Pike
This family were originally from Berkshire and came to county Cork in the early 17th century where family members became established as merchants and bankers. By the time of Griffith's Valuation Ebenezer Pike of Besborough held an estate in the parishes of Carrigaline and St Finbars, barony of Cork. In the 1870s he owned 1,175 acres in county Cork.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Besborough | Ballinure | St Finbars | Cork | Blackrock 95 | Cork | Cork |
OSI Ref: W718 702
OS Sheet: 74 Discovery map: 87 |
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| Factory Hill | Kilcoolishal | Caherlag | Cork | Caherlag 107 | Barrymore | Cork |
OSI Ref: W739 729
OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 80 |
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| Woodside | Woodside | Carrigrohanebeg | Cork | Carrigrohanebeg 66 | East Muskerry | Cork |
OSI Ref: W602 736
OS Sheet: 73 Discovery map: 80 |
Archival sources
- Deeds relating to Besborough House. 1724, 1758 & 1922. SM635; Cork City and County Archives
- British Records Association Deposit (1950) included leases of lands in barony of Duhallow from members of the Dickson & Boyle (Earl of Shannon) families to members of the Freeman, Carthy, Foote, MacGhee, Keeffe, Boyle, Purdon, Allen, Purcell, Pike, Creagh, Wrixon, Longfield, Holmes, Fitzgerald, Purdon, Trant,, Delaney, Herrick, Reilly, Leader & Barry families, 1715-1857. Small Accs. Index 102; National Archives of Ireland
- Philllimore & Co Deposit (1936) includes documents re Joseph Pike of Cork, 1708. M.377-378; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Cork Barony, 63 (Ballinure)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 208 (Besborough)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 68 (Besborough - J. Spence)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 132
- 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] : 368
- TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 167 (Bisboro - Allen)
Modern printed sources
- PINE, L.G. (ed). ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. 4th ed. London: Burke's Peerage, 1958.: 578-579
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 41
- ''Éire-Ireland'': DONNELLY, James S. Jnr. ''Big House burning in county Cork during the Irish revolution, 1920-1921''. XLVII, 3&4, Fall-Winter (2012), pp.141-197