Castle Harrison

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Castle Harrison in the late 19th or early 20th century

Castle Harrison , formerly Castle Dodd was a large country house near Charleville and the village of Ballyhea in the north of Ireland's County Cork . The Harrison family seat was demolished in the 1950s.

history

A "Castle Dodd" (or "Castle Dod") of the FitzGerald family appears for the first time on a map of North Cork from 1736. Samuel Lewis thinks in his work A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland that Castle Harrison is from an earlier building or at least on the location of such arose. In 1837 a man named Standish Harrison lived there .

In the 1940s, the Irish Tourist Association Survey recorded that a certain Mrs. Harrison , widow of General Harrison, lived in Castle Harrison . This report includes a description of the great hall that housed artifacts unearthed on the property during the construction of a nearby railway line. In 1951 five sisters inherited the country house and in 1956 the property was sold to the Irish Land Commission . The house was later demolished.

Harrison family

The Harrisons placed a parchment at the entrance to Castle Harrison showing the family tree:

“(...) who was originally descended from Richard, Lord Harrisson, who came to England in AD 1056, and derives its family tree from Charles, youngest son of Karl, Prince of Habsburg, in Germany in 876, as Sir Thomas Hawley, the king of the coat of arms by George Bretain in the reign of King Henry VIII , can provide a report on it, the description of which has been carefully preserved and sent to me directly by my ancestors who were successively chief antiquaries of Ireland.

Therefore I, Charles Lynegar, to whom the above descriptions or real copies thereof are available, from then on honored the following prehistory of the honorable William Harrison, Esquire , as a memorial to his past: his family tree from the roots, the source of his honorable, ancient ancestors is. Authors' own hand, Trinity College, Dublin, second day of August 1727. From the most obedient servant, Charles Lynegar. "

The Castle Harrison tomb in Aglishdrinagh Cemetery was laid out for Henry Harrison of Castle Harrison, who was called the "Commissioner". He was the Customs Inspector of Ireland around 1710.

Individual references and comments

  1. ^ A b Colonel James Grove White: Historical and Topographical Notes etc. on Buttevant, Castletownroche, Doneraile, Mallow and places in their vicinity . Guy and Company. 1911. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b c Castle Harrison . Landedestates.nuigalway.ie. May 18, 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  3. ↑ Castle Harrison - lordharrisonfamily . Sites.google.com. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  4. ↑ The original parchment is owned by Jeffrey Standish Harrison Sr. in Woodinville , Washington , USA .

Coordinates: 52 ° 19 ′ 34.7 "  N , 8 ° 39 ′ 25.8"  W.