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Estate: Penn
Associated Families
Description
Sir William Penn, an English admiral, was granted the castle and manor of Macroom, county Cork, in the mid 17th century. At the restoration of the monarchy he lost these lands and received an estate at Shangarry in 1667 in compensation. This estate amounted to 7,282 acres in the barony of Imokily and 4,859 acres in the barony of Ibane. His son William Penn, a Quaker, founded the state of Pennsylvania in America after spending some time in county Cork in the late 1660s. The Penn estate in county Cork passed into the possession of the Gaskell and Durdin families.Houses
| House Name / Description | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shanagarry Castle
(H3647)
A tower house with additions, mainly associated with the Penn family. Probably the building occupied by Warham Durdin in 1814. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Thomas Durdin was in possession of most of this townland. In 1942 the Irish Tourist Association Survey referred to the Penn connection and stated that the house was then in the possession of the Brazier family. |
Shanagarry South | Kilmahon | Middleton | Ballycottin 264 | Imokilly | Cork |
Lat/Lon:
51.85086 -8.03338 OSI Ref: W977 665 Discovery map #81. OS Sheet #89. |
Archival sources
- Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service: Bucks, Glos, Middlesex, Irish & Pennsylvania deeds, family and estate papers, 17th-18th centuries.
- Cork County Library: Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parish of Cloyne
Contemporary printed sources
Many of these resources are now available online. For a list with Web links please see the Online Printed Sources Links
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland, 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 95
- PRIOR, Thomas. A list of the Absentees of Ireland, and the yearly value of their estates and incomes spent abroad. 1730: 4
Modern printed sources
- Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society.: J.C. Admiral Penn, William Penn and their descendants in the Co Cork. XIV, 2nd Series (1908), 105-114 &177-189
- MCCARTHY, Kieran. In the steps of St Finbarre: Voices and memories of the Lee Valley. Dublin: Nonsuch Publishing, 2006: 83-84
- Ó LOINGSIGH, Pádraig (ed). The Book of Cloyne. [Cloyne Historical and Archaeological Society], 2nd edition, [1994] : 171-176, 349-352
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Landed Estates Database, 1.2.7b2, 18 May 2011, Phase II beta