Estate: Popham (Bandon)

Associated Families

• Popham

Description

Bennett identifieds the Popham family as among the Puriatan settlers in Bandon in the 1620s. Benjamin Popham and other members of the family held property in and around Bandon at the time of Griffith's Valuation. A Miss Popham, with an address at Queenstown, was the owner of over 160 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. John Popham and others held land in the parish of St Nicholas, barony of East Muskerry, in the mid 19th century.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Kilmore House (Bandon) (H3551) Michael Curtin was leasing this property from the Devonshire estate in 1851 when it was valued at almost £19. Noted by Lewis, in 1837, and Leet, in 1814, as the seat of William Popham. Local tradition associates this house with Maj. Daniel O'Mahony, participant in the Battle of Cremona, 1702. The original house is not extant.	Kilmore	Brinny	Bandon	Brinny 3	Kinalmeaky	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.78663 -8.72177 OSI Ref: W502596 Discovery map #86. OS Sheet #96.
Kilnagnady House (H3553) Leased by John Popham from the Devonshire estate in 1851 when it was valued at £10. There is still an extant house at this site.	Kilnagnady	Brinny	Bandon	Brinny 3	Kinalmeaky	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.80274 -8.73218 OSI Ref: W495614 Discovery map #86. OS Sheet #96.
Coolfadda House (H3564) Alexander Swanston was leasing Coolfadda House from the Devonshire estate in 1851 when it had a valuation of £30. Lewis refers to it as the seat of B.Popham in 1837. A house still exists at the site.	Coolfadda	Kilbrogan	Bandon	Kilbrogan 4	Kinalmeaky	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.74597 -8.75443 OSI Ref: W479551 Discovery map #86. OS Sheet #110.
Mawbeg House (H3578) Leased by Robert Popham from the Devonshire estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10. A house still exists at the site.	Mawbeg East	Killowen	Bandon	Kilbrogan 4	Kinalmeaky	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.74434 -8.86155 OSI Ref: W405550 Discovery map #86. OS Sheet #109.
Mossgrove Lower (H3587) Mossgrove Lower appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map close to the site of a fortified house dating from the early modern period which is recorded as "in ruins" by the 1830s. In 1851 Henry Baldwin was leasing the property here to Thomas Barter when it was valued at £9. Leet notes a property at Mossgrove as the residence of Robert Popham in 1814. It was no longer extant by the publication of the 25-inch map of the 1890s,	Mossgrove	Templemartin	Bandon	Templemartin 21	Kinalmeaky	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.79314 -8.82479 OSI Ref: W431604 Discovery map #86. OS Sheet #95, 96.
Scartnamuck House (H3588) Benjamin Popham was leasing this house from the Devonshire estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £25. It is also noted by Lewis as his residence in 1837. The house is still extant.	Scartnamuck	Templemartin	Bandon	Templemartin 21	Kinalmeaky	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.80255 -8.76262 OSI Ref: W474614 Discovery map #86. OS Sheet #96.
Maglin (H4810) A house valued at £15 and held by James Barry [Berry] from John Popham and others at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Buildings are still extant at this location.	Maglin	St Nicholas	Cork	Ballincollig 65	East Muskerry	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.87368 -8.58376 OSI Ref: W598 692 Discovery map #86. OS Sheet #73.

Archival sources

• National Archives of Ireland: Five interrogatories relating to lands in Co. Cork of Sir John Popham, tempore Elizabeth Chancery, 723-6

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. : Kinalmeaky barony, 20 (Kilnagnady), 45 (Mawbeg), 60 (Scartnamuck)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of East Muskerry, 80 (Maglin)
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 246 (Kilmore), 293 (Mossgrove)
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I, 225 (Brinny Parish), Vol.II, 57 (Kilbrogan Parish), 605 (Templemartin Parish)
• 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