Castle Harrison


Castle Harrison, formerly Castle Dodd, was a great house close to Ballyhea and Charleville, in north County Cork, Ireland. The seat of the Harrison family for some time, the house was demolished in the 1950s.

History

A "Castle Dodd", of the Fitzgerald family, appears on a 1736 map of north County Cork. Samuel Lewis' Topographical Dictionary Ireland suggests that Castle Harrison was developed from or on the site of this earlier structure, and by 1837 was occupied by a man named Standish Harrison.
By the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association Survey noted that Castle Harrison was the residence of a Mrs. Harrison, widow of a General Harrison. This survey provides a description of the great hall which contained artefacts unearthed on the estate during the construction of a nearby railway line. Castle Harrison was inherited by five sisters in 1951 and the estate sold to the Irish Land Commission in 1956. The house was subsequently demolished.

Harrison family

The Harrison's posted a parchment at the entrance to Castle Harrison which described the Harrison lineage: The original parchment is in the possession of Jeffrey Standish Harrison, Sr. of Woodinville, Wa.
The Castle Harrison vault in Aglishdrinagh Churchyard was built by Henry Harrison, of Castle Harrison, who was known as the 'Commissioner'. He was Commissioner of Customs in Ireland about 1710.