Wise (Rostellan)
In the 1870s Joshua P. Wise of Rostellan, Middleton, county Cork, is recorded as owning 1,122 acres in county Cork. He appears to have purchased some of the estate of the Marquess of Thomond. He was the second son of Thomas Wise of Lunan, Scotland and died unmarried in 1879. His brother Thomas Alexander Wise succeeded him at Rostellan.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Rostellan | Rostellan | Rostellan | Middleton | Rostellan 259 | Imokilly | Cork |
OSI Ref: W870 663
OS Sheet: 88 Discovery map: 81 |
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Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 137
- 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] : 480
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 245 (Rostellan)