Estate: Leslie (Cork)

Associated Families

• Leslie (Cork)

Description

The Leslies of Cork were a branch of the Leslie family of Kincraigie, county Donegal, descended from the Lairds of Kincraigie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Reverend Matthew Leslie, rector of Kilmacrenan, county Donegal in the early 18th century and son of Reverend John Leslie of Kincraigie, county Donegal, had four sons including Charles Leslie, medical doctor, of Cork. Charles married Anne Lawton. They had a number of sons including Charles Henry Leslie and John Leslie, bankers, of Cork. Charles H. Leslie also established the gunpowder mills at Ballincollig. In 1784 he married Lucia Izod of Wilton, near Cork city, and John married Catherine Hyde of Castle Hyde. Charles and Lucia had at least two sons, Matthew Leslie and Kevan Izod Leslie, The latter married Margaret Uniacke. Kevan and Margaret were the parents of Reverend Richard U. Leslie, born 1823. In the mid 19th century Matthew Leslie held at least nine townlands in the parish of Kilquane, barony of Barrymore, and some land in the parish of St Finbarrs, barony of Cork. In the 1870s Reverend John U. Leslie of Wilton owned 831 acres and Matthew Leslie owned 217 acres in county Cork. see http://ballincollig.wordpress.com/charles-h-leslie/

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Kincraigie (Woodview) (H2977) Woodview was being leased by the Ladies Boyle to William B. Leslie at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £19 15s. Lewis refers to the seat of J. Leslie in Courtmacsherry in 1837. The property later bacame Kincraigie where William lived with his wife, Jane Florence McCartie, the widow of Horace Townsend. Jane's son, also Horace, owned the house until the early twentieth century. Later the home of the Travers family. In the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association Survey refers to it as "once a magnificent mansion formerly the home of the Leslies, now almost deserted". At that time it was owned by a Mr. Barrett. It is now a ruin.	Meelmane	Lislee	Clonakilty	Courtmacsherry 60	Ibane & Barryroe	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.63125 -8.70053 OSI Ref: W515423 Discovery map #87. OS Sheet #136.
Wilton (H4091) In 1786 Wilson refers to "Willtown" as the seat of Mr. Izod. Charles H. Leslie occupied Wilton in 1814 and in 1837. By the mid 19th century Matthew Leslie was resident, holding the house valued at £55 from John Craig and H. Mitchell. A college is now located at this site.	Farrandahadoremore	St Finbars	Cork	Bishopstown 96	Cork	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.87852 -8.50975 OSI Ref: W649 697 Discovery map #87. OS Sheet #74.

Archival sources

• Cork County Library: Irish Tourist Association Survey files, parish of Barryroe
• National Library of Ireland: Detailed abstract of will of Charles Leslie of Cork, 1791. Genealogical Office: Ms.139, p.191
• National Library of Ireland: Mortgage of property in Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, Rev. T. Forrest, 1st pt., M. Leslie, 2nd pt., Rev. T. Forrest as administrator of T. Forrest decd., 3rd pt., M. Hennessy, 4th part, J. C. Hennessy, 5th part, Dec. 20, 1845. D. 6621-2

Contemporary printed sources

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• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Cork, 74 (Farrandahadore More)
• 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] : 269
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 390 (Wilton)
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 411 (Wilton)
• WILSON, William. The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 227 (Willtown [Izod])

Modern printed sources

• Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society.: F. C. Leslies of Balquhain and Kincraigie. Ser. 2, Vol. III, pp. 302-303, 1897
• Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society.: TENISON, Charles M. The private bankers of Cork and the South of Ireland. With notes by Argan Mór (pseud.) and Robert Lecky. Ser. 1, Vol. I, pp. 221-24, 242-47, 1892; Vol. II, pp. 8-10, 26-30, 46-8, 69-72, 74-5, 94-7. 113-15, 134-7, 159-62, 207-8, 1893: Vol. III, pp. 56, 63-4, 1894
• BLAKE, Tarquin. Abandoned mansions of Ireland. Cork: Collins Press, 2010.: 74-81 (Kincraigie)
• BRADY, William Maziere. Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green, 1864 : 212
• LESLIE, Charles Joseph. Historical records of the family of Leslie from 1067 to 1868-9. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1869: 338-339
• MCCARTHY, Kieran. In the steps of St Finbarre: Voices and memories of the Lee Valley. Dublin: Nonsuch Publishing, 2006: 110-113