Forster/Foster (Ballymaloe & Garrettstown)
Property at Ballymallowmore [Ballymaloe] and Parkylissig, barony of Imokilly, county Cork, was originally leased to Abraham Forster [Collector of Cork excise] by Richard Longfield in May 1790. The lease was renewed in 1841 to Abraham Thomas Forster. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Abraham Foster held land in the parishes of Cloyne, Middleton and Titeskin, barony of Imokilly, county Cork. In the 1870s Abraham T. Forster of Garretstown, Ballinspittle, is recorded as owning 1,578 acres in county Cork. 135 acres, the property of Robert Forster, at Carriganass, barony of East Carbery, were offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court in July 1865 but the sale was adjourned due to insufficient bidding.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Ballymaloe | Ballymaloe More | Kilmahon | Middleton | Ightermurragh 262 | Imokilly | Cork |
OSI Ref: W948 680
OS Sheet: 89 Discovery map: 81 |
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| Garrettstown | Garrettstown | Templetrine | Kinsale | Laherne 206 | Courceys | Cork |
OSI Ref: W588446
OS Sheet: 124, 137 Discovery map: 87 |
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Contemporary printed sources
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 168 (Ballymaloe)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 123
- 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] : 166
Modern printed sources
- Ó LOINGSIGH, Pádraig (ed). ''The Book of Cloyne''. [Cloyne Historical and Archaeological Society], 2nd edition, [1994] : 177-182
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 24 (Ballymaloe)
- ''Irish Times'': Landed Estates Court sales, 7 July 1865, p.4