Estate: Barry (Ballyclogh)

Associated Families

• Purdon
• Bury (Little Island & Curraghbridge)
• Greene (Ballymacreece)
• Barry (Ballyclogh)
• Drew (Mocollop)

Description

The Barry family, 'McAdam Barry', were established at Lisnagar, Rathcormack and Ballyclough, county Cork, in the 17th century. In 1750 James Barry of Ballyclough succeeded his cousin, Redmond Barry of Rathcormack and in 1765 James married Elizabeth, daughter and co heiress of Abraham Greene of Ballymacreese, county Limerick. At the time of Griffith's Valuation their grandson, James Barry, held land in the parishes of Glanworth and Kilgullane, barony of Fermoy, Kilcrumper and Kilgullane, barony of Condons and Clangibbon., county Cork, and Lismore and Mocollop, barony of Coshmore and Coshbride, county Waterford. James Barry married Olivia Maria Drew, sole heiress of Francis Drew of Mocollop Castle, county Waterford in 1841. They had no children. In the 1870s Captain James Barry of Ballyclogh owned 3,910 acres in county Cork and 6,955 acres in county Waterford. The Waterford estate included property in the parish of Affane, barony of Decies without Drum. James died in 1881 and was succeeded by his brother and then in 1888 by his grand-nephew, James Robert Bury, who took the additional name of Barry.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Ballyclogh [Ballyclough] (H3263) This property was inherited by the Barrys through marriage with a member of the Purdon family. Parts of this house may have dated from the 17th century. Lewis writes of "a handsome mansion in the Elizabethan style". Additions were made in the 19th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was valued at £34 and held by James Barry in fee. The house was burnt in the 1920s. The north wing survived, built 1904. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association survey noted that Ballyclough was the birthplace of Sir Redmond Barry, "prominent in public life in the state of Victoria, Australia". It was restored and is still a residence.	Ballyclogh	Glanworth	Fermoy	Glanworth East 143	Fermoy	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.18931 -8.31003 OSI Ref: R788 042 Discovery map #73. OS Sheet #27.
Lisnagar (H3406) Originally a home of the MacAdam branch of the Barry family, sold to the Lawless brothers in the 1770s and soon afterwards bought by William Tonson. In 1786 Wilson refers to the seat of Lord Riversdale, close to Rathcormack. The house was occupied by the Reverend John Bolster in the early 1850s and valued at £39.15 shillings. Slater refers to it as the seat of W.A.S. Riversdale in 1894. William Alcock-Stawell succeeded to this property in 1861 and took the additional name of Riversdale. Lisnagar was sold in the early 20th century. This house is still a residence.	Lisnagar Demesne	Rathcormack	Fermoy	Rathcormack 150	Barrymore	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.07520 -8.29611 OSI Ref: W797 915 Discovery map #80. OS Sheet #44.
Clashadonagh [Frogmore] (H3597) James Barry held an unoccupied house in the townland of Glanaradotia valued at £20 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. It is labelled Clashadonagh on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Frogmore House on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. It is now a ruin.	Glanaradotia	Youghal	Youghal	Youghal Rural 339	Imokilly	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.94697 -7.87200 OSI Ref: X088 772 Discovery map #81. OS Sheet #67.
Mocollop Castle (H3979) Mocollop Castle was in ruins by the time of Griffith's Valuation, though buildings at the site were valued at £31. They were held in fee by Captain James Barry. In 1786, Wilson refers to it as the seat of Dr. Drew. In 1906 the buildings at this location were in the possession of Henry Drew, MD, and valued at £32. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage reports that the buildings there were in ruins in the early part of the 21st century.	Mocollop	Lismore & Mocollop	Lismore	Mocollop	Coshmore & Coshbride	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.14653 -8.09496 OSI Ref: W935994 Discovery map #81. OS Sheet #19.

Archival sources

• Cork County Library: Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parishes of Glanworth and Rathcormac
• Irish Genealogical Research Society Library: Pedigree book for Barry family of county Cork (Leader Collection)
• National Library of Ireland: Pedigree of Barry, formerly de Barry, of Rathcormac, of Ballyclogh (Mac Adam Barry), and Ballynahiney and Tighnageragh all in Co. Cork, 1185 -- 1840. GO Ms.171, pp.516-26

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, 83 (Ballyclogh)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Coshmore & Coshbride Barony: 87 (Mocollop)
• 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] : 22
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 35 (Ballyclogh)
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 655 (Ballyclough)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion..., HC 1906, c, 177: 235 (Ballyclogh)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 117
• WALFORD, Edward. 'The County families of the United Kingdom. London: Chatto & Windus, 1885): p.57

Modern printed sources

• Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society.: MACMAHON, Morgan. A Famous Corkman in Australia (Sir Redmond Barry). XVI, 2nd Series (1910), 60-64
• Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society.: SMITH, F.B. Sir Redmond Barry. 2nd Series, XCIII (1988), 14-20
• BENCE-JONES, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 20
• BURKE, Sir Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 23
• HAJBA, Anna-Maria. Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 48