Thought to have been built in the later 1700’s. Occupied by the three Miss Whites in the late 19th Century and my three Miss Garveys at another period.
Many of the names in the area are based on that of St Ruane who arrived in Co Wexford through a nearby landing place and is known to have established a community of holy women, the Chief of whom was called Maolruane - which means handmaiden of St Ruane. The Saint is also associated with Lorrha Co Tipperary and with Roscommon in the north west where he is commemorated in a church in Roscommon town. He allegedly went on to Co Mayo where the name is quite common.
The Ruane family came from the west of Ireland to south County Wexford and bought the house because of the name - being their own - in the early 1970’s. They intermarried with the family Doyle.
November 27/1999 Historian Ned Culleton “Celtic and Early Christian Wexford “ ref; 211 states; Kilrane, Churchtown townland - site of mediaeval parish church of same name, dedicated to St. Ruane of Lorrha, Co Tipperary, Died around 594, his feast day is April 15th. Rectangular Graveyard. There was also a chapel at Hilleathe in the late 1600’s dedicated to St Ruane (1862/1868) Lorrha is outside Portumna on the Tipperary/Galway borders.