Estate: Carew (Ballinamona)

Associated Families

• Carew (Woodinstown)
• Carew (Ballinamona)
• Carew (Castleboro & Woodstown) (Lord Carew)

Description

This branch of the Carew family descend from the family established at Castleboro, county Wexford. Robert Carew, of that family, married Anne Lynn, daughter of Andrew Lynn, of Ballinamona Park, county Waterford. Andrew Lynne was granted lands in counties Waterford and Tipperary in 1666. Robert and Anne's second son, Andrew, inherited the Lynn estates in county Waterford from his maternal grandfather. Walter Carew was among the principal lessors in the parish of Ardmore, barony of Decies-within-Drum, county Waterford in 1851 while Thomas Carew held townlands in the parish of Kilbarry, barony of Gaultiere at the same time. In December 1851 part of the estate of Walter John Carew in the barony of Decies-within-Drum was sold in the Encumbered Estates Court. The purchasers were George and Wright Sherlock. In the 1870s the estate of Robert Thomas Carew amounted to over 2300 acres in county Waterford.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Ardocheasty (H4353) John B. Wallace was leasing this house from the Carew estate in 1851 when it was valued at £12 5s. Farm buildings are extant at the site.	Ardocheasty	Ardmore	Youghal	Ardmore 95	Decies-within-Drum	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 51.94672 -7.72656 OSI Ref: X188772 Discovery map #82. OS Sheet #40.
Loskeran House (H4358) Walter Carew was leasing this house to Thomas Clancy in 1851 when it was valued at £17. It was included in the sale of Carew's estate on 19 December 1851, in which it is described as "lately erected and occupied by Walter John Carew". The sale notice mentioned that it was occupied by the "representatives of the late Mr.Clancy". The house is not labelled on the later 25-inch Ordnance Survey Map.	Loskeran	Ardmore	Dungarvan	Ballymacart	Decies-within-Drum	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.01923 -7.61977 OSI Ref: X261853 Discovery map #82. OS Sheet #36.
Ballinamona Park [House] (H4712) In 1848 Ballinamona was held in fee by Thomas Carew when it was valued at £51. In 1814 Leet notes it as the residence of Robert Carew. Lewis refers to it as the seat of T. Carew in 1837. Smith, writing in 1774, describes it as a "well-built house" while Wilson, writing twenty years later refers to it as " a beautiful seat with large demesnes". Brady notes that it was rebuilt following a fire in the late nineteenth century. By 1906 it was owned by Robert Thomas Carew (jun) and valued at £70. It is still extant.	Ballinamona	Kilbarry	Waterford	Kilbarry 83	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.21511 -7.10888 OSI Ref: S609074 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #17.
Grace Dieu (H4713) This house is labelled on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s as Grace Dieu. In 1848 it was leased by James Anderson from the Carew estate and valued at almost £49. In 1786 Wilson refers to Upper Grace Dieu as the seat of Mr. Anderson. It is still extant and run as a retreat centre by a religious order.	Ballindud	Kilbarry	Waterford	Kilbarry 83	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.22328 -7.11896 OSI Ref: S602083 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #17.

Archival sources

• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Carew, 19 December 1851, Vol 12, MRGS 39/005, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Deeds relating to the property of the Carew family in Co. Waterford, 1694-1813. D. 23,309-19: Hoey and Denning, parcel 55
• National Archives of Ireland: Papers relating to the lands of the Carew family at Sporthouse, Co. Waterford, 19th c. Hoey and Denning, parcel 55
• National Archives of Ireland: Lismore Castle Papers, include rental & other documents re sale of lands in Co Cork in Encumbered Estates Court, 1856-1857. Collection List 129. MS 43,968
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Carew, 17 December 1850, Vol 4, MRGS 39/002, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Carew, 25 June 1850, Vol 1, MRGS 39/001, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Library of Ireland: A map of Sporthouse ... part of the estate of Mr. Carew, in the barony of Middlethird, Co. Waterford, Surveyed by Robert Moore. Folio sheet, coloured and mounted on linen, with names of tenants, June, 1816. Manuscript map: 16 J. 6 (14)

Contemporary printed sources

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• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Decies-within-Drum: 17 (Ardocheasty), 41 (Loskeran)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Gaultiere: 15 ( Ballinamona & Ballindud)
• BURKE, Sir Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage....privy councillors and knights. London: Harrison, 1894. : 244-245
• 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] : 71
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 24 (Ballinamona)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland, 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 75 (Lynne)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 173
• WILSON, William. The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 339 (Ballinamona)

Modern printed sources

• Freeman's Journal: Incumbered Estates Court sale report, 20 December 1851, p.3..
• Jnl. of the Waterford and South East of Ireland Archaeological Society.: Sadleir, Thomas U. The county of Waterford, 1775: principal gentry. XVI (1913), pp.49-55.
• MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). Burke's Irish Family Records. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 211-212
• NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: AINSWORTH, J.F. Report on the Dobbyn and Carew Papers (from 1578), in the custody of Messrs. Dobbyn and McCoy, solicitors, Waterford, relating to the Dobbyn and Carew families and to lands in Cos. Waterford and Wexford. No. 185
• SMITH, Charles. The ancient and present state of the county and city of Waterford. Third edition edited by Donald Brady. Wateford : Waterford County Council, 2008. : 68 (Ballinamona)
• SMITH, Charles. The ancient and present state of the county and city of Waterford. Third edition edited by Donald Brady. Wateford : Waterford County Council, 2008. : BRADY, Donald. Appendix III, houses mentioned by Smith. p 305.