McCullagh (Derryvally)
The M’Cullagh/McCullagh name is associated with the Ballybay locality of county Monaghan. Members of this family were mill owners and farmers. In the mid-19th century Thomas M’Cullagh of Derryvally held lands in the parishes of Aghabog, Tullycorbet and Kilmore while James M’Cullagh of Corfad held land in the parishes of Ballybay and Aghnamullen. Thomas married his cousin Sarah M’Cullagh and had three sons Andrew B., James and Thomas. His daughter Sarah married a Presbyterian minister, the Reverend William Sherlock Whiteside (1860-1916) and lived in California, USA and Victoria, Australia. Thomas was a Justice of the Peace. He made his will in 1874 and died in 1877 (NA Wills and Administrations 1877). In 1876, members of the M’Cullagh family of Drummick, Cofad and Derryvally, Ballybay owned over 800 acres in county Monaghan. Some of their estate was for sale in 1880. Many members of this family emigrated, see http://www.thesilverbowl.com/letters/McCullaghletters.html
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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| Derryvally | Derryvally | Ballybay | Castleblayney | Ballybay Rural | Cremorne | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H698210
OS Sheet: 18 Discovery map: |
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| Corfad | Corfad | Aghnamullen | Cootehill | Anny | Cremorne | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H668170
OS Sheet: 23 Discovery map: 28A |
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Archival sources
- Conveyance of part of the lands of Bara, Co. Fermanagh by James McCullagh of Corfad, Co. Monaghan to John Craydon Henderson of Sydare. 2 December 1851. D3952/20; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- McCullagh (Ballybay, Co. Monaghan) papers. 1703- c. 1844. D9168; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Lease, with counterpart, of lands near Castleblayney, William Saunders to John McCullagh, 23 July 1635. D.21,581-82; National Library of Ireland
- Landed Judges' Court Rentals (O'Brien), McCullagh/Dickie, 18 Mar 1880, Vol 138 (22), MRGS 39/0, (microfilm copy in NUIG); 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: 270
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Castleblayney Union, 46; Cootehill Union, 5
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 96 (Cofad); 103 (Derryvally)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Monaghan: I, 64 (Corfad)