The last Will and Testament of Michael Shanahan, late of the City of Cork, deceased, 29 April 1811, proved 16 March 1830.          In the name of God Amen. I Michael Shanahan of White Street in the City of Cork being at present in an infirm state but of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding and considering the uncertainty of this mortal world do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner following: First and principally I commend my soul to God who created it and my Body I commit to the earth to be decently interred in Ballintemple Church yard with a plain inscription stone. I give and bequeath to my son Michael the House and premises in which I now reside with all its furniture, pictures, Books, Prints and Collections and also my quarry at Ballintemple. I give and bequeath to my daughter Anne as her portion my House and premises in White Street held under me by Mr. William Gallway and subject to £3 : 15 : 0 per annum Ground Rent and it is my will it be settled on her and her issue. I give and bequeath to my son Frederick the House on Georges Quay held under me by Doctor Mann. I give and bequeath to my son Henry the premises in White Street called the Bowling Green held by me under an assignment by the Sherriffs of the City of Cork together with the House built therein by me in which he has heretofore lived and the yard adjoining Mr. Gallways House with the Workshops and stable, the above premises are subject to a £30 per annum Ground Rent. I also give and bequeath him the Ballinlough field subject to £22 per annum Ground Rent and set at £31 : 11 : 9 per annum and the House in Dunbar Street held under me by Daniel Buckley subject to £11:7:6 per annum Ground Rent and set at £16 per annum and also the fields in Bohreen managh subject to £21 per annum Ground Rent. I likewise give and devise to my said son Henry my marble yard in White Street held under Mr. White by Lease for three lives two of which have fallen. I give and bequath unto my son Edmond the House and premises on George's Quay held under me by the Executors of the late Right Rev'd Doctor McCarthy. I give and bequeath unto my son Edmund[sic] and Henry their Executors and Administrators the House in White Street held under me by Mr. Swayne upon the trusts to and for the uses, intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned expressed declared of and concerning the same that is to say upon trust and to the use intent and purpose that the said Henry and Edmond and the survivor of them and the Exec.s and Admin.s of such survivor do and shall permit and suffer my said son Frederick for and during the term of four years next after any decease yearly and every year to have receive and enjoy the rents, issues and profits of the said House and premises subject to the payment of £6 per annum Ground Rent and from and after the determination of said term term of four years or from and after the decease of my said son Frederick which ever shall first happen, upon this further Trust that they the said Edmond and Henry, their Exec.s and Admin.s and the survivor of them and the Exec.s and Admin.s of such survivor shall permit and suffer my youngest son Richard and his Exec.s, Admin.s and Assigns to have, hold receive and enjoy the rents, issues and profits of said House and premises, subject as aforesaid to the payment of £6 per annum Ground Rt. Will of Michael Shanahan, continued.          I appoint my brother Henry executor of this my last will and testament and I further will and direct that whatever chimney piece unrought Marble or Portland stone may belong to me at the time of my decease, shall as soon as conveniently may be, be sold off by him and turned into cash and that he shall pay off what ever debts may be due and owing by me. And I further ordain and direct that in case of any or either of my sons dying without issue the Houses, premises bequeathed to him or them so dying with the Rents, issues and profits thereof shall be equally divided amongst the survivors. Witnessed etc .... Notes: Anne Uniacke: There is no mention of his wife Anne Shanahan nee' Uniake in this will. Did Anne pre-decease her husband? Married 1774 City of Cork, County Cork. Source: Marriage License Bonds, Diocese of Cloyne. Ballintemple Quarry: Is the quarry at Ballintemple mentioned in this will the same as the one now referred to as the 'old abandoned Ballintemple Quarry' that lies adjacent to Páirc Uí Rinn and Temple Hill? Mention is made that St. Patrick's Bridge in the city of Cork (designed by Michael Shanahan) at one point had to be repaired/rebuilt and that when repaired Ballintemple limestone was used. Sounds like the quarry that Shanahan owned in Ballintemple may have been the source from which the limestone used in repairing/re-building the bridge originated. Frederick Shanahan: Per Henry McDowell, Michael's son Frederick Shanahan entered Trinity College, Dublin, March 7th 1806 at age 19, thus his date of birth is c1787 and he died (per his obituary published on 8 Oct 1847 in the Cork Examiner in 1847 in Paris, France. Note: This ref. is to an index of obits published in the Cork Examiner; in process of trying to locate the full obit. Henry Shanahan: Is the Henry Shanahan who married Jane Ludgate in the city of Cork in 1840 the son of architect Michael Shanahan and Anne Uniacke? Such a possibility has been suggested by Mr. Henry McDowell. Are Henry Shanahan and Jane Ludgate the parents of Father Denis R. Shanahan, (1845-1924) who is buried in the Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery in the city of Limerick? This has also been suggested by Mr. McDowell. My research shows that Father Denis R. Shanahan's had at least 3 male siblings, Timothy R. (1825/6 - 1915), Gerald A. (1840 - 1919) and Patrick (1843 - 1865). While it is possible that Henry Shanahan and Jane Ludgate are the parents of Father Denis, Father Gerald and Patrick Shanahan, Jane Ludgate cannot be the mother of Father Timothy R. Shanahan because he was born well in advance of Henry and Jane's marriage. Fr. Denis, Fr. Timothy and Fr. Gerald A. Shanahan are all buried in one tomb in Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery. Further Fr. Gerald A. Shanahan who is found living in Thornaby, Yorkshire, England in the 1881 census gives his place of birth as Kilfinane in County Limerick. Timing and logistics seem to suggest that Jane Ludgate may not be his mother either. Unless the Henry Shanahan who married Jane Ludgate was married previously to another gal, this assertion that Fr. Denis R. Shanahan is their son, simply won't 'fly'! Transcribed 19 October 2007 by K. L. Rhodes from photocopies of the originals forwarded to me on 24 Jan 2001 by Judy C. Stewart Waite. The transcription you are viewing above is from page 2 and page 4 of a genealogy report prepared by Henry McDowell of Celbridge, County Kildare in Sep 1981. View Complete Transcription of this Genealogy Report. Return to Shanahan Family Genealogy Home Page