Power (Roskeen)
Colonel Grove White includes a detailed family history of this family in his notes. The Powers were established at Carrigaline and Roskeen, county Cork, in the early 18th century. John Power held land in the parishes of Kilshannig and Roskeen, barony of Duhallow, county Cork, in the mid 19th century. In the 1870s John Power of Roskeen, Mallow, owned 773 acres in the county. http://www.iol.ie/~edmo/manors.htm#Ruskeen
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roskeen | Roskeen | Roskeen | Kanturk | Roskeen 168 | Duhallow | Cork |
OSI Ref: W445 992
OS Sheet: 32 Discovery map: 80 |
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Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Duhallow, 152 (Roskeen)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 529 (Roskeen)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 132
- 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] : 373
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 238 (Roskeen - Irwin)
Modern printed sources
- ''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: Historical and Topographical Notes, etc on Buttevant, Doneraile, Mallow and Places in their vicinity. Collected by James Grove White (c 1906). XXV, 2nd Series (1919), 185-188 (Roskeen)