Waller (Rookwood)

In 1778 Major Waller is recorded as resident at Rookwood and Kilmore. Robert Waller married Jane Ormsby of the Tobervaddy family in the first half of the 18th century. Major Waller was either her husband or son and was either a brother or nephew of William Waller of Allenstown, Navan, county Meath.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Rookwood	Rookwood or Bellagad	Athleague	Mountbellew	Killeroran 149	Killian	Galway	OSI Ref: M807 571 OS Sheet: 33 Discovery map: 40
Kilmore	Carrowphadeen	St Johns	Athlone	Carnagh 13	Athlone	Roscommon	OSI Ref: M995 513 OS Sheet: 46 Discovery map: 40

Archival sources

Local History File - Rookwood House; Roscommon County Library
Messrs R.H.Orr & Sons, solicitors of Belfast, include legal documents re the lands of Kilmore, Co Roscommon & the Bingham, Ormsby, Phibbs, Waller & other families, 1738-1915.; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 236 (Rookwood) & 242 (Kilmore)
LEGG, Marie Louise (ed). ''Census of Elphin 1749''. Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2004: 198 (Kilmore)
WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 125 (Kilmore), 419 (Rockwood)

Modern printed sources

BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: II, 1913-1914
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on Pakenham Mahon Papers, includes reference to marriage settlement of Robert Waller and Elizabeth Rothery of Dublin. No. 10
KILLIAN-KILLERORAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY. ''Newbridge, Ballygar, Toghergar News''. Ballygar: the author, 1984: 33-37
BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 245