Registry of Deeds Index Project — Transcription
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No. 232653 Drinan to Drinan. Registered 11 July 1782 at 3 o�Clock in the afternoon.
To the Register for Registering Deeds, Conveyances and Wills �
A Memorial of an Indented Deed of assignment dated the third day of July, one thousand seven hundred and Eighty-two, made
between John Drinan of Knockahouly in the County of Cork, Gentleman, of the one part, and Andrew Drinan of the City of Corke,
Merchant, of the other part, reciting that James Nash of the City of Limerick, Esquire, by Indenture of Lease bearing date the
Second day of August one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy-three, did demise unto David Drinan, late of Knocknamana in the
County of Corke, Gentleman, deceased, All that and those the farm and lands of Knocknaskehy formerly held by Richard Bungane
and Partners, containing about one hundred and Sixteen Acres Statute Measure, and also the Lands of Curragh adjoining thereunto
and formerly held by Denis Riordan and Containing about forty Acres Statute Measure, both being Subdenominations of Killmoney
in the County of Corke, together with the Tythes or Tenths of said Knocknaskehy and Curragh, from the twenty-fifth day of
March then last for the Term of thirty-one Years at the yearly rent of Seventy pounds; And also reciting that said John Drinan
by Mesne Assignment or otherwise, was Lawfully intitled to the said Lease and Premises thereby Demised during the residue of
the said Term; and also reciting that the Right Honourable Charles Earl of Middlesex, by Indenture of Lease bearing Date the
sixteenth of November one thousand Seven hundred and Sixty-three, did Demise unto unto David Drinane of Knocknamana and Thomas
Drinane of Farrenbrien, Both in the Barony of Kinnalea and County of Corke, Farmers, All that part of East Farrenbrien and
Knocknamana then in the Possession of Said David Drinan and Thomas Drinan, together with the Tythes thereof in as full and
Ample Manner as the late Thomas Drinane held and enjoyed the Same from the first day of May then last for the Term of thirty-one
Years at the Yearly Rent of two hundred pounds; And also reciting that the said John Drinan was lawfully intitled to two third
parts or Shares of Said Lands of Farrenbrien and Knocknamana; And also Reciting that Richard Beecher of Hollybrooke in the
County of Corke, Esquire, by Indenture of Lease bearing date the twenty-third of March, one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty-two,
did Demise unto the Said John Drinan All that and those that part the Lands of Keellnaclashy Called the Paddock and within the
Walls and the Known Mears and Bounds thereof, from the twenty-ninth day of September last during the lives of the said John
Drinane, Ellen, the present Wife of the Said John, and Thomas Drinane, Son of Andrew Drinane of the City of Corke, Merchant,
Aged about Eleven Years, at the Yearly rent of Forty pounds. By which said Deed of Assignment the Said John Drinan, in
Consideration of four hundred pounds Sterling, did grant. sell and assign unto the Said [omitted] All that and those the
aforesaid Farm and Lands of Knocknaskehy and the aforesaid Lands of Curragh together with the aforesaid Tythes or Tenths
thereof , and also two Undivided third parts or Shares of all that part of the said Lands of East Farrenbrien and Knocknamana,
together with the Tythes thereof, and also All that and those the aforesaid part of the Said Lands of Keelnaclashy Called
the Paddock, and all the Estate, Right, [�] Revision and Revisions , Term or Terms of Years or Lives which he the said John
Drinan then had or upon any [?] Contingency thereafter Should become Intitled unto the aforesaid Several and respective
Premises or any part thereof . Witness to said Deed and Assignment are Daniel Barry of Cloghnakilty in the County of Corke,
Grocer, , John Barry of the City of Corke, Gentleman; and this Memorial is witnessed by the said John Barry and John Barrett
of C[�] 34[?] To the Said Andrew Drinan � Andrew Drinan (Seal)
Signed and Sealed in Presence of John Barry, John Barrett.
The above named John Barry maketh Oath before me that he saw the Deed the above and the within writing is a Memorial duly Sealed and Executed by the within named John Drinan and Andrew Drinan. Deponent Saith he also Saw the Said Andrew Drinan duly Sign and Seal the foregoing Memorial, and that the name John Barry Subscribed as a witness to said Deed and Memorial is Deponent�s name and handwriting. John Barry Sworn before me at the City of Corke, the sixth day of July 1782, by Virtue of a Commission Forth of his Majesty�s Court of Exchequer in Ireland to me directed for taking Affidavits, and I know the Deponent. Richard Daunt � Justices present: William Butler � Thomas Owgan �.
Abbreviations spelt out and some punctuation supplied by Frank Thompson.
Notes:
| Knockahouly: | Apparently either of two present townlands in Kilmonoge civil parish, Knocknahowla Beg or Knocknahowla More. |
| Andrew Drinan(e): | Proprietor of the South Gate Porter Brewery, Cork City. He died in 1802 and is buried in Tracton churchyard. He held various parcels of land in the area south of Cork City, including a dairy farm at Raffeen, Carrigaline. He was probably the son of the Thomas Drinan who served as a land agent and rent-collector to the Lords Shannon, mainly in Kinalea and Kerrycurrihy baronies. |
| James Nash: | Probably of Bridge Street, Limerick, and of the Catholic Nash family of Askeaton. |
| Richard Bungane: | Not identified. |
| Killmoney: | Officially spelt �Kilmoney�, a civil parish consisting of a single townland also called Kilmoney. Part of the townland constitutes the Main Street of Carrigaline village. |
| Earl of Middlesex: | Charles Sackville (died 1769), who married Grace Boyle, daughter of the second Viscount Shannon. |
| Knocknamana: | Officially spelt �Knocknamanagh,� townland in Tracton civil parish. |
| Knocknaskehy: | Knocknaskehy and Curragh were apparently local names for what was later called �Hill Farm�, a substantial part of the townland and civil parish of Kilmoney. Curragh does not seem in this case to be the �Curra�, a townland in Kinure civil parish that is just to the east of Knocknohowla Beg. |
| Farrenbrien: | Either of the townlands of Farranbrien East or Farranbrien East, Tracton civil parish. |
| Keellnaclashy: | Probably the same as Ballinaclashet, a local name for part of Knockacullen and Tonabuska townlands, Kinure civil parish. A Thomas Drinan held over 200 acres here at the time of Griffith�s Valuation, 1851. |
| Thomas Drinan(e): | Probably the first son born to Andrew Drinan and his wife Mary Mehegan. The boy probably did not live to adulthood. |
| Richard Beecher: | Of Hollybrook, Abbeystrowry civil parish, Skibbereen. The Earls or Viscounts Shannon (Boyles) were landlords of both Tracton and Abbeystrowry, and the Beechers had long been principal tenants of the Boyles in the Skibbereen area. |
| Thomas Owgan: | A Thomas Owgan served as Mayor of Cork in 1777. |
Transcribed by Frank Thompson, July 2014.