1578, Will of James Unak (Uniacke), Youghal, Co. Cork, Overseer, the Seneschal.  Later Uniacks of Nova Scotia.

 

The Seneschal was a legal officer below current District Justice nominated by The Lord of the Manor.

 

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Uniacke Estates:

 

http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie:8080/LandedEstates/jsp/estate-show.jsp?id=2507

 

Canada:

 

On line records of St. Mary’s Cathedral, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Candada, many Cork records including O’Sullivan from Beara Peninsula. Anglican Archives, Kingston, Ontario containing Mizen Muinter Bhaire records, and Richard John Uniacke from Cork to Nova Scotia 1755, Solicitor General, Attorney General Nova Scotia, his son James Boyle the first Prime Minister of Nova Scotia.

 

Nova Scotia:

 

Conversions among Catholic Lawyers to the Church of Ireland, 1704-1778. Official concern about ‘Catholic Wives’ 1714, Two thirds of the Business of the Four Courts consists of Popish Discoveries 1723, Andrew Arcedeckne (b Kilkenny 1691) Attorney General Jamaica 1716-7. Dennis Kelly Chief Justice, Jamaica Bryan Finucane Co. Clare Chief Justice, Nova Scotia 1776, Richard J Uniacke, Co. Cork, Solicitor General, Nova Scotia to 1830, Edward Savage, Co. Down Judge South Carolina after 1765