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- 26 May 1834 (Creation)
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The Moynehall estate in county Cavan was granted by the Crown in 1629 jointly to Abigail Moigne née Dodd, widow of Thomas Moigne, Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral; her son Captain Roger Moigne; and her brother-in-law John Greenham. Three years later, Abigail and John released their right to and interest in the lands to Roger. When Roger was slain in the Siege of Drogheda in 1641, his three daughters became jointly entitled to the Moynehall estate. The eldest, Abigail, married Major Nicholas Moore and in 1698 settled her part of the Moynehall estate on her descendants. Samuel Moore the elder (d. 1848) was her great-great-great-grandson. He married Frances Nesbitt of the Lismore family in 1809. Their son Colonel Samuel Moore lived at Rockville and married his first cousin Louisa Nesbitt in 1849. They had an only child, Frances, who in 1883 married Captain Ernest Edward Cator Nevile of Yorkshire.
In 1794, the Moores leased Moynehall to Samuel Adams, whose descendants remained in possession until 1857, when the property was advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. In 1876, Moynehall belonged to John Fay. Today, it is home to the Backyard Arts and Cultural Centre.
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Copy deed making tenant to the precipe between Samuel Moore of Cullies House in county Cavan of the first part; Gerard Moore of Cullies House in county Cavan, eldest son and heir apparent to Samuel Moore, of the second part; Robert Story of Capel Street, Dublin, gentleman, of the third part; and Montray Erskine of Dublin, gentleman, of the fourth part. The deed abolished the estates tail in the Manor of Moynehall in order to convert the property into absolute ownership (fee simple) so that it could be mortgaged. Item no. 26 on P15/1/2/2/1; used as evidence for P15/1/2/1/4.
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Fragile.