Estate: Beresford/Le Poer Beresford

Associated Families

• Beresford/Le Poer Beresford (Marquis of Waterford, Lord Decies)

Description

The Beresford family, Marquis of Waterford and Viscount Tyrone, owned land in various parts of Ireland, including almost 40,000 acres in county Waterford, 26,000 in county Wicklow and over 4,500 acres in county Leitrim. In 1870, Lord Charles Beresford offered for sale leases on lands held from the Diocese of Kilmore in the Landed Estates' Court. These lands were situated in the barony of Carrigallen, county Leitrim and in county Cavan. The sale also included the demesne of Garadice and the mill at Boeshill. In December 1871 the Irish Times reported on the sale of 148 lots of the estate of the Marquis of Waterford in the Landed Estates Court. In 1878, Reverend Marcus Beresford owned 950 acres and Lord Charles Beresford is recorded as owning 500 acres in Leitrim. In 1850, the estate was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Clonagam, Guilcagh, Kilmeadan, Mothel and Rathgormuck, barony of Upperthird, Dungarvan and Kilrush, barony of Decies-without-Drum and Ballygunner, Crooke and Kilea, barony of Gaultiere, county Waterford. The Marquis also held land in the parish of Castletownarra, barony of Owney and Arra, county Tipperary.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Fenagh Glebe (H474) Rev. George Beresford held the Glebe at Fenagh, from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners at the time of Griffith's Valuation when it was valued at £16. The Buildings of Ireland survey states that the house was built c. 1829. It also records that the nearby church, built c.1790, was extended in the 1850s by the Pack Beresford family. Both buildings are still extant and in use.	Glebe	Fenagh	Mohill	Fenagh 76	Leitrim	Leitrim	Lat/Lon: 54.01565 -7.83370 OSI Ref: H109074 Discovery map #33. OS Sheet #29.
Curraghmore (H4178) The house at Curraghmore is centred on the old medieval tower house of the Le Poer family to which various additions and renovations have been added. Both Smith, writing in 1774 and Wilson, writing in 1786, offer detailed contemporary descriptions of the house and demesne . At the time of Griffith's Valuation, it was valued at £210. In 1906 it was valued at £200. The 1943 ITA survey describes it in detail, stating that it was one of the finest properties in Munster, if not in all of Ireland. It is still extant and occupied by the Le Poer Beresford family. See www.curraghmorehouse.ie for more information.	Curraghmore	Clonagam	Carrick-on-Suir	Portlaw 4	Upperthird	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.28955 -7.36096 OSI Ref: S436155 Discovery map #75. OS Sheet #8.
Guilcagh House (H4179) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Guilcagh was held in fee by the Beresford estate and valued at £17 10s. In 1906 it was still part of Lord Waterford's estate and valued at £16. It is no longer extant.	Guilcagh	Guilcagh	Carrick-on-Suir	Kilmeaden 3	Upperthird	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.28675 -7.34194 OSI Ref: S449152 Discovery map #75. OS Sheet #8.
Whitestown (H4180) Described as a huntsman's house in Griffith's Valuation in 1850, Whitestown was then valued at £14. In 1906 it was still part of Lord Waterford's estate and valued at £11. It is no longer extant.	Whitestown East	Mothel	Carrick-on-Suir	Clonea 6	Upperthird	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.27973 -7.37429 OSI Ref: S427144 Discovery map #75. OS Sheet #7.
Ballyvallikin (H4182) In 1850 this property was being leased by John and Margaret Fitzgerald from Lord Waterford's estate when it was valued at £11. It was still part of the Waterford estate in 1906 and valued at £11 5s. Extensive farm buildings still exist at the site.	Ballyvallikin	Guilcagh	Carrick-on-Suir	Kilmeaden 3	Upperthird	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.26622 -7.36862 OSI Ref: S431129 Discovery map #75. OS Sheet #8.
Glen House (Kilmeaden) (H4184) Thomas Flahavan was leasing Glen House from Lord Waterford's estate in 1850 when it was valued at £11 10s. A house is still extant at the site.	Glenhouse	Kilmeaden	Carrick-on-Suir	Kilmeaden 3	Upperthird	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.26763 -7.29974 OSI Ref: S478131 Discovery map #75. OS Sheet #8.
Laherdan House (H4185) In 1850, John Whelan was leasing this property from the Beresford estate when it was valued at £11 10s. It is labelled Laherdan House on the 25-inch Ordnance survey map of the 1890s. A house is still extant at the site.	Laherdan	Kilmeaden	Carrick-on-Suir	Kilmeaden 3	Upperthird	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.25337 -7.32047 OSI Ref: S464115 Discovery map #75. OS Sheet #8.
Ballydurn (H4201) Ballydurn was leased by George Moore from the Beresford estate in 1850 when it was valued at £10. An extensive farm exists at this site. [Grid Reference is approximate]	Ballydurn	Mothel	Carrick-on-Suir	Ballydurn 5	Upperthird	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.24749 -7.39671 OSI Ref: S412108 Discovery map #75. OS Sheet #7.
Ballyknock (H4202) A house valued at £12 10s which was vacant at the time of Griffith's Valuation . Probably in the possession of Thomas Dooley who was leasing property from the Beresford estate in the area. There is no house visible on the later 25-inch map of the 1890s.	Ballyknock	Mothel	Carrick-on-Suir	Mothel 8	Upperthird	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.31874 -7.44560 OSI Ref: S378187 Discovery map #75. OS Sheet #3.
Ballyneal House (H4203) Ballyneal was held from the Waterford estate by William Shanahan (David) at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £14 10s. A second house in the townland, leased by William Shanahan (John) was valued at £12 10s [S373150] There is still a house extant at this site.	Ballyneal	Mothel	Carrick-on-Suir	Clonea 6	Upperthird	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.29088 -7.44742 OSI Ref: S377156 Discovery map #5. OS Sheet #7.
Ballynevin (H4204) James Moore was leasing two properties from Lord Waterford at Ballynevin at the time of Griffith's Valuation. One was valued at £22 and the second [S399178] at £10 10s. Substantial farms still exist at both sites.	Ballynevin	Mothel	Carrick-on-Suir	Mothel 8	Upperthird	Galway	Lat/Lon: 52.30331 -7.41501 OSI Ref: S399170 Discovery map #75. OS Sheet #7.
Glenstown (H4208) Leased by Johanna Cormack from Lord Waterford's estate in 1850 when it was valued at almost £14. A farm exists at the site now.	Glenstown	Mothel	Carrick-on-Suir	Clonea 6	Upperthird	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.28894 -7.41813 OSI Ref: S397154 Discovery map #75. OS Sheet #7.
Kilcanavee (H4209) In 1850 William Hunt was leasing this property from Lord Waterford's estate when it was valued at £13. A farm exists at the site now.	Kilcanavee	Mothel	Carrick-on-Suir	Ballydurn 5	Upperthird	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.24315 -7.42605 OSI Ref: S392103 Discovery map #75. OS Sheet #15.
Whitestown (H4211) In 1850,Lord Waterford held a property described as a "huntsman's house" in fee at Whitestown. It was valued at £14. Substantial kennels are shown nearby on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s and this building is still extant.	Whitestown East	Mothel	Carrick-on-Suir	Clonea 6	Upperthird	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.28063 -7.37427 OSI Ref: S427145 Discovery map #75. OS Sheet #7.
Whitestown House (H4212) David Shanahan was leasing Whitestown House from the Marquis of Waterford's estate in 1850 when it was valued at 16 10s. The original house is now derelict. This may be the property to which Wilson refers in 1786 when he notes it as seat of Mr. Ducket.	Whitestown West	Mothel	Carrick-on-Suir	Clonea 6	Upperthird	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.27536 -7.39779 OSI Ref: S411139 Discovery map #75. OS Sheet #7.
Shandon House (H4560) In 1851 James Broderick was leasing a property valued at £10 at Shandon, parish of Dungarvan. In 1774 Smith noted Shandon House as "formerly having been a seat of the Hore family, now falling into decay". It is no longer extant.	Shandon	Dungarvan	Dungarvan	Dungarvan Urban 22	Decies without Drum	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.09744 -7.62494 OSI Ref: X257940 Discovery map #82. OS Sheet #31.
Scrahan (H4596) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Thomas Shanahan was leasing this property from the Marquis of Waterford's estate when it was valued at £14 10s. An extensive farm complex exists at the site.	Scrahan	Rossmire	Kilmacthomas	Kilmacthomas 48	Decies without Drum	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.20619 -7.40458 OSI Ref: S407062 Discovery map #75. OS Sheet #15.
Whitestown House (Kilmacthomas) (H4597) In 1851, Stephen Moore was leasing this property from the Marquis of Waterford, when it was valued at almost £10. It is still extant and occupied.	Whitestown	Rossmire	Kilmacthomas	Kilmacthomas 48	Decies without Drum	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.20063 -7.37247 OSI Ref: S429056 Discovery map #75. OS Sheet #16.
Woodhouse (Stradbally) (H4606) Robert Uniacke held this property in fee at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £52 10s. In 1894 Slater refers to it as the seat of Robert H. Beresford. In 1906 it was the property of John Beresford and still valued at over £52. Smith referred to it in 1774 as the estate of Borr Uniake. Peacock notes that the Woodhouse estate was successively owned by Fitzgeralds (up to 1724), the Uniackes (until 1855) and after that the Beresfords. In 1942, the ITA survey notes that the owner of the house, Major Lord William Beresford was then resident in India. The house is still extant and well-maintained. It was sold in 2013.	Woodhouse	Stradbally	Kilmacthomas	Stradbally 51	Decies without Drum	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.12474 -7.47576 OSI Ref: X359971 Discovery map #82. OS Sheet #32.
Mount Druid (Gaultiere) (H4671) William Roberts was leasing this property from the Marquis of Waterford's estate in 1848, when it was valued at £14. In 1837 Lewis noted it as the seat of Mr. Reynett. There is still an extant house at the site.	Ballygunnertemple	Ballygunner	Waterford	Faithlegg 90	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.23347 -7.04264 OSI Ref: S654095 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #18.
Blenheim Lodge (H4672) Leased by Roger Sweetman from Lord Waterford's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £35.Lewis refers to it as the seat of Pierce Sweetman in 1837. It is still extant and operated as a guesthouse known as Blenheim House.	Ballymaclode	Ballygunner	Waterford	Faithlegg 90	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.24334 -7.04096 OSI Ref: S655106 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #18.
Blenheim (Gaultiere) (H4673) Miss Eliza Ridgeway was leasing this property from the Beresford estate in 1848, when it was valued at £29 18s. It is still extant and occupied.	Ballymaclode	Ballygunner	Waterford	Faithlegg 90	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.24428 -7.04533 OSI Ref: S652107 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #10.
Crooke Villa (H4696) Leased by Captain William Clarke from Lord Waterford's estate in 1848 when it was valued at £12. It is named as Crooke Villa on both the First Edition and later 25-inch Ordnance Survey maps. Local sources suggest this house was originally built by the local parish priest, Fr. Hearn, at the end of the eighteenth century. There is still a house at the site.	Crooke	Crooke	Waterford	Faithlegg 90	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.22941 -6.98710 OSI Ref: S692091 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #18.
Rock Lodge (Gaultiere) (H4697) Andrew Meade was leasing this property from Lord Waterford's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £14 12s. It is named Rock Lodge on both the First and latre 25-inch editions Ordnance Survey maps. A house is still extant at the site.	Crooke	Crooke	Waterford	Faithlegg 90	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.23203 -6.97826 OSI Ref: S698094 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #18.
Greenhill (Gaultiere) (H4698) Mrs. Mary Manning was leasing this property from Lord Waterford's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £18 7s. It is named Greenhill on both the First and later 25-inch edition Ordnance Survey maps. The original house is no longer extant.	Crooke	Crooke	Waterford	Faithlegg 90	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.23293 -6.97824 OSI Ref: S698095 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #18.
Newtown Geneva (H4701) In 1848, John Dobbyn was leasing the site known as Geneva Barracks from Lord Waterford's estate. The barracks is described as "in ruins" on the First edition six-inch Ordnance Survey Map of the 1840s. It had been constructed at a site originally intended for a colony of disaffected artisans from Geneva in Switzerland. When this plan was abandoned it was commissioned as a military barracks and used as a prison during the 1798 rebellion. The building was purchased by Lord Waterford in the 1820s. The ruins of a farmhouse as well as extensive perimeter walls remain at the site.	Newtown	Crooke	Waterford	Faithlegg 90	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.21766 -6.98005 OSI Ref: S697078 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #18.
Raheen (Gaultiere) (H4703) In 1848, Michael Nugent was leasing this property from Lord Waterford's estate when it was valued at £13. A house and farm still exist at the site though the original house does not appear to be extant.	Raheen	Crooke	Waterford	Faithlegg 90	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.20866 -6.97880 OSI Ref: S698068 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #18.
Kilcullen (H4711) Edward Delahunty was leasing this property from Lord Waterford's estate in 1848 when it was valued at £10. An extensive farm still exists at the site.	Kilcullen, Lower	Faithlegg	Waterford	Faithlegg 90	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.24495 -7.01750 OSI Ref: S671108 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #10.
Dunmore (Gaultiere) (H4739) In 1848, James Archer was leasing this property from Lord Waterford's estate when it was valued at £21. It is still extant.	Dunmore	Killea	Waterford	Killea 91	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.15849 -6.99748 OSI Ref: S686012 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #27.
Villa Marina (Dunmore East) (H4740) Richard Stapleton was leasing a property valued at £22 from Lord Waterford's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He was also occupying a pleasure ground valued at £12. Possibly occupying the site of the property now known as Villa Marina, formerly a hotel. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests the existing building at this site was built in the 1860s for David Malcolmson, designed by John Skipton Mulvany.	Dunmore	Killea	Waterford	Killea 91	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.15219 -6.99616 OSI Ref: S687005 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #27.
Mount Beresford (H4749) In 1848 William Manning was leasing this property from Lord Waterford's estate when it was valued at almost £10. There is still an extant house at the site. Shaw Mason's "Parochial Survey" notes it as the seat of Mr. Maguire. A house is still extant at the site.	Ballinkina	Kilmacomb	Waterford	Woodstown 94	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.20731 -7.03150 OSI Ref: S662066 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #18.
Ballinkina (H4750) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, William Connolly, MD, was leasing this property from Lord Waterford's estate, when it was valued at over £15. Buildings are still extant at the site.	Ballinkina	Kilmacomb	Waterford	Woodstown 94	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.20908 -7.02853 OSI Ref: S664068 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #18.
Brooke Lodge (H4753) In 1848,Rev. Henry Bolton was leasing this property from Lord Waterford's estate when it was valued at over £29. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage states that this house was built in the nineteenth century on the site of an earlier house owned by the Penrose family. It is still extant and occupied.	Cross	Kilmacomb	Waterford	Woodstown 94	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.23070 -7.03391 OSI Ref: S660092 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #18.
Carriglea (Gaultiere) (H4764) Richard Phelan was leasing this property from Lord Waterford's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £10 15s. It is no longer extant.	Carriglea	Kill St. Nicholas	Waterford	Faithlegg 90	Gaultiere	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.23955 -7.01762 OSI Ref: S671102 Discovery map #76. OS Sheet #18.
Rossmore House (H4873) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Benjamin Barton was the lessor of a property valued at over £13. He also held lands from the Marquis of Waterford's estate in the parish of Rossmore, barony of Decies without Drum.	Kilmacthomas	Rossmire	Kilmacthomas	Kilmacthomas 48	Decies without Drum	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.20536 -7.41776 OSI Ref: S398061 Discovery map #. OS Sheet #15.
Mountain View House (Dungarvan) (H5032) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, John Dower was leasing several substantial premises in the area of Fairlane, Dungarvan, from the estate of the Marquis of Waterford. Local sources suggest the Dower family built Mountain View House c.1815. The house remained in the Dower family until the twentieth century. In more recent time it offered guest accommodation and in 2014 was offered for sale.	Fairlane	Dungarvan	Dungarvan	Dungarvan Urban 22	Decies-without-Drum	Waterford	Lat/Lon: 52.08937 -7.62938 OSI Ref: X254931 Discovery map #82. OS Sheet #31.

Archival sources

• Centre for Kentish Studies: 1844-1878: misc Co Cavan, Co Waterford and Northumberland (Ford, etc) deeds and papers U 806/T173-74
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Beresford, 5 July 1870, Vol 98, MRGS 39/046, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Library of Ireland: Pedigree of Beresford of Beresford and Easton in Co. Stafford, of Bentley etc. in Co. Derby, of Coleraine, Barts., and Earls of Tyrone and Marquis of Waterford, of Learmount, Co. Derry, Barons Decies, of the Isle of St. Vincent, West Indies, of Belvediere, City of Dublin, 1087 -- 1874. Genealogical Office: Ms.180, pp.39-76
• National Library of Ireland: Newscuttings relating to the land question: sale of the Marquis of Waterford's Estate, purchase of land by tenants, the Duke of Leinster and his tenantry, 1872 - 1873. Larcom Papers, Ms. 7720
• National Library of Ireland: Genealogical Office report on Beresford, 1730 1860. Genealogical Office: Ms.814(28)
• National Library of Ireland: Pedigree of Beresford, Earls of Tyrone, c.1640-1763. Genealogical Office: Ms.169, p.373
• National Library of Ireland: Emblazon of Coat of Arms and Banner of Power, Barons of Corraghmore with tricks of Crest and Arms, c. 1640. Genealogical Office: Ms.35, pp.24-5
• National Library of Ireland: Pedigree of Power, Baron of Curraghmore, c.1400 -- c.1750. Genealogical Office: Ms.159, pp.147-8
• National Library of Ireland: Pedigree of Power, Barons of Le Power and Barons of Coroghmore, Viscount Decies and Earls of Tyrone of Monolargie, of Rathearmake, Knock-alaffa in Co. Waterford, of Ballindrimny and Grange, Co. Galway, of Gurteen and Coolfine, Co. Waterford, of Kilcronagh, Co. Kilkenny and Long Orchard, Co. Tipperary, c. 1515--1897. Genealogical Office: Ms.180, pp.561-70
• Northumberland Archives: 18th cent-20th cent: deeds and estate papers
• Parliamentary Archives: An Act to enable the most Honourable Henry Marquis of Waterford to grant Leases of certain Estates in the Counties of Waterford, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Londonderry, in Ireland, devised by the Will of the late George De la Poer Marquis of Waterford, deceased, 1825. Private Act (Printed), 6 George IV, c. 55 HL/PO/PB/1/1825/6G4n400
• Public Record Office, Northern Ireland: Papers relating to the Beresford and Marquis of Waterford's estates in Coleraine area, 19th c. D. 1118
• Public Record Office, Northern Ireland: Over 700 letters, originals and copies, the correspondence of Lord John G. Beresford, Archbp. of Armagh, on public and private affairs, elections in Cos. Waterford and Derry, estates in Co. Waterford, Church of Ireland matters, etc. 1823-62. D. 664 A
• Waterford County Library: Irish Tourist Association Survey files: Barony of Upperthird

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. : Mohill Union, 46.
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Upperthird (Waterford): 11 (Curraghmore), 25 (Ballyvallikin & Guilcagh), 29 (Glen & Laherdan), 43 (Ballydurn),44 (Ballyknock, Ballynacurra & Ballyneal), 45 (Ballynevin), 49 (Glenstown), 50 (Kilcanavee), 53 (Whitestown East & West)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Decies without Drum: 85 (Shandon), 181-182 (Kilmacthomas), 185 (Scrahan), 186 (Whitestown)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Gaultiere: 2 (Ballygunnertemple & Ballymaclode), 8 (Crooke), 10 (Newtown), 11 (Raheen), 14 (Kilcullen, Lower), 21 (Dunmore), 30 9Carriglea), 40 (Ballinkina & Cross)
• The Irish Builder: The Irish Beresfords and their landed property. Vol. XX, no. 447 (August 1, 1878), p226.
• BATEMAN, John. The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.38
• 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] : 30 (Beresford), 468 (Marquis of Waterford)
• LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 277 (Curraghmore)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion..., HC 1906, c, 177: 292 (Whitestown East, Guilcagh & Curraghmore)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of names of proprietors and area and valuation of properties in counties in Ireland, held in fee or perpetuity or long leases at chief rents, 1876. (412) LXXX. 395: 155
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 303
• SLATER, Isaac. Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats. (Manchester: 1894) : xxv, 169 (Curraghmore)
• WALFORD, Edward. 'The County families of the United Kingdom. London: Chatto & Windus, 1885): p.79
• WILSON, William. The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 335 (Curraghmore)

Modern printed sources

• Decies: Journal of the Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society: BRODERICK, Eugene. Lord George Beresford and three Waterford elections. LVII (2001), pp.73-84.
• Decies: Journal of the Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society: BRODERICK, Eugene. Protestants and the 1826 Waterford county election. LIII (1997), pp.45-66.
• Irish Arts Review: BUTLER, Patricia. A Victorian watercolourist: Louisa Anne de la Poer Beresford, 1818-1891. (1994), pp.157-162.
• Irish Times: Landed Estates Court sale reports, 13 December 1871, p.5
• 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.
• The Irish Genealogist: DE LA POER, Nigel K., edited by Kenneth W. Nicholls and Julian C. Walton. The Powers of Curraghmore, Co Waterford: Their origins and history. X (1998-2001), 388-395
• Weekly Irish Times: 11 July 1936, Curraghmore
• BENCE-JONES, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 97 (Curraghmore)
• HICKS, David. Irish country houses: portraits & painters. Cork: The Collins Press, 2014. : pp.92-104
• NOLAN, W, POWER, T.P. & COWMAN, D. (eds). Waterford: History and Society. (Dublin: Geography Publications, 1992). : PROUDFOOT, Lindsay. The estate system in mid nineteenth-century Waterford. p.527
• 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. : 72-73 (Curraghmore)
• 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 306.