Kane (Drumreask)
The Kane family were established in Dublin at the beginning of the 18th century, family members were involved in banking and served as Lord Mayors of Dublin. In the 19th century male members of this family were soldiers, doctors and clergymen. In the mid-19th century the representatives of two brothers Joseph and the Reverend Francis Kane held an estate in the parish of Errigal Trough, county Monaghan. In 1837, Joseph Kane of Dublin and Devon married Eliza Jane, Mademoiselle de Vismes, only daughter of Colonel the Count de Vismes of Huguenot descent. Their son William Francis De Visme Kane purchased the Drumreask estate in the parish of Tedavnet, county Monaghan, from the Mitchell family in 1864. His estate amounted to 1,770 acres in 1876.
Associated Families
No associated families were found for this estate
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumreask | Drumreask | Tedavnet | Monaghan | Bellanode | Monaghan | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H639353
OS Sheet: 9 Discovery map: 28A |
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Archival sources
- Genealogical abstracts relating to the Kane family of Dublin and Co Monaghan. M467; National Archives of Ireland
- Maps (8) of estate of Nathaniel Kane situated in Co Monaghan, by Hugh Robinson, 1825. 21 F. 92; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of Col Nathaniel Kane and to his grandson Willilam Francis De Vismes Kane of Drumreask, son of Joseph Kane of Dublin and of Whittycombe, Devon, 30 Dec 1863. GO Ms 109, 33-34; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Kane of Harold’s Cross, Co Dublin and Drumreask House, Co Monaghan, c 1750-1921. GO Ms 177, 388-389; National Library of Ireland
- Martin and Brett, solicitor’s collection, include title deeds, leases, accounts, correspondence etc relating to the estates of the Kane family at Drumreaske, Co Monaghan and in Co Dublin, 1721-1930. D3406/E; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Three title deeds to the Kane estate in Co. Monaghan: copy 'Bargain and sale of lands in the barony of Trough ... from James Hamilton to Nathaniel Kane', 1730; deed leading to a recovery of Joseph Kane's lands of Aghadromerner, Ardginy, Cregahan, Killitanreven, Terearon, Dirryrelan, Dirrenedarane, Corneheve, Glanmore, Derrylea, Killyleck, Killydreen and Edinmore, all in the parish of Errigle and barony of Trough, 1829; and printed Landed Estates Court rental of the estate of Henry Mitchell in Co. Monaghan, including the house and demesne of Drumreaske, 1863. D3406/E/2; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Monaghan Union, 61
- 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] : 242
Modern printed sources
- ''Clogher Record'': MCMAHON, Theo and O’NEILL, Brendan. Rentals and Reports of the Kane Estate, Errigal Trough, County Monaghan 1764-1821. XIII, No 3 (1990), 72-91.
- COLLINS, Peter. ''County Monaghan Records in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland''. PRONI, Belfast, 1998: 174-175
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 113
- MULLIGAN, Kevin V. ''The Buildings of Ireland South Ulster, Armagh, Cavan and Monaghan'', (New Haven and London, 2013): 188