Plunkett Kenney
At the time of Griffith’s Valuation Joseph Plunkett Kenney held eight townlands in the parish of Donaghmoyne and five townlands in the parish of Inishkeen, barony of Farney. His mother Charlotte had inherited this estate from her father James Plunkett of Rocksavage. Charlotte and her husband N.W. Kenney had five sons William Henry, Joseph Plunkett, Theobald, Kildare and Charles and four daughters. In 1876, Joseph Plunkett Kenney owned 1,868 acres in the county and a small acreage in county Louth. In the same year about 500 acres of the estate on the Monaghan/Louth border was for sale in the Landed Estates Court. Charles Plunkett Kenney mortgaged the Rocksavage estate to the National Bank in 1888. He lived at Rocksavage until his death in 1901. He married Alice daughter of Peter McEvoy Gartlan, who occupied Monalty House at the time of Griffith's Valuation, and was succeeded by his son Ignatius, born in 1862.
Associated Families
No associated families were found for this estate
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocksavage | Coolnagrattan | Donaghmoyne | Carrickmacross | Kiltybegs | Farney | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H909060
OS Sheet: 32 Discovery map: |
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| Moyles Mill House | Kiltybegs | Donaghmoyne | Carrickmacross | Kiltybegs | Farney | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H918075
OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 35 |
Archival sources
- Jas. Plunkett, Rocksavage, Carrickmacross, to Earl Macartney. Regarding the payment of a debt due to Macartney, 1787. MIC/438/4; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Plunkett, 22 Feb 1876, Vol 122 (34), MRGS 39/055, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- SHIRLEY, Evelyn Philip. ''The History of the County of Monaghan''. London: Pickering and Co, 1869: 388
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 269
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Carrickmacross Union, 37 & 42
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 470 (Rocksavage)
- 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] : 248
- 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] : 248