Kane
John Kane, with an address at the Castle, Mohill, is recorded as owning over 2000 acres in county Leitrim in the 1870s. His brother, the Rev. Francis Kane,rector of Fenagh, owned several townlands in the parish of Cloone, barony of Mohill in the 1850s. They were the sons of Nathaniel Kane of Dublin and Elizabeth Nisbett of Derrycarne, county Leitrim and were connected with the Kane family of Drumreaske, county Monaghan. Anne Hyde, sister of Douglas Hyde, first President of Ireland, was married to a John Kane of Mohill. She and her husband are buried with the Hyde family in the grounds of the former Church of Ireland in Frenchpark, county Roscommon.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohill Castle | Mohill | Mohill | Mohill | Mohill 65 | Mohill | Leitrim |
OSI Ref: N089971
OS Sheet: 32 Discovery map: 33 |
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| Glebe Mohill | Drumkilla | Mohill | Mohill | Breandrum 74 | Mohill | Leitrim |
OSI Ref: N087998
OS Sheet: 32 Discovery map: 33 |
Archival sources
- Kane, Gordon. Irish Land Purchase Acts, 1912, Aughavas Townlands. File 810.; Leitrim County Library
- Mohill Glebe, Photographs, 086/083.; Irish Architectural Archive
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 304
- 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] : 241