Estate: White/Hedges White

Associated Families

• Eyre/Hedges Eyre (Galway)
• Pelham-Clinton
• White/Hedges White (Earl of Bantry)

Description

Richard Hedges of Macroom Castle and Mount Hedges, county Cork, married Mary Eyre and had a son, Richard Hedges Eyre who married Helena Herbert of Muckross, county Kerry. In 1760 their daughter, Frances Jane, married Simon White of Bantry. They were the parents of Richard White created 1st Earl of Bantry in 1816. When Robert Hedges Eyre died without heirs his estates were divided and the second son of the Ist Earl of Bantry inherited the Macroom estate. William Henry White Hedges succeeded his brother as 3rd Earl of Bantry in 1868. The Hedges Macroom estate was mainly in the parish of Macroom and included much of the town. In the 1870s the Earl of Bantry owned 69,500 acres in county Cork while Robert H. White of Glengarriff owned over 16,000 acres, Lady Sarah White of London owned 993 acres and John Hamilton White owned 2,113 acres. The title Earl of Bantry became extinct in 1891 on the death of the 4th Earl. By March 1916 an offer from the Congested Districts' Board had been accepted for 61,589 tenanted acres of the estate of Edward Egerton Leigh White, who had inherited the estate through his mother, the eldest sister of the last Earl of Bantry. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Robert H. White held townlands in the parish of Liscleary, barony of Kerrycurrihy. The Earl of Bantry's estate was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Fanlobbus, barony of East Carbery, Kilcaskan, Kilcatherine, Killaconenagh and Kilnamanagh, barony of Bear and Durrus and Kilmocomoge, barony of Bantry at the same time. In November 1853, over 33,000 acres of the Bantry estate in the baronies of East Carbery, Bantry and Bere, were offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. A separate sale notice at the same time relates to the sale of Bere Island and includes a a geological survey produced by Dr. Whitty. The Freeman's Journal reported details of the purchasers. The sale realised over £20,000. Lord Charles Pelham Clinton bought the Bere Island estate of 4,377 acres and over 5,700 acres around Berehaven. In December 1852, over 6000 acres of fee farm and fee simple property belonging to members of the White family and others, were offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. The Freeman's Journal provides details of the purchaser. Premises in the town of Bantry, including Bayview House, in the ownership of members of the White family and others, were offered for sale in the Court in October 1854. The estate of Robert Hedges Eyre White, Reverend Robert Hedges Maunsell Eyre devisees of Robert Hedges Eyre, comprised of 2,273 acres in the baronies of Slievardagh and Middlethird, county Tipperary, was advertised for sale in November 1854. Griffith's Valuation records the county Tipperary estate as located in the parishes of Grangemockler, Kilvemnon and Modeshil, barony of Slievardagh and Drangan, barony of Middlethird.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Gurteenroe Cottage (H3010) A house valued at £10.15 shillings was occupied by James Welpy on the Hedges estates at Gurteenroe in the early 1850s. In the 1870s and 1880s the home of Charles Raycroft. It is still extant and well-maintained.	Gurteenroe	Macroom	Macroom	Macroom 227	West Muskerry	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.90707 -8.97220 OSI Ref: W331732 Discovery map #79. OS Sheet #70.
Mount Hedges (H3016) Mount Hedges, formerly a family residence, had by the time of Griffith's Valuation become the steward's house, valued at £15. In 1786 Wilson had referred to it as "the beautiful seat of Captain Robert Hedges". There are some ruins remaining at the site.	Lackaduff	Macroom	Macroom	Macroom 227	West Muskerry	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.89979 -8.98222 OSI Ref: W324 724 Discovery map #79. OS Sheet #70.
Rockborough (H3020) Rockborough was the home of T. Mitchel Browne in 1837. Situated on the Hedges estate it was occupied by John G. Browne in the early 1850s, when it was valued at £25. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that it had formerly belonged to the Brownes but was then the home of the Twomey family. This property is still extant.	Rockborough	Macroom	Macroom	Macloneigh 226	West Muskerry	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.90062 -8.99096 OSI Ref: W318 725 Discovery map #79. OS Sheet #70.
Sandy Hill (H3035) Home of the Reverend John Orpin in 1814, by 1837 this house was the residence of Thomas S. Coppinger and remained a Coppinger home for the rest of the 19th century. Located on the Hedges White estate it was valued at £9 in the 1850s. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association Survey reported that it was the residence of Timothy Lucey, solicitor. There is still an extant house at the site.	Gurteenroe	Macroom	Macroom	Macroom 227	West Muskerry	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.90352 -8.96632 OSI Ref: W335 728 Discovery map #79. OS Sheet #70.
Macroom Castle (H3036) In 1750 Charles Smith recorded Macroom Castle as the residence of Richard Hedges Eyre. Lewis wrote in 1837 that Macroom was "till very lately..the joint property of the Earl of Bandon and Robert Hedges Eyre" but was then the sole property of the latter, who had converted the ancient castle into an elegant modern mansion. Held by the Honourable William Henry White Hedges in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when the buildings were valued at £80. Slater records it as being a seat of Lord Ardilaun in 1894. Macroom Castle was burnt in 1922. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association Survey gathered a detailed history of the building, noting that "it was burnt in all about five times" in its long history. The impressive gateway is all that remains.	Lackaduff	Macroom	Macroom	Macroom 227	West Muskerry	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.90356 -8.96196 OSI Ref: W338 728 Discovery map #79. OS Sheet #71.
Raffeen House (H3119) Robert Hedges White held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £42. It was the home of his wife's family, Charlotte Mary Dorman. In 1837 Lewis referred to it as the seat of T. Dorman. The property is still extant.	Raffeen	Liscleary	Cork	Monkstown 76	Kerrycurrihy	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.83770 -8.37000 OSI Ref: W745651 Discovery map #87. OS Sheet #87.
Raffeen Cottage (H3120) Robert White was leasing this property to Sarah Phillips at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £12 5s. It appears on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map as Raffeen Cottages, indicating the presence of more than one dwelling. The buildings are still extant.	Raffeen	Liscleary	Cork	Monkstown 76	Kerrycurrihy	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.83589 -8.37434 OSI Ref: W742649 Discovery map #87. OS Sheet #87.
Raffeen House [Lower] (H3123) William Drinan was leasing this property from the White estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £13 10s. The site is now occupied by industrial premises.	Raffeen	Liscleary	Cork	Monkstown 76	Kerrycurrihy	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.83500 -8.36998 OSI Ref: W745648 Discovery map #87. OS Sheet #87.
Glengarriff Lodge (H3737) Held in fee by the Earl of Bantry's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £9. The house was a specially designed hunting lodge for the Bantry estate. It remained in the estate's ownership until the 1940s. Though badly damaged by fire in the 1960s it has been completely renovated and now serves as luxury self-catering accommodation. See www.glengarriff-lodge.com.	Glengarriff	Kilcaskan	Bantry	Kilcaskan33	Bear	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.75846 -9.57883 OSI Ref: V910574 Discovery map #85. OS Sheet #90.
Reenmeen Cottage (H3738) Leased by Robert White from the Bantry estate in 1852 when it was valued at £11+. Named as Reenmeen Cottage by Lewis who notes it as the seat of R. White in 1837. Buildings still exist at the site. A house named Glengarriff Cottage (V939564) appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Map in this townland but is not visible on the later 25-inch map.	Reenmeen	Kilcaskan	Bantry	Kilcaskan 33	Bear	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.75185 -9.53515 OSI Ref: V940566 Discovery map #85. OS Sheet #104.
Glengarriff or Eccles Hotel (H3739) Thomas Eccles was leasing this property from the Earl of Bantry's estate in 1852 when it was valued at £21+. It is labelled on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey Map as Glengarriff Hotel but is better known now as the Eccles Hotel, one of Ireland's oldest hotels. In April 1875, following the death of Thomas Eccles, the hotel was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court. A detailed history is available at www.eccleshotel.com.	Reenmeen West	Kilcaskan	Bantry	Kilcaskan 33	Bear	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.75178 -9.54094 OSI Ref: V936566 Discovery map #85. OS Sheet #104.
Adrigole House (H3740) Rev. Richard Wright was leasing this property from the Bantry estate in 1852 when it was valued at £9. It is labelled Ardrigole Parsonage on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but appears as Adrigole House on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. IN the early 1940s the Irish Tourist Association survey described it as "an old square building completely covered in ivy" and the property of a Mr. Crowley. It is still extant and has been offered for sale in recent years.	Adrigole	Kilcaskan	Castletown	Adrigole 37	Bear	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.69439 -9.72415 OSI Ref: V808505 Discovery map #84. OS Sheet #116.
Reen Lodge (H3741) Leased by Robert White from the Bantry estate in 1852 when the house was valued at £10+. Noted by Leet as the residence of Rev. William Hodnett in 1814. In the later half of the nineteenth century it seems to have been occupied by the Leonard family. Documents in relation to it exist in the Bantry Estate papers. The Irish Tourist Association survey in the 1940s refer to it as owned by Mr. Regan. It is still extant and occupied.	Reen	Kilcaskan	Castletown	Curryglass 39	Bear	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.68436 -9.73389 OSI Ref: V801494 Discovery map #84. OS Sheet #116.
Mill Cove (Bear) (H3743) Leased by Patrick O'Sullivan from the Earl of Bantry's estate in 1852 when it was valued at £14. Local sources suggest O'Sullivan worked as an agent for the White estate. The house has been demolished though traces of the stone work can still be seen in the gardens which are now part of an art gallery and sculpture display.	Ballard	Killaconenagh	Castletown	Curryglass 39	Bear	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.65717 -9.86583 OSI Ref: V709466 Discovery map #84. OS Sheet #115.
Cametringane House (H3744) In use at the time of Griffith's Valuation, as an Auxiliary Workhouse, on lease from the Earl of Bantry's estate. The house was then valued at almost £18. Lewis referred to it as the seat of J. O'Sullivan in 1837. In use as a hotel towards the end of the twentieth century.	Cametringane	Killaconenagh	Castletown	Killaconenagh 40	Bear	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.64836 -9.91026 OSI Ref: V678457 Discovery map #84. OS Sheet #115.
Ivy Cottage (Bantry) (H3757) Jeremiah O'Connell was leasing this property from Robert E. White at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £24. A substantial farmyard was located nearby. By the later nineteenth century the house appears to have been known as Beach Cottage. A slightly later building, known as Ardeevin House, exists at this site now.	Beach	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Bantry Rural 23	Bantry	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.67257 -9.47898 OSI Ref: V977477 Discovery map #85. OS Sheet #118.
Caherdaniel House (Bantry) (H3758) Leased from the Bantry estate by John Cotter at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £9. Occupied buildings still survive at the site.	Caherdaniel East	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Bantry Urban 23	Bantry	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.68584 -9.42301 OSI Ref: W016491 Discovery map #85. OS Sheet #118.
The Vicarage (Bantry) (H3759) Rev. John Murphy was leasing the Vicarage from the Bantry estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £21. The house is still extant and occupied.	Cappanaloha East	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Bantry Urban 23	Bantry	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.66991 -9.47600 OSI Ref: V979474 Discovery map #85. OS Sheet #118.
Carriganass Castle (H3760) Held by William O'Sullivan from the Bantry estate in 1852 when it was valued at £15 10s. Lewis refers to it as the seat of W. O'Sullivan in 1837. Slater refers to it as the seat of J.E. Barrett in 1894. The house takes its name from the original O'Sullivan castle located a short distance away.	Carriganass	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Kealkill 36	Bantry	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.75559 -9.37885 OSI Ref: W048568 Discovery map #85. OS Sheet #92.
Drombrow House (H3761) Occupied by Hamilton White, leasing from the Bantry estate, in 1852, when it was valued at almost £16. Lewis records "Drumbree Cottage" as the seat of J. White in 1837. Drombrow was the property of Arthur B. Wilkinson in 1906 and valued at almost £15.	Drumbrow	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Bantry Rural 22	Bantry	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.69766 -9.41180 OSI Ref: W024504 Discovery map #85. OS Sheet #105.
Glengarriff Castle (H3762) Sarah White was leasing this property from the Bantry estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £36. In 1837, Lewis described it as "Glengarriff Castle, the seat of Captain White, is a spacious elegant mansion". Local sources suggest the Castle was built in the 1790s by Simon White, a brother of the 1st Earl of Bantry. Noted by Leet as the seat of Simon White in 1814. In 1894 Slater refers to it as the seat of R.H.E. White. It functioned as a resort until the 1970s. Plans are currently in progress to restore the building.	Dromgarriff	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Glengarriff 32	Bantry	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.74388 -9.52619 OSI Ref: V946557 Discovery map #85. OS Sheet #105.
Bay View (Bantry) (H3763) Samuel Daly was leasing this property from the Earl of Bantry's estate in 1852 when it was valued at over £32. It is not named on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map but appears as Bay View on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. There is still an extant house at the site.	Dromkeal	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Glengarriff 32	Bantry	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.72779 -9.44748 OSI Ref: W000538 Discovery map #85. OS Sheet #105.
Inchiclogh House (H3764) Hamilton White held this property in fee in 1852 when it was valued at almost £34. Lewis refers to it as the seat of R. White in 1837. It is included in the Encumbered Estates Sale Notice of December 1852, which indicates that it was held by Elizabeth White, a widow, by lease from the Court of Chancery. The property does not appear on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s.	Inchiclogh	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Bantry Rural 22	Bantry	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.70670 -9.40775 OSI Ref: W027514 Discovery map #85. OS Sheet #105.
Coomhola Lodge (Sans Souci) (Bantry) (H3766) Occupied by Richard E. White at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £8. It is labelled as Sans Souci on the 1st edition Ordnance Map but as Coomhola Lodge on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. Local sources indicate it was formerly a hunting lodge for the Bantry Estate. It is still extant.	Mill Little	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Glengarriff 32	Bantry	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.74746 -9.45680 OSI Ref: V994560 Discovery map #85. OS Sheet #105.
Reenadisert Court (H3767) Leased by Robert Warren from the Bantry estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at almost £6. It was originally a seventeenth century fortified house built by the O'Sullivans and is now in ruins. A second property, Reenadisert Cottage (W000531), appears on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s but this has now disappeared.	Reenadisert	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Glengarriff 32	Bantry	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.72152 -9.44584 OSI Ref: W001531 Discovery map #85. OS Sheet #105.
Bantry House (H3768) Bantry House was held in fee by the Earl of Bantry at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £125. The house history indicates it has been the home of the White family since about 1765 when Richard White purchased what was then Blackrock House. Wilson still refers to it by the latter name in 1786 but it is named Bantry House on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of the 1830s. The Irish Tourist Association survey of the 1940s contains a detailed description of the house's interior at that time. Bantry House has been open to the public since 1946 and a prestigous music festival is held there each summer. For more information see www.bantryhouse.com.	Seafield	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Bantry Urban 23	Bantry	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.67722 -9.46611 OSI Ref: V986482 Discovery map #85. OS Sheet #118.
Trawnahaha (H3769) Elizabeth Vickery was leasing this property on Whiddy Island from the Earl of Bantry's estate in 1852 when it was valued at £14. It is not named on the 1st edition OS map and the grid reference is approximate.	Trawnahaha	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Whiddy	Bantry	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.68313 -9.49667 OSI Ref: V965489 Discovery map #85. OS Sheet #118.
Trawnamaddree (H3770) Cornelius Rohane was leasing this property from the Bantry estate in 1852 when it was valued at £10. It is not labelled on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map and the grid reference is approximate.	Trawnamaddree	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Glengarriff 32	Bantry	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.75160 -9.41204 OSI Ref: W025564 Discovery map #85. OS Sheet #105.

Archival sources

• Cork City and County Archives: Bantry Estate Accounts, Rev. S. Payne, 1825-26. U013.
• Cork County Library: Irish Tourist Association Survey Files, Parishes of Adrigole, Bantry, Macroom
• National Archives of Ireland: T.U. Sadlier Collection, includes miscellaneous testamentary, legal & other documents re estates of Hedges of Macroom, Lord Bantry & Hedges Eyre, 18th & 19th centuries. T.3841-3850, M.1012-1032, Co 2432-2437
• National Archives of Ireland: Hedges of Macroom, copy letter re suppression of Rapparees, Co Cork, 1703-1714. M.757
• National Archives of Ireland: T.U. Sadlier Collection, includes rentals & accounts re estates of Richard Eyre in Cos Galway, Cork & Tipperary, 1752-1804 & Viscount Bantry's estates at Glengariff & Clanlaurence, 1806-1825; Lord Berehaven's accout with Rev S. Payne 1840-1842. Small Accs Index 1/665, M.5943-5947
• National Archives of Ireland: Mrs A. Kelly Collection, includes copy exemplification of recovery 1892 & rental of Bantry estate, not dated. Small Accs Index 1/671 (27-28)
• National Archives of Ireland: T.U. Sadlier Collection, miscellaneous documents including legal papers re Hedges & Eyre Hedges & Macroom estate accounts, 1841-1850. Small Accs Index 1/674, M.1154-1158, D.12753-12759, Co 2785-91, T.4122
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Eccles Hotel, 16 April 1875, Vol 118, MRGS 39/054, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Earl of Bantry, 25 November 1853, Vol 25, MRGS 39/011, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), White & others, 21 October 1854, Vol 30, MRGS 39/013, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), White & others, 29 June 1855, Vol 35, MRGS 39/017, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Earl of Bantry (Bere Island), 25 November 1853, Vol 25, MRGS 39/011 , (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), White & others, 3 December 1852, Vol 19, MRGS 39/009, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Probate of will of Earl of Bantry, will dated 23 June 1869 & six codicils, 1871-1883. 5 May 1884. 999/392/3
• National Archives of Ireland: Rental (Chancery) of estate of Robert H.E. White in barony of Bantry, 1901-1902. 999/505/5
• National Archives of Ireland: Bill of sale for the cutter Charlotter, Robert Longfield, Castlemary to the Hon William H. White Hedges of Macroom Castle, 24 July 1843. 999/580/1/6
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Eyre White, 3 Nov 1853, Vol 24 (24), MRGS 39/010, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Davies & Pearson, (Clonfadda), 28 Apr 1854, Vol 27 (30), MRGS 39/012, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), White & Eyre, (Co Tipperary), 24 Nov 1854, Vol 32 (15) & 13 June 1856, Vol 40 (38), MRGS 39/014 & 39/019, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Lismore Castle Papers, include rental re sale of lands in baronies of East Carbery, Bere & Bantry, Co Cork, in Encumbered Estates Court, 1853. Collection List 129. MS 43,961
• National Archives of Ireland: Baker, Ringwood & Gordon, solicitors' collection, includes documents re Herberts of Kilnamanagh, Co Cork, & Herbert of Altavilla, Co Cork & deed re parts of the Berehaven & Crosshaven estates in case Herbert V Lord Berehaven & others, 1847, 19th century. Small Accs. Index 105, T.11812, D.21,034-21,037, M.3876
• National Library of Ireland: Estate accounts of the Earl of Bantry 1825 - 1836. Genealogical Office: Ms. 428
• National Library of Ireland: Bantry Papers, correspondence, mainly with A. W. Payne, agent, in respect of the estates of the Earl of Bantry in Co. Cork, together with financial accounts, eviction notices, etc., relating to the estates 1840 - 1881. Ms. 8599
• National Library of Ireland: Abstract of will of Richard White of Bantry, 1733. GO MS 139, p.5
• National Library of Ireland: Detailed abstracts of wills of White of Bantry, 1776 -- 1785. GO Ms. 139, p.25
• National Library of Ireland: Copy of confirmation of Arms to Richard White of Bantry, March 10, 1797. GO Ms. 103, p.148
• National Library of Ireland: Book of 14 maps of the estate of Hamilton White and others in the baronies of Bere and Bantry and East Muskerry, Co. Cork. Surveyed by Robert Warren. Names of tenants given, 1852. 20 E. 1.
• National Library of Ireland: Two volumes containing rentals and accounts current of the estates of Robert Hedges Eyre at Berehaven, 1833-1836 and of the Earls of Bantry, 1829-1831 and 1873. Also a rental and account of the Macroom and East Muskerry estate of Col. White Hedges, 1863 and a rental of Cummer and Coomhols (in the barony of Bantry?), 1822. Mss. 3273-3274
• University College Cork, Boole Library Archives: Bantry Estate Collection. IE BL/EP/B See http://booleweb.ucc.ie/documents/Bantryhouse.pdf for a descriptive list.
• University College Cork, Boole Library Archives: Collection of Co Cork leases & other legal documents, principally relating to the Bernard family but also to members of the Gookin, Buckworth, Stammers, Sealy, Beecher, Hedges, Stepney, Champagne, Fitzgerald, Daunt, McCarthy, Sanders, Webb, Bouchier & Baldwin families, 1709-1829. IE BL/SC/CB/1-30

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. : West Muskerry Barony, 124 (Gurteenroe), 127 (Lackaduff), 132 (Rockborough)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Kerrycurrihy Barony, 44 (Raffeen)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Bear: 8 (Glengarriff), 11 (Reenmeen East and West), 15 (Adrigole), 39 (Reen), 77 (Ballard), 82 (Cametringane),
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Bantry: 11 (Caherdaniel East), 14 (Cappanaloha), 15 (Carriganass), 28 (Drombrow), 30 (Dromgarriff), 31 (Dromkeal), 39 (Inchiglogh), 49 (Mill Little), 51 (Reenadisert), 53 (Seafield), 70 (Trawnahaha), 71 (Trawnamaddree)
• BATEMAN, John. The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Harrison, 1883. : 25
• 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] : 19
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 59 (Kilcaskan Parish), 328-329 (Macroom)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland, [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 41
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 116
• SLATER, Isaac. Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats. (Manchester: 1894) : xxvii, 20 (Glengarriff Castle)
• TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 173 (Blackrock), 176 & 178 (Mounthedges - Eyre)
• WALFORD, Edward. 'The County families of the United Kingdom. London: Chatto & Windus, 1885): p.49
• WILSON, William. The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 241 (Black Rock)

Modern printed sources

• Analecta Hibernica: MacLysaght, Edward. Report on the Herbert papers. XV (1944), 95-107 [includes references to White and Hedges-White material].
• Freeman's Journal: Incumbered Estates Court sale reports, 4 December 1852, p.4. 26 November 1853, p.4
• The Irish Genealogist: HORGAN, Sheila. 'The Bantry Estate through the lens of its tenant farmers, 1800-1920'. XIV (2015), 253-259.
• BENCE-JONES, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 198 (Macroom)
• BURKE, Sir Bernard & BURKE, Ashworth P. A genealogical and heraldic history of the Peerage and Baronetage, The Privy Council and Knightage. London: Burke's Peerage, 1932: 205
• CORK COUNTY COUNCIL HERITAGE UNIT. Heritage houses of county Cork. Cork: Cork County Council, 2014. : Bantry House. pp.123-125.
• MCCARTHY, Kieran. In the steps of St Finbarre: Voices and memories of the Lee Valley. Dublin: Nonsuch Publishing, 2006: 83-84 (re Macroom Castle)
• MULLIGAN, Kevin. Vain transitory splendours: the Irish country house and the art of John Nankivell. Dublin: Irish Georgian Society, 2018. : Glengarrif Castle, pp.90-91.
• NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Special Lists.: Bantry Estate Papers in the Boole Library, UCC. Special List 441
• NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the White Papers (from 1655), the property of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White, Bantry House, Co. Cork, relating to the White family and to lands in Co. Cork. No. 147
• O'HEA O'KEEFFE, Jane. Voices from the great houses: Cork and Kerry. (Cork: Mercier Press, 2013): 41-51.
• POWERS, Jane. The Irish garden. (London: Frances Lincoln, 2015). : Bantry House gardens, pp.24-33.