Estate: Ashe (Ashgrove & Codrum)

Associated Families

• Ashe (Ashgrove & Codrum)
• Leader (Ashgrove)
• Orpen/Orpin (Cos Cork & Waterford)

Description

In the mid 19th century the Ashe estate was mainly located in the parishes of Kilnamartery and Clondrohid, barony of West Muskerry, county Cork. Richard and Edward Ashe were the proprietors. This estate of Richard Ashe, consisting of 1770 acres in the baronies of Fermoy and West Muskerry, was advertised for sale in December 1850. In January 1851 the Freeman's Journal reported that the purchasers were Messers. Adams, Robinson and Harding. The lands of Cooleyhane were offered for sale in May 1854 with other property. By the 1870s the estate had been sold and only 45 acres remained in the possession of Charles Evanson Ashe of Codrum, Macroom.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Ashgrove (H2970) A home of the Ashe family from at least the 1770s this house was held by Richard Ashe from the Court of Chancery at the time of Griffith's Valuation and was valued at £13.10 shillings. He is also recorded as resident in 1814 and 1837. The sale rental of 1850 records that the house had lately been in the possession of Jeremiah Twomey. This house was owned by Captain Thomas Leader in the 1870s. In 1872 Robert Warren, a younger brother of Sir Augustus Warren, married Blanche Louise, daughter of Captain Leader. Robert Warren, with an address at Ashgrove, Macroom, is also recorded as a county Cork landowner in the 1870s. It is no longer extant though a small number of ruins remain.	Dromonig	Clondrohid	Macroom	Kilnamartery 223	West Muskerry	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.90209 -9.02877 OSI Ref: W292 727 Discovery map #79. OS Sheet #70.
Codrum (H2971) In 1837 Edward Ashe was occuping a house in the townland of Condrum and this house remained the residence of Edward Ashe until at least the 1870s. In the early 1850s it was valued at £18.15 shillings. It is labelled Codrum West on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map and as Codrum on the later 25-inch edition of the 1890s. It is still extant.	Codrum	Macroom	Macroom	Macloneigh 226	West Muskerry	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.91133 -8.99991 OSI Ref: W312 737 Discovery map #79. OS Sheet #70.
Coolyhane (H3009) Lewis refers to Coolehane as recently erected, Richard Ashe was proprietor. Richard Ashe was still the occupier in the early 1850s and held the property from Elizabeth Foote when it was valued at £15.15 shillings. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that it had formerly belonged to the Ashe family but was then the home of Mr. Purcell, solicitor. It is still extant.	Coolyhane	Macroom	Macroom	Macroom 227	West Muskerry	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.91081 -8.95485 OSI Ref: W343 736 Discovery map #79. OS Sheet #71.

Archival sources

• Cork County Library: Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parish of Macroom
• Irish Genealogical Research Society Library: Pedigree of Ashe family of Cork (Leader Collection)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Whiting & Foote, 9 May 1854, Vol 27 (51), MRGS 39/012, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Library of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Ashe, 10 Dec 1850, Vol 4 (34), MRGS 39/002, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Library of Ireland: Map of Aghacunna, part of the property of Edward Ashe ... in the barony of West Muskerry, Co. Cork. Surveyed by P. E. Foley. Oblong quarto sheet, coloured. With tenants' names. Jan., 1844. 15 B. 22 (3)
• National Library of Ireland: A map of Lisbuybeg, part of the estate of Edward Ashe, in the barony of West Muskerry, Co. Cork. Surveyed by P. E. Foley. Quarto sheet, glazed and coloured, with names of tenants, 1844. 15 B. 22 (27)

Contemporary printed sources

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• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : West Muskerry Barony, 54 (Dromonig), 121 (Codrum), 122 (Coolyhane)
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 13 (Ashgrove)
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 355 (Ash Grove), II, 328-329 (Codrum & Coolehane)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 116
• 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: 176 (Ashgrove)

Modern printed sources

• Freeman's Journal: Encumbered Estates Court sale reports, 2 January 1851, p.1.