Rowland
Reference is made by John Burke (1841) to Francis Rowland, Mayor of Cork, in 1773, brother of Sir Samuel Rowland. Francis married Catherine Martin. They had a son Edward Rowland, who married Miss Garde and two daughters Mary married to ---- Hanning of Kilcrone, and Catherine married to ---- Foster of Ballymaloo Castle. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Francis Rowland held land in the parish of Rahan, barony of Fermoy, county Cork. In the 1870s Francis Edward Rowland of Cloyne owned 1,426 acres in county Cork. In 1863 Francis E. Rowland married Maria Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Eyre Coote.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilboy | Kilboy | Cloyne | Middleton | Cloyne 265 | Imokilly | Cork |
OSI Ref: W918 668
OS Sheet: 88 Discovery map: 81 |
Archival sources
- Delahoide Collection, includes 2 documents relating to a mortgage with Francis Rowland, 1762 &1791. IE BL/SC/D/3 & 6; University College Cork, Boole Library Archives
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Imokilly Barony, 116 (Kilboy)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 381 (Kilboy)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 133
- 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] : 396
Modern printed sources
- ''The Cork Examiner'': 25 Feb 1863
- BURKE, John. ''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland''. London: 1841 : Bernard of Palace Anne entry