Garde

The Gardes were originally from Kent and settled in county Cork in the mid 17th century. In the 18th century the Garde family were associated with Ballybane, Rathcannon, Polemore, Broomfield, Dunsfort and Ballindinis, county Cork. They were established at Ballynacorra by the end of the 18th century. William Garde of Broomfield and Ballynacorra died childless in 1791 and left his estates to his nephew, Thomas Garde of Ballynacorra and of Garryduff, county Waterford. Thomas Garde was attorney to the Duke of Devonshire in the late 18th century. In 1761 Thomas married Mary Anne Prendergast of Mullogh Abbey, county Tipperary and heir to her brother, Captain Henry Prendergast. Their son, Henry P. Garde, inherited Garryduffe and Ballynacorra and married Catherine Hoare of Annabella, county Cork in 1806. They had two sons, Thomas of Ballynacorra and Garryduffe and Edward of Carewswood. Their daughter, Clotilda, married Francis Rowland of Kilboy House. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the estate of Thomas Garde was located in the parishes of Youghal and Middleton, barony of Imokilly, while his nephew Thomas Hugh Garde held land in the parish of Templenacarriga, barony of Barrymore. John Davis Garde held land in the parish of Ightermurragh, barony of Imokilly. In the 1870s Thomas Garde of Ballinacurra House owned 136 acres in county Cork and 920 acres in county Waterford and Thomas H. Garde and Co of Queenstown owned 341 acres in county Cork. In November 1852 the lands of Garrymore, were advertised for sale, by Charles Sugrue, trustee of estate of Richard D. Garde the younger and John D. Garde. The Reverend Thomas William Garde was curate of the parish of Ightermurragh in 1847 and residentary preacher of Cloyne Cathedral in the 1850s. He was a son of Charles Broderick Garde and grandson of Thomas Garde of Ballindinis.

Associated Families

Garde

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Bilberry Hill	Bilberry	Inchinabacky	Middleton	Middleton Rural 268	Barrymore	Cork	OSI Ref: W910 754 OS Sheet: 65 Discovery map: 81
Carewswood	Carewswood	Ightermurragh	Middleton	Ightermurragh 262	Imokilly	Cork	OSI Ref: W972 723 OS Sheet: 77 Discovery map: 81
Ballynacorra	Ballynacorra	Midleton	Middleton	Cloyne 265	Imokilly	Cork	OSI Ref: W881 716 OS Sheet: 76 Discovery map: 81
Broomfield	Broomfield East	Middleton	Middleton	Middleton Rural 268	Imokilly	Cork	OSI Ref: W888 750 OS Sheet: 65 Discovery map: 81
Knockane	Knockane	Killeagh	Middleton	Ightermurragh 262	Imokilly	Cork	OSI Ref: W983 740 OS Sheet: 77 Discovery map: 81
Dunsfort	Dunsfort	Middleton	Middleton	Middleton Rural 268	Imokilly	Cork	OSI Ref: W906 738 OS Sheet: 76 Discovery map: 81
Loughatalia	Loughatalia	Middleton	Middleton	Cloyne 265	Imokilly	Cork	OSI Ref: W880 703 OS Sheet: 76 Discovery map: 81
Ballindinis	Ballindinis	Mogeely	Middleton	Ightermurragh 262	Imokilly	Cork	OSI Ref: W982745 OS Sheet: 77 Discovery map: 81
Garryduff House	Garryduff	Templemichael	Youghal	Templemichael 102	Coshmore & Coshbride	Waterford	OSI Ref: X060818 OS Sheet: 37 Discovery map: 81
Ballygagin	Ballygagin (Garde)	Kilrush	Dungarvan	Dungarvan Rural 20	Decies without Drum	Waterford	OSI Ref: X232931 OS Sheet: 30 Discovery map: 82
Mountbell	Mountbell	Killeagh	Youghal	Killeagh 337	Imokilly	Cork	OSI Ref: W996 755 OS Sheet: 66 Discovery map: 81

Archival sources

Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Sugrue & Garde (lands of Garrymore), 5 Nov 1852, Vol 15 (41) & Vol 18 (56), MRGS 39/007 & 39/008, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Garde, 18 Mar 1858, Vol 50 (59), MRGS 39/024, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Peterson & Garde, (Caherduggan, Ballymacsliney, Co Cork, Railstown, Co Tipperary), 20 Nov 1866, Vol 83 (35), MRGS 39/040, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Chatsworth Papers, include photocopies of letters from Thomas Garde to the Duke of Devonshire, 1790. T3158; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
A collection of abstracts of deeds concerning the Garde family of Mt. Bell, of Garrymore, of Kilegh, of Rathoalin, of Ballinacurra, of Ballyboy, of Bloomfield, of Knockanvin, of Youghal, of Evergeen, of Bilberry Hill, of City of Cork and of City of Dublin, 1780 -- 1810. Genealogical Office: Ms.144, pp.71-88 ; National Library of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barrymore Barony, 178 (Bilberry)
LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 69 (Bilberry), 22 (Ballinacurra), 253 (Knockane)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Imokilly Barony, 148 (Carewswood), 169 (Ballynacorra)
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] : 175
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 124
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 12 (Knockane), 606 (Templemichael Parish)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Coshmore & Coshbride Barony: 129 (Garryduff)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Decies without Drum: 145 (Ballygagin (Garde))
WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 346 (Bilberry Hill [Drury]), 347 (Mount-Bell, Ballynegan [Giles])
ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol. VII, Parish of Neddins, p.84

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, 704
''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: BICKERSTETH, Robert. Query concerning the parentage and pedigree of Joseph Garde, mayor of Cork in 1830. With a pedigree of the Garde family. Ser.2,V (1899), pp.200-202.
''Jnl. of the Waterford and South East of Ireland Archaeological Society''.: Sadleir, Thomas U. The county of Waterford, 1775: principal gentry. XVI (1913), pp.49-55.