Finucane (Lifford)
Andrew Finucane born 1680 was the third son of Daniel Finucane and Helena O'Shaughnessy of Ballynacraggy, county Clare. Mott writes that the Honourable Mathias Finucane, Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, was the son of this Andrew. Mathias Finucane (1738-1814) married Ann daughter of Edward O'Brien of Ennistymon House. They were divorced in 1793 and she married his cousin Captain Donat Finucane. Ennistymon House eventually passed to the descendants Mathias and Ann Finucane's daughter Susanna who had married William Nugent Macnamara of Doolin. Susanna's had a brother Andrew who did not marry. Their other sister Jane married in 1800 her cousin James Finucane of the Ballynacraggy family.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lifford House | Lifford | Drumcliff | Ennis | Ennis Rural 26 | Islands | Clare |
OSI Ref: R342 786
OS Sheet: 33 Discovery map: 58 |
|
| Ennistimon House | Castlequarter | Kilmanaheen | Ennistimon | Ennistimon 48 | Corcomroe | Clare |
OSI Ref: R127 885
OS Sheet: 15 Discovery map: 57 |
|
Archival sources
- Copy of grant of arms to descendants of late Daniel Finucane, son of Murrough Finucane & to his great grandson Andrew Finucane of Inystymon House, 14 Mar 1815. GO MS 106: 90; National Library of Ireland
- Leases of parts of Carhureagh, Co Clare, by Andrew Finucane, Ennistymon House, 1825. Guinness Mahon & Co. Collection, Small Accessions Index 59, D.5796-5835; National Archives of Ireland
- Inchiquin Papers, includes Finucane Family Papers, 1798-1942. Collection List 143, MSS 45,463; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ennis Union, 165
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 265 (Lifford)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 608 (Ennistymon Castle)
Modern printed sources
- ''Irish Ancestor'': MOTT, George. Finucane of Co Clare. I (1969), 1-10 & 144
- WEIR, Hugh W. L. ''Historical, Genealogical and Architectural notes on some Houses of Clare''. Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1999. : 179