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- 30 June 1830 (Creation)
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4 pp.
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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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Assignment of judgment between Richard Magahan, gentleman, of Cootehill, county Cavan, assignee of Walter Brady, an insolvent debtor formerly of Cootehill of the first part; Samuel Moore of Cullies, county Cavan of the second part; and Arthur Frazer of Edward Terrace, county Dublin of the third part. The assignment concerns a judgment for £4,000 Irish currency obtained by Brady against Moore in 1815. When Brady became insolvent two years later, Magahan was appointed his assignee and the judgment against Moore became legally vested in him. At Moore’s request, Frazer paid £1,025 of the outstanding sum to Magahan, who then assigned the judgment to Frazer.