Estate: Harte (Coolrus)

Associated Families

• Harte (Magunihy)
• Harte (Coolrus)

Description

William Johnson Harte was residing at Coolrus, county Limerick in the early 19th century. The Trinity College Alumni records two of his sons, Richard, born circa 1801 and Mahony, born 1806. The Ordnance Survey Name Book records Richard Hart of Coolrus, parish of Ballingarry, county Limerick, holding the 1,030 acre townland of Coolrus and the smaller townland of Durlas containing 172 acres. Coolrus, the estate of Richard Harte was advertised for sale in July 1865. The sale, which was adjourned due to insufficient bidding, was subject to an annuity of £400 "for the life of a lady aged 49 years"! . Lands at Gurteen, barony of Connello Upper belonging to William Henry Harte were advertised for sale in May 1852. This property was sold to William Littledale for £3000. Additional lands at Carhuemore and Ballycullen were advertised for sale in January 1855. The 158 acres estate of Mahony and William Harte at Ballinacurra Wilson, barony of Pubblebrien, was advertised for sale in April 1856 and the lands of Ballinacurra Bowman in January 1860. In the 1870s Mrs Anne Harte of Cork owned 1,098 acres in county Limerick.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Coolrus House (H2498) The residence of Richard Harte circa 1840 and of James Lynch in the early 1850s who held the property and 186 acres from the Court of Chancery. The house has diminished in size by the publication of the 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey map in the 1890s and it is no longer extant.	Coolrus	Ballingarry	Croom	Coolrus 12	Connello Upper	Limerick	Lat/Lon: 52.43998 -8.73534 OSI Ref: R500 323 Discovery map #65. OS Sheet #38.

Archival sources

• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Harte, 11 May 1852, Vol 15 (22), MRGS 39/007, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Harte, 26 Jan 1855, Vol 33 (16), MRGS 39/015, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Harte, 25 Apr 1856, Vol 39 (21), MRGS 39/019, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Harte, 27 Jan 1860, Vol 58(15), MRGS 39/029, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Harte, 6 July 1865, Vol 78 (19), MRGS 39/038, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Collection of miscellaneous documents, includes lease of lands in barony of Magonihy, Co Kerry, parties William Johnson Harte of Coolrus, Stephen E. Rice, Henry Harding of Hardings Grove & Hon Robert Day. Small Accs Index 85, D.12470
• National Library of Ireland: Pedigree of Harte of Grange Bridge, Lisofin, Coolruss, Castleconnell, Co Limerick & of Barbadoes & Hertfordshire, c 1300-1845. GO MS 176:524-532
• Representative Church Body Library: Pedigree of Harte of Co Limerick in Swanzy notebooks.

Contemporary printed sources

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• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Connello Upper, 18
• 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] : 206
• ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: I, 228, 230 & 256
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 149

Modern printed sources

• Freeman's Journal: Incumbered Estates Court Sale reports, 12 May 1852, p.4
• Irish Times: Landed Estates Court sales, 7 July 1865, p.4
• BURCHAELL, G.D. & SADLIER, T.N. (eds). Alumni Dublensis. Dublin, 1935: Harte
• KEANE, Edward, PHAIR, P. Beryl & SADLIER, Thomas U. (eds). King's Inns Admission Papers, 1607-1867. Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1982: 216
• SEOIGHE, Mainchín. From Bruree to Corcomohide. The author, 2000: 109