Sherlock (Cork)
At the time of Griffith's Valuation members of the Sherlock family owned land in the parishes of Ballintemple and Dangandonovan, barony of Imokilly, Dunmahon, barony of Fermoy and Kilquane, barony of Barrymore, county Cork. In February 1863 the estate of Thomas Sherlock and his wife Elizabeth Anne at Ballinvoskig, barony of Cork, was advertised for sale. In November 1864 the trustees of the will of Wright Sherlock, deceased, advertised for sale moieties of the lands of Coolqurisk, barony of Barrymore and lands in the barony of Decies within Drum, county Waterford. In the 1870s George K. Sherlock of Bandon owned 769 acres in county Cork, while William R. Sherlock and Wright Sherlock, both of Blackrock, Cork owned 300 and 284 acres respectively. Lands in the barony of Imokilly leased by Wright Sherlock to Thomas Gaggin in 1840 and to Thomas Anthony in 1857 were advertised for sale in June 1876.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Araglin Cottage | Billeragh East | Macroney | Fermoy | Gortnaskeky 145 | Condons & Clangibbon | Cork |
OSI Ref: R904 053
OS Sheet: 28 Discovery map: 74 |
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| Woodville | Ballyhoura | Imphrick | Mallow | Imprick 239 | Fermoy | Cork |
OSI Ref: R555 139
OS Sheet: 8 Discovery map: 73 |
Archival sources
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Sherlock, Bernard & Sherlock, 29 Nov 1864, Vol 74 (68), MRGS 39/037, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Sherlock, 5 Feb 1863, Vol 67 (28), MRGS 39/034, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Papers relating to property of John Sherlock at Ballyrobbin, Co. Cork. M. 5784 ; National Archives of Ireland
- Smyth of Rathcoursey, two copy documents re the lands of Ballinrostig & Barrada, barony of Imokilly, leased by the Smyths to the Sherlocks, 1749, 1860. 99/56 2 ; National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Anthony, (Ballinrostig & Barada), 27 June 1876, Vol 124 (25), MRGS 39/056, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of Wright Sherlock and to his grandson, Lt. Col. Wright Sherlock, eldest son of George Sherlock all of Barradaw, Co. Cork, which George was also of Loskerin in Co. Waterford and was married to Elizabeth Mary, daughter of Thomas Perrott of Upland, Fermoy, Oct. 1, 1890. Genealogical Office: Ms. 110, pp. 125-6 ; National Library 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: 134
- 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] : 411
Modern printed sources
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Humphreys Papers, property of Major R H Humphreys, Carrigacunna Castle, Killavullen, re Sherlock, Elliott, Hare, Clarke & Humphreys families & lands in Co Cork, 16th-19th centuries. Report No. 172
- ''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: Historical and Topographical Notes, etc on Buttevant, Doneraile, Mallow and Places in their vicinity. Collected by James Grove White (c 1906). XXVIII, 2nd Series (1922), 326-331 (Woodville, includes detailed family history of Sherlocks)