Montgomery (Convoy & Inishowen)
Robert Montgomery’s estate was among the principal lessors in the parish of Inver, Barony of Banagh and the parish of Raphoe, barony of Raphoe North as well as the parishes of Convoy and Donaghmore, barony of Raphoe South, County Donegal at the time of Griffith’s Valuation in the 1850s. Reverend Samuel Montgomery’s estate was leasing property in the parish of Killaghatee, barony of Banagh and Moville Lower, barony of Inishowen East, at the same time. The estate of Robert George Montgomery amounted to almost 9000 acres in County Donegal in the 1870s. The Montgomery family were of Scottish descent and descend from Alexander Montgomery who came to Donegal in the seventeenth century. Burke suggests that they were connected with the Montgomery family of Beaulieu, County Louth.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Spamount (Killaghtee) | Killaghtee | Killaghtee | Donegal | Dunkineely | Banagh | Donegal |
OSI Ref: G755756
OS Sheet: 98 Discovery map: 10 |
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| Raymoghy | Raymoghy | Raphoe | Letterkenny | Manorcunningham | Raphoe North | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C243110
OS Sheet: 54 Discovery map: 6 |
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| Rosebank (Inishowen) | Ballynally | Moville Lower | Inishowen | Moville | Inishowen East | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C609387
OS Sheet: 12 Discovery map: 3 |
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| Convoy House [Greenfield] | Greenfield | Convoy | Stranorlar | Convoy | Raphoe South | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C211011
OS Sheet: 69 Discovery map: 6 |
![Photo of Convoy House [Greenfield]](https://landedestates.ie/storage/img/orig/3296.jpg)
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| White Hill (Inver) | Inver Glebe | Inver | Donegal | Inver | Banagh | Antrim |
OSI Ref: G819782
OS Sheet: 92 Discovery map: |
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Archival sources
- Montgomerys and Boytons of Convoy House, acquired in March 2005. Included are farm accounts (1920’s), rentals (1890’s); bundle of files (1920’s); and notebooks, 1890 – 1920’s.; Donegal County Archives
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] : p.322.
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Donegal Union, p.65, (Killaghatee)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Letterkenny Union, p.100 (Raymoghy)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Stranorlar Union, p.8 (Greenfield)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: p.50 (Greenfield, Canon Boyton)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Inishowen Union, p.112-113 (Ballynally)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.228.
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I, p.394 (Convoy), Vol.II, p.24 (Inver), 119 (Killaghatee, M.Steevens)
Modern printed sources
- Meehan, Helen. ''Inver parish in history''. Donegal: [the author], 2005. : The Montgomery family. pp.97-115.
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: p.486.
- HOWARD, Joseph Jackson and CRISP, Frederick Arthur (eds). ''Visitation of Ireland''. Baltimore: reprint by Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 1973: Vol.2, pp.25-27.