Coming of Age of Richard Keane, Cappoquin House, 7
January 1930
This party was also
significant in that it marked the completion, after eight years, of the
restoration of Cappoquin House after it was burned by Republicans on 19
February 1923. For further details see Glascott Symes’s book: Sir
John Keane and Cappoquin House in time of war and revolution, Four Courts
Press, 2016.
Dungarvan
Observer 11 January 1930
There was an
enormous gathering drawn from all parts of the county at Cappoquin House on
Tuesday night to celebrate the coming of age of Mr Richard Michael Keane, only
son of Senator John Keane, Bart, and Lady Keane. The function at which over 200
persons were present, was most elaborate.
Cappoquin House, the stately ancestral home of the Keane family, built
in 1760, was burned down in the troubled times…but has since been
reconstructed. Except the ornamentation,
all the reconstruction work was done by local labour, and the new house is a
replica in every detail with the original.
The workers on the estate presented Mr Keane with a handsome new gun to
mark the occasion. The celebration was
remarkable for the variety and design of the ladies’ dresses, and the
entertainment was one of the more brilliant of the season. Amongst those present were – Sir Henry and
Lady Dobbs, Senator Bagwell and Mrs Bagwell, Captain Alexander, Archdeacon
Burkitt, Sir John and Lady Godfrey, Lady Gordon, Captain H and Mrs Smyth, Lady
and Miss Musgrave, Mr Beverly Grant Ussher, Mr Henry Villiers-Stuart, Dermot
McGillicuddy, Mrs Chearnley, Mr Ambrose Coghill, Mrs De la Poer and party, Rev
J Going, Mr T. C. Williams, Solicitor, etc.