Hamilton (Cork)
James Hamilton, residing in Dublin, owned over 2000 acres in county Cork in the 1870s while Rev. Hans F. Hamilton, with an address in Somerset, owned over 250 acres in county Cork as well as property in King's County. The Rev Hans Frederick Hamilton was a member of the Hamilton family of Abbotstown, near Castleknock, county Dublin. In 1669 Sir Hans Hamilton was granted lands in a number of Irish counties including 706 acres at Ballincurrigg, barony of Barrymore and 388 acres in the barony of Barretts, county Cork. Robert Hamilton was among the principal lessors in Kilbrogan parish at the time of Griffith's Valuation.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Brookpark House (Dunmanway) | Brookpark | Fanlobbus | Dunmanway | Dunmanway 124 | East Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W233523
OS Sheet: 107 Discovery map: 85 |
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Archival sources
- James Hamilton of Cos Cavan & Cork. M.5771/1-34; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 200
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 125
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : East Carbery (West) Barony: 73 (Brookpark)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 173, 175, 215, 232