Morris (Dunkettle)
A Welsh family descended from Captain William Morris who was granted lands in East and West Carbery, county Cork under the Acts of Settlement. Abraham Morris of Cork, merchant, bought lands in the baronies of Barrymore, Duhallow and Muskerry from the trustees of forfeited estates, 1703. Originally settled at Castle Salem, by the late 18th century Abraham Morris was established at Dunkettle near Cork city. In the 1790s he was elected Member of Parliament for county Cork in a controversial election. In 1851 his grandson Jonas Morris married Ellen only daughter of Silver Charles Oliver of Inchera. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the Morris estate was located in the parishes of Shandrum, barony of Orrery and Kilmore, Clondrohid and Drishane, barony of West Muskerry and Ballydeloher and Caherlag, barony of Barrymore. In the 1870s Richard Morris of Dunkettle owned 6,494 acres in county Cork.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunkettle | Dunkettle | Caherlag | Cork | Caherlag 107 | Barrymore | Cork |
OSI Ref: W732 729
OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 80 |
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| Richmond | Dunkettle | Caherlag | Cork | Caherlag 107 | Barrymore | Cork |
OSI Ref: W734 734
OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 80 |
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| Woodville | Dunkettle | Caherlag | Cork | Caherlag 107 | Barrymore | Cork |
OSI Ref: W730 734
OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 80 |
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| Hanover Hall | Coolaniddane | Clondrohid | Macroom | Rahalisk 228 | West Muskerry | Cork |
OSI Ref: W357 758
OS Sheet: 60 Discovery map: 79 |
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| Farm Hill | Teeveeny | Shandrum | Kanturk | Dromina 172 | Orrery and Kilmore | Cork |
OSI Ref: R453 156
OS Sheet: 7 Discovery map: 73 |
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| Teeveeny House | Teeveeny | Shandrum | Kanturk | Dromina 172 | Orrery & Kilmore | Cork |
OSI Ref: R448 162
OS Sheet: 7 Discovery map: 73 |
Archival sources
- Colthurst of Blarney estate papers, including deeds, rentals, correspondence, maps & plans, photographs & other material relating to Colthurst, Morris, Oliver, Jefferyes & other families. 1602-1960s. U196 & 196A ; Cork City and County Archives
- Memorandum relating to John Morris, 1763-1840, a director of the East India Company and possibly son of Catherine Rogers of Lota, Co. Cork, who married Charles Morris in 1765. M.6117 ; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 129
- 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] : 328
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barrymore Barony, 11 (Dunkettle)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 241 (Dunkettle)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 172 (Dunkettle)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : West Muskerry Barony, 53 (Coolaniddane)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 353, 355, 363, 384
- TOWNSEND, Horatio. ''Statistical survey of the county of Cork...'' Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1810: 589 (Dunkettle)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Orrery and Kilmore, 114 (Teeveeny)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 344 (Dunkettle)