Estate: Morgan (Bunalun)

Associated Families

• Tymons
• Morgan (Bunalun)
• Bagnell

Description

Captain Anthony Morgan, of Bunalun, Skibbereen, County Cork married Eliza Tymons, of Riverstown, County Clare and they had a son, Anthony Hickman Morgan, born 1858. He served as a surgeon in the British army. In 1896 he married Mary, daughter of Charles Bagnall, of Clonkennan, county Limerick. He was High Sheriff of county Cork and Deputy Lieutenant. In the 1870s [Captain] Anthony Morgan of Bunalun owned 1216 acres in county Clare and 1133 acres in county Cork. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Anthony, Edward and William Morgan held land in the parish of Shanrahan, barony of Orrery and Kilmore, county Cork.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Hollybrook (H2488) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, John Beecher held two substantial properties in fee at Maulbrack. They were purchased in 1703 by Henry Beecher from the trustees for forfeited estates. In the early 1850s the larger was valued at £36 10s. In 1837 Lewis and Leet in 1814, had noted Hollybrook as the seat of Richard Beecher. It was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in 1851 and again in February 1852 and April 1858, when the sale notice included a lithograph and floor plan of the house. A plan of the demesne is also included. This house was also the seat of the Beecher family in the late 1770s and noted by Wilson as the seat of an earlier John Becher in 1786. Colonel Anthony Morgan was the owner of a property valued at £150 here in 1906 and The O'Donovan was resident in the mid 20th century. The original house is not extant but a later house exists at the site.	Maulbrack	Abbeystrowry	Skibbereen	Skibbereen Rural 309	West Carbery (East)	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.57528 -9.26518 OSI Ref: W123366 Discovery map #89. OS Sheet #141.
Bunalunn or Mount Music (H2662) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Rev. Richard Webb was leasing this property from Col. Clarke's estate, when it was valued at £10. Lewis had noted it as the seat of R.F. Webb. Leet refers to it as the seat of Alex O'Driscoll in 1814. In 1906 Capt. Anthony Morgan was the owner of this property, then valued at £26 5s. The house is named Mount Music on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Bunalunn on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. AS Mount Music it gave its name to a novel by the celebrated Anglo-Irish writers, Somerville and Ross. The house is still extant and was offered for sale in recent years.	Bunalunn	Caheragh	Skibbereen	Woodfort 311	West Carbery (West)	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.58249 -9.26394 OSI Ref: W124374 Discovery map #89. OS Sheet #141.

Archival sources

• Cork County Library: Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parish of Skibbereen
• National Library of Ireland: Copy of confirmation of arms to Capt. Anthony Morgan of Bunalun, Skibbereen, Co. Cork, only son of Capt. Anthony Morgan of Prospect Hill, City of Cork, Feb. 24, 1903. Genealogical Office: Ms.111, pp.131-2
• National Library of Ireland: Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of William Bagnell of Shanrahan, Co. Tipperary, and to his great grand daughter Mary Bagnell, wife of Lt. Col. Anthony Hickman Morgan of Hollybrook House and Banalun, Co. Cork, daughter of Charles Edward Bagnell of Clonkennan, Co. Limerick, son of Rev. William Henry Bagnell, Rector of Ballybrood, Co. Limerick, Oct. 5, 1917. Genealogical Office: Ms.111B, fol.42
• National Library of Ireland: Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of John Mason of Castle Lyons and of Seafield, Kinsale, both in Cork, at the instance of his grand daughter Mary Bagnell, wife of Lt. Col. Anthony Hickman Morgan of Hollybrook House and Banalun, both in Co. Cork, daughter of Charles Edward Bagnell of Clonkennan, Co. Limerick, by Mary, eldest daughter of George Mason of Kinsale, son of the first mentioned John Mason, Oct. 8, 1917. Genealogical Office: Ms.111B, fol.43

Contemporary printed sources

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• 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] : 326
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion..., HC 1906, c, 177: 250 (Maulbrack & Bunalunn)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 112, 129

Modern printed sources

• WALFORD. County Families of the United Kingdom. London: Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd., 1910: 794

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