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Ballyclough House
Kilworth, Co. Cork
The portion of the house shown above is said to be about 300 years old, and has been added to from time to time.
South Elevation, said to be approximately 300 years old in 1911.
Location
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Coordinates
Architectural Style
Gothic Revival
Noteworthy
Birthplace of Sir Redmond Barry
Birthplace of 1st Viscountess Doneraile
Anglo-Irish Family

Ballyclough House, also known as Ballyclogh House, is an Irish country house built in the 17th century by members of the Anglo-Irish ascendency. It was the principal house of the Ballyclough Estate. Little remains of the original house however it is noteworthy as the birthplace of Redmond Barry. The name Ballyclough, or Ballyclogh, is derived from the Irish, Baile Cloiche, which translates as town/townland of stone/stone building. There are a number of townlands and villages in Ireland of the same or similar name. While the form 'Ballyclogh' is used on Ordnance Survey maps, the form 'Ballyclough' was commonly used.

Location

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Ballyclough House is located in the townland of Ballyclough in the north east of County Cork, Ireland. It lies between the villages of Kilworth, to the east and Glanworth, to the west, with the River Funshion on it's southern boundary. The townland of Ballyclough is in the Civil Parish of Glanworth, in the Barony of Fermoy. It is comprised of approximately 687 acres corresponding with the former Ballyclough Estate[1].

History

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Ballyclough was first mentioned by Grove White[2] as being included in the grant of lands to Arthur Hyde in 1588.

In 1669, Sir Nicholas Purdon was granted a large part of north Cork, including Ballyclough. Sir Nicholas's daughter Jane married Redmond Barry, the MacAdam Barry of Lisnagar, Rathcormac, a descendent of William de Barry. She subsequently inherited Ballyclough.

Ballyclough passed through several generations of the male line of the Barry family, including Redmond Barry, High Sherriff of Co. Cork in 1734, whose daughter Mary Catherine married St. Leger St. Leger, the 1st Viscount Doneraile second creation. It was eventually inherited by Major General Henry Greene Barry in 1812.

Henry Greene Barry, High Sherriff of Cork 1821, and his wife Phoebe, née Drought, had thirteen children, including Redmond Barry. Their eldest son Capt. James J. P. MacAdam Barry inherited Ballyclough in 1838. His brother Capt. St. Leger Barry inherited in 1881, and in 1888 Ballyclough was inherited by his grand-nephew, James Robert Bury[3].

James Robert Bury took the additional name Barry by licence in 1889.[4] He was High Sherriff of Cork, 1910, gained the rank of Major in the British army and was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire. In 1901 the Irish Census lists the house as being occupied by his mother, Anna Maria, her second husband Capt. James Broadley RN and six servants. In 1911 the house was occupied by James Bury-Barry, his wife Judith née Ringrose Voase, their daughter Nesta Anne and six servants. Between 1911 and 1920 the family moved to Elvington Hall, Yorkshire and the house was used as a military garrison by the British. In 1920 the house was set alight by the IRA. The house and the estate were then acquired by the Irish Land Commission who divided the estate and partially demolished the house. [5]

Architecture

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Barry - Ballyclough eventually passed to the descendants of Sir Nicholas's eldest daughter, Jane, who married Redmond Barry, MacAdam Barry, of Lisnagar, Rathcormac, Co. Cork,[5] a descendent of William de Barry[6]. Ballyclough then passed to their son Redmond Barry and subsequently to his son On the death of Redmond Barry, Ballyclough passed to his son, James Barry, born in 1737. In 1765 James married Elizabeth Greene, daughter of Abraham Greene of Co. Limerick. Their eldest son, Redmond James, died in 1812 and the estate passed to their younger son, , High Sheriff of Cork, 1821. In 1804 Henry Greene Barry married Phoebe Drought, they had thirteen children, including Redmond Barry. Their eldest son, on the death of his father in 1838. James Barry married Olivia Maria Drew, of Mocollop Castle, Co. Waterford in 1841. They had no children and therefore when he died in 1881 Ballyclough passed to his younger brother, , who died in 1888.

Bury Barry.[7] - In 1888 James Robert Bury succeeded his great-uncle St. Leger Barry. He took the additional name Barry by licence in 1889.[8] He was born in 1875, and educated at Wellington College, Berkshire. [9] He travelled in Australia, New Zealand, United States, Ceylon, Burma, Java, South Sea Islands and Egypt[6]. The 1901 census gives the 'Head of Family' at Ballyclough House as Captn, James Broadley RN,[10] this was the second husband of Anna Maria, mother of James R. Bury Barry, they subsequently moved to Catisfield House, Fareham. In 1904 James Bury Barry modernised and added a ballroom to Ballyclough House. In 1906 he married of Yorkshire. They had two daughters, Nesta Anne, born in 1909 and Felicity, born in 1913. The 1911 census lists them as residents of Ballyclough House with their eldest daughter and six servants[11]. He and his family lived at Ballyclough until they moved to Elvington Hall, Yorkshire[12] when the house was taken over and used as a military garrison for the British. In the early 1920s the Irish Land Commission took over the estate[13]

Ballyclough House

Ballyclough House was built in the early 17th century, with several modifications and extensions made since then..[6] A two-storey house, the south façade of the house comprised seven bays topped with crenelations and with buttresses at either end.[14] It was described in 1837 as 'the residence of General Barry, a handsome mansion, in the Elizabethan style, situated in a fine and well-planted demesne'.[15] In 1857, James Barry wrote to his brother, Redmond Barry, complaining 'It is always leaking and it is impossible to keep paper or any decent appearance on the ceilings or the walls for damp' and in the 1850s and 1860s he re-roofed and refurbished the house.[13] Despite these works he later moved a property inherited by his wife, Mocollop Castle,[16] near Ballyduff, Co. Waterford. In 1904 a two storey extension was added to the north of the house with a ballroom on the ground floor. This extension has been described as Gothic Revival with a Tudor arch entrance doorway.[17] The bay windows, stained glass above the entrance door and decorative rainwater hoppers also indicate an Edwardian influence. The finials and rather Gothic appearance of the north façade may also have been influenced by Lisnagar House,[18] where ancestors of the then owner resided. The 1901 census gives the number of rooms as greater than 13, and the number of windows in front of house as 16[10], in 1911 this was given as greater than 13 rooms and the number of windows as 14.[11] The Irish Architectural Archive holds an undated photograph of the south façade of the house which differs slightly from the photograph published in 1911[6], there is a central porch and doorway. Little is known about the original interiors of the house apart from the staircase, described as an 'impressive Tudor-Revival staircase[14]

Curtilage

A large courtyard abutted the western gable of the house, this was single storey on three sides, the north side being two-storey. Evidence of a bread oven[19] on the east side of the courtyard suggests that this was where the kitchens were located, the large blank wall to the south and the remains of fireplaces suggests that some of the south side of the courtyard provided accommodation for servants. Along the west side there are the remains of half doors and feeding troughs. The northern two-storey section has the remains of a central arch giving access to the courtyard with accommodation above and possibly a clock tower[6]. To the west of the arch there is a two storey house, and to the east, a coach-house with loft above. The ground floor level of the courtyard is lower that that of the main house and a stream runs along the back wall of the west side of the courtyard, this and the age of the house may have contributed to the ongoing issues with damp[13]. To the north of the house along one of the access roads there was a large walled garden[17]. The earliest 6 inch OSi maps[20] indicate a 'Farmyard' to the north of the courtyard and a thrashing mill to the north west. The OSi maps also show two driveways with gate lodges, one to the south, one to the east, and to the south east of the house, Ballyclogh Church noted as 'in ruins'.

Demolition

Sometime between 1911 and 1920 the house was used as a military garrison for the British, which may have been the reason it was torched by the IRA in 1920.[13]. It was subsequently taken over by the Land Commission who demolished the main house, apart from the 1904 extension, and divided up the estate[17]

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"Baile Cloiche/Ballyclogh". logainm.ie. Retrieved 2024-10-03.

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"Ballyclogh Townland, Co. Cork". www.townlands.ie. Retrieved 2024-10-03.

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"Griffith's Valuation Viewer". griffiths.askaboutireland.ie. Retrieved 2024-10-03.

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Grove White, J. Historical and topographical notes on Buttevant, Doneraile, Mallow and places in their vicinity. 1905-25, vol. 2, 89

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"Purdon (Ballyclogh) | Landed Estates | University of Galway". landedestates.ie. Retrieved 2024-10-03.

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Hodges, Rev. Richard J (1911). Cork and County Cork in the Twentieth Century. Contemporary Biographies. Pike, W T.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

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"Thom's Irish Who's Who/Barry, James Robert Bury - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved 2024-10-15.

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Office, Ireland Genealogical (1880). "Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. H, p.108". catalogue.nli.ie. Retrieved 2024-10-14.

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Burke (1958). Burke's Landed Gentry Irish Family Records, p.223.

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"National Archives: Census of Ireland 1901". www.census.nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 2024-10-04.

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"National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911". www.census.nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 2024-10-04.

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Stuff, Good. "Elvington Hall, Elvington, York". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-10-15.

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Galbally, Anne (1995). Redmond Barry An Anglo-Irish Australian. Melbourne University Press. p. 13. ISBN 0-522-84516-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

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Bence-Jones, Mark (1978). A Guide to Irish Country Houses. Burke's Peerage Ltd, London. ISBN 0-82-777275-0.

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"Glanworth - Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)". www.libraryireland.com. Retrieved 2024-10-03.

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FUSIO. "Mocollop Castle, MOCOLLOP, WATERFORD". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 2024-10-14.

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FUSIO. "Ballyclogh House, BALLYCLOGH, CORK". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 2024-10-03.

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Landed Estates, Ireland's Landed Estates and Historic Houses c. 1700 - 1914, including Ballyclogh House Buildings of Ireland, National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, including Ballyclogh House

Logainm, Placenames database of Ireland, including Baile Cloiche

Geohive, Ireland's National Geospatial Data Hub

Griffith's Valuation

Townlands of Ireland, including the townland of Ballyclough

Landed Estates, Ireland's Landed Estates and Historic Houses c. 1700 - 1914, including Sir Nicholas Purdon

Landed Estates, Ireland's Landed Estates and Historic Houses c. 1700 - 1914, including Lisnagar

Irish Archives Resource, including Henry Greene Barry, High Sherriff of Cork 1821

Further Reading

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Redmond Barry

  • Galbally. Ann. Redmond Barry, An Anglo-Irish Australian. 1995. Melbourne University Press
  • La Trobe

The Anglo-Irish in the early 20th Century

  • Dooley, Terrance. Burning the Big House: The Story of the Irish Country House in a Time of War and Revolution. Yale University Press.
  • Bowen, Elizabeth. Bowen's Court
  • Somerville. The Irish RM
  • Gormanston, Eileen. A Little Kept

References

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  1. ^ Griffith, Richard (1851). Primary Valuation of Ireland. p. 83.
  2. ^ Grove White, James (1905). Historical and Topographical Notes etc. on Buttevant, Castletownroche, Doneraile, Mallow and places in their vacinity.
  3. ^ Hodges, Richard (1911). Cork and County Cork in the Twentieth Century. Contemporary Biographies. W. T. Pike & Co. p. 174.
  4. ^ Office, Ireland Genealogical (1880). "Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. H". catalogue.nli.ie. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  5. ^ Galbally, Ann (1995). Redmond Barry, An Anglo-Irish Australian. Melbourne University Press. p. 13. ISBN 0-522-84516-9.
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