Cole Bowen Papers

Repository: National Library of Ireland

Title	Cole Bowen Papers
Archive Reference	IE DuNL MS/ 49,683
Web Link to this Entry	https://iar.ie/archive/cole-bowen-papers
Creation Dates	1613-1940
Extent Medium	13 boxes

Administrative History ↴

The Bowen family were originally from Glanmorgan in Wales. In return for his service in the English army during the Cromwellian campaign, Colonel Henry Bowen was granted land in and around Farrihy, Fermoy, Co. Cork. Marriages into the Cole and Nicholls families extended the estate to include lands in Tipperary, Limerick, Meath, Galway, and Dublin. The family home of Bowenscourt was built in 1776, and served as the centre of the Bowen estate until it was sold in 1951 by Elizabeth Bowen (writer) and later demolished in 1961.
Archival History ↴

Originally in the possession of the Bowen family, Bowenscourt, Co. Cork
Immediate Source Acquisition ↴

Unknown

Scope & Content: Cole Bowen family Bowen, Henry Cole Ffrench family Wandesforde family Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-1973 Bowen, Mary Bowen, Catherine Bowen, Robert Cole Cole, Robert Bowen, Henry Nicholls, Captain John Galway, William Barrington, Samuel Barrington, Benjamin Bowen, Elizabeth b. 1693 Croker, Catherine Anne Croker, Edward Bowen, William Thomas Bowen, Lieutenant Henry St. John Cole ↴

The Cole Bowen Papers consist of deeds, legal papers, correspondence, maps and surveys, receipts and rentals relating to the Bowen estate in the area of Fermoy Co. Cork, and their lands in Galway, Tipperary, Meath, and Dublin, and Glanmorgan, Wales. The collection includes papers relating to tenants on the Wandesforde estate at Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny and the Ffrench family of Monivea, Co. Galway. Some of the more significant papers within this collection relate to the granting of lands to those who served in the English army during the Cromwellian campaign with reference to the Down survey as the means of valuation. There are also deeds and legal papers relating to soldiers selling on their granted lands to the Cole Bowen family and others.
Appraisal Destruction ↴

Permanent Retention
Arrangement ↴

The collection is arranged as follows: I. Cole Bowen Papers I.i. Deeds I.ii. Legal Papers I.iii Correspondence I.iv. Accounts, Bills and Receipts I.v. Maps and Surveys I.vi. Papers relating to land and rent II. Wandesforde Papers III. Ffrench Papers

Access Conditions	Access with a valid National Library of Ireland Readers Ticket.
Conditions Governing Reproduction	Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland.
Creation Dates	1613-1940
Extent Medium	13 boxes
Finding Aids	An item level catalogue is available online. Archive Web Link →

There are no Allied Materials

Archivist Note	Fiona Hughes
Rules/Conventions	NLI guidelines based on ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description. 2nd ed. Ottawa: International Council on Archives, 2000, and Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
Date of Descriptions	41944