Brooke (Cole Brooke)
In 1765 Francis Brooke married Hannah Prittie, sister of the 1st Lord Dunalley. Their son Henry was created a baronet in 1822. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Sir Henry Brooke Baronet of Cole Brooke, county Fermanagh, held land in the parishes of Castletownarra and Youghalarra, barony of Owney and Arra, county Tipperary. In the 1870s Lady Brooke of Youghal, Nenagh, owned 901 acres in county Tipperary.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Documents relating to the property and interests of the Brooke family in Co. Tipperary, 1792-1869. 975/10 ; National Archives of Ireland
- Brookeborough (Colebrooke Estate Office) papers, include 2 title deeds re Lord Ranelagh's estate at Rathurles etc, near Nenagh, Co Tipperary dated 1755 & 1758, 1713-1951. D998; Public Record Office, Northern 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: 159
- 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] : 54