Estate: Allman (County Cork)

Associated Families

• Allman (County Cork)

Description

The Allman family were entrepreneurs in Bandon in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Initially they had a cotton mill but after this declined they established a successful distillery which continued in business until the 1930s. George Allman of Bandon was the owner of over 700 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. Walford notes that Richard Lane Allman served as MP for Bandon in 1880.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Still View House (Cottage) (H2719) Robert Allman was leasing this property from the Earl of Shannon's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £17 and had a mill adjacent. It is labelled Still View Cottage on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but an enlarged property at the site has become known as Still View House by the 1890s. A house still exists at the site. Allman was also leasing a mill, described as a flour mill on the 1st edition map. This site had expanded into an extensive woollen mill by the 1890s. Extensive industrial buildings still remain at the site.	Clogheenavodig	Ballymodan	Bandon	Ballymodan 1	East Carbery (East)	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.74618 -8.72113 OSI Ref: W502551 Discovery map #86. OS Sheet #110.
Distillery House (H2720) Richard Allman was leasing this property and the adjacent distillery from the Earl of Shannon's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The properties were valued at £200. Distillery House is labelled on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. The distillery is labelled Allman's Distillery on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Bandon Distillery on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. It is still extant and serves as a public house.	Moanarone	Ballymodan	Bandon	Ballymodan 1	East Carbery (East)	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.74619 -8.71968 OSI Ref: W503551 Discovery map #86. OS Sheet #110.
Mount Prospect (Bandon) (H3545) William Lane was leasing this property from the Allman estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £37. Lewis refers to Mount Prospect as the residence of Mrs. Bradshaw in 1837. A house still exists at this site.	Knocknagarrane	Ballymodan	Bandon	Ballymodan 1	Kinalmeaky	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.72794 -8.76281 OSI Ref: W473531 Discovery map #86. OS Sheet #110.
Overton (H3547) Overton House was held by Miss McCarthy at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £32. Lewis notes it as the residence of Col. Clerke in 1837. it is a house principally associated with the Allman family. The adjacent cotton mill is described as "disused" on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. Both buildings are now in ruins.	Knocknagarrane	Ballymodan	Bandon	Ballymodan 1	Kinalmeaky	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.72615 -8.76134 OSI Ref: W474529 Discovery map #86. OS Sheet #110.

Archival sources

• National Library of Ireland: Ms.36,627-36,637: Bandon (Allman's) Distillery Papers.

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. : East Carbery (East) Barony: 12 (Clogheenavodig), 14 (Cloghmacsimon), 20 (Moanarone)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Kinalmeaky Barony, 16 (Knocknagarrane)
• WALFORD, Edward. 'The County families of the United Kingdom. London: Chatto & Windus, 1885): 17 (Allman)

Modern printed sources

• Bandon Historical Journal: O'SULLIVAN, Paddy. Allman's distillery. no.22 (2006), pp.33-39.
• NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Special Lists.: Bandon (Allman's) Distillery Papers. Collection List 111.
• TOWNSEND, Brian. The lost distilleries of Ireland. Glasgow: Neil Wilson Publishing, 1999. : 53-57