Estate: Powell (West Carbery)

Associated Families

• O'Donovan (The O'Donovan)
• Powell (West Carbery)

Description

Burke indicates that the Powells, originally a Welsh family, inherited the O'Donovan estate at Roscarbery though the marriage of Emma Powell with The O'Donovan in 1800. There were no children of this marriage and the estate was inherited by Emma's brother Edward. He was one of the principal lessors in the parishes of Creagh and Myross, West Carbery, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In the 1870s, his son, Henry C. Powell of Bawnlahan, was the owner of over 2400 acres in county Cork.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Curraghalicky (H2618) Edward Powell was leasing this property to Edward Ellis at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £7 10s. The site is now occupied by substantial modern farm buildings.	Curraghalicky	Drinagh	Skibbereen	Drinagh	West Carbery (East)	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.66485 -9.12023 OSI Ref: W225464 Discovery map #89. OS Sheet #120.
Bawnlahan (H2647) Edward Powell held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £21. Lewis describes it as the residence of Major Powell in 1837. In the 1770s it was the seat of an O'Donovan family. Lt. Col. Henry Powell was the owner in 1906 when it was valued at £21. By 1945 the Irish Tourist Association Survey reported that it was the home of the O'Callaghan family who "had bought it from the Powells". Bawnlahan is still extant and occupied.	Bawnlahan	Myross	Skibbereen	Castlehaven South 315	West Carbery (East)	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.56020 -9.15948 OSI Ref: W196348 Discovery map #89. OS Sheet #142.
Myross Cottage (H2648) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Edward Powell was leasing this property to Rev. Robert Oliver, when it was valued at £15. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests it is of eighteenth century date. It is still extant and well maintained.	Bawnlahan	Myross	Skibbereen	Castlehaven South 315	West Carbery (East)	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.56028 -9.15083 OSI Ref: W202348 Discovery map #89. OS Sheet #142.
Rock Cottage (H2649) Edward Powell was leasing a property to James Somerville,MD, at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £11 10s. In 1837 Lewis noted Capt. Somerville's seat as Union Hall. This house is labelled Rock Cottage on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Myross Glebe on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. In 1945 the Irish Tourist Association survey recounted a story associating Dean Jonathan Swift with Rock Cottage and noting that it was the home of the Casey family. A house still exists at this site.	Bawnlahan	Myross	Skibbereen	Castlehaven South 315	West Carbery (East)	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.55851 -9.14790 OSI Ref: W204346 Discovery map #89. OS Sheet #142.
Seaview Cottage (H2833) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, John Bowen was leasing this property to William Bernard, when it was valued at £16. Lewis notes in 1837 that Mr. Bowen had built this and several other houses in the locality as bathing lodges. Leet mentions Seaview as the seat of John Powell in 1814. Seaview is now a stud farm.	Garranafeen	Rathclarin	Bandon	Kilbrittain 11	East Carbery (East)	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.64574 -8.68197 OSI Ref: W528439 Discovery map #86. OS Sheet #123.

Archival sources

• Cork County Library: Irish Tourist Association survey files, Parish of Castlehaven
• National Archives of Ireland: Documents relating to the O'Donovan family and their property in barony of West Carbery, county Cork, 1619–1874; letters from Edward Powell, Baunlahan, county Cork, to his brother, including references to the famine, 1844–66. M. 7051
• National Archives of Ireland: Maps of the O'Donovan estate (later Powell) in Myross parish, Co. Cork, 1727 - 1835. M. 4969 (1-9)

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. : West Carbery (East) Barony: 129 (Bawnlahan)
• 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] : 373
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 349 (Seaview)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion..., HC 1906, c, 177: 250 (Bawnlahan)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 132

Modern printed sources

• Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society.: Ó MURCHADHA, Diarmuid. Diary of General Richard O’Donovan 1819-1823. 2nd Series, XCI (1986), 105-117
• BURKE, Sir Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 492-493.