Castle Harrison

Castle, name Castle Harrison, Formerly Castle Dodd, at Charleville, County Cork, Ireland, has long been the seat of a Harrison family of Ireland. Castle Harrison, Ireland (Latitude: 52° 19' 0 N, Longitude: 8° 40' 0 W). Castle Harrison has an area of 2,431acres, according to records of property ownership of 1870.

Castle Harrison, County Cork, Ireland. 19th Century

Barony / Municipal Borough : Orrery and Kilmore

Parish : Ballyhay

County : Cork

Townland : Castleharrison

Present on Ordnance Survey 1" Series

[1st] Yes, sheet 164

[2nd] Yes

[Rev] Yes

Present on Ordnance Survey First Edition 6" Series [1836 to 1846] Yes Barony / Municipal Borough : Orrery and Kilmore Parish : Ballyhay County : Cork Townland : Castleharrison Bibliography Location on Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Sheet No : 73 Grid Letter : R Grid Reference : 552196 Apparent visibility on current OS and general notes Building indicated area to south labelled 'Castle Harrison'.

The Castle Harrison vault was built by Henry Harrison, of Castle Harrison, who was known as the 'Commissioner'. He was Commissioner of Customs in Ireland about 1710. On the top of this vault is an altar-tomb to some member of the Harrison family, but I cannot read the inscription. I understand that this churchyard is the private property of Colonel Harrison, of Castle Harrison. It is only a short distance from Castle Harrison, and lies about 3½ miles (south-west by west) from Charleville.

According to Lewis it was built on the site of Castle Dod, an old Fitzgerald castle and was inhabited by Standish Harrison in 1837. A map dated 1736 in the National Library includes a drawing of the house then known as Castle Dodd. In the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that it was the residence of Mrs. Harrison, widow of General Harrison. It provides a description of the great hall which contained artefacts that had been unearthed on the estate during the construction of the nearby railway. Castle Harrison was inherited by five sisters in 1951 and the estate was sold to the Land Commission in 1956. The house was subsequently demolished.

Castle Harrison

The Harrison's of Castle Harrison, Charleville, Cork Co., Ireland posted the parchment at the main entrance of the castle for all visitors to see as they entered:

Who originally Descended of Richard, Lord Harrisson, who came into England A.D. 1056, Deriving his Pedigree from Charles, Junior Son of Charles, Duke of Habspruch, in Germany 876, as Sir Thomas Hawley, who was King-at-Arms of George Bretain in the Reign of King Henry VIII, can give Account, Transcripts of which have been carefully Preserved and to me Lineally transmitted by my Ancestors, who were successively Chief Antiquaries of Ireland.

Therefore I, Charles Lynegar, having said Transcripts, or True Copies thereof, have from thence drawn out the following Antiquity, of t he Honourable William Harrison, Esquire, as a Memorial to his Posterity; his Genealogy Extracted from the Root whence Spring his Honourable and Ancient Ancestors. Given under my Hand, Trinity College, Dublin. Second day of August 1727. From your most Obedeint Servant, Charles Lynegar

BALLYHEA, a parish, partly in the barony of ORRERY and KILMORE, but chiefly in that of FERMOY, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 2 miles (S. S. E.) from Charleville; containing 1591 inhabitants. At this place was an ancient castle belonging to the Fitzgerald family, called Castle Dod, which was taken in 1642 by Lord Inchiquin, on which occasion 200 of the Irish were slain. The parish is situated on the river Awbeg, and is intersected by the mail coach road from Cork to Limerick. It comprises 5235 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at £5151 per ann.: the greater portion is under tillage, held in large farms; the land is generally good, and there is some good grazing land, on which store cattle are fattened for the Cork market. Limestone gravel is found in abundance, and burnt for manure. The only seat is Castle Harrison, the residence of Standish Harrison, Esq., erected on the site of Castle Dod. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Cloyne, forming the corps of the prebend of Ballyhea in the cathedral of Cloyne, and united also to the vicarage of Rathgoggan; the rectory is appropriate to the vicars choral of the cathedral of Christchurch, Dublin; the tithes amount to £400. The church has been long in ruin, and, from its extent and its ornamental details, appears to have been a spacious and handsome edifice. The glebe comprises 2½ acres. In the R. C. divisions the greater portion of the parish is united with the parishes of Ardskeagh, Cooline, Emerick or Imphrick, Aglishdrinagh, and part of the parish of Shandrum: the chapel, a spacious building on the border of Aglishdrinagh, was erected in 1831, on a site given by Mr. Harrison. There are two pay schools, in which are about 50 children.

Cork County Library: Irish Tourist Association survey files, Parish of Ballyhea National Library of Ireland: Harrison Papers. Indenture concerning the acquisition of lands at Ballycoskery, Co. Cork, by S. H. Harrison, estimate by the Land Commission of the value of his estates and agreement by him to purchase lands at Bantry from S. N. Hutchins and others, together with proceedings in Chancery against De Courcy O'Grady by a number of People in respect of debts and lands in Co. Limerick, 1852–1907. MS 8463 National Library of Ireland: Maps of the estate of the Harrisons of Castleharrison, 18th & 19th centuries. 15 B. 22 (36-40) National Library of Ireland: Deeds relating to the lands and affairs of the Harrison family of Castle-harrison, Co. Cork, including the will of Henry Harrison, 1765, three deeds dated 1640 and 1697 and the remainder 18th - 19th century. D 6982–7073 National Library of Ireland: Leases by Henry Harrison, Castleharrison, Ballyhay, Co. Cork, of lands mainly at Ardnageehy, Ballyrydeen, Rathgoggin; lessees include John Barry, Garrett FitzGerald, Thomas Rice; 1765-99. D. 26,388-399 University College Cork, Boole Library Archives: Four account books of S. H. Harrison of Castle Harrison, 19th century. Contemporary printed sources

GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND, 1850–1858. : Barony of Orrery & Kilmore, 13 (Castleharrison) 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: 206 LEET, Ambrose. A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 99 (Castle-harrison) LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 137 (Castle Harrison) PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 125 SLATER, Isaac. Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats. (Manchester: 1894) : xxiv, 131 WILSON, William. The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 357 (Castle Harrison) Modern printed sources

Jnl. of the Royal Society of Antiquaries Ireland: FITZGERALD UNIACKE, R.G. The Fitzgeralds of Castle Dodd. Ser. 5, Vol. IV (1894), pp. 293–294 BENCE-JONES, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 70 HAJBA, Anna-Maria. Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 104 MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). Burke's Irish Family Records. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 554-555 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Harrison Papers (from 1640), formerly the property of Mrs. Barclay, Castle Harrison, Charleville, now in the National Library of Ireland, relating to the Fitzgerald, Casey, and Harrison families and to lands in Co. Cork. No. 299

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• Castle Harrison on lordharrisonfamily