Ussher (Cappagh & Camphire, Co Waterford)

Beverly Usher was granted 1,295 acres in the barony of Imokilly, county Cork in 1667. Sadleir refers to a later Beverley Ussher "of Canty", who, in 1750, married Melian Roach, daughter of James Roach. On 13 March 1863 an estate of 1,260 acres in the baronies of Decies without Drum, Coshmore and Coshbride, county Waterford including 271 acres at Ballinvoher, barony of Imokilly, county Cork, belonging to Arthur and John Ussher was advertised for sale. Over 1500 acres had previously been advertised in May 1854. Arthur Ussher was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Kilwatermoy, barony of Coshmore and Coshbride, and Kinsalebeg, barony of Decies-within-Drum and Dungarvan, barony of Decies-without-Drum, in 1851. Both Arthur and Christopher Ussher held townlands in the parish of Lismore and Mocollop at the same time. Richard Ussher was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Colligan and Whitechurch, barony of Decies-without-Drum. Between March 1863 and May 1864 over 8000 acres of the Ussher estate was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court. Detailed descriptions of the estate include the assertion that "there is not at present a single pauper from the entire estate in the workhouse". The Irish Times reported that the purchasers included Messers.Bushe, Fisher, Parker, Slattery, Woodroffe and the Duke of Devonshire. In 1942 the ITA suvey recorded the demense as being of about 500 acres in extent.

Associated Families

Ussher (Cappagh & Camphire, Co Waterford)

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Cappagh A	Cappagh	Whitechurch	Dungarvan	Cappagh	Decies without Drum	Waterford	OSI Ref: X170965 OS Sheet: 30 Discovery map: 82
Cappagh House	Cappagh	Whitechurch	Dungarvan	Cappagh	Decies without Drum	Waterford	OSI Ref: X180969 OS Sheet: 30 Discovery map: 82
Janeville (County Waterford)	Janeville	Kilwatermoy	Lismore	Kilwatermoy West 68	Coshmore & Coshbride	Waterford	OSI Ref: X027930 OS Sheet: 28 Discovery map: 81
Ballysaggartmore House	Ballysaggartmore	Lismore & Mocollop	Lismore	Ballysaggartmore	Coshmore & Coshbride	Waterford	OSI Ref: X007997 OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 81
Camphire House	Camphire	Lismore & Mocollop	Lismore	Drumroe 63	Coshmore & Coshbride	Waterford	OSI Ref: X092929 OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 81
Deerpark (Lismore)	Derpark	Lismore and Mocollop	Lismore	Ballysaggertmore	Coshmore & Coshbride	Waterford	OSI Ref: S016008 OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 74
Rock House (Ardmore)	Dysert	Ardmore	Youghal	Ardmore 95	Decies-within-Drum	Waterford	OSI Ref: X197773 OS Sheet: 40 Discovery map: 82
Cappagh House (Old)	Cappagh	Whitechurch	Dungarvan	Cappagh	Decies without Drum	Waterford	OSI Ref: X182968 OS Sheet: 30 Discovery map: 82
Ballintaylor	Ballintaylor Lower	Whitechurch	Dungarvan	Carriglea 17	Decies without Drum	Waterford	OSI Ref: X185921 OS Sheet: 30 Discovery map: 82

Archival sources

Leases and mortgages relating to property of the Usher family in Glenough and Cashel, Co. Tipperary and in Castletownroche, Co. Cork, 1831-45. Collis and Ward, parcel 22 ; National Archives of Ireland
S. Gordon & Son, solicitor's collection, includes papers relating to estates in Cos Cork & Waterford of the Usher family, 1711-1896. D. 18,140-18,144; M. 2263-2264. Private Accs Index 103 ; National Archives of Ireland
Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Ussher, 13 Mar 1863, Vol 67 (58a), MRGS 39/034, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Lismore Castle Papers, Collection List 129; National Library of Ireland
Papers relating to estates of the Usher family in Cos. Cork and Waterford, 1711-1896. Associated names Keily, Croker. D. 18,140-55; M. 2263-4 ; National Archives of Ireland
Copy of royal licence to Arthur Keily of Ballysaggartmore in Co. Waterford to take the name and bear the arms of Usher, Oct. 7, 1843. Genealogical Office: Ms.151, pp.464-5; National Library of Ireland
Copy of grant of arms to Arthur Keily of Ballysaggartmore in Co. Waterford on his assuming under Royal Licence and out of grateful respect for his grandmother, Sarah, daughter of Arthur Usher of Camphire, the name and arms of Usher, Oct. 26, 1843. Genealogical Office: Ms.107, pp.263-4 ; National Library of Ireland
Notes on the Ussher family with pedigree of Ussher of Camphire and Cappagh, c.1700 -- 1841. Genealogical Office: Ms.144, pp.12-14 ; National Library of Ireland
Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Ussher, 19 May 1854, Vol 28,, MRGS 39/012, (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; National Archives of Ireland
Lismore Castle Papers, include rental & other documents re sale of lands in Co Waterford in Landed Estates Court, 1863-1864. Collection List 129. MS 43,974; National Library of Ireland
Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Ussher, 13 March 1863, Vol 67, MRGS 39/034, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Ussher, 5 June 1863, Vol 68, MRGS 39/034, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Ussher, 13 November 1863, Vol 70, MRGS 39/035, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Ussher, 27 May 1864, Vol 72, MRGS 39/036 (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Irish Tourist Association Survey Files, Barony of Decies without Drum, Barony of Coshmore & Coshbride; Waterford County Library

Contemporary printed sources

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 73-74
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Coshmore & Coshbride Barony: 13 (Janeville), 35 (Ballysaggartmore), 39 (Camphire), 55 (Deerpark)
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] : 455
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 186
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 301
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Decies-within-Drum: 32 (Dysert)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Decies without Drum: 224 (Cappagh)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 294 (Cappagh)
SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxiii & 348
WRIGHT, William Ball. ''Genealogical memoirs of the Ussher family in Ireland.'' (Dublin: Sealy, Bryers & Walker, 1889). : All

Modern printed sources

MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 1154-1160
BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 613
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Power Papers (from 1629), the property of Count de la Poer, Gurteen le Poer, Kilsheelan, Co. Tipp., relating to the Power or de la Poer family, and to lands in Cos. Waterford and Tipperary. Includes reference to documents relating to the Usher family. No 14
''Analecta Hibernica'': McLYSAGHT, E.A. Ussher papers (from 1562), the property of Mr. A. Ussher, of Cappagh House, Co. Waterford, now in the Nat. Library of Ireland, relating to the Ussher family and to lands in Co. Waterford. XV (1944), pp.65-78.
''Decies: Journal of the Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society'': FEENEY, Patrick. Ballysaggart estate: evictions,famine and conspiracy. XXXVII (1984), 4-12.
SMITH, Charles. ''The ancient and present state of the county and city of Waterford''. Third edition edited by Donald Brady. Wateford : Waterford County Council, 2008. : 48 (Ballyntaylor), 49 (Cappa)
SMITH, Charles. ''The ancient and present state of the county and city of Waterford''. Third edition edited by Donald Brady. Wateford : Waterford County Council, 2008. : BRADY, Donald. Appendix III, houses mentioned by Smith. p 306.
BLAKE, Tarquin. ''Abandoned mansions of Ireland II: more portraits of forgotten stately homes'' Cork: Collins Press, 2012. : 284-291 (Ballysaggartmore)
''Irish Times'': Landed Estates Court Sales, 28 May 1864, p.4
''Jnl of the Waterford and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society'' : Sadleir, Thomas U. The county of Waterford, 1775: principal gentry. XVI (1913), pp.49-55.