Le Fanu
The Reverend Thomas Sheridan, born in 1687, married Elizabeth daughter of Charles McFadden of Quilca [Cuilcagh], parish of Mullagh, Co Cavan. They were the grandparents of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the playwright and poet and his sisters Elizabeth who married Henry Le Fanu and Alice who married Henry’s brother Joseph Le Fanu. Joseph Le Fanu held two townlands Cuilcagh and Drumrat, amounting to 392 acres, at the time of Griffith’s Valuation.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quilca House | Cuilcagh | Mullagh | Bailieborough | Crossbane | Castlerahan | Cavan |
OSI Ref: N639893
OS Sheet: 40 Discovery map: 35 |
Archival sources
- Rentals and accounts for the estates of Drumrat and Quilca [Cuilcagh], Co Cavan, of Joseph Le Fanu, brother-in-law of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1847-1875. M.5634 (1-27).; National Archives of Ireland
- Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of the Rt Hon Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan, grandson of the Reverend Thomas Sheridan, by Elizabeth McFadden, only daughter of Charles McFadden of Quilca, Co Cavan, 21 Dec 1940. GO MS 111f; 239.; National Library of Ireland
- Papers relating to the Le Fanu, Sheridan and other Irish Huguenot families, including letters from a large number of distinguished personages of the 19th century, 1733-1923. Microfilms P2594-2609; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Bailieborough Union, 6
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 324
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 409
Modern printed sources
- ''Analecta Hibernica'': McLysaght, E. A. Le Fanu collection, belonging to Mr. T. P. Le Fanu, of Abington, Bray, relating to the Le Fanu and Sheridan families. No. 15, 1944
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: II, 1662
- MULLIGAN, Kevin V. ''The Buildings of Ireland South Ulster, Armagh, Cavan and Monaghan'', (New Haven and London, 2013): 308