Rowley (Co Limerick)
At the time of Griffith's Valuation Lady Langford held a large estate in county Limerick mainly in the parish of Dromin, barony of Coshma but also in the parishes of Croagh, barony of Connello Lower, Ballingarry, barony of Connello Upper and Anhid, Athlacca and Croom, barony of Coshma, county Limerick. Lady Langford was the daughter of Clotworthy Rowley and his wife, Elizabeth Crosby. She succeeded to the estates of her uncle. Hercules Langford Rowley,1st Viscount Langford, and in 1794 she married her first cousin, Clotworthy Taylour, 4th son of the Earl of Bective. Her husband took the name of Rowley and was created Baron Langford in 1800. She died in 1860. In the 1870s her great grandson, 4th Baron Langford of Summerhill, owned 3,855 acres in county Limerick, 3,659 acres in county Dublin and 2,231 acres in county Meath.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dollas Upper | Dollas Upper | Croom | Croom | Kilfinny 5 | Coshma | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R488 379
OS Sheet: 30 Discovery map: 65 |
Archival sources
- Deeds & other papers re properties of Waller family in Co Limerick, mainly 18th century, include reference to this family. Small Accs Index 78, Co. 2453-2464, D.11,802-11,980, M.1039-1049, T.3858-3873; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Coshma, 48 (Dollas Upper)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 150
- HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. ''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 259
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.258