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Sugrue
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Charles Sugure was one of the principal lessors in the parish of Prior, barony of Iveragh, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In the 1870s his representatives owned over 4600 acres in county Kerry. In the 1830s the Ordnance Survey Name Books noted that Charles S[h]ugrue was acting as agent for James O'Connell's estate in the parish of Ballymacelligott. Charles Sugrue held propety in Cork city in the mid 19th century and members of the family became involved in commercial enterprises in the city. In the 1870s John Henry Sugrue of Fermoyle Castle owned 2,494 acres in county Kerry and 1,089 acres in county Cork while John Sugrue of London owned 1,150 acres in county Cork. John Henry Sugrue was chairman of the Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway Company in the late 19th century and died in 1893. His son Colonel James Marmaduke Sugrue married Henrietta Minhear of Raleigh, county Cork.
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