Landed Estates
University of Galway

Cleary/Clery (Cork)

Thomas J. Cleary held land in the parish of Killaspugmullane, barony of Barrymore, county Cork, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In January 1866 the estate of John Thomas Clery at Ashton Grove, Ballingohig, barony of Barrymore, was advertised for sale. His brother Henry Clery was selling his share of Ashton Grove in June 1866. Under tenure in this sale rental a detailed history of the Clerys' land holding is given. By a fee farm grant dated December 1850 Henry Braddell granted the lands of Kilrossane and Ballingohig to Thomas John Clery, who by his will dated 6 February 1851 left his property divided between his six sons, John Thomas, Henry, Charles, William, George and Richard. In the 1870s William Henry Cleary of Cork owned 2,534 acres in the county.

Associated Families

Houses

Name Townland Civil Parish PLU DED Barony County Map Ref  
Ashton Grove Ballingohig Killaspugmullan Cork Riverstown 109 Barrymore Cork OSI Ref: W755 787
OS Sheet: 64
Discovery map: 80 		Photo of Ashton Grove

Archival sources

  • Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Clery, 25 Jan 1866, Vol 80 (24), 8 Mar 1866, Vol 80 (58) & 22 Nov 1866, Vol 83 (43), MRGS 39/039 & 39/040, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
  • Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Clery, 2 June 1866, Vol 80 (55), MRGS 39/039, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
  • Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Clery, (Annemount), 29 June 1858, Vol 52 (57), MRGS 39/025, (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; National Archives of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources