Blayney
Castleblayney was founded by Edward Blayney, governor of Monaghan in the early 17th century, who was granted extensive estates in the Monaghan and Castle Blayney areas by King James I. He became Baron Blayney of Monaghan in 1621 and died 1629. However by the middle of the century the family was in difficult financial circumstances and the estate was sold to Thomas Vincent, a London merchant. By the marriage of the 4th Lord Blayney with Vincent’s daughter Elizabeth the estate returned to Blayney family possession. Much of their Monaghan estate was sold off in 1680 by the 5th Lord Blayney and passed through the Cairnes, Murray and Cunningham families until it was inherited by the Westenras who became the Lords Rossmore. Cadwallader 7th Lord Blayney sold part of the Castleblayney estate to the Uptons, Lords Templetown. Andrew Thomas the 11th Lord Blayney was a distinguished soldier who served in the Napleonic wars and developed the town of Castleblayney. He died in 1832. In 1853 the Castle Blayney estate in county Monaghan was purchased by Henry Thomas Hope from the 12th and last Baron Blayney, who died in 1874. The representatives of Lord Blayney, London, owned 1,561 acres in county Tipperary and 421 acres at Carrickfergus in the 1870s.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Cathcart & Hemphill, solicitors' collection (1960), includes rental of estates in Cos Tipperary & Limerick, for sale 30 June 1875. M.5408; National Archives of Ireland
- Blayney family pedigree from 1760. M.3566; National Archives of Ireland
- Copy of a grant of lands in Co Monaghan to Edward Blany, 1610. D. 8782; National Library of Ireland
- Lease of lands in barony of Cremorne, Henry Lord Viscount Moore to Richard Blaney, 16 June, 1658. D.21,583; National Library of Ireland
- Grant of fairs and markets to Sir Edward Blayney at Monaghan and Castleblayney, 18 June 1612. Co 2931; National Archives of Ireland
- Lease of Dromgorah, Co Monaghan, Lord Blayney to John McKee, 1723. D156; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Exhibit: 1777/581. Probate inventory, or declaration, of the estate of Cadwallader Blayney, widower, Lord Blayney of Castleblayney, Co Monaghan and Colonel of 38th Regt of Foot, deceased, Sept 1777. PROB31/648/581; National Archives, UK
- The Blayney/Hope papers comprise c.3,000 documents, 1639-1950, relating to the Blayney estate at Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan (part of which was sold to the Upton family, Lords Templetown, of Templepatrick, Co. Antrim, in 1723 and the rest to the Hope family in 1853), elsewhere in Co. Monaghan, and in Carrickfergus and Cullybackey, Co. Antrim. 1639-1950. D1421; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Establishment of trust to provide marriage portions for Lord Blayney's daughters, 1628. 1078/9; National Archives of Ireland
- 53 documents concerning the Castleblayney Estate, Co. Monaghan, schedule in 999/245/13, include copy letters patent 1612 to Sir Edward Blayney, 1612 and 1863–1924. 999/254; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 158
- 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] : 39
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.44
- SHIRLEY, Evelyn Philip. ''The History of the County of Monaghan''. London: Pickering and Co, 1869: 238-252
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical history of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire''. London: Harrison, 1883: 601-602
- COLLINS, Peter. ''County Monaghan Records in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland''. PRONI, Belfast, 1998: 26-32
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Mongomery Papers from 1610, relating to families of Tichborne, Aston, Blayney and Montgomery and to lands in Cos Louth, Monaghan and Fermanagh, No 133.
- ''Clogher Record'': COYLE, Michael. Letters Patent to Sir Edward Blaney dated 18th June 1812. X, No 2 (1980), 215-222.
- ''Clogher Record'': LIVINGSTONE, Peadar. Castleblayney Rent Book 1772. X, No 3 (1981), 414-418.
- ''Clogher Record'': BURNS, Michael. Edward Blayney. XXI, No 2 (2013), 67-81.