Estate: Morris (East Carbery)

Associated Families

• Morris (East Carbery)
• Morris (Durrus)

Description

In 1666 William Morris was granted almost a thousand acres in the barony of East and West Carbery and Captain William Morris was granted a additional lands in the barony of Carbery in August 1669. William Morris held townlands in the parish of Ross, barony of East Carbery, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Over 1100 acres of his property was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in June 1853. John Morris was among the lessors in the parish of Kilmacabea in 1851. Michael H[ungerford] Morris of Durrus owned 1,157 acres in county Cork in the 1870s.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Brook Ville (Kilmacabea) (H3732) Leased by John Morris to John Hungerford at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £8, Marriage records for the area record it was later the residence of the Wolfe family. On the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map the building at the site is labelled Corran House. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage describes the property as a miller's house.	Corran South	Kilmacabea	Skibbereen	Cloonkeen 318	East Carbery (West)	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.61708 -9.13350 OSI Ref: W215411 Discovery map #89. OS Sheet #133.
Connonagh House (H3733) John Morris was leasing this property to Barbara Jago in 1852 when it was valued at almost £8. There is still an extant house at the site.	Gortroe	Kilmacabea	Skibbereen	Cloonkeen 318	East Carbery (West)	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.59590 -9.09256 OSI Ref: W243387 Discovery map #89. OS Sheet #134.
Castle Salem (H4945) This property had formerly belonged to the McCarthys but was acquired by William Morris and re-named Castle Salem. In 1786 Wilson refers to it as the seat of the Morris family but by the publication of the first Ordnance Survey Map it is labelled "Benduff Castle or Castle Salem, in ruins". This property, developed over several centuries, is still extant and occupied.	Benduff	Ross	Clonakilty	Ross Carbery 57	East Carbery (West)	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.59533 -9.05646 OSI Ref: W268386 Discovery map #89. OS Sheet #131.
Ballynagornagh House (H4946) In 1786 Wilson refers to "O'Barley-Hill" as a seat of Mr. Morris. At the time of the publication of the 1st Ordnance Survey the original Ballynagornagh House is described as "in ruins". However, a house has been restored on the site by the 1890s when it appears on the 25-inch Map. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, the townland was still in the possession of the Morris family though much of it was leased to the Donovans. The house was valued at £4 5s. A substantial farm occupies the site now.	Barleyhill East	Ross	Clonakilty	Ross Carbery 57	East Carbury (West)	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.58891 -9.07074 OSI Ref: W258379 Discovery map #89. OS Sheet #134.
Cellmount House (H4947) Wilson, writing in 1786, refers to "Selmount House" as a seat of Mr. Morris, three miles from Ross Carbery. This property is labelled "Cellmount House, in ruins" on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map and there is no trace of it on later maps.	Dromillihy	Kilmacbea	Skibbereen	Knockskagh	East Carbery (West)	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.59317 -9.09538 OSI Ref: W241384 Discovery map #89. OS Sheet #134.

Archival sources

• Cork County Library: Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parish of Rosscarbery [Benduff Castle]
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Morris, 3 June 1853, Vol 21, MRGS 39/009, (microfilm copy in NUIG)

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. : East Carbery (West) Barony: 163 (Corran South), 165 (Gortroe)
• 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] : 327
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland, 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 174, 196
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 129
• 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: 171
• WILSON, William. The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 229 (Castle Sally, O'Barley-Hill & Selmount)

Modern printed sources