'Kavanagh1'
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Families covered: Kavanagh of Ballyhale, Kavanagh of Borris
| We hope in due course to connect the following family to the early MacMurrough-Kavanagh Kings of Leinster. Said to be descended from Donall Caomhanagh ('the handsome') was ... | |||||||||||||||
| Art Boy Kavanagh of Borris & St. Molins (Carlow) & Poulmonty (Wexford) (a temp Edward IV who r. 1461-1483) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Cahir (Charles) Kavanagh of Borris, baron of Ballyanne (d before 1554) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice or Cecilia Fitzgerald (dau of Gerald Fitzgerald, (9th) Earl of Kildare) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Brian Kavanagh of Borris & Poulmonty (d 1575, 4th son) this line followed by BLG1952 | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elinor Byrne (dau of Hugh Byrne of Rathangan) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Morgan Kavanagh of Borris & Poulmonty (d 19.06.1636) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elinor Butler (dau of Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mount Garratt) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Brian Kavanagh of Borris (d 01.12.1662) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elinor Colclough (dau of Sir Thomas Colclough of Tintern Abbey) | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - Elinor, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Elinor Blancheville (dau of Sir Edward Blancheville of Blanchevillestown) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Morgan Kavanagh of Borris | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Walsh (dau of John Walsh of Piltown) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Morgan Kavanagh of Borris (d 1720) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Frances Esmonde (dau of Sir Lawrence Esmonde, 2nd Bart of Ballytrammon) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Bryan Kavanagh of Borris (d 1741) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Butler (dau of Thomas Butler of Kilcash) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thomas Kavanagh of Borris (d 1790) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1755) Susanna Butler (sister of John, 17th Earl of Ormonde) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Walter Kavanagh 'of Borris' (dsp 1813) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Morgan Kavanagh (dsp 1804, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1792) Alice Grace (dau of Michael Grace of Gracefield) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Thomas Kavanagh of Borris House (b 10.03.1767, d 20.01.1837) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (24.03.1799) Elizabeth Butler (d 1822, dau of John Butler, 17th Earl of Ormonde) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Anne Kavanagh (d 1830) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Bruen of Oak Park | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Susanna Kavanagh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Doyne (Major) | |||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Grace Kavanagh (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John St. George Deane of Berkeley Forest | |||||||||||||||
| ((D))+ | other issue - Walter (dvp 1836), 6 daughters (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (28.02.1825) Harriet Margaret Le Poer Trench (dau of Richard Le Poer Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty) | |||||||||||||||
| ((K)) | Thomas Kavanagh of Borris House (d unm 03.1852 in Australia) | ||||||||||||||
| ((L)) | Charles Kavanagh of Borris House (b 28.01.1829, d unm 02.1853) | ||||||||||||||
| ((M)) | Arthur MacMorrough Kavanagh of Borris House (b 25.03.1831) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.03.1855) Frances Mary Leathley (dau of Rev. Joseph Forde Leathley) | |||||||||||||||
| ((N)) | Harriet Margaret Kavanagh | ||||||||||||||
| m. W.A. Middleton (d 07.05.1876, Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Helena Kavanagh | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Archbold of Davidstown | |||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Mary Kavanagh | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Butler of Ballyraggett | |||||||||||||||
| ((6))+ | other issue - Brian (dsp), Honora | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Margaret Kavanagh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Galwey | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | 5 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue - Henry (d 28.04.1741), Charles (a 1766, General, Governor of Prague) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Margaret Morres (dau of Hervey Morres of Castle Morres) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Hervey Kavanagh of Ballyhale, co. Kilkenny (d 1740) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.1732) Mary Meade (dau/heir of _ Meade of Ballyhale) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Morgan Kavanagh of Ballyhale (d 1817) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Butler (dau of Walter Butler of Garyricken, sister of John, 17th Earl of Ormonde & Ossory) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Walter Hervey Kavanagh of Ballyhale (d 1853) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Newland (dau of Edward Newland of London) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Elinor Kavanagh (d 02.09.1802) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c03.1792) George Lidwill of Donard | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Margaret Kavanagh (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Mary Kavanagh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Luke Masterson of Moneyseed | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Lucy Kavanagh (d 1708) possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Butler (Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Margaret Kavanagh possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. William White of Scarnagh | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Elizabeth Kavanagh | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Fitzpatrick (son of Brian, 6th Lord Upper Ossory) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Alice Kavanagh | ||||||||||||||
| (6) | Mary Kavanagh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charles Kavanagh (son of Sir Morgan of Clonmullen) | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - Charles, Edmund, Arthur | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Joan Morris (dau of Nicholas Morris of Templemore) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Joan Kavanagh | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Edmond Kavanagh of Ballyknocktaggard had issue | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Gerald Kavanagh of Ballybranagh ancestor of Kavanagh of Rocksavage & Inch | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Morish Kavanagh had issue | ||||||||||||||
| v. | Ellinor Kavanagh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Donel 'Spainagh' Kavanagh of Clonmullen | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | daughter probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Walter Devereux of Carrickschurch (son of SIr Nicholas) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Catherine Devereux | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nicholas Hore (a 1636) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Turloch (MacCahir) Kavanagh (d 1575) not mentioned by BLG1886 but given by BLG1952 which provides the following | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Browne (dau of Patrick Browne of Mulrankine) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Donogh MacTurloch Cavenagh believed to have been the father of ... | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Donogh (Dennis) Cavenagh of Clane (a 1641) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | James Cavenagh of Grangemellon, co. Kildare | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Wentworth Cavenagh of Ballinamoy, co. Kildare (bpt 22.08.1675, d 11.1752) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | James Cavenagh of Graignamanagh, co. Kilkenny (d 04.05.1769, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1732) Elizabeth Lindsey (dsp 07.04.1734) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Ann Lane (d 09.06.1742, dau of Ambrose Lane of Lane's Park) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Matthew Cavenagh of co. Wexford (b 1740, d 22.07.1819, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1760) Catherine Hyde Orfeur (d 27.05.1814, dau/coheir of John Orfeur of Drillistown) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | James Gordon Cavenagh of Castle House, co. Wexford (b 1766, 3rd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.03.1815) Ann Coates (d 18.12.1846, dau of Odiarne Coates of New Romney) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2))+ | other issue 2 sons (dvp) + 6 sons + 6 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | 1 son and 1 daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m3. Elizabeth Archdeacon (d 13.03.1787) | |||||||||||||||
| (d)+ | 4 sons and 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | 2 sons and 1 daughter | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Mary Cavenagh (bpt 13.10.1672) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Martin Cavenagh | ||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Edmond, Dermot | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Honora Kavanagh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rowland Masterson of Ballyshannon | |||||||||||||||
| D.+ | other issue - Morough (Morgan 'baccagh') of Cowellellyn (dsp), Gerald, Dermot (dsp), Crean | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Moriertagh Art Boy Kavanagh ancestor of Kavanagh of Templeudigan & Ballyleigh | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1886 ('Kavanagh of Borris'), the section on Cavenagh within BLG1952 ('Cavenagh-Mainwaring of Whitmore and Biddulph')
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