Beamish (Mount Beamish)
Burke indicates that this family was a branch of that of Beamish of Kilmalooda, descended from Richard Beamish, third son of Francis Beamish and Catherine Bernard. Members of the family followed careers in the Church and in medicine during the nineteenth century.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Beamish | Boulteen | Desertserges | Bandon | Boulteen 14 | East Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W400515
OS Sheet: 109 Discovery map: 86 |
Archival sources
- Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of the Rev. Samuel Beamish of Mount Beamish, Co. Cork and to his great grandson, Capt. Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish, R. N., 4th son of Rear Admiral Henry Hamilton Beamish, R. N., son of Rev. Henry Hamilton Beamish, June 3, 1921. GO Ms.111c, fol.9 ; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of East Carbery (East): 45 (Boulteen)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I, 458 (Desertserges parish)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 294
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 31-32
- BEAMISH. R.P.''Pedigrees of family of Beamish'' Cork: [the author], 1892: All
- BEAMISH, C.T.M. (compiler). ''Beamish: a genealogical study of a family in County Cork and elsewhere''. (London: L. Humphries, 1950) : All
- WALFORD, Edward. 'The County families of the United Kingdom''. London: Chatto and Windus, 1885): p.67