Keane (Cappoquin)
According to family sources, the Keanes have held this property since the seventeenth century when George O'Cahan, a lawyer, leased the property from the Earl of Cork's estate. Sadleir notes "Sir John Keane of Bellmount" who was an MP in the Irish parliament from 1791-1800 and at Westminster until 1718. Sir Richard Keane was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Lismore and Mocollop and Affane, county Waterford in 1851. In 1855 over 11,000 acres of the Keane estate in counties Waterford and Tipperary were offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. The estate amounted to over 8000 acres in the 1870s. . See www.cappoquinhouseandgardens.com.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cappoquin House | Cappoquin Demesne | Lismore & Mocollop | Lismore | Cappoquin 60 | Coshmore & Coshbride | Waterford |
OSI Ref: X102997
OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 81 |
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| Glenshelane Cottage | Lyre East | Lismore & Mocollop | Lismore | Cappoquin 60 | Coshmore & Coshbride | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S114011
OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 74 |
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Archival sources
- Letters and papers of the Keane family of Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, 1733-1912. Keane Papers, n.3912, p.3583 ; National Library of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Keane, 13 November 1855, Vol 36, MRGS 39/017, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Irish Tourist Association Survey Files, Barony of Coshmore & Coshbride. ; Waterford County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Coshmore & Coshbride Barony: 47 (Cappoquin Demesne), 86 (Lyre East),
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 175
- 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] : 243
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 300
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxiv & 153
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 245 (Bellmont)
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.247
Modern printed sources
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: AINSWORTH, J.F. National Library Report on Private Collections, No. 155: Report on the Keane Papers (from 1733), the property of Sir J. Keane, Cappoquin House, Co. Waterford, relating to the Keane and Alcock families and to lands in Co. Waterford.
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 56 (Cappoquin)
- ''Jnl of the Waterford and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society'' : Sadleir, Thomas U. The county of Waterford, 1775: principal gentry. XVI (1913), pp.49-55.