Estate: Coppinger (Barryscourt)

Associated Families

• Coppinger (Barryscourt)
• McMahon (Clenagh)
• O'Connell (Barryscourt)

Description

At the time of Griffith's Valuation members of this county Cork family held land, particularly in the barony of Barrymore. The Coppingers were descended from Stephen Coppinger, Mayor of Cork, who died in 1600. In 1777 William Coppinger of Ballyvolan and Barryscourt, county Cork married his cousin Jane, sister and heiress of Donat McMahon of Clenagh, parish of Kilmaleery, barony of Bunratty Lower, county Clare and had two sons and two daughters. Thomas Henry Coppinger was also a member of this family. In the 1850s their eldest son, William Coppinger of Barryscourt, county Cork and Ballylean, county Clare, held six townlands in the parish of Killadysert, one townland in the parish of Kilfiddane, barony of Clonderalaw, county Clare and four townlands in the parish of Carrigtohill and a townland in the parishes of Caherlag, barony of Barrymore and St Annes Shandon, barony of Cork, county Cork. Over 6,800 acres in the baronies of Clonderalaw and Islands, county Clare, were advertised for sale in April 1853. The Coppingers also held some property in the Cashel locality, county Tipperary. William Coppinger died unmarried in 1862 and all his estates passed to his nephew, Morgan John O’Connell, son of Elizabeth Coppinger and John O’Connell of Grenagh, county Kerry, a brother of Daniel O’Connell of Derrynane. The Coppingers of Rossmore were a junior branch of the Barryscourt family.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Ballyleaan Lodge (H2133) Lewis records Ballylane Lodge as the residence of W. Coppinger. At the time of Griffith' s Valuation William Coppinger held in fee at Ballyleaan 142 acres, a lodge, offices and gate lodge. The property was later inherited by the O'Connell family and by marriage passed to John Charles Coppinger O'Connell (later Bianconi) in the 1870s. The mansion house valued at £41 was in the possession of John O'Connell in 1894 and in 1906. Weir writes that the house was completely demolished in 1970.	Ballyleaan	Killadysert	Killadysert	Killadysert 68	Clonderalaw	Clare	Lat/Lon: 52.68504 -9.11806 OSI Ref: R244 599 Discovery map #64. OS Sheet #59.
Ballyvolane (H3383) Hajba writes that Ballyvolane was bought by Sir Richard Pyne of Waterpark, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, from the Coppingers in the early 18th century. It remained in the possession of the Pyne family until the mid 20th century and is still occcupied. Valued at £44 at the time of Griffith's Valuation, the house was occupied by Jasper Pine who held it from Thomas, George and Henry Walker. By 1906 the mansion house at Ballyvolane was valued at £70+ and occupied by George M.Pyne. It is now run as a guesthouse by the Green family.	Ballyvolane	Britway	Fermoy	Kilcor 136	Barrymore	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.05565 -8.18663 OSI Ref: W872 893 Discovery map #81. OS Sheet #45.
High Park (H3395) Occupied by the Reverend J. W. Edgar in 1837 and by Bridget Hogan in the mid 19th century, valued at £12+ and held from William Coppinger. This house no longer exists.	Coole Lower	Castlelyons	Fermoy	Coole 139	Barrymore	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.10056 -8.19995 OSI Ref: W863 943 Discovery map #81. OS Sheet #36.
Union Lodge (H3438) This house was the residence of the Reverend William Gifford in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Hughes Martin was the occupier. He held the property from William Coppinger and the buildings were valued at £21.	Carhoo	Carrigtohill	Middleton	Carrigtohill 270	Barrymore	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.91702 -8.28780 OSI Ref: W802 739 Discovery map #81. OS Sheet #75.
Rossmore (H3446) Rossmore was a Coppinger home in the 19th century, the residence of Thomas Coppinger in 1814 and 1837. Thomas Francis Coppinger is recorded as the occupier at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the property, valued at £19, was held from Sir William Clarke.	Rossmore	Mogeesha	Middleton	Carrigtohill 270	Barrymore	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.88834 -8.25275 OSI Ref: W826 707 Discovery map #81. OS Sheet #76.
Barryscourt (H3447) Originally a seat of the Barry family, Earls of Barrymore, it had become a Coppinger home by the mid 18th century. Wilson refers to it as the seat of Mr. Coppinger in 1786 and also notes "the castle of Barry's Court". It was the residence of William Coppinger in 1814 and in the early 1850s, when it was held from Sir William Clarke and valued at £22. Following William's death in 1862 this property passed to his nephew Morgan John O'Connell. Bence Jones records it as a ruin but the original medieval castle has been refurbished and is now open to the public. In the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association survey included a description of both buildings.	Barryscourt	Carrigtohill	Middleton	Carrigtohill 270	Barrymore	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.90181 -8.25864 OSI Ref: W822 722 Discovery map #81. OS Sheet #75.
Ballincurrig (H3810) W.C. Logan occupied Ballincurrig Cottage in 1837 and William Coppinger occupied a house at Ballincurrig valued at £33 and held by him in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation.	Ballincurrig	St Finbars	Cork	Blackrock	Cork	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.88236 -8.44880 OSI Ref: W691 701 Discovery map #87. OS Sheet #74.

Archival sources

• Cork City and County Archives: Manuscript map of Templebodan, barony of Barrymore, estate of "the late" John Coppinger, April 1785. SM717
• Cork County Library: Irish Tourist Association survey files, Parish of Carrigtwohill
• James Hardiman Library, National University of Ireland, Galway: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (Dunboyne), Coppinger & O’Connell, 13 Apr 1853, Vl 4, 19-44
• Lancashire Record Office: Blundell of Little Crosby Collection, includes marriage settlement of John eldest son & heir of Stephen Coppinger of Balewolane, co. Cork., esq. & Mary daughter of Nicholas Blundell of Little Crosby, Lancashire, esq., 17 Jan. 1729/30. DDBL 55/95
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Coppinger & O’Connell, 13 Apr 1853, Vol 20 (63), MRGS 39/009, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: J.H. Montgomery & Son, Solicitor’s Collection, includes rent rolls of Coppinger estate, 1768, 1769 & 1773 & copy rent roll of Cork city estate & 2 Coppinger deeds. Small Collection Index No 88, M.1162-1164, D.12761 & 12764
• National Archives of Ireland: Rental of the estate of Maurice Copinger in the Barony of Barrymore, Co. Cork 1773. M. 1163
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Copinger, 28 Mar 1870, Vol 96 (25), MRGS 39/046, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Copinger, 27 May & 7 July 1871, Vol 101 (46) & Vol 103 (30), MRGS 39/048, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Collis & Ward, solicitor's collection, includes leases, title deeds & other legal papers re the Coppinger family of Ballinvohu, Co Cork & Cashel, Co Tipperary, 1685-1855. Parcel 9, T.6481-6482, T.6486

Contemporary printed sources

Many of these resources are now available online. For a list with Web links please see the Online Printed Sources Links

• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Killadysert Union, 26 (Ballyleaan)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barrymore Barony, 109 (Coole Lower)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barrymore Barony, 157 (Barryscourt), 158 (Carhoo), 189 (Rossmore)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Cork Barony, 55 (Ballincurrig)
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 62 (Barry-court), 342 (Rossmore)
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 281 (Union Lodge - Rev William Gifford), 397 (High Park - Rev Edgar), 485 (Ballincurrig Cottage - Logan), II, 89 (Ballylane Lodge), 375 (Rossmore)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland, 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix III. Abstracts of the conveyances from the trustees of the Forfeited Estates and Interests in Ireland in 1688'.: 371
• TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 167 (Barry's Court)
• WILSON, William. The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 345 (Barry's Court & Barry's Court Castle)

Modern printed sources

• BENCE-JONES, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 28 (Ballyvolane), 34 (Barry's court)
• BURKE, Sir Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: I, 406-408
• COPINGER, W.A. A history of the Copingers or Coppingers of Co Cork. Manchester: 1882: All
• HAJBA, Anna-Maria. Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 70, 201
• PINE, L.G. (ed). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. 4th ed. London: Burke's Peerage, 1958.: 79-80
• WEIR, Hugh W. L. Historical, Genealogical and Architectural notes on some Houses of Clare. Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1999. : 27, 73