Estate: Stawell (Old Court & Crobeg)

Associated Families

• Stawell (Kilbrittain Castle)
• Stawell (Old Court & Crobeg)

Description

This branch of the Stawell family, like the Kilbrittain family, trace their descent from Archdeacon Stawell of Kinsale in the mid 17th century. They settled at Ballylought, near Mallow, county Cork. George Stawell of Summerhill, Ballylought and Ballyveniter, married his cousin, Elizabeth, daughter of Jonas Stawell of Kilbittain and in 1805 their eldest surviving son, Jonas of Old Court, married Anne Elizabeth Foster, daughter of the Bishop of Clogher. Jonas and Anne's third son became Sir William Stawell (born 1815), Chief Justice of Victoria, 1857-1886. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, their eldest son, George Cooper Stawell of Old Court, held land in the parishes of Donaghmore and Grenagh, barony of Barretts, county Cork. In 1843 George C. Stawell married Elizabeth Tandy of Belrath, county Meath but they had no children. Over 850 acres of his estate at Ballyveniter was advertised for sale in October 1851 and again in July 1852. George Stawell of Crobeg, county Cork, was a younger brother of Jonas Stawell of Old Court. In 1801 he married Elizabeth Longfield of Longueville and in the 1870s their son, George Stawell of Crobeg, owned 3,222 acres in county Cork. At the same time another family member, Jonas Stawell of Gurrane, younger brother of George Cooper Stawell, owned 1,257 acres. In March 1865, property in Cork City belonging to John Robert Stawell was sold in the Landed Estates Court to John Russell.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Garraun (H3200) George C. Stawell held this property from Sir George Colthurst at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The buildings were valued at £7.10 shillings. This house was still occupied by the Stawells in the 1870s. A house and farm are still extant at the site.	Garraun South	Donaghmore	Cork	Firmount 101	Barretts	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.98381 -8.66525 OSI Ref: W543 815 Discovery map #80. OS Sheet #62.
The Hermitage (H3239) Hajba states that this single storey house was built by the Reverend John Bagwell Creagh before 1814. Located on the Creagh estate it was occupied by J. Norcott in 1837 and by Samuel Morton Tuckey in the early 1850s, when the buildings were valued at £15.10 shillings. Later inhabitants included William Stawell. Home of the Broderick family in the 20th century.	Ballyandrew	Doneraile	Mallow	Doneraile 242	Fermoy	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.20631 -8.57055 OSI Ref: R610 062 Discovery map #73. OS Sheet #25.
Crobeg (H3251) Home of a branch of the Stawell family throughout the 19th century. The family were involved in the flour milling business at Doneraile. At the time of Griffith's Valuation George Stawell held Crobeg from the representatives of Luke Hassard. The buildings were valued at £36. The house was demolished in the 1980s.	Castlesaffron	Doneraile	Mallow	Wallstown 246	Fermoy	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.20727 -8.55886 OSI Ref: R618 063 Discovery map #73. OS Sheet #25.
Old Court (Doneraile) (H3253) Originally a Watkins house, the property was leased to Jonas Stawell in 1813. The Stawells built a new house circa 1814. The Watkins sale rental of June 1853 includes a lithograph of the house and floor plans. In the early 1850s George C. Stawell held the house, valued at £40, from Edmund Nagle. Sold in the early 1850s to the Morroghs of Glanmire House. In the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that this property had also been associated with Alexander Roche, the brother of Lord Fermoy. At the time of the survey the house was occupied by a Miss Creagh and a Miss Shannon. It is now a ruin.	Oldcourt	Doneraile	Mallow	Doneraile 242	Fermoy	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.22867 -8.59279 OSI Ref: R595 087 Discovery map #73. OS Sheet #17.
Ballyviniter (H3290) A Stawell residence in the 18th and 19th centuries, occupied by George C. Stawell in the early 1850s, when the buildings were valued at £15. Stawell held the property in fee. The original house is not extant.	Ballyviniter Lower	Mallow	Mallow	Mallow Rural 250	Fermoy	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.15931 -8.62256 OSI Ref: R574010 Discovery map #73. OS Sheet #25.
Summerhill (H3295) Originally a Stawell home, Wilson refers to Summer-Hill as the seat of Mr. Stawell in 1786. It was occupied by John Stawell in the early 1850s and held from John Guinness. The buildings were valued at £18.10 shillings. Sold in 1853 to Major General Usher Williamson. The house remained in Williamson possession until the 20th century. The Irish Tourist Association Survey in 1942 recorded that it had been purchased and was resided in, by the Buckley family at that time. It is still a family residence.	Carhookeal	Mallow	Mallow	Mallow Rural 250	Fermoy	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.12507 -8.63815 OSI Ref: W563 972 Discovery map #80. OS Sheet #33.

Archival sources

• Cork County Library: Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parishes of Doneraile & Mallow
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Stawell, 18 Oct 1851, Vol 10 (46), MRGS 39/004, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Stawell, 30 July 1852, Vol 18 (15), MRGS 39/008, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Stawell, (Ballintemple), 7 March 1865, Vol 75 (52), MRGS 39/037, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Library of Ireland: Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of the Rev. Jonas Stawell, Archdeacon of Ross, July 16, 1664, great grandson of Eustace Stawell of Chudleigh, Co. Devon and to his descendant, Col. George Dodsworth Stawell, Director of Military Education in India, grandson of George Stawell of Crobeg, Summerhill and Ballyhologue, Co. cork, April 30, 1908. Genealogical Office: Ms. 111, pp.210-1

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. : Barretts Barony, 3 (Garraun South)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Fermoy Barony, 57 (Castlesaffron), 68 (Oldcourt), 128 (Ballyviniter Lower), 130 (Carhookeal)
• 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] : 425
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 140 (Crobeg), 313 (Old Court)
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 478 (Crobeg & Oldcourt)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 135
• WILSON, William. The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 356 (Summer Hill)

Modern printed sources

• Irish Times: Landed Estates Court sales, 8 March1865, p.4
• 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), 143-149 (Oldcourt)
• BENNETT, J.M. Lives of the Australian Chief Justices, Sir William Stawell second Chief Justice of Victoria 1857-1886. Sydney: The Federation Press, 2004: All
• BURKE, Sir Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: 658-661
• HAJBA, Anna-Maria. Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 134, 199, 289-290
• STAWELL, George Dodsworth Stawell. A Quantock Family. The Stawells of Cothelstown, and their Descendants, the Barons Stawell of Somerton, and the Stawells of Devonshire and County Cork. Taunton: Barnicott & Pearce, 1910: All