Ballymackey Estate

Robert Cole Bowen

ROBERT COLE BOWEN from Bowen's Court by Elizabeth Bowen

Robert Cole Bowen

ROBERT COLE BOWEN from Bowen's Court by Elizabeth Bowen

Both Jane and her husband died young and Henry Cole Bowen was heir to the Tipperary and Cork estates by the time he was only a year old.

He eventually succeeded to the estates when he was twenty-four years old. He was responsible for the completion of the mansion, Bowen's Court near Doneraile.

After his death in 1788, his son Henry Cole Bowen succeeded and he in turn married Catherine Prittie, Kilboy House, Co. Tipperary. There were no children from this marriage and so the estate passed to one of his brothers, Robert Cole.

The lands of Ballymackey continued to pass from generation to generation and were always valuable source of income to supplement the smaller Cork estate.

In 1863 the Ballymackey estate covered an area of 4,884 acres, with Robert Cole Bowen occupying 527 acres for his personal use.

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Rent Demand

A demand for rent to tenant Mr. William Cummins of Clonalea, due to R.C. Bowen Esq., dated February, 1854.

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Rent Agreement

An agreement by the tenant to pay the agreed sum.

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1854 Tenants

This is a list of persons who agreed to pay the increased rent to Captain R.C. Bowen in 1854.

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Map

The Local Studies Department at Tipperary Libraries have the bound estate maps entitled "The Estate of Capt. Robert C. Bowen Situate in the County of Tipperary 1863". The maps are extremely large in size and, unfortunately cannot be reproduced here in full:

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