Estate: Whiting

Associated Families

• Ashe (Ashgrove & Codrum)
• Whiting

Description

At the time of Griffith's Valuation Margaret Whiting held land in the parish of Ballyvourney, barony of West Muskerry, and the representatives of Nicholas Whiting held land in the parish of Aghabulloge, barony of East Muskerry, county Cork. In May 1854 Mount Rivers, Cooleyhane and other property close to the town of Macroom, the estate of Nicholas Whiting, the Reverend John Francis Whiting and Elizabeth Foott was advertised for sale. In the 1870s Miss Jane Whiting of Brothersfort, Bandon, owned 318 acres in the county.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Mountrivers (H3141) The proprietors of this house were John Whiting in 1750, George Whiting in 1814 and N. Whiting in 1837. By the time of Griffith's Valuation Denis Leary was the occupier, holding the property valued at £13+ from the representatives of Nicholas Whiting. The Irish Tourist Authority survey in the early 1940s reported that it was then owned by a farming family named O'Rourke. A house is still extant at the site.	Mountrivers	Aghabulloge	Macroom	Mountrivers 228	East Muskerry	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.96840 -8.82655 OSI Ref: W432 799 Discovery map #80. OS Sheet #60.
Brothersfort House (H3554) William Whiting held this property from the Devonshire estate in 1851 when it had a valuation of £18. Lewis also records it as his seat in 1837. The original house is not extant.	Kilpatrick	Brinny	Bandon	Brinny 3	Kinalmeaky	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.77597 -8.69987 OSI Ref: W517584 Discovery map #86. OS Sheet #96, 97.

Archival sources

• Cork County Library: Irish Tourist Association Survey Files, Parish of Aghabullogue.
• 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)

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, 96 (Mountrivers)
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 298
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 12 (Mountrivers), Vol.I, 225, (Brinny parish)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 137
• 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, 177 (Mount Riveres)

Modern printed sources