O'Brien (Aghada)
In the mid 19th century Henry O'Brien held an estate in the parishes of Aghada and Corkbeg, barony of Imokilly, county Cork. In the 1870s the representatives of Henry O'Brien of Queenstown owned 505 acres in county Cork. In 1837 Lewis records H.H. O'Brien as resident at Whitepoint House, parish of Clonmel. An estate in the barony of Decies-without-Drum, county Waterford, the property of Denis O'Brien, an insolvent, was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in May 1855. The assignees were Henry O'Brien and Henry Dennehy.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aghada | Aghada | Aghada | Middleton | Corkbeg 257 | Imokilly | Cork |
OSI Ref: W851 654
OS Sheet: 84 Discovery map: 81 |
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| Hadwell Lodge | Aghada | Aghada | Middleton | Corkbeg 257 | Imokilly | Cork |
OSI Ref: W843649
OS Sheet: 88 Discovery map: 81 |
Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), O’Brien (Waterford), 4 May 1855, Vol 34, MRGS 39/016, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Imokilly Barony, 84 (Aghada)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 12 (Aghada, Hadwell, Hadwell Lodge), 673 (Whitepoint)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 130
- 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] : 343