Landed Estates
University of Galway

M'Kean/McKean

Eliza M'Kean held some land in Cornacarrow, parish of Aghnamullen, county Monaghan, at the time of Griffith's Valuation (circa 1860) and was occupying Laragh. She appears to be the mother of James M'Kean, son of James McKean and Eliza A. McCrea. He was educated at Athenee Royal College, Ghent. David Leslie of Leslie Hill, county Armagh, also held land in this parish at the time of Griffith's Valuation including some in the townland of Laragh which he sold to James M'Kean through the Landed Estates Court in January 1869 according to The Irish Law Times. James M'Kean may also have bought some of the M'Tear estate in Laragh when it was sold in 1864. His family were already tenants of the McTears. In 1876, James M'Kean of Laragh owned 333 acres in county Monaghan while William M'Kean, land agent, Keady, county Armagh, owned 406 acres in the county. In 1906 James M'Kean held untenanted land in both Cornacarrow and Laragh. See https://www.thesilverbowl.com/documents/newsclippings/1883Jun9-GILMORE-obit.html

Associated Families

No associated families were found for this estate

Houses

Name Townland Civil Parish PLU DED Barony County Map Ref  
Laragh (Aghnamullen) Laragh Aghnamullen Castleblayney Laragh Cremorne Monaghan OSI Ref: H799115
OS Sheet: 27
Discovery map: 28B 		Photo of Laragh (Aghnamullen)

Archival sources

  • Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), M’Lear/McTear, 8 Nov 1864, Vol 74 (27), MRGS 39/035, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources