Dowling (Tipperary)
In the 1870s Thomas Dowling of Henry Street, Tipperary, owned 1,437 acres (Cappawhite locality) in county Tipperary. The estate of Thomas Dowling at Clonbrick and Cotifiagh, barony of Clanwilliam was advertised for sale in November 1882. The tenant was Richard Cooper Chadwick. It was offered for sale in the Land Judges' Court in July 1885. During the sale hearing Thomas Dowling indicated that he had purchased the property thirteen years previously for over £4000. It was sold at this hearing to David Clarke, a silk manufacturer from Macclesfield, England, for £3600.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Land Judges’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Dowling, 14 Nov 1882, Vol 144 (30) & 21 July 1885, Vol 149 (39), MRGS 39/064 & 39/066, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 161
- 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] : 135
Modern printed sources
- ''Irish Times'': Land Judges' Court sale reports, 22 July 1885, p.3