Boyce
Records relating to John and Thomas Boyce and lands in county Cork are in the Lismore Estate Collection in the National Library. The Boyces rented land from the Dukes of Devonshire. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the representatives of Thomas Boyce held land in the parish of Corcomohide, barony of Orrery and Kilmore, Thomas Boyce held land in the parishes of Gortroe and Templebodan, barony of Barrymore and John Boyce held land in the parish of Rathcormack, barony of Barrymore, county Cork. In 1850, Osborne Boyce was among the principal lessors in the parish of Kilmeadan, barony of Middlethird, county Waterford. In the 1870s Captain Thomas Boyce of Charles Street, St James, London, owned 2,669 acres in county Cork as well as over 300 acres in county Waterford. John Boyce of Rome owned 939 acres in county Cork.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilmacow | Kilmacow | Mogeely | Fermoy | Curraglass 135 | Kinnatalloon | Cork |
OSI Ref: W979 934
OS Sheet: 46 Discovery map: 81 |
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| Glenmore House (Lismore) | Ballygally East | Lismore & Mocollop | Lismore | Castlerichard 55 | Coshmore & Coshbride | Waterford |
OSI Ref: W993984
OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 81 |
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| Stonehouse | Stonehouse | Kilmeadan | Waterford | Kilmeadan 70 | Middlethird | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S520112
OS Sheet: 8 Discovery map: 75 |
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| Peafield (Templemodan) | Peafield | Templebodan | Middleton | Templebodan 276 | Barrymore | Cork |
OSI Ref: W858837
OS Sheet: 54 Discovery map: 81 |
Archival sources
- Lismore Castle Papers, Collection List 129; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 118
- 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] : 48
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 243 (Kilmacow)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Coshmore & Coshbride Barony: 29 (Ballygally East)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Middlethird: 59 (Stonehouse)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 180 (239 acres in barony of Iffa and Offa, Co Tipperary to John Boyce)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 249 (Peafield [Mockler])