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Estate: Spratt (Pencil Hill)
Associated Families
Description
This Spratts descend from a member of a Somerset family, the Reverend Devereux Spratt, who acquired estates in counties Cork and Wexford in the mid 17th century. The Spratts intermarried with their neighbours, the Foott family of Springfort Hall and Carrigacunna Castle, on a number of occasions. It was through one of these marriages that the Spratts came to own Pencil Hill. The Spratts were located in the parish of Caherduggan, barony of Fermoy, while Messrs Spratt, Nagle and others held land in the parish of Brigown, barony of Condons and Clangibbon. In the 1870s members of the Spratt family of Pencil Hill, Mallow, owned over 850 acres in county Cork between them, while Spratt and Horace owned 860 acres.Houses
| House Name / Description | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Pencil Hill
(H3219)
This house was built in the 1780s by Harmer Spratt who had married a member of the Foott family. It was known as Monte Video in 1837. The Spratt continued to live in the house untill the early 20th century when it was sold to the Perrott family. The Perrotts changed the name of the house to Beechfield and it was still the home of this family at the beginning of the 21st century. |
Baltydaniel East | Caherduggan | Mallow | Caherduggan 241 | Fermoy | Cork |
Lat/Lon:
52.17894 -8.64915 OSI Ref: R556 032 Discovery map #73. OS Sheet #25. |
Ballyenahan
(H3237)
A house on the Hyde estate inhabited by the Welsh, Kearney, Spratt, Greene and Barry families in the late 18th and 19th centuries. Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to it as the seat of Mr. Walsh. Eliza Greene was the occupant at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the buildings were valued at £18. The Barrys owned this house until the late 20th century. |
Ballyenahan South | Derryvillane | Mitchelstown | Derryvillane 290 | Fermoy | Cork |
Lat/Lon:
52.22409 -8.39954 OSI Ref: R727 081 Discovery map #73. OS Sheet #18. |
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Ballybeg (Mitchelstown)
(H4943)
In 1786 Wilson states that "Ballybeg, the seat of Mr. Spratt, was pleasantly situated at the foot of a lofty mountain" outside Mitchelstown. Local history suggests that this was a property acquired by Devereux Spratt in the 17th century. It is not named on the 1st edition Ordnance survey map though buildings are shown at the site. |
Ballybeg | Brigown | Mitchell'stown | Kilphelan | Condons & Clangibbon | Cork |
Lat/Lon:
52.23974 -8.27085 OSI Ref: R815098 Discovery map #74. OS Sheet #19. |
Archival sources
- Cork County Library: Irish Tourist Association survey files, Parish of Ballindangan (?) [Ballyanahan]
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. : Fermoy Barony, 21 (Baltydaniel East)
- LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 318 (Pencil-hill)
- LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 240 (Monte Video)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland, 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 223
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 134
- WILSON, William. The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 212 (Ballybeg)
Modern printed sources
- 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). XIII, 2nd Series (1907), 168-171 (Ballyenahan)
- 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), 154-156 (Pencil Hill House)
- Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society.: MOORE, Rev Courtenay. A side-light on Irish Clerical life in the 17th century, being passages from the Autobiography of Rev. Devereux Spratt, Rector of Brigown, 1661-1663. Ser. 2, Vol. XII (1906), pp. 88-96
- Jnl. of the Royal Society of Antiquaries Ireland: MOORE, Rev Courtenay. An outline of the life of the Rev. Devereux Spratt. Ser. 5, Vol. I (1890), pt. 1, pp. 112-113
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 561
- HAJBA, Anna-Maria. Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 46, 297
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