Boles/Bowles (Cork)
In 1666 Richard Boles was granted 924 acres at Moyge in the barony of Orrery and Kilmore, county Cork. From Richard's brother, Captain Thomas Boles, descend the Boles of Ahern, county Cork. According to Burke's "Landed Gentry of Ireland" (1904) the spelling of the surname of this family changed from Boles to Bowles with George Boles of Mountprospect, born 1739. His military commission spelt his name Bowles and this spelling was retained by him and his family. In 1764 he married Dorothea Hunt of Friarstown, county Limerick, and they had three sons. The youngest son, Spotswood Bowles, settled at Ahern, Conna, county Cork. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the Bowles estate was in the parishes of Aghera, Knockmourne and Mogeely, barony of Kinnatalloon and in a number of parishes in the barony of Imokilly. Bowles lands in the baronies of Imokilly, county Cork and Decies-within-Drum, county Waterford, were offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in October 1858. The interest of Robert Boles, continued in the name of Henry Walter Garde and others, in lands at Kilbree and Drumsarane, barony of Imokilly, was advertised for sale in July 1864. In May 1874 George Bowles estate at Mount Prospect was advertised for sale. It was held on a lease dated 1771 from Nicholas Lysaght to George Bowles. In the 1870s Spotswood's son, George Bowles of Aherne House, Tallow, owned 1,192 acres and his brother, Spotiswood Boles of Springfield, Castlemartyr, owned 540 acres in county Cork. Robert Boles was among the principal lessors in the parish of Kilmaloda, barony of East Carbery, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In the 1870s his representatives owned over 700 acres in county Cork.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aghern/Ahern House | Aghern West | Aghern | Fermoy | Aghern 133 | Kinnatalloon | Cork |
OSI Ref: W895 930
OS Sheet: 45 Discovery map: 81 |
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| Mount Prospect | Mount Prospect | Mogeely | Fermoy | Curraglass 135 | Kinnatalloon | Cork |
OSI Ref: W973 925
OS Sheet: 46 Discovery map: 81 |
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| Moyge | Moyge | Liscarroll | Mallow | Liscarroll 240 | Orrery & Kilmore | Cork |
OSI Ref: R472 154
OS Sheet: 7 Discovery map: 73 |
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| Cornaveigh | Cornaveigh | Ardagh | Youghal | Ardagh 334 | Imokilly | Cork |
OSI Ref: X052 808
OS Sheet: 67 Discovery map: 81 |
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| Kilbree | Kilbree | Ballyoughtera | Middleton | Castlemartyr | Imokilly | Cork |
OSI Ref: W930 709
OS Sheet: 77 Discovery map: 81 |
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| Springfield | Killeennamanagh | Mogeely | Middleton | Mogeely 263 | Imokilly | Cork |
OSI Ref: W963 779
OS Sheet: 66 Discovery map: 81 |
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| Castlerichard | Castlerichard | Ighterrmurragh | Middleton | Ightermurragh 262 | Imokilly | Cork |
OSI Ref: X011 737
OS Sheet: 77 Discovery map: 81 |
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Archival sources
- William D. Mockler, 59 South Mall, Cork, solicitor's collection re property in Cork Co & City, 1667-1920, includes reference to this family. Small Accs Index 87, T.3924-3998, Co 2559-2568, D.15326-15661, M.1444-1449; National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Boles, 16 Feb 1854, Vol 26 (27), MRGS 39/011, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), John, Bowles, Hopkins, Davis, (Castlerichard & other lands), 29 Oct 1858, Vol 53 (29), MRGS 39/027, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Boles & Garde, 5 July 1864, Vol 73 (72), MRGS 39/036, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Detailed abstract of will of George Bowles of Mount Prospect, Co. Cork 1792. GO Ms.139, p.73 ; National Library of Ireland
- Recovery suffered by Thomas Boles of the lands of Killbredy and Ballynalty, Co. Cork, in favour of Stawell Webb of Dublin, 12 Feb. 1771. Ms 4792; Trinity College Dublin
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), John, Bowles, Hopkins, Davis (Youghal premises), 8 Jan 1859, Vol 55 (1), MRGS 39/028, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parish of Conna; Cork County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 118
- 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] : 43
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 122
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Kinnatalloon Barony, 6 (Aghern West), 32 (Mount Prospect)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 18 (Ahern), I, 305 (Springfield), II, 375 (Mount Prospect)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 3 (Ahern), 297 (Mount-prospect), 359 (Spring-field)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Orrery & Kilmore Barony, 81 (Moyge)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Imokilly Barony, 6 (Cornaveigh), 104 (Kilbree), 198 (Killeennamanagh)
- 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: 129 (Aghern - Brabazon)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 245 (Killeennamonagh)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 248 (Aghern [Brabazon])
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 57-58
- HAJBA, Anna-Maria. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork''. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 25, 276, 278
- MOSLEY, Charles (ed). ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage''. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999: I, 304 (Boles of Moyge)
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 3