Haig
‘The Reports of Cases Heard and Decided in the House of Lords’, Volume 8, contains the details of a case Haig v Homan and others in the 1840s. From this it is apparent that in 1814 Robert Haig bought the interest of James Rawson and his wife Rebecca Smyth, in the lands of Carnans Upper and Lower, 356 acres in the parish of Moybolgue and Killan, 226 acres in the parish of Bailieborough, county Cavan, held from the Bishop of Kilmore. According to Joseph Foster in ‘The Royal Lineage of our Noble and Gentle Families’, Vol 2, in 1798 Robert Haig of Roebuck, county Dublin, fourth son of John Haig of the Garthlands, near Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, married Caroline Mary Wolseley, daughter of Sir William Wolseley Baronet. They had eight sons and five daughters. In 1825, their eldest son John Haig married Jane, third daughter of John Haig of Bonnington, Scotland while their eldest daughter married Thomas Haig of Bonnington. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation Thomas Haig and his brother-in-law Henry Haig held two townlands in the parish of Moybolgue while Jane Haig held one townland in the parish of Bailieborough. Church lands, the estate of Henry Haig were for sale in the Landed Estates Court in May 1865. In 1876, Jane Haig of Torquay, Devon, owned 225 acres in county Cavan, while George A. Haig of Torquay and Henry Haig of Northamptonshire owned 176 acres each. In the 1870s another family member James Haig of London is recorded as the owner of over 800 acres in county Galway. The representatives of James Haig, fifth son of Robert Haig of Roebuck, owned over 160 acres of untenanted demesne land and the mansion at Moyglass in 1906.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moyglass | Moyglass | Ballynakill | Loughrea | Marble Hill | Leitrim | Galway |
OSI Ref: M687027
OS Sheet: 125 Discovery map: 52 |
Archival sources
- Wills, accounts, releases, etc., relating to members of the Haig family of Middlesex and of Melbourne, Australia, relating to lands of Killan, Co Cavan, 1883 - 1913. D724; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- NLI, Longfield Map Collection, maps of Robert Haig’s estate in the parish of Moybolgue, 1814 and in the barony of ‘Clinkee’ [Clankee], early 19th century. Ms 21 F. 32 (13 & 15); National Library of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Haig, 11 May 1865, Vol 76 (18), MRGS 39/037, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. ''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 198
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 296
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 326.