Landed Estates
University of Galway

Lane (Co Cork)

The estate of William Lane executor and devisee of Samuel Lane, deceased, in the city of Cork and baronies of Cork and Kerricurrihy, county Cork and in the city of Waterford was advertised for sale in May 1855. In the 1870s various members of the Lane family owned properties of less than 500 acres in the vicinity of Cork city, including William Lane of Vernon Mount who owned 264 acres, Thomas R. Lane of Newenham Terrace who owned 459 acres and James Lane of South Mall who owned 469 acres in county Cork and 226 acres in county Limerick. This family were possibly connected to Sir George Lane, Viscount Lanesborough, who was granted lands in the counties Dublin, Meath, Kilkenny, Longford, Waterford and in the barony of Kerricurrihy, county Cork in 1666.

Associated Families

Houses

Name Townland Civil Parish PLU DED Barony County Map Ref  
Vernon Mount Curraghconway St Finbars Cork Lehenagh 99 Cork Cork OSI Ref: W685 688
OS Sheet: 74
Discovery map: 87
Frankfield Curraghconway St Finbars Cork Lehenagh 99 Cork Cork OSI Ref: W680 687
OS Sheet: 86
Discovery map: 87

Archival sources

  • BRA Deposit (1937) includes deeds re George Lane of Kilworth, Co Cork. D. 6297-6300; National Archives of Ireland
  • Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Lane, (Cork city premises) 4 July 1851, Vol 9 (15), MRGS 39/004, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
  • Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Lane, 26 May 1855, Vol 34 (77), MRGS 39/016, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources