Estate: Jermyn

Associated Families

• Jermyn

Description

William Jermyn was one of the principal lessors in the parish of Kilcrohane, barony of Dunkerron South, at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. Thomas Jermyn, Liss Cottage, Sneem, owned over 200 acres in county Kerry in the 1870s. An offer was made by the Congested Districts Board on over 200 acres of the Jermyn estate in 1909. Sophie [Germaine] Jermyn was among the principal lessors in the parish of Aghadown, barony of West Carbery, county Cork, in 1853. Mrs. Griffith Jermyn is recorded as the lessor of townlands in the parish of Skull at the same time.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Scart (H1787) James F. Bland was leasing a house valued at £10 15s to William Jermyn at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. Bary states that Scart house was occupied for several generations of the Jermyn family before being sold in the 1890s. It is still extant and occupied.	Scart	Kilcrohane	Kenmare	Castle Cove	Dunkerron South	Kerry	Lat/Lon: 51.77675 -10.02727 OSI Ref: V601602 Discovery map #84. OS Sheet #107.
Castle Cove (H1788) Thomas Jermyn was leasing a house valued at £10 10s to John Jermyn at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. Lewis describes Castle Cove as the seat of Mr. O'Sullivan in 1837 though he may have been referring to West Cove House. Leet, in 1814, mentions "Cooe Castle" as the seat of David Jermyn, Bary notes that Castle Cove was in the possession of the Jermyn family in the nineteenth century. They were agents for the Bland estate. It is no longer extant.	Liss	Kilcrohane	Kenmare	Castlecove	Dunkerron South	Kerry	Lat/Lon: 51.77655 -10.03886 OSI Ref: V593602 Discovery map #84. OS Sheet #107.
Liss Cottage (H1789) James F. Bland was leasing a house valued at £5 to David Jermyn at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. This appears to be Liss Cottage, which Bary states was a residence of the Jermyn family for a long time. There is still a house at this site though it may have been altered.	Liss	Kilcrohane	Kenmare	Castlecove	Dunkerron South	Kerry	Lat/Lon: 51.85570 -10.03662 OSI Ref: V597690 Discovery map #84. OS Sheet #107.

Archival sources

• National Library of Ireland: A map of the plowland of Killsarlaghts, in the parish of Aghadown, barony of West Carbury, Co. Cork, part of the estate of Henry Jermyn. Surveyed by J. Molony. On paper, coloured, Aug., 1790. 15 B. 14 (18)

Contemporary printed sources

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• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Dunkerron South: 46 (Liss & Castle Cove), 53 (Scart)
• LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 124 (Castle Cooe)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland, [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 48
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 143

Modern printed sources

• BENCE-JONES, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 255 (Scart)
• Bary, Valerie. Historical Genealogical Architectural notes of some Houses of Kerry Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1994. : 67 (Castlecove), 172-173 (Liss Cottage), 217-218 (Scart House)