Young (Bailieborough)
Thomas Young succeeded to an estate at Lough Esk, county Donegal, on the death of his uncle Thomas Knox. He married Rebecca daughter of Oliver Singleton of Fort Singleton, county Monaghan, circa 1740. Their grandson William Young bought the Bailieborough Castle estate from Thomas Charles Stewart Corry circa 1813. He was created a baronet in 1821. He was a director of the East India Company. In 1870, his son John 2nd Baronet was raised to the peerage as Baron Lisgar of Lisgar and Bailieborough. He was a prominent diplomat but died without issue in 1876. In the mid-19th century the Bailieborough Castle estate was located in the parish of Bailieborough except for two townlands in the parish of Knockbride. In 1876, Lord Lisgar held 8,503 acres in county Cavan. His widow Baroness Lisgar sold the estate in 1900. The house was bought by Sir Henry Cochrane and in 1915 by the Marist Brothers but was accidently destroyed by fire in 1918, reconstructed and subsequently demolished in 1942. http://bailieborough.com/history/a-rich-history/
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beckscourt House | Beckscourt | Bailieborough | Bailieborough | Bailieborough | Clankee | Cavan |
OSI Ref: N680971
OS Sheet: 34 Discovery map: 35 |
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| Bailieborough Castle/Lisgar Castle | Crocknahattin | Bailieborough | Bailieborough | Bailieborough | Clankee | Cavan |
OSI Ref: N661982
OS Sheet: 28 Discovery map: 35 |
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| Spear Vale/Vale House | Galbolie | Bailieborough | Bailieborough | Bailieborough | Clankee | Cavan |
OSI Ref: N652976
OS Sheet: 34 Discovery map: 35 |
Archival sources
- Land Judges Court rental of Bailieborough House and estate, the property of Lady Liogar, for sale, Nov. 14, 1900. M5641; National Archives of Ireland
- Trustees of Baroness Lisgar v Holford & Earl of Morney Rental No. 1 and 2, Rental, maps and particulars of the mansion house and demesne of Bailieborough Castle and of part of the Bailieborough Estate consisting of the agricultural and Town Parks holdings to be sold in 1900, with notice for the purpose of having the Provisional Agreement for purchased signed by the Agricultural Tenants, dated 1897, 1900. 999/197; National Archives of Ireland
- Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of the late Reverend John Young of Dromore, Co Donegal and to his son William Young of Bailieborough Castle, 24 July 1821. GO MS 106: 133; National Library of Ireland
- Typescript copy of letter book of Sir John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar, mainly dealing with his administration in the Ionian Islands, but including some references to Ireland, Mar. 1856 - May 1857.; National Library of Ireland
- Rental, maps and particulars of sale by Adelaide Baroness Lisgar, Bailieborough, Co. Cavan relating to Bailieborough, Co. Cavan. November 1900. D889/4/34; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Typescript copies of 300 letters written by Sir John Young, Lord High Commissioner of the British controlled Ionian Islands, later 1st Baron Lisgar of Lisgar and Baillieborough, Co. Cavan. 1856-1857. T3511; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 272
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Bailieborough Union, 35, 38, 43
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 99
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: 1464-1465
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical history of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire''. London: Harrison, 1883: 625
- MULLIGAN, Kevin V. ''The Buildings of Ireland South Ulster, Armagh, Cavan and Monaghan'', (New Haven and London, 2013): 147
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 16