McTear (Belfast)
In the mid-19th century this Belfast family had business interests at Laragh and Cherryvale (Carnacarrowin) in the parish of Aghnamullen, county Monaghan. George M'Lear/McTear's estate of 718 acres at Laragh and Cornecarrow was for sale in the Landed Estates Court on 8 November 1864. James M'Kean may have bought some of this estate as he was resident at Laragh in 1876.
Associated Families
No associated families were found for this estate
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laragh (Aghnamullen) | Laragh | Aghnamullen | Castleblayney | Laragh | Cremorne | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H799115
OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 28B |
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| Cherry Vale (Aghnamullen) | Cornacarrow | Aghnamullen | Castleblayney | Laragh | Cremorne | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H802126
OS Sheet: 24 Discovery map: |
Archival sources
- McTear estate papers relating to Belfast and Counties Monaghan, Antrim, Down and Armagh, 1732-1855. D199; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- ROD 462.482.296434 (1793) & 509.269.331526 (1797); Registry of Deeds
- Estate papers of the McTear Family, Testamentary papers, Deeds, Correspondence, etc, c.1860-c.1898. D1769/54/1; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Account book relating to the estate of the late David McTear, Belfast and Hazelbank, Whitehouse, Co. Antrim, 1840-2 and to the history of the McTear property in Belfast, in Co. Monaghan and at Whitehouse and Whiteabbey, Co. Antrim, 1842-c.1900. There are also genealogical notes relating to the McTear family and to the related families of Crawford, Banbridge, Co. Down and Cherryvale, Co. Monaghan, Hyndman of Belfast, Andrews of Comber, Co. Down etc., 1715-1916. D3544; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Drafts of the wills of David McTear c 1840 and Frances McTear of Hazelbank, Carnmoney, Co Antrim, 1841, Bruce Papers, Mss 27,129 & 27,141; National Library of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), M’Lear/McTear, 8 Nov 1864, Vol 74 (27), MRGS 39/035, (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Castleblayney Union, 129, 130
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 96 (Laragh)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Monaghan: I, 90 (Cherry Vale), 103 (Laragh)