Ross (Monaghan)
The Ross family came from Scotland and settled in county Monaghan in the early 18th century. Alexander Ross of Creeve of married Elizabeth Mollau and their only child was born posthumously in 1785. James Alexander Ross (1785-1856) of Legnacreeve House, parish of Monaghan, married Elizabeth Goudy and their eldest son, the Reverend Alexander Goudy Ross, was a Presbyterian minister at Markethill, county Armagh. His representatives held land in the parishes of Killeevan and Clontibret in the mid-19th century. Their estate amounted to 447 acres in 1876. Another family member, David Ross of Liscarney is mentioned in a deed of 1816 held in PRONI. He died in 1821 aged 75 and is buried in St Salvadors cemetery, Glaslough. Lieutenant Colonel James Ross was his second son, see http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/08%2008%2040.pdf At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, a David Ross held townlands in the parishes of Donagh, Drumsnat, Tehallan and Clontribret, county Monaghan. In 1851, James Mollan Ross of Liscarney married Jane Buchanan. John Givan, the Irish Liberal politician of Castlecaulfield, county Tyrone, married their daughter Araminta Reid Ross in 1878. In 1877, another daughter Elizabeth Goudy married James Swanzy of Connaberry House, Castleblayney. In 1876, James Mollan Ross of Liscarney, parish of Tehallan, owned 216 acres, while the representatives of David Ross, Legacurry, parish of Donagh, county Monaghan, held 183 acres. Legacurry House is marked on the OS 25 inch map (1908).
Associated Families
No associated families were found for this estate
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liscarney House | Liscarney | Tehallan | Monaghan | Tehallan | Monaghan | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H698354
OS Sheet: 9 Discovery map: 28A |
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| Dunraymond | Dunraymond | Kilmore | Monaghan | Caddagh | Monaghan | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H694251
OS Sheet: 18 Discovery map: 28A |
Archival sources
- Conveyance of lands in ‘Aughafin’ [Aghafin] and Lislannan, Co Monaghan, by William Forster to Dr David Ross, 7 April 1838. Mortgage of same parties, David Ross and Dr David Ross, 16 July 1853. Needham Papers T618/147 & T618/182 ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Deed of partition re lands in Kildoagh, Co Monaghan, involving David Ross, Liscarney, Co Monaghan, H. And M. Morrell, Ballybay and Stuart and Sara Woodhouse, Emyvale, Co Monaghan, 4 April 1816. Needham Papers T618/73; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Marriage settlement relating to John Ross, Ardsalla, Co. Meath 1st.Pt. Alex. Fleming, Monaghan 2nd.Pt. Jane Fleming, Monaghan 3rd.Pt. Alex. Fleming, Monaghan 4th.Pt. David Ross, Legacorry 5th.Pt. 31 August 1829. Needham Papers, T618/110; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Ross, 4 July 1871, Vol 103 (3), MRGS 39/048, (microfilm copy in NUIG) - Lisraw & Kildough 387 acres; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Monaghan Union, 133, 166
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 360 (Island Cottage); II, 662 (Liscarney)