of Doneraile. Ralph was the eldest son of Nicholas Green Evans and Anne, daughter of Ralph Westropp of Attyflin, county Limerick. In 1818 he married his cousin, Henrietta Louisa Westropp, and died in 1864. In the 1870s his son, John Westropp Evans, owned 2,392 acres in county Cork.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Carker | Carker | Doneraile | Mallow | Skahanagh 244 | Fermoy | Cork |
OSI Ref: R628 089
OS Sheet: 17 Discovery map: 73 |
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| Lissa | Carkerbeg | Doneraile | Mallow | Doneraile 242 | Fermoy | Cork |
OSI Ref: R625 088
OS Sheet: 17 Discovery map: 73 |
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| Newtown Park | Carkerbeg | Doneraile | Mallow | Doneraile 242 | Fermoy | Cork |
OSI Ref: R625 087
OS Sheet: 17 Discovery map: 73 |
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| Ballyshara | Skahanagh More | Doneraile | Mallow | Skahanagh 244 | Fermoy | Cork |
OSI Ref: R634 104
OS Sheet: 18 Discovery map: 73 |
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| Oldtown House (Fermoy) | Carrigaunroe | Templeroan | Mallow | Shanballymore 243 | Fermoy | Cork |
OSI Ref: R670 068
OS Sheet: 26 Discovery map: 73 |
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Archival sources
- Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parish of Doneraile; Cork County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Fermoy Barony, 54 (Carker & Carkerbeg), 71 (Skahanagh More), 179 (Carrigaunroe)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 478 (Carker-Evans, Lissa - Croker), II, 614 (Old Town)
- 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] : 149
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 122
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 55 (Ballysheera)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 242 (Carker)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 233 (Carker)
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 171-172
- HAJBA, Anna-Maria. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork''. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 68, 97, 247, 285, 290
- ''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), 21-28 (Carker) & XXIV, 2nd Series (1918), 139-141 (Newtown)& 149-151 (Oldtown)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Evans Papers (from 1741), the property of Mr. A. H. Jones, Doneraile, relating to the Evans family and to lands in Co. Cork. No. 55
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 56 (Carker)