Forster (Ballynure)
Shirley records the sale of the Ballynure property belonging to Captain William Smyth to William Forster in 1780. William Forster married Jane Cranston of Cranesbrook, and had a son born in 1801 who was married to Frances daughter of the Reverend Charles Atkinson of Creggan. The Forster estate was in the parishes of Killeevan, Clones and Tedavnet. Walford records the Rev Arthur Haire- Forster of Ballynure, youngest son of the Reverend Hamilton Haire and his wife Charlotte Forster daughter of William Forster, whose name he assumed in 1875. In 1876 ,the representatives of William Forster owned 2,093 acres in county Monaghan. In 1906, the Reverend A. H. 'Foster' was recorded as the occupier in the Valuation Lists of the mansion house Ballynure with a rateable valuation of £50.
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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| Ballynure House | Ballynure | Killeevan | Clones | Killeevan | Dartree | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H535251
OS Sheet: 12 Discovery map: 28A |
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| Killycoonagh House | Killycoonagh | Killeevan | Clones | Killeevan | Dartree | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H540258
OS Sheet: 12 Discovery map: 28A |
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| Anlore Cottage | Killycoonagh | Killeevan | Clones | Killeevan | Dartree | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H538256
OS Sheet: 12 Discovery map: 28A |
Archival sources
- Copy of grant of arms to the Rev Arthur Newburgh Haire of Ballynure, son of the Rev Hamilton Haire and his wife Charlotte Forster, on his assuming the name and arms of Haire Forster, 10 Aug 1875. GO Ms 109, 331-32; National Library of Ireland
- Rent Book of the Forster of Killeevan estate, 1802-22. MIC661/1; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Rev. Charles Atkinson LLD. Creggan Co. Armagh to William Foster Esq. Ballynure Co. Monaghan. Deed. Consideration money £1500, 20 November 1832. D2469/85 ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- 999/128 (20 & 21) Includes leases by AB Armagh to Robert Forster of Ballynure of lands in barony of Dungannon, Co Tyrone, 1843 & 1846.; 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: 268
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Clones Union, 63, 67
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 137 (Balllynure)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Monaghan: II, 95 (Ballynure); 125 (Killycoonagh)
- SHIRLEY, Evelyn Philip. ''The History of the County of Monaghan''. London: Pickering and Co, 1869: 193
- 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] : 166
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 89 (Ballynure)