Phayre/Phaire
The Phaires or Phayres of Cork are descended from Colonel Robert Phaire, a Cromwellian soldier and Governor of Cork who died in 1682 possessed of estates in counties Cork, Wexford and Tipperary. His son Onesiphorus Phaire resided at Grange. Successive generations of family members named Onesiphourus and Robert continued to occupy Grange in the 18th century. The Phaire family were related to the Farmers, Purdons, Herberts and Chinnerys. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Edward Phayre held 3 townlands in the parish of Clonmult, barony of Barrymore, county Cork, while Edmund Phayre held land in the parish of Carrigtohill, barony of Barrymore and Robert Phayre held land in the parishes of Clonmeen and Roskeen, barony of Duhallow, county Cork. Lewis refers to the Pallis estate of R. Phayre in 1837. In the 1870s Robert Phayre of England owned 915 acres in the county. William P. Phair and Mary Eliza Phair were involved in the paper millling business and held mills in the Glanmire locality.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonmult | Clonmult | Clonmult | Middleton | Clonmult 274 | Barrymore | Cork |
OSI Ref: W928 838
OS Sheet: 55 Discovery map: 81 |
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| Brooklodge House | Ballyvisteale Demesne | Ballydeloher | Cork | Caherlag 107 | Barrymore | Cork |
OSI Ref: W755 759
OS Sheet: 80 Discovery map: 64 |
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| Grange (Athnowen) | Grange | Athnowen | Bandon | Ballygroman 18 | East Muskerry | Cork |
OSI Ref: W562 688
OS Sheet: 85 Discovery map: 86 |
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 132
- 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] : 366
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barrymore Barony, 5, (Ballyvisteale Demesne), 169 (Clonmult)
- SMITH, Charles, M.D. ''The ancient and present state of the county and city of Cork. Containing a natural, civil, ecclesiastical, historical and topographical description thereof ''. First published 1750. This edition published Cork: John Connor, 1815: I, 205 (Grange)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 529 (Pallis)
Modern printed sources
- ''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: Colonel Phaire the Regicide. XX, 2nd Series (1914), 146-150, 199-203 & XXI, 2nd Series (1915), 46-49 & XXX, 2nd Series (1925), 20-26 & XXXI, 2nd Series (1926), 31-36, 78-85 & XXXII, 2nd Series (1927), 24-32
- ''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: WELPLY, W.H. The Art and Mystery of Brewing (in Cork). [includes Phaire family tree]. LXII, 2nd Series (1957), 102-110