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Rowley (Cos Tipperary & Monaghan)
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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.
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