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Keon
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McParlan records that a member of the Keon family, a minor, was a non-resident proprietor in Leitrim in 1802. However, he also records Mr. Keon, of Keonbrook, on his list of "resident gentlemen of property". William Keon offered for sale lands in the baronies of Carrigallen and Mohill in the Encumbered Estates Court in February 1855. In the 1870s the representatives of Ferdinand Keon, living in London, owned over 200 acres in county Leitrim while other members of the Keon family held over 300 acres between them. In July 1878 over 300 acres of the Keon estate was offered for sale in the Land Judges' Court by William Keon. The trustees of John Pottinger offered a further 140 acres of land at Keonbrook for sale at the same time. Miles Gerald Keon (1821-1875), the last male descendant of the Keonbrook branch, was a novelist and colonial official. By 1906 the property at Keonbrook including the house and 140 acres of untenanted land was owned by Bridget Mollahan.
At the time of Griffith's Valuation William E. Keon held the townland of Annaghmore, parish of Ogulla, barony and county of Roscommon. In the 1870s William McKeon of Strokestown owned 518 acres in county Roscommon.
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Brady (Cavan)
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A number of persons by the name of Brady held land in county Cavan in the mid-19th century including a Major P. Brady in the parishes of Castleterra and Denn. Lands in the parishes of Kilbride, Larah and Scrabby were also in Brady possession. John Drumgoole/Dromgoole Brady was a designer of improvements to military equipment and saddles in London in the 1850s. In 1827, he married Mary Eleanor, daughter of Miles Keon of Keonbrook, county Leitrim. Their marriage settlement led to a court case in the Rolls Court in 1846. Edward Talbot Brady of Dublin held the townland of Lurgananure, 326 acres in the parish of Killinkere, county Cavan, at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. In 1841, Edward married Margaret Hottenil. She died in Templemore, county Tipperary in 1887. In 1876, Mrs Margaret Brady of Sandymount, Dublin, is recorded as the owner of 326 acres in county Cavan. In February 1883, her eldest son, Hugh Drumgoole Brady, died in Dublin. Three months later John Drumgoole Brady, died in London on 18 May 1883 as reported by the Freeman’s Journal. In April 1850, the lands of Clontyduffy Nugent, parish of Kilbride, county Cavan, held in fee simple by John Dromgoole Brady were advertised for sale.
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