Robert Joseph Good of Newceston

Hello all!

I am currently visiting Ireland (in Cork from July 2nd-7th), and I am hoping to find the farmhouse where my great-grandfather and his family lived.

Robert Joseph Good (my great-grandfather) was born May 21st, 1879 (from death certificate) to Thomas Good (born approximately 1834) and Jane Morgan (born approximately 1845).  He had two older brothers: Thomas Morgan and James.  He had three older sisters: Mary Anne (1873), Lizzie (75) and Sara Jane (77). He had a younger brother William (81). These details are from this 1901 census: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cork/Murragh/Newcastown/1090750/

This census lists the house as “Residents of a house 5 in Newcastown (Murragh, Cork)”. The second census of 1911 lists the house as “Residents of a house 12 in Newcastown (Murragh, Cork)”.

Robert Joseph married Beatrice Maude Bradfield (approx 1884) October 27th, 1910 at Athnowen Church Parish of Athnowen, County Cork, Ireland. Beatrice Maud Bradfield was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bradfield of Ballygromain, Ovens, County Cork, Ireland. Beatrice Bradfield had trained as a Registered Nurse at Lewisham, S. E. London.

They had seven children,

Thomas - October 18th, 1912

William Paul Gerald - June 29th, 1914

Alice Marion - March 14th, 1916

John Arthur - December 3, 1917

Robert James Greenfield - August 28th, 1919

Edward Horace - December 13, 1921

Wilfred Patrick - February 7, 1928 (My grandfather; the only one born in Canada)

The house and farm were sold on June 13, 1922. The family then went to a seaside resort at Courtmacsherry where they stayed for several weeks. One night the family all got in a tender and went out into the Channel where they boarded a ship and went to Liverpool. There the family stayed in a hotel for several days. They set sail for Canada and after nine days at sea they docked at Montreal, Canada. (This is mostly from an account of one of my grandfather’s brothers.)

Robert Joseph’s brother Thomas Morgan Good (wife Kathleen) was a solicitor in Dublin.

Robert Joseph’s mother Jane Morgan died at age 92, circa 1930, at the house of her daughter, Mrs. Jack Kingston, at Kilronen, Dunaway, Co. Cork Ireland.

Captain Thomas Good was the first Good to come to Ireland. He came from England with the English soldiers in the mid 1600’s. In every generation the eldest son of the eldest son has been named Thomas.

I am 25 years old and on my first trip to Ireland.  Because my great-grandparents died relatively young and shortly after they arrived in Canada, and as my grandfather was the youngest child, there is a disconnect with my Irish heritage. I will be in County Cork for a week and close to Newceston. I would love to find the farmhouse if possible and any other connections that might come up.  

Thank you for any assistance.  Also any suggestions would be welcome in terms of making the information more readable/presentable as well as how to present sources.

I recognize that my ancestors arrival in Ireland is closely tied to the complex history between the English and the Irish. I hope to understand this better in the context of my ancestors and the environment they lived in.