Wright (Co Cork)
In 1666 Willliam Wright was granted 839 acres in the barony of East Carbery, county Cork. The estate expanded over time but over 1400 acres was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court in February 1860. This sale included lands in the baronies of West Muskerry and West Carbery as well as Lurriga Mill. Over 700 acres, the property of Samuel Digby Wright and Henry Wilson Wright (deceased) as well as interest in Lurriga Mill, were offered for sale in the Court in October 1874. In the 1870s Digby Wright of Bandon owned 715 acres, Henry Wright of Cashefane, Durrus, and Thomas R. Wright of Clonakilty owned 1,257 acres in county Cork. The representatives of Rev. Richard Wright held over 800 acres in county Cork in the 1870s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlands (Dunmanway) | Coorycullane | Fanlobbus | Dunmanway | Dunmanway 124 | East Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W227533
OS Sheet: 107 Discovery map: 85 |
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| Lurriga House | Lurriga | Abbeystrowry | Skibbereen | Skibbereen Rural 309 | West Carbury (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W125348
OS Sheet: 141 Discovery map: 89 |
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| Lurriga Mill | Lurriga | Abbeystrowry | Skibbereen | Skibbereen Rural 309 | West Carbury (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W125349
OS Sheet: 141 Discovery map: 89 |
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| Adrigole House | Adrigole | Kilcaskan | Castletown | Adrigole 37 | Bear | Cork |
OSI Ref: V808505
OS Sheet: 116 Discovery map: 84 |
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| Beaumont | Reengarrigeen | Kilmaloda | Clonakilty | Kilmaloda East 61 | East Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W421464
OS Sheet: 122 Discovery map: 86 |
Archival sources
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Wright, 3 February 1860, Vol 58, MRGS 39/029, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Wright, 14 October 1874, Vol 116, MRGS 39/053, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Irish Tourist Association Survey Files, Parish of Adrigole. ; Cork County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : East Carbery (West) Barony: 77 (Coorycullane)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of names of proprietors and area and valuation of properties in counties in Ireland, held in fee or perpetuity or long leases at chief rents,'' 1876. (412) LXXX. 395: 61
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : West Carbery (East) barony: 18 (Lurriga)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Bear: 15 (Adrigole)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 94
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 138
- 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] : 484
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of East Carbery (East): 111 (Reengarrigeen)