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Swete
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Samuel Swete of Greenville, county Cork, (originally known as Kilglass, see http://www.kilmichael.org/hisodon.htm), purchased the lands of one of the McSweeneys and died in 1733. In 1791 Benjamin Swete, youngest son of Benjamin Swete of Greenville, married Thamer Swete of Bandon. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Benjamin Swete held an estate in the parishes of Kilmichael, Inchigeelagh and Kilmurry, barony of West Muskerry, county Cork. George S. Swete of Greenville, Lissarda, county Cork, was the owner of over 3000 acres in the 1870s. In November 1877 part of the fee simple estate (1,006 acres) of George Samuel Swete in the barony of West Muskerry and his life interest in Greenville (1,889 acres) were advertised for sale. The Irish Times reported that some lots were withdrawn and some sold out of court. The purchasers on the day of sale included Messers. Lombard, Hussey and Thomas K. Sullivan.
See both www.ballinacurra.com/history and http://homepage.mac.com/rc.vervoorn/swete/family/index.html for more information.
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