Estate: Longfield (Castlemary & Longueville)

Associated Families

• Longfield (Castlemary & Longueville)

Description

John Longfield, of Castle Mary, near Cloyne, county Cork married Mary Hawnby of Mallow, county Cork. Their grandson, Richard Longfield, was created Viscount Longueville in 1800 but died without heirs and his estates were inherited by his cousin, Mountifort Longfield, who was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Skull, barony of West Carbery, Desertserges, barony of East Carbery and Ballintemple, Cloyne, Inch, Kilmahon, Middleton, Rostellan, barony of Imokilly, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Some of his Imokilly estate was held from the Earls of Inchiquin and some from the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. Mountifort was the son of John Longfield of Longueville and Susannah Westropp of Kilkerin, county Clare. His descendants continued to reside at Castle Mary until the early 20th century. Mountifort's older brother, John, lived at Longueville. He married Elizabeth Foster and had five sons. The senior line of his descendants now live in South Africa. The Longfield's county Cork estate in the barony of Duhallow was mainly in the parishes of Kilmeen and Ballyclogh but also in the parishes of Drumtarriff, Knocktemple and Mallow, while the county Limerick estate was in the parishes of Croom, barony of Pubblebrien and Cloncagh, barony of Connello Upper. In the 1870s, the representatives of M. Longfield of Castlemary, Cloyne, owned over 10,800 acres in county Cork while the Longfields of Longueville owned 9,410 acres in county Cork and 1,881 acres in county Limerick. Two sons of Henry Longfield, fifth son of John and Elizabeth of Longueville, also owned substantial estates in the 1870s. They were Major John Powell Longfield of Seafield, Queenstown, who owned 2,560 acres and the representatives of his brother Henry of Sea Court, Courtmasherry who owned 2,810 acres. The representatives of Henry Longfield held land in the parishes of Aghabulloge and Donaghmore, barony of East Muskerry at the time of Griffith's Valuation and Robert Longfield held land in the parish of Ballynoe, barony of Kinnatalloon.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Seafort (H2692) Mountifort Longfield was leasing this property to Stephen Browne at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £9 10s. May possibly have been owned by William Hull in 1814. In 1894, Slater refers to it as a residence of Mountifort Longfield. The house is still extant, together with extensive farm buildings.	Croagh	Skull	Skull	Skull 333	West Carbery (West)	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.50940 -9.58317 OSI Ref: V901297 Discovery map #88. OS Sheet #148.
Church Hill House (H2742) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Rev. Mountifort Longfield was leasing this property from Susan McDonnell, when it was valued at £24. [This may be Susan McDaniel of Bandon, as Daniel McDaniel of Knockmacool, is listed in a Bandon Directory of 1876]. Lewis records the house as the seat of Mountifort Longfield in 1837. It is still extant.	Knockmacool	Desertserges	Bandon	Boulteen 14	East Carbery (East)	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.72980 -8.88299 OSI Ref: W390534 Discovery map #86. OS Sheet #109.
Longueville House (H2743) Longueville House was the seat of the Longfield family, built in 1720. Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to it as the seat of John Longfield. In the 1850s it was valued at £56 and held by Richard Longfield from the representatives of Charles P. Coote with a demesne of 312 acres. The Longfields sold Longueville to Senator William O'Callaghan in 1938. The Irish Tourist Association survey of the 1940s claims that the original lands were taken from the O'Callaghans after the 1641 rebellion and granted to Sir Nicholas Purdon. Longueville is now a country house hotel.	Longueville	Ballyclogh	Mallow	Ballyclogh 234	Duhallow	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.13798 -8.73620 OSI Ref: W496 987 Discovery map #80. OS Sheet #32.
Waterloo (H2807) Reputedly built circa 1815 for Henry Longfield, fifth son of John Longfield of Longueville, following his marriage to Mary Powell, heiress of Sea Court, county Cork. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was held by Henry Longfield in fee and valued at £37. Henry's son John Powell Longfield sold Waterloo to his first cousin Richard Longfield of Longueville who left it to his third son Augustus Henry Longfield. Augustus H. Longfield extended the building. The house was sold to Mr E. W. Hope-Johnstone in 1946. It is still a fine residence.	Gearanaskagh	Ballyclogh	Mallow	Ballyclogh 234	Duhallow	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.13161 -8.74924 OSI Ref: W487 980 Discovery map #80. OS Sheet #32.
Eden Hill (H2850) Situated on the Longfield estate and occupied by John Crosbie who held the house valued at £19.10 shillings from Joseph Carpenter. The Carpenter resided here from the late 18th century. Thomas Carmichael bought Carpenter's interest and advertised the sale of Eden Hill house and demesne in December 1856. Later the home of the Guerin family and in the late 20th century of the O'Callaghan family.	Gortnagross	Mallow	Mallow	Ballyclogh 234	Duhallow	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.13460 -8.70109 OSI Ref: W520 983 Discovery map #80. OS Sheet #32.
Seacourt (H2980) Henry Longfield held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £21 5s. Lewis also refers to it as his seat in 1837. In 1906 it was owned by Mountifort Longfield and valued at £26 10s. It is still extant and was recently for sale see http://www.michaelhdaniels.com/	Ballinvrokig	Lislee	Clonakilty	Butlerstown 59	Ibane & Barryroe	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.59687 -8.73752 OSI Ref: W489385 Discovery map #87. OS Sheet #136.
Cashelmore House (H3556) In 1851 Thomas Beamish was leasing this property from Richard Longfield O'Connor when it was valued at £18. Lewis refers to it as the seat of J. Beamish in 1837. It was the residence of John Beamish in 1814. Buildings are still extant at the site.	Cashelmore	Desertserges	Bandon	Cashel	Kinalmeaky	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.70683 -8.82756 OSI Ref: W428508 Discovery map #86. OS Sheet #109.
Kilcolman House (H3557) Held in fee by William Galway in 1851 when it had a valuation of £38. In 1837 Lewis identified it as the residence of Adderley Beamish, "beautifully situated on the banks of the river Bandon and surrounded by fine plantations". Capt. Beamish had fought in the Napoleonic campaigns at Talavera and Waterloo. He also had a house at Knaresborough in Yorkshire. Kilcolman was burnt in June 1921 during the War of Independence when it was the residence of the Longfield family. It is now a ruin.	Kilcolman	Desertserges	Bandon	Cashel	Kinalmeaky	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.73185 -8.84829 OSI Ref: W414536 Discovery map #86. OS Sheet #109.
Kilcrone (H3628) An early 18th century house, the home of the Hannings in the first half of the 19th century, held by him from Mountifort Longfield at the time of Griffith's Valuation when valued at £30. The sale rental of 1858 records William G. Fitzgerald as the occupant of this house on a temporary basis. This house is occupied and well maintained.	Kilcrone	Cloyne	Middleton	Cloyne 265	Imokilly	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.84901 -8.11320 OSI Ref: W922 663 Discovery map #81. OS Sheet #88.
Ballyre (H3631) This house was occupied by Crofton Uniacke at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £29.15 shillings and held from Mountifort Longfield. Earlier, in 1786, Wilson refers to it as the seat of Crofton Uniacke. The home of Robert M. Bayly in the 1870s. It is still extant.	Ballyre	Dangandonovan	Middleton	Dangan 261	Imokilly	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.98029 -8.02183 OSI Ref: W985 809 Discovery map #81. OS Sheet #66.
Castle Mary (H3632) An 18th century house, remodelled as a castle in the 19th century, home of a branch of the Longfield family. In 1786 Wilson give a description of the house including that "the west front of this mansion presents a view of Cork Harbour". Valued at £85 in the mid 19th century and held by Mountifort Longfield in fee. Bence Jones writes that this house was burnt in the early 1920s and is now a ruin. A new house was constructed from the old stable courtyard and the family continued to live there for periods of time during the 20th century until Castle Mary was acquired by the Hurley family in 1978.	Castlemary	Inch	Middleton	Cloyne 265	Imokilly	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.85976 -8.14952 OSI Ref: W897 675 Discovery map #81. OS Sheet #88.
Ballymaloe (H3643) William Abbot was resident at Ballymaloe in 1814. It was described by Lewis in 1837 as a "very curious old house, built by the Fitzgeralds and forfeited in the war of 1641, it is now the property of Mr Forster" . By the early 1850s John Litchfield [Lichfield] was resident holding the house valued at £48 from Mountifort Longfield. It was the seat of William Lichfield in 1894. It is now the home of the Allen family who run it as a guest house with adjacent shop. Their renowned cookery school is nearby. see http://www.ballymaloe.ie/	Ballymaloe More	Kilmahon	Middleton	Ightermurragh 262	Imokilly	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.86432 -8.07549 OSI Ref: W948 680 Discovery map #81. OS Sheet #89.
Rose Hill (H3651) Occupied by William Rumly in 1814 and Lewis records T.H. Rumbley residing at Ballinacorra Lodge in 1837. Mountiford Longfield was the occupier in the early 1850s. Held by him in fee and valued at £15. This house is no longer occupied.	Ballynacorra West	Middleton	Middleton	Cloyne 265	Imokilly	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.89569 -8.16417 OSI Ref: W887 715 Discovery map #81. OS Sheet #76.
Woodview (H3664) A house marked on the first Ordnance Survey map and occupied in 1837 by the Reverend J.P. Lawless. Valued at £18 at the time of Griffith's Valuation, occupied by the Reverend John L. Pyne and held from Mountifort Longfield. The location appears to be occupied by farm buildings now.	Lurrig	Rostellan	Middleton	Rostellan 259	Imokilly	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.85076 -8.15240 OSI Ref: W895 665 Discovery map #81. OS Sheet #88.

Archival sources

• Cork City and County Archives: Twenty-three documents of the Longfield family relating to Cork including copies of wills and marriage settlements affecting the lands of Carrigeens, 1759-1917; petition for the sale of the estate of D. Longfield Beatty, 1876. U 155
• Cork County Library: Irish Tourist Association survey files, Parishes of Ballyclogh and Cloyne
• National Archives of Ireland: W.B. Scott, solicitor's collection, contains many records re land transactions in Cos Clare, Limerick & Cork, 18th-19th centuries, including references to this family. Small Accs Index 76
• National Archives of Ireland: Land Judges’ Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Litchfield, 10 Nov 1882, Vol 144 (26), MRGS 39/064, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Carmichael, 19 Dec 1856, Vol 43 (26), MRGS 39/021, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Bill of sale for the cutter Charlotter, Robert Longfield, Castlemary to the Hon William H. White Hedges of Macroom Castle, 24 July 1843. 999/580/1/6
• National Archives of Ireland: British Records Association Deposit (1950) included leases of lands in barony of Duhallow from members of the Dickson & Boyle (Earl of Shannon) families to members of the Freeman, Carthy, Foote, MacGhee, Keeffe, Boyle, Purdon, Allen, Purcell, Pike, Creagh, Wrixon, Longfield, Holmes, Fitzgerald, Purdon, Trant,, Delaney, Herrick, Reilly, Leader & Barry families, 1715-1857. Small Accs. Index 102
• National Library of Ireland: Thirty documents, mostly deeds, relating to lands in Co. Cork, particularly to Gortnagruss, Killynegrohan (Kilnagrohan) and Kilcranton and to the families of Connor, Curtis, Longfield, Wrixon, etc. 1770 - 1821. D. 8685-8714
• National Library of Ireland: Lease book belonging to Lionel, Earl of Orrery. The leases are signed by John Longfield of Moyallo, on behalf of the Earl of Orrery, and relate to property in Co. Cork and Co. Limerick, 1692-3. n.476, p.792 (Microfilm copy of Ms. Eng. 218, 24 at Harvard University Library)
• National Library of Ireland: Inchiquin Papers, Collection List 143
• University College Cork, Boole Library Archives: Bantry Estate Collection, includes leases & subleases of the Longfield estate, 1756-1814. IE BL/EP/B/2975-3055

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 (West) Barony: 73 (Skull)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : East Carbery (East) Barony: 53 (Knockmacool)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Duhallow Part II, 2 (Gearanaskagh), 5 (Longueville), 41 (Gortnagross)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Imokilly Barony, 117 (Kilcrone), 158 (Castlemary), 205 (Lurrig)
• BATEMAN, John. The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.278.
• 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] : 278
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 49 (Ballymaloe - William Abbot), 100 (Castle-mary), 175 (Eden-hill: Joseph Carpenter), 274 (Longueville)
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 129 & II, 338-341, (Longueville & Waterloo), II, 13 & 381 (Castle Mary), 13 (Woodview), 458 (Church Hill), II, 168 (Ballymaloe - Forster), 369 (Ballinacurra Lodge - T.H. Rumbley)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion..., HC 1906, c, 177: 229 (Ballinvrokig)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion..., HC 1906, c, 177: 244 (Castlemary)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland, [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 41
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 128, 150
• SLATER, Isaac. Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats. (Manchester: 1894) : xxiv, 178 (Castle Mary), xxix, 130 (Longueville), xxxii, 147 (Seafort),
• 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: 168 (Castle Mary), 182 (Longoeville)
• TOWNSEND, Horatio. Statistical survey of the county of Cork... Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1810: 623 (Castlemary)
• WILSON, William. The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 236 (Longfield), 250 (Castle Mary)

Modern printed sources

• Analecta Hibernica: McLYSAGHT, E.A. Longfield Papers (from 1628), the property of the late Major Lewis Longfield, Mallow, relating to the Longfield family and to lands in Co. Cork. XV (1944), 135-142.
• Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society.: LECKY, John. The Longfield family. Ser. 2, Vol. XXIII, (1917) pp. 173-174,
• Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society.: Historical and Topographical Notes, etc on Buttevant, Doneraile, Mallow and Places in their vicinity. Collected by James Grove White (c 1906). XXIII, 2nd Series (1917), 58-66 (Longueville)
• Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society.: Historical and Topographical Notes, etc on Buttevant, Doneraile, Mallow and Places in their vicinity. Collected by James Grove White (c 1906). XXVII, 2nd Series (1921), 315 (Waterloo)
• Mallow Field Club Jnl: O'Brien, Pat. John Longfield of Mallow and Cloyne - a narrative. No.36 (2018), pp.21-40.
• Éire-Ireland: DONNELLY, James S. Jnr. Big House burning in county Cork during the Irish revolution, 1920-1921. XLVII, 3&4, Fall-Winter (2012), pp.141-197
• BENCE-JONES, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 73 (Castle Mary)
• CORK COUNTY COUNCIL HERITAGE UNIT. Heritage houses of county Cork. Cork: Cork County Council, 2014. : Ballymaloe. pp.126-128.
• HAJBA, Anna-Maria. Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 157, 250, 360-361
• MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). Burke's Irish Family Records. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 734-737.
• Ó LOINGSIGH, Pádraig (ed). The Book of Cloyne. [Cloyne Historical and Archaeological Society], 2nd edition, [1994] : 186-196