In A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) the entry for the parish of Aghabologue is listed as containing "numerous large and elegant houses", including "the Cottage, of J. Pyne, Esq".

[2] The tithe applotment book for the townland of Clonmoyle East records 'John Pyne, Esq.'

[3] The Landed Estates Database advises that Cottage House was originally a Vize residence, and later occupied by the Pyne family.

Pyne and Molly Davis, principally being "excellent ground under cultivation", with "some bog and furze running through it".

John Lawless Pine of Cloyne, and at the time being the residence of Richard Ellard, Esq.