Finlay
The Finlays of Corville, Brackley and Sugarloaf, county Cavan would appear to be related. Their estate was in the parish of Templeport, barony of Tullyhaw, where in the mid-19th century, Sir Thomas Finlay, John, Francis and George Finlay all held land. Maria Finlay held one townland in the parish of Drumlane. The interest of Mrs Martha Gwynn (daughter of John Finlay, will dated 1830) in land at Kildallen was for sale in 1863 and 1864. In 1876, Alfred Finlay, a minor, of Ballyshannon, owned 1,023 acres, John Finlay of Brackley House, owned 4,337 acres, Sir Thomas Finlay of London owned 1,231 acres and the Reverend George Finlay of Drumcar, Dunleer, county Louth, owned 573 acres in county Cavan. In 1921, Reverend John Finlay, Dean of Leighlin, died at Brackley during a raid.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Sugarloaf | Corporation Lands | Annagh | Cavan | Grilly | Loughtee Lower | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H376166
OS Sheet: 14 Discovery map: 27A |
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| Carrig Hill | Carrigan | Drumlane | Cavan | Kilconny | Lower Loughtee | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H341153
OS Sheet: 15 Discovery map: 27 |
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| Brackley Lodge | Brackley | Templeport | Bawnboy | Bawnboy | Tullyhaw | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H197213
OS Sheet: 9 Discovery map: 27A |
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| Corville | Cor | Templeport | Bawnboy | Bawnboy | Tullyhaw | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H227171
OS Sheet: Discovery map: 27A |
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| Woodville (Templeport) | Cor | Templeport | Bawnboy | Bawnboy | Tullyhaw | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H228172
OS Sheet: 9 Discovery map: 27A |
Archival sources
- Renewal of a lease for 20 years by John Capel, Dublin City and others to John Finlay, Belturbett, Co. Cavan of Kilnaglare and Mackna [bar. Lr. Loughtee], Co. Cavan. Rent: £21 stg. p.a. 30 Apr 1817. 999/640; National Archives of Ireland
- Lease made between Theophilus Brinsley Butler, city of Dublin, esquire, and Mary Finlay, Sugarloaf house, county Cavan, widow, in respect of Sugarloaf house, gardens and two fields attached, being near the town of Belturbet, parish of Annagh, barony of Lower Loughtee, county Cavan. Contains 9 acres and 2 roods late Irish plantation measure. Lease to run for the natural lives of Sir Thomas Finlay and Catherine Lake Finlay, son and daughter of lessee, and David Finlay, eldest son of John Finlay, Brackley house, county Cavan, or for the term of 31 years whichever lasts longer. Annual rent of £40 sterling. 12 April 1835. P017/0045; Cavan County Archives Service, Small Private Collections
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Gwynn & Soden, 29 May & 3 July 1863, Vols 68 (28) & 69 (4), MRGS 39/034 & 39/035, (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Gwynn & Soden, 29 Apr 1864, Vol 72 (38), MRGS 39/036, (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Cavan Union, 165 (Carrig Hill); Bawnboy Union, 29, 31, 35
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 62 (Bawnboy)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 613 (Brackley, Corville)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 204