Estate: Fitzgerald (Lisheen)

Associated Families

• Fitzgerald (Corkbeg) (Baronet)
• Fitzgerald (Lisheen, Co Tipperary) (Baronet)
• Judkin

Description

The Fitzgerald estate of Corkbeg and Lisquinlan, county Cork, was inherited by the Uniacke family in the early 18th century. Robert Uniacke of Corkbeg took the addtional name of Fitzgerald and married Frances Judkin of Greenhils, county Tipperary. The Judkins were established in county Tipperary by the beginning of the 18th century. In 1793 Joseph Judkin bought lands in the barony of Middlethird previously the estate of Thady Meagher, attained. From Robert, the eldest son of Robert and Frances, descend the Penrose Fitzgeralds of Woodhill and Corkbeg. Their second son, Thomas, was created a baronet in 1801 and assumed the additional name of Judkin. In 1785 he married Elizabeth Capel of Cloghroe House, county Cork and was succeeded by his son, Sir John, in 1810. Thomas Judkin Fitzgerald held an estate in the parishes of Matehy and Inishcarra, barony of East Muskerry, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Sir John Judkin Fitzgerald held land in the parishes of Magorban and St Patricksrock, barony of Middlethird, Ballygriffen, barony of Clanwilliam and Clonoulty, barony of Kilmanagh Lower, county Tipperary. Fee simple lands belonging to James Horan, the assignee of Sir John Judkin Fitzgerald, baronet, in the barony of Barretts, county Cork and in the town of Cashel, county Tipperary, were offered for sale in April 1852. The latter property was eventually sold in May 1853 to Messers. Maxwell and Littleton. In 1856 the trustees of the marriage settlement of Sir John J. Fitzgerald and Mrs Elizabeth Moore, widow, advertised the sale of estates in counties Wexford (2,247 acres), Waterford (19 acres), Tipperary (1,320 acres) and Cork (218 acres). In December 1857 the 1,468 acre estate of Thomas Judkin Fitzgerald in the barony of East Muskerry was advertised for sale. The sale realised almost £20,000. By 1858 Thomas J. Fitzgerald was resident at Golden Hills which was advertised for sale that year but obviously not sold as in the 1870s Sir Joseph J.C. Fitzgerald of Golden Hills, Golden, county Tipperary and of Cloghroe, House, Inniscarra, county Cork, owned 1041 acres in county Tipperary.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Cloghroe House (H3196) In 1786 Wilson refers to Cloghroe as the seat of Mr. Capel. In the late 18th century this house passed by marriage from the Capel family to the Fitzgerald family. J. C. Fitzgerald was resident at Cloghroe in 1814. The house, valued at £28, was occupied by Thomas Keogh in the early 1850s and held from Thomas Fitzgerald. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association Survey referred to it as the residence of Major O'Mahony of Blarney Mills. A house is still extant at Cloghroe.	Cloghroe	Matehy	Cork	Matehy 102	East Muskerry	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.92644 -8.63678 OSI Ref: W562 751 Discovery map #80. OS Sheet #73.
Inchbeg (H3197) Located on the Fitzgerald estate, this house was occupied by Henry Young, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The buildings were valued at £11.15 shillings and he also held a mlll valued at £84. A house is still extant at the site.	Cloghroe	Matehy	Cork	Matehy 102	East Muskerry	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.92105 -8.63670 OSI Ref: W562 745 Discovery map #80. OS Sheet #73.
Lisheen (H4099) In 1786 Wilson writes that Lisheen was a seat sometimes occupied by the Earl of Clanwiliam. It became the seat of the Fitzgeralds, Baronets, in the 19th century, valued at £33 in the 1850s and held from the Earl of Portarlington. Edward Dalton was the tenant at the time of the sale of the Earl of Portarlington's estates in June 1856. A building is still located at this site.	Lisheen	Ballygriffen	Tipperary	Ballygriffen 161	Clanwilliam	Tipperary	Lat/Lon: 52.52046 -7.97348 OSI Ref: S018 410 Discovery map #66. OS Sheet #60.
Golden Hills (H4127) Leet records Henry White as the proprietor of Goldenville, Golden, in 1814. In 1837 Lewis refers to Golden Hills as the "castellated residence of H. White". Edmond [Edward] Dalton occupied this house in the early 1850s holding it from Henry White. It was valued at £25. By 1858 Thomas Judkin Fitzgerald was occupying Golden Hills or Golden Lodge which was advertised for sale in January 1858 and again in April 1878. In 1878 Golden Hills was described as a "large castellated building" with a drawing room opening into a conservatory, dining room and morning room, 8 bedrooms and a servants' hall. The Irish Tourist Association surveyor records that it was the residence of Thomas Judkin Fitzgerald, High Sheriff of county Tipperary in 1798, known as "Flogging Fitzgerald". In the early 1940s most of the house had disappeared or was incorporated into a modern farmyard.	Goldenhills	Relickmurry & Athassel	Tipperary	Golden 162	Clanwilliam	Tipperary	Lat/Lon: 52.51327 -7.99263 OSI Ref: S005 402 Discovery map #66. OS Sheet #60.
Mount Judkin House (H4932) In 1786 Wilson refers to the seat of Mr. Judkin, located half a mile byond Cashel on the right. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, the townland was leased by Richard Jordan to Edmund Cusack and the house was valued at almost £8. Buildings are still extant at the site.	Mountjudkin	St. Patrick's Rock	Cashel	Cashel Rural 36	Middlethird	Tipperary	Lat/Lon: 52.51952 -7.90423 OSI Ref: S065409 Discovery map #. OS Sheet #60.

Archival sources

• Cork County Library: Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parish of Inniscarra
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Fitzgerald, 2 Apr 1852, Vol 14 (35), MRGS 39/006, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Collis & Ward, solicitors collection, includes rental of estate of Sir J. Fitzgerald in the barony of Muskerry, Co Cork, not dated. Small Accs Index 98, Parcel 39
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Fitzgerald, Atkinson, Pennefather, McCarthy & Horan, 14 Nov 1856, Vol 42 (30), MRGS 39/020, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Fitzgerald, 4 Dec 1857, Vol 49 (3), MRGS 39/024, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Fitzgerald, Butler, Tracy & White, 12 Jan 1858, Vol 50 (4), MRGS 39/024, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Fitzgerald, (town of Cashel), 2 July 1858, Vol 53 (9), MRGS 39/027, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Land Judges’ Court Rentals (O’Brien, Fitzgerald, 6 Apr 1878, (Golden Hills), Vol 131 (30), MRGS 39/059, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Library of Ireland: Pedigree of Judkin Fitzgerald of Golden Hills, Co. Tipperary, and of Cloghroe House, Inniscarra, Co. Cork, 1820 -- 1898. Genealogical Office: Ms.113, pp.495-6
• National Library of Ireland: A survey of part of Finure in the barony of Imokilly, Co. Cork, belonging to Thomas Fitzgerald and demised to Daniel Horgan. Surveyed by Robert Parker. Jan., 1794. 15 B. 14 (30)
• National Library of Ireland: Copy of grant of Arms being Fitz Gerald quartering Judkin, to Sir Thomas Judkin Fitz Gerald, Bart., of Lisheen, Co. Tipperary, June 20, 1801. Genealogical Office: Ms.105, p.7
• National Library of Ireland: Detailed abstracts of wills of Judkin of Greenhills and Cashel, Co. Tipperary, 1730 -- 1796. Genealogical Office: Ms.141, p.310
• National Library of Ireland: A survey of the town and lands of Mocklarshill, otherwise Knocknaclara, in the barony of Middlethird, Co. Tipperary, part of the estate of John Lapp Judkin. Surveyed by James Hely. Vellum quarto sheet, April, 1794. Manuscript map: 16 I. 17 (19)
• Tipperary Studies Research Library (Archives), Thurles: Irish Tourist Association Survey file, early 1940s, South Tipperary No. 19 (Golden Hills)

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 Muskerry Barony, 73-74 (Cloghroe)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Clanwilliam Barony, 4 (Lisheen)
• 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] : 160
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 111 (Cloghroe), 268 (Lisheen)
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 135 (Lisheen)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland, 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix III. Abstracts of the conveyances from the trustees of the Forfeited Estates and Interests in Ireland in 1688'.: 359
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 162
• 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: 112 (Judken)
• WILSON, William. The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 354 (Cloghroe [Capel])

Modern printed sources

• Decies: Journal of the Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society: PEACOCK, H.R.R. The Woodhouse, Stradbally papers, 1668-1904. XXIII (1983), pp. 25-29
• Freeman's Journal: Encumbered Estates Court sale reports, 28 May 1853, p.3. 5 December 1857, p.4.
• BURKE, Sir Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic history of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: 538-539