Kane (Limerick)
The Kane family held land in the parishes of Cahervally, barony of Clanwilliam and Abington, barony of Owneybeg, county Limerick in the first half of the 19th century. Captain Richard Kane of Whitehall married Elizabeth Hayes Barry and they had a son Thomas and a daughter who married Martin Honan. Thomas Kane became a doctor of renown in the Limerick area and was Mayor of the city in 1852 and 1857. Thomas Kane, medical doctor of George's Street, Limerick, owned 82 acres in county Clare in the 1870s. see http://www.askaboutireland.ie/asset?id=5510 for more information about the doctor
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| White Hall | Quinspool South | St Patricks | Limerick | Ballyglass 113 | Bunratty Lower | Clare |
OSI Ref: R573 598
OS Sheet: 63 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Quinsborough | Parteen | St Patricks | Limerick | Ballyglass 113 | Bunratty Lower | Clare |
OSI Ref: R575 604
OS Sheet: 63 Discovery map: 58 |
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Archival sources
- Draft pedigree & confirmation of arms & various notes & marriage certificate of Kane of Queensborough, Co Limerick & Surrey, England c 1800-1926. GO MS 809: 1 ; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of confirmation of arms to descendants of Capt Richard Kane of Limerick, son of Richard Kane of Co Longford & to the great grandson of said Capt Richard Kane, being Major Richard Alexander Kane of Berkshire, only son of Capt Richard Kane, 71st Regt , eldest son of Richard Deane Kane of Claremont, Howth, 6 May 1909. GO MS 111a: 9 ; National Library of Ireland
- Rental in respect of lands in Co Limerick, Peirce Mahony in account with Richard Kane, cash accounts of Captain Richard Kane and copy correspondence with Baylee of Mount Baylee and Peirce Mahony & Co, 1824-1848. MSS 7871-7874 ; National Library of Ireland
- Cash & workmen’s accounts re Whitehall house & demesne, Co Limerick, property of Richard Kane, 1838-1845. MSS 7875-7876; National Library of Ireland
- Letters of administration of estate of Richard Kane of Glentworth St, Limerick, 20 Apr 1848. 99/58/7; National Archives of Ireland
- Mortgages, memorials of conveyances & legal affidavits involving members of the Kane family, 19th century.; Limerick City Museum
- Dr Kane Papers.; Glenstal Abbey Archives
- Kane Papers: Letter to Dr Thomas Kane of Limerick confirming his appointment as medical referee to a Life Assurance Association 1855, with rent receipt re lands of Roxborough & Poor Law receipts, 1848-1849. MS 8345; National Library of Ireland
- Limerick City Library: Kane Papers, Captain Kane’s record & account books of Co Limerick Regiment, 1803-1829 & Limerick water works accounts & correspondence 1833-1848. Microfilm P.3451; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of White of Quin, Co Limerick & Benicarlos, Spain, c 1500-1776. GO MS 165:299-301; National Library of Ireland
- Marriage settlement of Mary Elizabeth Kane, Georges St, Limerick City & James Grene Barry of Sandville, Co Limerick, 20 June 1881. Also 2 deeds re lands in barony of Coshma, 1914 & 1948. 999/374/9; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 199 (Whitehall)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 110
Modern printed sources
- ''North Munster Antiquarian Journal'': TIERNEY, Mark. Dr. Thomas Kane’s Continental tour, 16th July–13th September 1837. XII, (1969), 63-80.
- MCNAMARA, Sarah. ''Development of Limerick by Honan Merchants''. Limerick: 'Keelaun', 2003: All