Finucane (Ballynacraggy)
This family was associated with the Ennis locality in county Clare from the late 17th century. Daniel Finucane of Ennis and Carrowreagh, parish of Kilfiddane, barony of Clonderalaw, married Helen O’Shaughnessy from Gort, county Galway. Their grandson James Finucane was in possession of the lands of Ballynacraggy, parish of Kilnasoolagh, barony of Bunratty Lower, by the mid 18th century and his son John, a Dublin attorney, married in 1774 Elizabeth O’Brien, who brought with her a fortune of £21,000. Members of this family appear to have been mainly resident on the Continent. In 1800 James Finucane, son of John and Elizabeth married his cousin Jane Finucane of Lifford House, Ennis, and they had a large family, one son and nine daughters. One daughter, Louisa, was married in 1854 to Lucius 13th Baron Inchiquin. Their son Michael died without marrying and the estate appears to have been divided between some of his sisters. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation the representatives of Michael Finucane owned an estate mainly in the barony of Corcomroe, parishes of Clooney and Kilmanaheen. Their estate also included land in the parishes of Clondagad and Killone, barony of Islands and Kilnasoolagh, barony of Bunratty Lower. In the 1870s Michael's sisters Anastasia Finucane of Onslow Gardens, London, Fanny Woodward and Alicia de Haye of Versailles owned 1,972, 855 acres and 618 acres respectively in the county.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Guinness, Mahon & Co Deposit (1937), includes deeds extracts re Finucane family, Co Clare. D.5768-5923, C.1075-5275 ; National Archives of Ireland
- Genealogical notes, with copies of wills, re Finucane family, Co Clare. M.1934-1935, T.6925-6955 ; National Archives of Ireland
- Genealogy of Finucane family in Co Clare, in Irish & English, by Aodh Buidhe MacCuirtin, 1731-1739. GO MS 560; National Library of Ireland
- Genealogy of Finucane family, with illustration of arms, by Philip Crossle, 1929. GO MS 558; National Library of Ireland
- Inchiquin Papers, includes Finucane Family Papers, 1798-1942. Collection List 143, MSS 45,463; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. ''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 122, 158, 483
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 108, 109, 115
Modern printed sources
- ''Irish Ancestor'': MOTT, George. Finucane of Co Clare. I (1969), 1-10 & 144