McMahon (Knockane)

Name	Description
McMahon (Knockane)	At the time of Griffith's Valuation the representatives of John McMahon held land in the parishes of Clonloghan and Kilconry, barony of Bunratty Lower, county Clare. In November 1857 the sale of lands in these two parishes the estate of Thomas MacMahon of Knockane were advertised. Members of the MacMahon family are buried at Kilmaleery Church, Newmarket on Fergus.
O'Halloran	Based on information in the common place book of Thady O'Halloran (1727-1798) the O'Hallorans appear to have had an estate in the Quin locality of county Clare in the 18th century. This estate included Ballycunneen and Firgrove, both properties previously in the possession of the Hickey family with whom the O'Hallorans intermarried. They passed from the O'Hallorans to the Roche Kellys in the 19th century. In 1853 the Freeman's Journal recorded that lands owned by Peter O'Halloran in the barony of Bunratty were sold in the Incumbered Estates Court to a Mr. Bunton for over £3800. A detailed history of the family and their land holding is given by Patrick Hogan in his articles on Thady O'Halloran. The O'Hallorans still resided at Ballycunneen at the time of Griffith's Valuation but O'Halloran land ownership in county Clare was reduced to about 200 acres in the 1870s.