Ffrench Papers, Rahasane, County Galway
The collection consists of the papers of three generations of a Rahasane (near Craughwell) branch of the extensive Ffrench family of Galway, dating from 1765 and 1831. The family owned lands in the Monivea and Loughrea areas of county Galway and in parts of county Roscommon.
The collection consists of personnel letters, primarily from female siblings to their brother requesting money due them from various legacies and family trusts, records relating to the care and management of the estate, and the collection of rents. It also includes records relating to C. French & Co. Bank at Ormond Quay, Dublin, and to bankruptcy charges, together with details of items to be auctioned from the estate (1831).
The collection has been digitised and is available at http://www.galway.ie/digitalarchives