Rowley (Cos Tipperary & Monaghan)
Members of this family married members of the Toler family of Beechwood, county Tipperary on two occasions. Thomas Taylor Rowley of Maperath, county Meath, married as his first wife Eliza daughter and co heiress of Daniel Toler of Beechwood, brother of the 1st Earl of Norbury. T.T. Rowley married secondly Georgina, daughter of Standish Grady of Elton, county Limerick. In the mid 19th century Thomas T. Rowley held an estate in the parishes of Kilruane, barony of Upper Ormond, Ardcrony, Kilruane and Knigh, barony of Lower Ormond, county Tipperary. In November 1873 the estate (1,411 acres) of Frederick Pelham Rowley in the baronies of Upper and Lower Ormond was advertised for sale. Frederick or Francis B. Rowley of Australia owned 1,369 acres in county Tipperary in the 1870s. In the mid-19th century Thomas T. Rowley held land in the parishes of Tullycorbet and Killeevan, county Monaghan. In 1876 Thomas T. Rowley owned 158 acres in the county while the representatives of Henry Rowley, Rockmullen, Ballybay, owned 1,133 acres.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockmullan House | Mullan | Tullycorbet | Monaghan | Tullycorbet | Monaghan | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H719232
OS Sheet: 19 Discovery map: 28A |
Archival sources
- Copy of confirmation of arms to Lt. Frederick Pelham Rowley of Adelaide, S. Australia and formerly of Carriganough, Co. Tipperary, son of Capt. Thomas Toler Rowley, son of Thomas Taylour Rowley of Maperath, Co. Meath, by Eliza, daughter of Daniel Toler of Beechwood, Co. Tipperary, and grandson of Hervey Rowley by Sarah, daughter of James Johnston of Cordoolough, Co. Monaghan, March 30, 1895. Genealogical Office: Ms. 110, pp. 178-9 ; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of grant of arms to Frederick Pelham Rowley of Carriganough, Co. Tipperary and of Adelaide in South Australia, son of Capt. Thomas Toler Rowley, son of Thomas Taylour Rowley of Maperth, Co. Meath, by Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Daniel Toler of Beechwood, Co. Tipperary, on his assuming under Royal Licence the name and arms of Toler Rowley, Aug. 5, 1908. Genealogical Office: Ms.111, pp.222-3; National Library of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court consolidated final notice for about 1,300 acres of Moheraneragh, Upper & Lower Ormond, 1873. TL/F/29; Tipperary Studies Research Library (Archives), Thurles
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Rowley, 7 Nov 1873, Vol 112 (2), MRGS 39/051, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Abstract of title, compiled 1853, of Lord Langford to estates in Co Monaghan. D.23,808; National Library of Ireland
- Three deeds between Hugh Rowley and [his son-in-law] Samuel Hill, on the one hand, and [their kinsman, the 3rd] Viscount Massereene, on the other, about Rowley's interest in the Massereene estate in the barony of Cremorne, Co. Monaghan, 1700-1702. D642/B/15-17; 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: 169
- 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
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Monaghan Union, 161