Carew (Castleboro & Woodstown)

The Carews were established as landowners in counties Wexford and Waterford since the seventeenth century. Sadleir, referring to the eighteenth century, mentions Shapland Carew of Castleboro serving as MP for Waterford, 1741-1776. Robert Shapland Carew was created Baron Carew in 1834. In the 1870s His son, also Robert Shapland, owned an estate of over 20,000 acres, including over 1900 acres in county Waterford, as well as property in Queen's County and county Wexford. . At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Lord Carew was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Kilmacomb and Kill St.Nicholas, barony of Gaultiere, county Waterford.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Woodstown (Waterford)	Woodstown Lower	Kilmacomb	Waterford	Woodstown 94	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: S692058 OS Sheet: 18 Discovery map: 76
Mount Alto	Knockavelish	Killea	Waterford	Woodstown 94	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: S693044 OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 76
Knockavelish Cottage	Knockavelish	Killea	Waterford	Woodstown 94	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: S695041 OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 76
Burrow House	Woodstown Lower	Kilmacomb	Waterford	Woodstown 94	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: S696056 OS Sheet: 18 Discovery map: 76
Gaultiere Lodge	Ballyglan	Kill St. Nicholas	Waterford	Wodstown 94	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: S695050 OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 76
Ballyglan House	Ballyglan	Kill St. Nicholas	Waterford	Woodstown 94	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: S692046 OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 76
Ballyglan Whelan)	Ballyglan	Kill St. Nicholas	Waterford	Woodstown 94	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: S689045 OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 76

Archival sources

Deeds relating to the property of the Carew family in Co. Waterford, 1694-1813. D. 23,309-19: Hoey and Denning, parcel 55 ; National Archives of Ireland
Carew Papers, Collection of family papers of the Carew family of Castle Boro, Co. Wexford, 18th-19th c. ; National Archives of Ireland
1744-1859: misc family corresp and papers; Trinity College Dublin
Irish Tourist Association Survey files: Barony of Gaultier; Waterford County Library

Contemporary printed sources

''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Gaultiere: 24 (Knockavelish), 42 (Woodstown Lower),
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 173 (Waterford)
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] : 71
BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage....privy councillors and knights''. London: Harrison, 1894. : 244-245
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.II, 164 (Parish of Kilmacomb)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 197
SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxxiv, 227 (Woodstown House)
BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.77

Modern printed sources

LONGFIELD, A.K. ''The Shapland Carew papers''. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1946. : All
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: AINSWORTH, J.F. National Library Report on Private Collections, No. 185: Report on the Dobbyn and Carew Papers (from 1578), in the custody of Messrs. Dobbyn and McCoy, solicitors, Waterford, relating to the Dobbyn and Carew families and to lands in Cos. Waterford and Wexford.
''Jnl of the Waterford and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society'' : Sadlier, T.U. The county of Waterford, 1775. XVI (1913), pp.49-55.