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McIlree/ M’Elree
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At the time of Griffith’s Valuation in the 1850s John M’Elree held parts of the adjoining townlands of Coolcanadas, Mullalougher and Mullacroghery, parish of Annagh, county Cavan. These townlands were located to the south east of Belturbet and north of Ballyhaise. Turtle Bunbury writes that in July 1840 Frances McIlree, daughter of John Drope McIlree of Belturbet married as her second husband, John Brice Blake of Doon, county Mayo. Her older brother Henry McIlree emigrated to Australia. In 1876, John M'Elree of Westport, county Mayo, owned 136 acres in county Cavan.
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