Castleisland District Heritage - L Montague Griffin, death

[19] Lawrence (or Laurence) Montague Griffin Esq, a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, was in residence from at least the 1820s. In 1829, he applied to register the freeholds of ‘Borheens’ Molahiffe and Faughkilla (Faghcullia), Faghbane (Faughbane) and the townland of Dromickbane, Muckross, Killarney. In 1834, he contributed to the O’Connell tribute. He married in 1824 Elizabeth Agnes Sandes (1801-1861), daughter of Henry Sandes of Glenfield (Glannalappa), Co Kerry (third son of John Sandes of Moyvane, and Alice or Alicia, second daughter of Arthur Browne of Ventry and Ballinvarrig). Their children included Dr Lawrence Thomas Griffin (1827-1906) physician to Lord Kenmare and Resident Medical Superintendent of the Killarney District Lunatic Asylum (who married in Killarney in 1858 to Clara, daughter of Francis Newton and Clarissa Mahony and had issue Dr Lawrence Montague John Griffin (1860-1924) of Flesk Priory, Killarney and of Plymouth).