Estate: Phipps

Associated Families

• Phipps

Description

Descended from a Cromwellian soldier this family were established in the Fermoy locality of county Cork by the early 18th century. By the time of Griffith's Valuation John Phipps and his brother Michael W. Phipps held land in the parishes of Castletownroche and Kilcummer and Litter, barony of Fermoy and a Phipps also held a number of townlands in the parish of Kilmeen, barony of Duhallow. In the 1870s Charles and Michael Phipps owned 349 and 410 acres respectively in county Cork.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Cregg South [Avonmore] (H3283) The Phipps "of Cregg" are recorded in "Burke's Irish Family Records" from the early 18th century. By the time of Griffith's Valuation the house in Cregg South valued at £22 was occupied by John Carey who held it from John Phipps. On the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s the house at this site is labelled Avonmore. A house is still extant there.	Cregg South	Litter	Fermoy	Killathy 132	Fermoy	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.13798 -8.34473 OSI Ref: W764 985 Discovery map #80. OS Sheet #35.
Templenoe (H3284) Hajba writes that this house, on the banks of the River Blackwater, was built in 1761 by the Hydes of Castle Hyde. William Hyde (died 1790) of Templenoe was the son of John Hyde of Creg Castle and grandson of Arthur Hyde of Castle Hyde. He married Catherine Lane. William Lane Hyde was resident in 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He held the property valued at £20 from John Phipps. His estate of 584 acres was advertised for sale in July 1850. The present Templenoe House was the residence of the Mounteagles in the latter half of the 20th century.	Templenoe	Litter	Fermoy	Killathy 132	Fermoy	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.14157 -8.34768 OSI Ref: W762 989 Discovery map #80. OS Sheet #35.
Kilcor Castle (H3391) The home of the O'Brien family in the 18th and 19th centuries, sold by them in the mid 19th century. Cornelius O'Brien was the occupant in 1837 and at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He held the house valued at £17.15 shillings from James Reid. Kilcor was bought by Francis Doyne Dwyer and later passed to the Phipps family through marriage. In the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association Survey reported that it was the residence of Captain H. Phipps.	Kilcor North	Castlelyons	Fermoy	Kilcor 136	Barrymore	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.07001 -8.19690 OSI Ref: W865 909 Discovery map #81. OS Sheet #45.

Archival sources

• Cork County Library: Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parish of Castlelyons
• National Library of Ireland: Pyne Papers, 23 deeds mainly concerning lands in Co. Cork in which members of the Pyne family were parties, other parties include members of this family, 1783-1895. D 7194-7219

Contemporary printed sources

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• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Fermoy Barony, 119 (Cregg South), 121 (Templenoe)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 132

Modern printed sources

• HAJBA, Anna-Maria. Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 220
• MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). Burke's Irish Family Records. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 958-959