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Orpen (Killaha Castle)
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This branch of the Orpen family descend from Samuel Orpen of Woodville, county Kerry and his wife Sophia Hungerford of the Island, county Cork. Samuel was the fourth son of Richard Orpen of Ardtully, county Kerry and his wife Grace Riggs of Riggsdale, county Cork. Samuel's eldest son Richard Hungerford Orpen married in 1832 Frances Diana daughter and co heiress of the Reverend Bastable Herbert of Brewsterfield, county Kerry. In the 1870s the Orpens of Killaha Castle owned 995 acres in county Cork and 4348 acres in county Kerry.
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