Townsend (Whitehall)
The Townsend family in west Cork are descended from Colonel Richard Townsend, an officer in the Cromwellian army. His grandson, Samuel Townsend, settled on the Whitehall estate in the 1690s, after it had been forfeited by his cousin James Coppinger. In the 1870s Samuel Richard Townsend owned over 700 acres in county Cork. The property continued in the family's ownership until the twentieth century. See Townsend Family Records at http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~townsend/tree/houses.php#whitehall
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehall | Whitehall | Aghadown | Skibbereen | Aghadown South 313 | West Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W019301
OS Sheet: 149 Discovery map: 88 |
| Ballymana House | Lisbealad West | Drinagh | Dunmanway | Dunmanway 123 | East Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W236485
OS Sheet: 121 Discovery map: 89 |
| Ballyhalwick House | Ballyhalwick | Fanlobus | Dunmanway | Dunmanway 124 | East Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W245530
OS Sheet: 108 Discovery map: 86 |
| Derreeny House | Derreeny | Caheragh | Skibbereen | Woodfort 311 | West Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W121403
OS Sheet: Discovery map: |
Archival sources
- Irish Tourist Association files, Parish of Aughadown; Cork County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : : East Carbery (West) Barony: 68 (Lisbealad), 71 (Ballyhalwick)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : West Carbery (West) Barony: 21 (Derreeny)
- 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] : 449
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 249
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of West Carbury (East): 42 (Whitehall)