Estate: Bowerman

Associated Families

• Neville
• Bowerman

Description

In 1668 Cornet Henry Bowerman was granted 1,418 acres in the barony of Orrery and Kilmore, county Cork, including Couleeny. The Bowermans continued to own Cooliney until the late 18th century when it appears to have passed by marriage to the Neville family of Furnass, county Kildare. Bridget, daughter of Henry Bowerman of Cooliney, married Richard Neville in 1772. The Irish Tourist Association survey noted that "Henry Bowerman of Cooline" was MP for Charleville in the 1690s.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Cooliney House (H2899) Hajba writes that Cooliney was originally part of the Bowerman estate and that the house was rebuilt in the mid 18th century. It passed through marriage to the Nevilles of Furnass, county Kildare. Occupied by Mr Thomas Weldon in 1814 and by R. Weldon in 1837. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Robert Weldon held the house and 85 acres from James Hill. The house was valued at £20. In the 1940s the Irish Tourist Association survey noted that it was then the home of the Goold family. The house was restored in the 21st century.	Cooliney	Cooliney	Kilmallock	Milltown 187	Orrery and Kilmore	Cork	Lat/Lon: 52.31877 -8.71573 OSI Ref: R512 188 Discovery map #73. OS Sheet #7.

Archival sources

• Cork County Library: Irish Tourist Association survey files, Parish of Ballyhea

Contemporary printed sources

Many of these resources are now available online. For a list with Web links please see the Online Printed Sources Links

• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland, 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 185

Modern printed sources

• Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society.: Argan Mór. Gibbings and Bowerman of Cooliney. Ser. 2, Vol. I, (1895), pp. 238-239, pp. 426-427
• HAJBA, Anna-Maria. Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 127
• MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). Burke's Irish Family Records. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 877-880

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