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Fay
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A family associated originally with the county Meath locality. Thomas Fay of Annesbrook, county Meath, acquired land in county Cavan in the mid-18th century. His son John married twice, by his first wife he left a son Thomas of Faybrook and by his second wife a son James of Moyne Hall. In the mid-19th century James Fay held an estate in county Cavan in the parishes of Crosserlough, Drung, Kildrumsherdan, Denn and Killinkere which he purchased through the court from Pierce Morton circa 1847 while Thomas Fay held one townland in Kildrumsherdan parish. The Anglo-Celt, gives details of the sale of Morton Estate, dated 25 March 1847, http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/1847/AUC.html In 1876, John Fay of Moyne Hall, Cavan, owned 4,179 acres in the county while Thomas Fay of Dublin owned 751 acres and other Fay family members including James Henry Fay of Faybrook, owned much smaller acreages. Moyne Hall house and lands with the lands of Milltown, county Louth, the property of the Reverend Anthony Adams were advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court on 28 May 1857. James Fay must have been the purchaser at this time.
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Boyle (Tullyvin)
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[This estate previously belonged to the Moore family]. On 21 November 1788, James Moore Boyle of Tullyvin, county Cavan, married Lydia daughter of Richard Moore of Rathdouney, county Laois [marriage register for the Parish of Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland, 1720-1846]. Their son Maxwell James Boyle married Lydia Anne Townley at Portpatrick, on 2 September 1816. By 1850, M.J. Boyle had got into financial difficulty and part of the Tullyvin estate, amounting to 2,397 acres, was advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. Parts were sold to James and Thomas Fay and to Edgar R. Bredin. A further 500 acres were advertised for sale in 1858. Maxwell James Boyle of Tullyvin died in November 1854 as recorded by the Anglo Celt of 9 November. His son Maxwell W. Boyle married Honoria T., daughter of William Henry Richardson of Prospect, county Louth and they had a son Maxwell James Boyle born in 1845. In the mid-1850s, Maxwell William Boyle was the proprietor of the Tullyvin estate, county Cavan, when 12 townlands, over 2,000 acres in the parish of Kildrumsherdan, were recorded in his possession. At the time of the 1901 census Maxwell James Boyle was living at Tullyvin and in 1911 his residence was Clongee, county Mayo. Mrs Charlotte Townley of Tullyvin, owned 2,180 acres in 1876.
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Adams (Corraneary)
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This family are descended from an officer in the army of William III, who had a son James Adams of Monaghan and Corraneary, parish of Knockbride, county Cavan. His son Allen Adams of Corraneary House, born 1708, had 5 sons from whom the various branches of the Adams family in county Cavan descend. The main residences of this family were Shinan House and Northlands. A number of family members were clergymen. In the mid-19th century members of the Adams family held land in the parishes of Enniskeen, Drumgoon, Knockbride, Shercock, Kildrumsherdan and Drung. Most of their estate was in the barony of Clankee and the Reverend Samuel Adams (1788-1856), Dean of Cashel, held the most townlands. In 1876, the Dean’s son Charles Stuart Adams of Glynch/Glinch House, Newbliss, county Monaghan, owned 1,287 acres and his grandson Ambrose Going Adams of Northlands owned 1,446 acres, while his nephew Benjamin Samuel Adams of Shinan House owned 1,548 acres. Other family members owned smaller acreages, all in county Cavan. In 1906 Shinan and Northlands valued for rates at £50 and £39.50 were still in the possession of family members. In the mid-19th century the Reverend Anthony Adams held the townland of Moynehall in the parish of Annagelliff. In 1824, he was the rector of the parish of Rathkenny, Diocese of Meath. Moynehall was leased to Samuel Adams by George and Gerrard Moore in February 1794. Moynehall was advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in May 1857 and appears to have been bought by the Fays. The lands of Corlea, barony of Clankee, the estate of Allen Noble Adams were advertised for sale on 23 January 1862
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Morton (Kilnacrott)
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In the early 19th century Charles Carr Morton, son of Charles Morton, physician and librarian at the British Museum (two of his wives were members of the Pratt family), had a home at Drumroragh Lodge in the parish of Crosserlough, county Cavan. He married Charlotte Tatlow, second daughter of John Tatlow of Crover, by whom he had a number of children, including Pierce Morton (1803-1859). In 1839 Pierce married Louisa Somerville and they had four children. Pierce was a Cambridge mathematician. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records the building of Kilnacrott House for Pierce Morton about 1845 on land granted to Robert Morton at the time of the Cromwellian confiscations. He was a member of the Castlerahan Relief Committee during the Famine but by 1847 much of his estate, in the parishes of Crosserlough, Drung, Kildrumsherdan, Denn and Killinkere, was in the Court of Chancery and the following lands were advertised for sale ‘Cornabest, Cornacarrow, Cornakill and Liscannon in the barony of Tullygarvey; Finternagh, barony of Clankee; Quilliboy or Coleboy [Cullaboy], barony of Clanmahon; Coolkill, Cullow and Kilnacrott including the mansion house, Latnadronagh, Lehary [Lecharry] and Mullacaslan and Tonylion, baonry of Castlerahan’. These lands were bought by James Fay, except for Cullaboy which was purchased by James Knight circa 1851. The demesne and mansion house Drumrora, parish of Crosserlough, were advertised for sale on 21 June 1855 and appear to have been purchased by Morton’s relative John Tatlow. The 70 acre townland of Tedeehen Middle in the parish of Crosserlough was the only townland held by Pierce Morton at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1857). He left Ireland to work in South Africa in 1851 and died there in 1859.
The Anglo-Celt, gives details of the sale of Morton Estate, dated 25 March 1847, http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/1847/AUC.html
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