Helena Borr
Wife of Thomas Uniacke of Youghal
Maurice Uniacke 1711-1743
of Ballyvergyn and Woodhouse
In 1724 Major Richard MacThomas FitzGerald of Prospect House in Kinsalebeg, Co. Waterford owned Woodhouse but was deep in debt. As a result he sold Woodhouse to his distant relative, Thomas Uniacke, Esq. , who transferred most of the purchase price to a FitzGerald creditor.
The Uniacke family was a very prominent in East Cork. Thomas Uniacke, Esq. was an Alderman and Mayor of Youghal. Thomas married Helena Bor, the only child and heir of General Christian Bor of Bor Mount, Co. Wexford. By Thomas’s last will, Woodhouse became the property of his third son, Maurice Uniacke.