Keady O’Donovan, Gent., Rosnacaheagh, Ahakista and Pilchard Point, Bantry, deeds of 1805 of Skibbereen town property, 1811 Skahanagh (Mealagh Valley), Bantry. Will 1829.

The people who appears in the deeds such as the Shannons of Durrus are affluent, contractors and in the 1790s advancing money to local impecunious landlords.

The Bantry Birs adre long esatablished fish merchant suggesting wiht the address Pilchad Pointsome marine involvment as seel as the 1802 store in Skibbereen.

Only a small fraction of the

The transcription of memorials is starting to throw up people of significance in the late 18th and early 19th century in West Cork who up to now have been hidden

Registry of Deeds Project, search by surname:

Interestingly here Keady O’Donovan is described as Gent., with various addresses. It is possibly that the Richard O’Donovan who died in 1795 at Pilchard Point, Bantry is his father.

Keady O’Donovan, Gent.

Other addresses are Rosnacaheragh the home of Richard O’Donovan, who build the house a O’Donovan Cove and whose three sons Timothy, Richard and Doctor Daniel were all landlords adn magistrates. It is possibly they were cousins of Keady. They look like they have a common place of origins at Ballaghadown, Caheragh/Drimoleague.

Extended O’Donovan family:

That O’Donovan family was sufficiently affluent to enable Richard to attend the University of Toulouse in France in the 1750s. Later Daniel O’Donovan in about 1820 qualified as a physician in Edinburgh.

O’Donovan Wills

1766, Denis Donovan, Cahergall, Kilcrohane, 1766.

1829, Keady O’Donovan, Ross Kearagh (Rosnacaheragh), Kilcrohane.

1795, Richard O’Donovan, Gent., Pilchard’s Point (O’Donovan’s Cove? Or Bantry), 1795.

1826, Richard O’Donovan, O’Donovan’s Cove, Durrus. 

1752, Timothy (O’) Donovan, Ballyhadown (Caheragh) ancestor of Cove/Fort Lodge family, not clear if one or two in grants.

1843, Timothy O’Donovan, Ardahill, Kilcrohane.

1844, Timothy O’Donovan, Ardahill, Kilcrohane.

Keady O’Donovan, Ross Kearagh (Rosnacaheragh) d 1829, Prerogative Court.

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			Type of deed	Date of current deed	27 May 1802	Vol	Page	Memorial
			Rent Charge	Date of earlier deed		550	303	364897
No	Role(s) in earlier deed(s)	Role in current deed(s)	Family name	Forename		Place	Occ or title	A
A		P1	REYCROFT[ROYCROFT]	Francis	of	Breenymoor [Breeny More, Bantry], Co Cork	Esq
B		P1	REYCROFT[ROYCROFT]	Francis	of	Breenymoor [Breeny More, Bantry], Co Cork	Esq
C		P2	O’DONOVAN	Keady[?]	of	[illegible], Co Cork		A
D		WD	MCCARTHY	Daniel	of	Beach [Bantry], Co Cork	Rev; Clerke
E		WD WM	MCCARTHY	Jeremiah	of	Skibbereen, Co Cork	Gent	A
F		WM	MCENERY	Gerald	of	Skibbereen, Co Cork	Gent	A
Abstract	A & B granted B, a rent charge out of the lands of [illegible], Parish of Kilmocomogue, Co Cork.
MS			Date registered	13 Nov 1802		Date abstract added	20190913

Memorial faded:

			Type of deed	Date of current deed	29 Jan 1811	Vol	Page	Memorial
			Sale	Date of earlier deed		627	467	434141
No	Role(s) in earlier deed(s)	Role in current deed(s)	Family name	Forename		Place	Occ or title	A
A	P2, P1	P1	SULLIVAN	Jeremiah	of	Skibbereen, Co Cork	Shopkeeper
B		P2	BILKS	John	of	Skibbereen, Co Cork	Glazier	A
C	P1		DONOVAN	Keady	of	Pit..?..ers[Pilchard?] Point, Parish of Kilmocomogue, Co Cork	Gent
D		O prev	CLAYTON	James	of	Skibbereen, Co Cork	Mason; theretofore tenanted a hous in Skibbereen, Co Cork
E	P2		COLLINS	Daniel	of		farmer; had been granted a lease of a house in Skibbereen, Co Cork
F		WD WM	HUMPHREY	John	of	Bridgetown [Skibbereen], Co Cork	Writing Clark	A
G		WD WM	MAHONY	James	of	Bridgetown [Skibbereen], Co Cork	Gent	A
H		WD	LEARY	Henry	of	Derrigrea [Derrigra, Ballineen], Co Cork	farmer
Abstract	A sold to B, a lease of property in Skibbereen, Co Cork
MS			Date registered	6 Feb 1811		Date abstract added	20200203

			Type of deed	Date of current deed	21 Feb 1811	Vol	Page	Memorial
			Sale	Date of earlier deed		631	430	434955
No	Role(s) in earlier deed(s)	Role in current deed(s)	Family name	Forename		Place	Occ or title	A
A		P1	COPINGER/COPPINGER	James	of	skibbereen, Co Cork
B		P2	O’DONOVAN	Keady	of	Roscreagh [Rossnacaheragh], Parish of Kilborohane[Kilcrohane], Barony of W Carbery, Co Cork	Gent	A
C		O adj	CONNOLLY	Michael	of		had a house in Skibbereen, Co Cork

In this 1811 deed the Roycrofts of Brennybeg, Kealkil are referred to. They may be related to the Roycrotfs of Clonee, Durrus. They are partners with the Drimolague O’Reagans as middlemen on the townland of Kealties adjoining Roscacaheragh

			Type of deed	Date of current deed	27 May 1811	Vol	Page	Memorial
			Assignment	Date of earlier deed		625	425	438561
No	Role(s) in earlier deed(s)	Role in current deed(s)	Family name	Forename		Place	Occ or title	A

	P1	O’DONOVAN	Keady	of	Rossecragh [Rossnacaheragh?], Parish of Kilcrohane, Barony of W Carbery WD, Co Cork	Gent	A
	P2	O’DONOVAN	Henry	of	Skehonough [Skahanagh, Bantry], Parish of Kilmocomogue, Barony of Bear & Bantry, Co Cork	Gent
P1		O’SULLIVAN	Jeremiah	of		formerly granted a lease of Skahanagh, [Bantry], Co Cork
P2		ROYCRAFT[ROYCROFT]	Thomas	of		formerly held a lease of Skahanagh, [Bantry], Co Cork

E		life	ROYCRAFT[ROYCROFT	Richard	of		formerly held a lease of Skahanagh, [Bantry], Co Cork
F		life	FIELD[?]	John	of		formerly held a lease of Skahanagh, [Bantry], Co Cork
G		WD	DONOVAN	Richard	of	Rossceragh [Rossnacaheragh, Parish of Kilcrohane, Barony of W Carbery WD], Co Cork

			Type of deed	Date of current deed	27 May 1811	Vol	Page	Memorial
			Assignment	Date of earlier deed		625	425	438561
No	Role(s) in earlier deed(s)	Role in current deed(s)	Family name	Forename		Place	Occ or title	A
A		P1	O’DONOVAN	Keady	of	Rossecragh [Rossnacaheragh?], Parish of Kilcrohane, Barony of W Carbery WD, Co Cork	Gent	A
B		P2	O’DONOVAN	Henry	of	Skehonough [Skahanagh, Bantry], Parish of Kilmocomogue, Barony of Bear & Bantry, Co Cork	Gent
C	P1		O’SULLIVAN	Jeremiah	of		formerly granted a lease of Skahanagh, [Bantry], Co Cork
D	P2		ROYCRAFT[ROYCROFT]	Thomas	of		formerly held a lease of Skahanagh, [Bantry], Co Cork
E		life	ROYCRAFT[ROYCROFT	Richard	of		formerly held a lease of Skahanagh, [Bantry], Co Cork
F		life	FIELD[?]	John	of		formerly held a lease of Skahanagh, [Bantry], Co Cork
G		WD	DONOVAN	Richard	of	Rossceragh [Rossnacaheragh, Parish of Kilcrohane, Barony of W Carbery WD], Co Cork
H		WD	MCCARTHY	Jeremiah	of	Rossceragh [Rossnacaheragh, Parish of Kilcrohane, Barony of W Carbery WD], Co Cork	Teacher
I		WD WM	O’DONOVAN	Daniel	of	Roskenagh [Rosskerrig?, Parish of Kilcrohane], Co Cork	farmer	A
J		WM	MCAULIFFE	Michael	of	City of Cork	Writing Clerk	A
Abstract	A assigned to B, a lease of Skahanagh, [Bantry], Co Cork, for the lives of E & F plus 39 years.
MS			Date registered	25 July 1811		Date abstract added	20200203

Abstract made by: RonPrice

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Skehanagh is in the Mealagh Valley to the southwest  of Kealkill straddling the road from

Skehanagh is in the Mealagh Valley to the southwest  of Kealkill straddling the road from Donemark leading into the Mealagh Valley. It’s about a mile from Breenymore.

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			Type of deed	Date of current deed	3 Jun 1815	Vol	Page	Memorial
			Sale or Release	Date of earlier deed		715	411	489346
No	Role(s) in earlier deed(s)	Role in current deed(s)	Family name	Forename		Place	Occ or title	A
A		P1	BARRY	Catharine[Catherine]	of	Droumadoonen [Dromdoneen, Bantry], Parish of Kilmocomogue, Co Cork	Spinster

B		P2	SHANNON	John	of	Brahalish, Parish of Durrus, Co Cork
C		P2	SHANNON	Robert	of	Dromersy[?], Parish of Durrus, Co Cork
D		P3	DONOVAN	Henry	of	Cappanaboul [Bantry], Parish of Kilmocomogue, Co Cork
E		P4	CRONIN	Mortough	of	Doonamorka [Dunnamark?, Bantry], Co Cork	Taylor
F		P5	CLERKE	Thomas	of	Skibbereen, Co Cork	Esq
G	P1		CLERKE	St John	of	Skibbereen, Co Cork	Docor of Physic