Williamson (Carhookeal)
At the time of Griffith's Valuation this family held land in the parishes of Garrycloyne and Grenagh, barony of Barretts, and Mallow, barony of Fermoy, county Cork. Usher Williamson was the son of Reverend Benjamin Williamson. Arthur Williamson was Usher's brother. In the 1870s the representatives of Arthur Williamson of Mallow owned 89 acres, General Williamson and Colonel John Williamson both of Carhookeal owned 660 acres between them and the representatives of John Williamson of Knuchskagh owned 520 acres in county Cork. He was among the principal lessors in the parish of Kilmacabea, barony of East Carbery, in 1852.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carhookeal | Carhookeal | Mallow | Mallow | Mallow Rural 250 | Fermoy | Cork |
OSI Ref: W560 968
OS Sheet: 33 Discovery map: 80 |
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| Summerhill | Carhookeal | Mallow | Mallow | Mallow Rural 250 | Fermoy | Cork |
OSI Ref: W563 972
OS Sheet: 33 Discovery map: 80 |
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| Old Dromore | Dromore North | Kilshannig | Kanturk | Kilshannig 248 | Duhallow | Cork |
OSI Ref: W556 936
OS Sheet: 42 Discovery map: 80 |
Archival sources
- Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parish of Mallow; Cork County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 137
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Duhallow Barony, II, 17 (Dromore North), Fermoy Barony, 130 (Carhookeal)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 208 (Upper Dromore)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 168 (Dromore)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 242 (Carhookeal)
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxxi, 249 (Old Dromore)
Modern printed sources
- HAJBA, Anna-Maria. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork''. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 110, 150-151, 341
- ''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). XXVI, 2nd Series (1920), 234-235 (Summerhill)