The townland of Farnane, Murroe, Co. Limerick was part of the estate owned by Lord Cloncurry who owned 10 townlands in the civil parish of Abington.
Early 19th-century Farnane residents (confirmed in RC parish records for Murroe & Boher)
Ellen Boyle of Farnane m. Harry Ryan 1818 and Brigid Boyle m. Michael Ryan [GV#6b]
James Byrne & Mary Duggan 1819
Patrick Coleman & Catherine Slattery 1818
John Connell & Mary Ryan 1817 | Philip Connell & Sally Sullivan 1818
Daniel Costello & Sarah Russell 1818 of Farnane House [GV#1a]
Patrick Farrell & Mary Wrenn 1819 [GV#2a]
John Hanley m. Ellen Fitzgerald 1818
Bridget Mackey of Farnane m. Henry McAuliffe 1818
Philip Madden & Margaret Wren m. 1816
James McMahon m. Mary Burke 1818
Jeremiah aka Darby Moran & Joan McNamara 1818
William O'Donnell & Catherine/ Mary Ryan 1814
Owen O'Donnell & Catherine Nicholas 1814
Michael Ryan & Bridget Boyle 1818 | Michael Ryan & Ellen Hayes 1818 [Michael Ryan TA 1826 x1; Michael Ryan GV 1853 x 3]
Patrick Tucker & Mary Hannigan 1818 [Patrick Tucker TA 1826; Mary Tucker GV 1853]
Catherine Slattery of Farnane m. Pat Coleman of Cappanahanagh 1818
James Waller & Joan Byrnes aka Judy Byrne 1814
Also on record as godparents (close neighbours) for Farnane residents for the period 1816-1819:
James Byrnes, Judy Glenny, John Hanly, Ellen Fitzgerald, William Russell, Catherine Costello, Patrick Hanley, Dennis Wren, Catherine Wren, Timothy Kett, Jane Hammond, Catherine Hannigan, Patrick Ryan, William Ryan, Margaret Ryan, Timothy Ryan, John Ryan, William Kelly, Michael Kelly, Catherine Kelly, Mary Leonard, Winifred Harty, Patrick Boyle, Ellen Gibbons, Maurice Byrne, Mary Duggan, Edmund Byrne, Margaret Connelly, Michael & Mary Heffernan,
In 1826, the following appears on record as landholders (tenants of the Cloncurry Estate) in the Tithe Applotment Book for Farnane:
James Bourke [Thomas Bourke GV#5a 1853] Ros Fearna
Daniel Costello - Farnane House + 83 Irish acres
Thomas Corbett [GV#3a 1853]
John Connell
Patrick Farrell [GV 1853]
John Hayes | Daniel Hayes | Widow Hayes
John Hanley & Dennis Hanley [Patrick Hanley GV#13a 1853]
Michael Kelly
Darby Mackey
Phillip Madden | Timothy Madden [Terrence Madden GV#4a 1853]
Philip Moore & John Moore
Edmund Nunan aka Ned Noonan
William O'Brien [GV#9a 1853] Ros Fearna
Owen O'Donnell & Brigid 'Biddy' Ryan
Widow Ryan | Conor Ryan | Andrew Ryan | Michael Ryan [GV 1853] | Patrick Ryan [GV 1853]
Patrick Tucker [Mary Tucker GV#20a | John Tucker GV#6a 1853] Ros Fearna
William Waller
William Wheeler & Margaret Carthy RC1821 [GV#8a 1853] Ros Fearna
Edmund Tucker (1814-1910) of Farnane (retired postman) died here in 1910 survived by his widow Nellie Tucker aka Ellen Ahern (m. 1858 RC parish of Murroe & Boher). Their son James Tucker inherited the house.
William Tucker (1830-1900) of Abington (labourer)
References
ORIENTATION: Farnane, Murroe | Ireland | VIEW SOURCE | |
PLACENAME An Fearnán aka Farnane | Ireland | VIEW SOURCE | |
Tithe Applotment Records: Farnane 1826 | Ireland | VIEW SOURCE | |
Griffith's Valuation: Farnane 1853 | Ireland | VIEW SOURCE | |
Census 1901: Farnane CLONKEEN | Ireland | VIEW SOURCE | |
Census 1911: Farnane CLONKEEN | Ireland | VIEW SOURCE |