Leslie (Glaslough)
The Leslies of Glaslough descend from John Leslie, a Scotsman, who became Bishop of Clogher in 1661 and bought the Glaslough estate on the northern border of county Monaghan from the Ridgeway trustees in circa 1665. He is reputed to have died at Glaslough in 1671, aged 100. The Leslie family also held estates in Cos Tyrone, Fermanagh, Cavan, Down, Meath and the Pettigo estate, county Donegal. Griffith’s Valuation records the parishes of Donagh (60 townlands) and Errigal Trough (17 townlands) as containing the main part of the county Monaghan estate of Charles Powell Leslie of Glaslough in the mid 19th century with the parishes of Killkeevan, Aghabog, Tehallan, Kilmore, Drumsnat and Aghabog containing smaller parts of the estate. In the mid 19th century his county Cavan estate was located in the parish of Knockbride, barony of Clankee. Charles P. Leslie’s brother, John Leslie, created a baronet in 1876, owned an estate mainly in the parish of Ematris, barony of Dartree but also in the parishes of Donaghmoyne, Aghnamullen, Currin, Kilmore and Tullycorbet. Charles P. Leslie died unmarried in 1871 and his brother Sir John Leslie of Glaslough owned an estate comprised of 13,621 acres in 1876.
Associated Families
No associated families were found for this estate
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Lough Emy | Killycooly | Donagh | Monaghan | Emyvale | Trough | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H692 449
OS Sheet: 3 Discovery map: 28A |
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| Portinaghy House | Portinaghy | Donagh | Monaghan | Emyvale | Trough | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H693433
OS Sheet: 6 Discovery map: |
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| Hollow House | Aghaloughan | Donagh | Monaghan | Glaslough | Trough | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H715398
OS Sheet: 7 Discovery map: 28A |
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| Kiltybegs | Kiltybegs | Donagh | Monaghan | Glaslough | Trough | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H732421
OS Sheet: 7 Discovery map: 28 |
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| Broomfield Cottage | Lisgoagh | Donagh | Monaghan | Glaslough | Trough | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H715404
OS Sheet: 7 Discovery map: 28A |
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| Leek House | Leek | Donagh | Monaghan | Glaslough | Trough | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H729444
OS Sheet: 7 Discovery map: 28A |
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| Castle Leslie | Glaslough | Donagh | Monaghan | Glaslough | Trough | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H722418
OS Sheet: 7 Discovery map: 28A |
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Archival sources
- Songs sung and election addresses given in favour of Col Charles Powell Leslie and Evelyn J. Shirley at an election in Monaghan, 26 June 1826. Ms 1420; National Library of Ireland
- Adair Family Archives – Copy Bill of Complaint of Charles Powell Leslie of Glasslough, 1781 & bundle of papers re assignment of moiety of estate in Bacton and Cotton, Suffolk, C.L. Leslie, Glaslough to Jeremiah Sullivan, Hatton St, St Andrews, Holborn. HA12/B4/6/9 & HA12/B4/9/8; Suffolk Record Office: Lowestoft Branch
- Rental of the estate of Robert Leslie of Glaslough, 1751-1766. Ms 5783; National Library of Ireland
- Rental of the Glaslough and Emly estates of the Leslie family in Co Monaghan 1765-1780 and 1802. Ms 5809; National Library of Ireland
- Valuation of the Pettigo estate, Co Donegal, 1833 and a rental of the Monaghan and Tyrone estates of the Leslie family, 1840 and 1846. Ms 5813; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Leslie of Castle Leslie, Glaslough, Barts and also Leslie later Slingsby of Scriven Park, Co York, c 1750-1869. GO Ms 180, 107-12; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Leslie of Glaslough, 1090-1842. GO Ms 174, 401-406; National Library of Ireland
- Leslie Papers – 108 deeds, including wills, relating to Leslie, Ancketell, Hamilton, Montgomery, Moore and Ridgeway families and lands in Cos Monaghan, Tyrone, Cavan and Donegal. D.23,077-23,184; National Library of Ireland
- Leslie Papers – rental 1727, rental and accounts 1752 and 1768-1779, rental, letters and papers, early 19th century, relating to Leslie estates in Cos Monaghan and Donegal. Ms 13,719; National Library of Ireland
- Volume of maps of estates of John Leslie in Cos Donegal and Fermanagh, 1858. Ms 22,018; National Library of Ireland
- Rentals of Leslie estate at Pettigo, Co Donegal, late 18th – early 19th cents. Ms 5810-12; National Library of Ireland
- Volume of estate maps of the Leslie estate at Glaslough, signed by Robert Taylor, 1863.; National Library of Ireland
- Carte Papers - letter from Bishop of Clogher, Clones to Lane, concerning his purchase of an interest in lands in Co Monaghan called ‘The Upper Trough’ granted to Sir Thomas Ridgeway, 2 Aug 1664. MS. Carte33, fol. 514; Oxford University: Bodleian Library
- Answer connected with pleadings in case Lord Ferrers [Robert Shirley] and Viscount Weymouth [Thomas Thynne] v William Barton and Richard Hampden, about property in Co Monaghan, 1695. C6/97/63; National Archives, UK
- Bill connected with pleadings in a case William Barton v Viscount Weymouth [Thomas Thynne] and Lord Ferrers [Robert Shirley] and another, about property in Co Monaghan, 1700. C7/44/7; National Archives, UK
- Leslie of Glaslough Papers, 1796-1985. MIC606; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Correspondence of Leslie family of Glaslough, 1820-1891. T3827; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Leslie Papers: contains the estate and family papers of the Leslie family of Co. Monaghan, dated 1528-1992. Estate papers includes deeds, leases, rentals, legal papers, estate correspondence, documents from the Land Commission and from the Sir John Leslie Estates Company, maps and plans, financial papers, and miscellaneous documents relating to the Leslie estates of Glaslough, Pettigo and others. The Leslie family papers include correspondence, diaries and journals, writings, photographs, scrapbooks, sketchbooks, gamebooks, ephemera, legal and political papers, and miscellaneous material kept by the Leslie family. Ms 49,495; Ms 42,142-42,172; Ms 42,178-42,182; Ms 42,754; MS L 306-307; MS L 311-320; MS L 482-483; MS L 480; MS L 493-495; PO 4598 TX; National Library of Ireland
- Estate maps, Leslie of Glaslough, 1863. Ref. 1974:204; Monaghan County Museum
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Monaghan Union, 5, 11, 27, 31, 36, 38
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 465 (Castle Leslie)
- SHIRLEY, Evelyn Philip. ''The History of the County of Monaghan''. London: Pickering and Co, 1869: 140-153
- 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] : 269
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 92 (Glaslough)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.227 (Donegal)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.227 (Donegal)
Modern printed sources
- LESLIE, Charles Joseph. ''Historical records of the family of Leslie from 1067 to 1868-9''. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1869: All
- LESLIE, Seymour W. ''Of Glaslough in the Kingdom of Oriel and of the noted men that have dwelt there''. Glaslough, 1913 : All
- LESLIE, Seymour, ''The Jerome Connection'' (London: John Murray, 1964): All
- COLLINS, Peter. ''County Monaghan Records in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland''. PRONI, Belfast, 1998: 54-98
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Leslie of Glaslough Papers in NLI, relating to the Leslie, Ancketell, Hamilton, Montgomery, Moore and Ridgeway families and to lands in Cos Monaghan and Tyrone. No 366
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Leslie of Glaslough Estate Office Papers in NLI, relating to the Leslie family and lands in Cos Monaghan, Cavan and Donegal. No 220