Keys/Keyes [Raphoe]
The Keys/Keyes family had held property in the Lifford area from at least the eighteenth century. Documents in the Public Record Office Northern Ireland include marriage settlements, wills and deeds pertaining to some of their legal transactions from the mid eighteenth to the late nineteenth centuries.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavanacor | Cavanacor | Clonleigh | Strabane | Clonleigh North | Raphoe North | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C313002
OS Sheet: 70 Discovery map: |
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| Broomfield (Raphoe North) | Mulnagung | Clonleigh | Strabane | Clonleigh North | Raphoe North | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C308023
OS Sheet: 70 Discovery map: |
Archival sources
- Wilson & Simms solicitors collections: a copy of a release of Mulnagung from Samuel Stewart of Mulnagung, to Tasker Keys of Maymore, Co. Donegal, 1746[/7?]; marriage settlement of William Keys Junior of Edenmore, Co. Donegal , and Frances McClintock, comprehending the lands of Cavanacor, Ballindrain, etc, Co. Donegal, 26 August 1749; copy of the will of John Keyes of Lifford c 1777, and further deeds, abstracts of title, relating to the Keys family up to 1890; D2298/5/9.; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Leases relating to lands in Gartan issued by George Keys in 1785. D3608/2/50-53. ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland