Estate: Aldworth

Associated Families

• Aldworth

Description

The Aldworths settled in county Cork in the early 17th century and were established at Newmarket by the end of that century. The family intermarried with the St Legers of Doneraile, the Rogers of Lota and the Olivers of Castle Oliver, county Limerick. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Richard Oliver Aldworth of Newmarket, county Cork, held a large estate [at least twenty eight townlands] in the parish of Clonfert, barony of Duhallow, county Cork. He also held land in the parish of Killeedy, barony of Glenquin, county Limerick. Robert Aldworth held land in the parish of Grenagh, barony of Barretts. In July 1871 the estate of Charles Oliver Aldworth amounting to 663 acres at Ballybrack, barony of Barrymore, held in fee simple, was advertised for sale. In the 1870s Richard O. Aldworth of Newmarket owned 8,064 acres in county Cork and 675 acres in county Limerick. At the same time brothers of Richard O. Aldworth, namely Colonel Robert Aldworth of Montenotte, Cork, Captain St Leger Aldworth of Queenstown and Reverend John Aldworth of Glanworth and England, owned 1,149 acres, 1,644 acres and 556 acres respectively. Reverend John's son, Charles Oliver Aldworth of Poulacarry, Riverstown, also owned 830 acres in the county.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Newmarket House (H2761) Smith refers to the "stately house of Boyle Aldworth" on the south east side of the town in 1750. Lewis refers to Mr Aldworth's lodge in Newmarket. Newmarket was the seat of the Aldworth family held by Richard O. Aldworth in fee and valued at £56 in the mid 19th century. Valued at the same amount in 1906 it was the home of Major Richard Aldworth. In 1943 the Irish Tourist Association Survey mentions that the family went to live in England during the Anglo-Irish war and that the house was occupied by Crown forces and later by the Free State Army. According to the survey it was bought by the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1927. Newmarket House is still extant and now known as the James O'Keeffe Memorial Centre.	Demesne	Clonfert	Kanturk	Newmarket 183	Duhallow	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.20890 -8.99341 OSI Ref: R321 068 Discovery map #72. OS Sheet #22.
Greenfield (H2762) In 1814 occupied by William Allen and at the time of Griffith's Valuation Michael Boyan was resident. He held the property valued at £10+ from Richard O. Aldworth. Colonel Grove White writes that Boyan bought Greenfield from the Allens in 1840 in the Court of Chancery and that he made the house larger. Michael Boyan of Greenfield, Kanturk, owned 570 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. This house is extant and occupied.	Greenfield	Clonfert	Kanturk	Kanturk 165	Duhallow	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.18694 -8.93150 OSI Ref: R363 043 Discovery map #72. OS Sheet #23.
Liscongill (H2763) Occupied by William Allen at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held from Richard O. Aldworth, valued at £20+. In 1943 the Irish Tourist Association Survey mentions that the house had been divided and was then occupied by the Angland and Moynihan families. It is no longer extant.	Liscongill	Clonfert	Kanturk	Newmarket 183	Duhallow	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.19015 -8.97837 OSI Ref: R331 047 Discovery map #72. OS Sheet #22.
Mount Keeffe (H2764) This house dates from the 1770s and was the home of the O'Keeffe family, occupied by Maurice O'Keeffe in 1814. The property was held from the Aldworths. Manus O'Keeffe was resident in the mid 19th century, when the buildings were valued at £14+. In 1943 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted it as the home of the Guerin family. It is still extant and well maintained.	Mountkeeffe	Clonfert	Kanturk	Newmarket 183	Duhallow	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.23232 -8.98808 OSI Ref: R325 094 Discovery map #72. OS Sheet #14.
Spring Lodge (H2777) A sporting lodge on the Aldworth estate named Spring Lodge on the first Ordnance Survey map. Occupied by Bartholomew Verling in the mid 19th century, who held the house valued at £10+ from Jane Williamson with 83 acres. This house, later known as Oxclose, is now a farm residence.	Garraunawarrig Upper	Clonfert	Kanturk	Newmarket 183	Duhallow	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.21266 -8.97447 OSI Ref: R334072 Discovery map #72. OS Sheet #22.
Glancam (H3210) This house was occupied by Robert Aldworth at the time of Griffith's Valuation, held by him in fee and valued at £8. Extensive buildings remain at the site, the centre of a large farming enterprise.	Glancam	Grenagh	Cork	Blackpool 71	Barretts	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.00226 -8.57523 OSI Ref: W605 835 Discovery map #80. OS Sheet #51.
Annesgrove (H3226) The original house was occupied by Colonel Richard Aldworth in the latter part of the 18th century which Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to it as the seat of Mr. Groves. However, he mentions that near it were "the neat house and beautiful shrubbery of Richard Aldworth". It was reconstructed in the early 19th century (probably post 1814) by Lieutenant General the Honourable Arthur Grove Annesley. Anne-grove, Castletownroche was occupied by William Connor in 1814 and by General Annesley in 1837. The General's residence was valued at £60 in the early 1850s. In 1894 the seat of F.G. Annesley. This house continued to be the residence of the Grove Annesleys in the 20th century. In 1942 the Irish Tourist Authority survey noted that the estate had been divided "in recent years". Annesgrove is surrounded by famous gardens which are open to the public during the summer, see www.annesgrovegardens.com.	Annesgrove	Castletownroche	Fermoy	Castletownroche 130	Fermoy	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.19418 -8.46655 OSI Ref: R681 048 Discovery map #73. OS Sheet #26.
Rockmills Lodge [Rockmills House] (H3313) The lodge was the residence of Colonel Richard Aldworth in 1814. Hajba writes that it was built as a shooting and fishing lodge by Colonel Richard Aldworth in 1776 and that he left the property including the mills to his wife's nephew, Charles Deane Oliver (grandson of Robert Oliver of Cloghanodfoy). Occupied by Mrs Sarah Oliver in 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation and held by her from the representatives of Bond Lowe. The buildings were valued at £25 and she was leasing a flour mill and other buildings valued at £170 to P.L. Lyster. This property was advertised for sale in June 1856. The house was burnt in May 1921 during the War of Independence when it was the residence of Charles Deane Oliver. In 1942 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that it had been rebuilt by the Walsh family and was then (1942) occupied by the Casey family. It is still extant. The mills are now in ruins.	Ballynahalisk	St Nathlash	Mitchelstown	Derryvillane 290	Fermoy	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.22317 -8.40685 OSI Ref: R722 080 Discovery map #73. OS Sheet #18.
Mount Pleasant (Duhallow) (H5036) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, James L. O'Keeffe was leasing a property valued at almost £4 from Manus O'Keeffe. This appears to be the house shown on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s as Mount Pleasant. It is still extant and in 2014 was offered for sale.	Mountkeeffe	Clonfert	Kanturk	Newmarket 183	Duhallow	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.22963 -8.98655 OSI Ref: R326091 Discovery map #72. OS Sheet #14.

Archival sources

• Cork City and County Archives: Peace commission of Col Richard Aldworth for Co Limerick, 1874. U.3
• Cork City and County Archives: Aldworth Photograph Album. Photographs of the Aldworth family. U001.
• Cork City and County Archives: Two legal briefs for Cork Summer Assizes relating to trespass and sporting dispute on Aldworth lands at Newmarket, 1800 & 1819. U002
• Cork City and County Archives: Funeral Certificate of Symon Eaton, 24.2.1684, of Donmoylin, Co. Limerick, (husband of Mary Aldworth), 1684. U045
• Cork County Library: Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parishes of Kildorrery and Newmarket
• National Archives of Ireland: C. Deane Oliver Collection, deeds, testamentary & legal documents re estates of families of Cripps of Calmony, Cahirnary & city of Limerick; Oliver of Clonodfoy, Co Limerick & Aldworth of Newmarket, Co Cork. Small Accs Index 1/634, T.3880-1, D.12012-28 & Co 2473-5
• 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: Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Oliver, Gibbings, Aldworth, 10 June 1856, Vol 40 (32), MRGS 39/019, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Aldworth, 1 July 1871, Vol 103 (1), MRGS 39/048, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Land Judges’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Aldworth, 4 Mar 1884, Vol 146 (23), MRGS 39/064, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Library of Ireland: Funeral certificate of Symon Eaton only son of Sir Symon Eaton of Dommaglin, Co Limerick & husband of Mary, daughter of Sir Richard Aldworth of Newmarket, Co Cork with an account of descent of Aldworth family, 24 Feb 1684. GO MS 87:71-74 & 101
• National Library of Ireland: Detailed abstracts of wills of Aldworth of Newmarket and Little Island, Co. Cork, 1629 -- 1805. GO Ms.139, pp.22-4
• National Library of Ireland: Doneraile Papers include pedigree of the family of Aldworth of Newmarket, a branch of the family of Aldworth of Stanlake, 17th - 19th c., compiled by Edward Viscount Doneraile, 19th c. Ms. 21,851
• Public Record Office, Northern Ireland: Extracts from Aldworth pedigree Cork 1617-1674, & from funeral entries re S. Eaton, Dunmaylin, Co Limerick, 19 Nov 1684. T/1003(2)

Contemporary printed sources

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• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Duhallow Barony, 22 (Demesne), 29 (Greenfield), 46 (Liscongill), 53 (Mountkeeffe)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barretts Barony, 12 (Glancam)
• BATEMAN, John. The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Harrison, 1883. : 6
• 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] : 4-5
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 308 (Newmarket House), 338 (Rock-mills)
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 362 (Newmarket)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion..., HC 1906, c, 177: 237 (Demesne)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 116, 118 (Boyan), 146
• SLATER, Isaac. Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats. (Manchester: 1894) : xxxi, 284 (Newmarket House)
• SMITH, Charles, M.D. The ancient and present state of the county and city of Cork. Containing a natural, civil, ecclesiastical, historical and topographical description thereof . First published 1750. This edition published Cork: John Connor, 1815: I, 293
• TOWNSEND, Horatio. Statistical survey of the county of Cork... Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1810: 417-418 (Newmarket)
• WALFORD, Edward. 'The County families of the United Kingdom. London: Chatto & Windus, 1885): 11 (Aldworth)
• WILSON, William. The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 237 (Ann's-grove)

Modern printed sources

• 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). XXIV, 2nd Series (1918), 177-180 (Rockmills)
• BENCE-JONES, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 225 (Newmarket Court)
• BURKE, Sir Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 4
• Duhallow Heritage Project. Newmarket court (1725-1994). Newmarket, Co. Cork: Duhallow Heritage Project, 1994: All
• HAJBA, Anna-Maria. Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 316
• MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). Burke's Irish Family Records. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 6-7