Estate: Moore (Moorepark)

Associated Families

• Smyth (Ballynatray)
• Moore (Earl of Mountcashell)
• Moore (Moorehill)

Description

In the late 17th century Stephen Moore purchased the Kilworth estate in county Cork. In the 1940s local sources suggested to the Irish Tourist Association surveyor that Moore had purchased it from the Fleetwoods for £600. His grandson, also Stephen Moore, was created Viscount Mountcashell of the city of Cashell in 1766. The Viscount's son became the Earl of Mountcashell in 1781. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the Earl of Mountcashell's estate was located in the parishes of Clondulane, Kilcrumper, Kilworth and Macroney, barony of Condons and Clangibbon, county Cork and in the parish of Shanrahan, barony of Iffa and Offa West, county Tipperary. An estate of 3,971 acres in the barony of Condons and Clangibbon belonging to the Earl was advertised for sale in November 1854. The Freeman's Journal reported that Charles Hunt had purchased some of the Earl of Mountcashel's estate in Clonmel and in county Cork in 1855. The Earl's life interest in 7,160 acres in the barony of Condons and Clangibbon was advertised in March 1864. Later that year the Earl's life interest in 3,873 acres in the barony of Iffa and Offa West, county Tipperary, was advertised for sale. Lands in the baronies of Orrery and Kilmore and Condons and Clangibbons, belonging to Stephen, Earl of Mountcashell, assignee of William Crofts, a bankrupt and others were advertised for sale in May 1856. In the 1870s he owned 5,961 acres in county Cork and 94 acres in county Tipperary. The 3rd Earl's second son ,Charles William Moore, married Charlotte Smyth of Ballynatray, county Waterford in 1848 and in 1858 assumed the additional name of Smyth. He later became the 5th Earl Mountcashell. The remains of the Moorepark demesne and estate were purchased in 1903 by the War Department from Lady Harriette Holroyd Smyth, daughter of the 5th Earl Mountcashell. In the 1870s Edward G. Moore of Windsor, England, owned 1,082 acres in county Tipperary. The Reverend Edward George Moore, canon of Windsor, was the second son of the 2nd Earl of Mountcashell and died in 1876. He was the father of the 6th Earl.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Kilbarry (Castlelyons) (H3339) Hajba writes that a new house was built here in 1842 by the Wigmores. Robert Wigmore was resident in 1814, E[dward] Wigmore in 1837 and Henry Wigmore in the early 1850s when the buildings were valued at £23 and held in fee. In 1786, Wilson states that it was the residence of Hon. Mr. Moore. Later the home of the Kent and Waters families. Still extant and occupied.	Kilbarry	Castlelyons	Fermoy	Coole 139	Condons & Clangibbon	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.13296 -8.17234 OSI Ref: W882 979 Discovery map #81. OS Sheet #36.
Moorepark (H3350) A large Georgian house, the seat of the Earls of Mountcashell, extended in the 19th century. In 1786 Wilson describes it as "a superb and noble seat". It was held in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £87. Bought by the War Department in 1903 and accidentally burnt in 1908. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that the remains of the kitchen were still visible then. Nothing remains of the original house and the site now belongs to Teagasc, the Agricultural and Food Development Authority.	Moorepark	Kilworth	Fermoy	Kilworth 146	Condons & Clangibbon	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.16700 -8.24117 OSI Ref: R835 017 Discovery map #74. OS Sheet #28.
Glandulane House (H3351) Robert Briscoe had a house and flour mill in the townland of Clondulane North in the mid 19th century, which he held from the Earl of Mountcashel. The house was valued at £25.10 shillings and a flour mill at £96. Later the home of the Hallinans and the O'Donnells. A house is still extant at the site but the mill buildings are now ruinous.	Clondulane North	Clondulane	Fermoy	Coole 139	Condons & Clangibbon	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.14817 -8.21916 OSI Ref: W850 996 Discovery map #81. OS Sheet #36.
Rushmount (H3360) Located on the Mountcashell estate this house was occupied by Daniel Gearan in the early 1850s, when it was valued at £19. It remained in the possession of the Gearan/O'Geran family for the rest of the 19th century.	Ballinrush	Kilcrumper	Fermoy	Kilworth 146	Condons & Clangibbon	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.18493 -8.26320 OSI Ref: R820 037 Discovery map #74. OS Sheet #27.
Douglas House (H3361) Occupied by Henry Deece in 1837 and by Lady Mountcashell in the early 1850s. Held from the Earl of Mountcashel and valued at £16.10 shillings. Later the home of the Magniers and still a residence.	Ballyderown	Kilcrumper	Fermoy	Kilworth 146	Condons & Clangibbon	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.17152 -8.22658 OSI Ref: R845 022 Discovery map #74. OS Sheet #28.
Woodview (H3362) Occupied by Lieutenant F.Prangnall RN in 1837 and held by the Earl of Mountcashel in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £16. 5 shillings. Later occupied by the Smithwick and by the Lucas family in the 20th century until a fire in the 1930s. Recently restored and occupied again.	Glansheskin	Kilworth	Fermoy	Kilworth 146	Condons & Clangibbon	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.18049 -8.23540 OSI Ref: R839 032 Discovery map #74. OS Sheet #28.
Glansheskin (H3363) Occupied by John P. Pierse in the mid 19th century. He held the property valued at £19+ from the Earl of Mountcashel with a cornmill valued at £20. Later the property of the Cooke Collis family, this house is still occupied.	Glansheskin	Kilworth	Fermoy	Kilworth 146	Condons & Clangibbon	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.18320 -8.23103 OSI Ref: R842 035 Discovery map #74. OS Sheet #28.

Archival sources

• Cork County Library: Irish Tourist Association survey files, Parish of Kilworth
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Mountcashell, 24 Nov 1854, Vol 32 (14), MRGS 39/14, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Mountcashell & others, 9 May 1856, Vol 39 (40), MRGS 39/019, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Mountcashell, 11 Mar 1864, Vol 71 (61), MRGS 39/035, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Affidavit relating to the estates of the Earl of Mountcashell, 1899. M.5697
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Mountcashell, 4 Nov 1864, Vol 74 (25), MRGS 39/036, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: S.R. & C. Walker, solicitors' collection (1962), contains statement of title of Stephen Earl of Mountcashell to manor of Kiltinane, co Tipperary, documents cited from 1639. M.6103
• National Library of Ireland: Emblazon of Arms of Stephen Moore, Viscount Mountcashell, c.1720. Genealogical Office: Ms.103, p.38
• National Library of Ireland: Ink sketch of Arms of Viscount Mountcashell, c. 1764. Genealogical Office: Ms.103, p.92
• National Library of Ireland: Map and survey of Carrickanroe (Carriganroe), the holding of King Stone Power, parish of Ballyshehan, barony of Ifa and Ofa, Co. Tipperary, held from the Hon William Moor. Surveyed by John Kennedy One sheet coloured, Jan., 1793.
• Public Record Office, Northern Ireland: Moore Hill Papers, mainly relate to Amherst Island, Canada, 1798-1973. D3817

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. : Condons & Clangibbon Barony, 36 (Clondulane North), 104 (Moorepark), 79 (Ballinrush & Ballyderown), 96 (Glansheskin)
• BATEMAN, John. The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.323
• 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] : 329, 323
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 293
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 76 (Douglas), 220 (Moorepark & Woodview)
• ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.VIII, Parish of Shanrahan, pp.88-89, 93.
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 130, 166, 167
• SLATER, Isaac. Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats. (Manchester: 1894) : xxx, 251 (Moorepark)
• TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 113 (Moorepark)
• WILSON, William. The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 212 (Moore-park), 249 (Kilbarry)

Modern printed sources

• Freeman's Journal: Incumbered Estates Court sale reports, 26 May 1855, p.3.
• BURKE, Sir Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic history of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: 975-976
• HAJBA, Anna-Maria. Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 145, 177, 183, 271, 367
• JORDAN, Kieran (ed.) Kilworth & Moore Park British Army Camps from 1896-1922. Strawhall Press, 2004: All
• MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). Burke's Irish Family Records. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 819-820