Graham (Coolmain)
Sir Bernard Burke writes in his Vicissitudes of Hector Graham being the proprietor of large estates in counties Armagh, Tyrone and Monaghan which he was believed to have bought and holding the lease of the castle of Lea or Leix in Queen’s County. He built a mansion on his county Monaghan lands at ‘Culmaine’ or Coolmain in the parish and barony of Monaghan in 1726 and died there in 1742. Hector married Jane Walkinghawe from county Down and they had three children Richard, Hugh and Isabella who married Samuel Perry of Perrymount, county Tyrone. In 1737 Colonel Richard Graham married Martha, daughter of James Crawford of Enniskillen but they had no surviving children. The Colonel died in 1761. The Perrys’ granddaughter Angel Perry married William Brooke MD and inherited the Graham estate in county Monaghan.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolmain House | Coolmain | Monaghan | Monaghan | Rackwallace | Monaghan | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H702341
OS Sheet: 9 Discovery map: 28A |
Archival sources
- Copy of conveyance by Robert Waddell to Hector Graham of lands of Aghnasedagh, Co. Monaghan, 1733 and related copy will of Hector Graham, 1742; (2 items). Leslie Papers, MS 49,495/5; National Library of Ireland
- Copy agreement between Richard Graham and Brabazon Noble for properties in Co. Monaghan including Aghnasedagh, dated 1760; Conveyance and copy conveyance by Lieut. Edward Perry to Brabazon Noble of same, dated 1765. (3 items). Leslie Papers, MS 49,495/7; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 662
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Monaghan Union, 180