Webb (Murragh)
George Webb from Cambridgeshire settled in county Laois in the mid 18th century. His eldest son, Reverend Richard Webb, was rector of Ringrone, near Kinsale, county Cork and in 1793 married Eliza Browne of Kinsale. They had two sons, Reverend Richard Webb, rector of Caheragh and also of Dunderrow, county Cork and Reverend John Beaver Webb, born 1803, rector of Dunderrow. Richard married Mary Beamish of the Mount Beamish family and in 1843 John married Maria, sister of Robert Maxwell of Islandmore, county Limerick. They had five children and he died in 1852. The Reverend J.B. Webb was among the principal lessors in the parish of Murragh, barony of Kinalmeaky, county Cork, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The Reverend J.B. Webb owned almost 700 acres in the county in the 1870s. In 1878, over 900 acres of his estate in the barony of Kinalmeaky, as well as property in the town of Kinsale, were offered for sale in the Land Judges' Court. The sale notice indicates that the lands at Newcestown, barony of Kinalmeaky, had been purchased from the Riversdale family in 1841. Over 700 acres in Kinalea barony, the property of Richard Webb, Robert Heard and members of the Green family, was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court in August 1876 and again in January 1877. Richard Webb of Kinsale is recorded as the owner of over 300 acres in county Cork in 1873 while Mrs Webb of Kinsale owned 148 acres.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunalunn or Mount Music | Bunalunn | Caheragh | Skibbereen | Woodfort 311 | West Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W124374
OS Sheet: 141 Discovery map: 89 |
Archival sources
- Land Judges’ Court Rentals (O'Brien), Webb , 5 July 1878, Vol 133, MRGS 39/060, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Michael Sweeney Papers: material relating to will and deeds of Rev. John Webb. U164; Cork City and County Archives
- Map & Survey of the Bauravilla estate of Timothy McCarthy Downing showing neighbouring townlands including Bunalunn. SM623 ; Cork City and County Archives
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Green, Heard & Webb, 30 August 1876, Vol 125, MRGS 39/057, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Green, Heard & Webb, 30 January 1877, Vol 127, MRGS 39/057, (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; 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] : 470
- 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. : Barony of West Carbery (East), 2 (Baunalunn)
- 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] : 470
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol I, 236 (Caheragh Parish), II, 515 (Ringrone Parish)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 137