Ballyedmond, Midleton, Co Cork – demolished after 1960

by jenjunebug

Ballyedmond, Midleton, Co Cork – demolished after 1960.  

Bence-Jones, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses (originally published as Burke’s Guide to Country Houses volume 1 Ireland by Burke’s Peerage Ltd. 1978); Revised edition 1988 Constable and Company Ltd, London.

p. 21. “(Courtenay, sub Bell/LGI1958); Smith-Barry/IFR) An imposing winged house of different periods, partly by the elder and the younger Abraham Hargrave. …Passed by descent to R.H. Smith-Barry, 4th son of John Smith-Barry of Fota, Co Cork and Eliza-Mary Courtenay; sold ca 1960 by Guy Smith-Barry. Subsequently demolished and the demesne devastated.”

Eliza Mary née Courtenay (1797-1828) who married John Smith-Barry (1783-1837). She was the daughter of Robert Courteney of Ballyedmond in County Cork. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, http://www.irishhistorichouses.com.
Portrait Of A Lady traditionally identified as Caroline Courtenay Née Smith-Barry, (d. 1853) courtesy of Whyte’s Sept 2007, daughter of James Smith-Barry (1746-1801) of Fota House, County Cork, she married George Courtenay (d. 1837) of Ballyedmond House, County Cork (no longer exists).

Listed in Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.

“A large early 18C houuse altered in the late 18C by Abraham Hargrave the elder and younger for Robert Courtenay. Demolished in the 1960s.”

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