Montgomery (Ballyconnell)
In 1724 the Gwyllym estate was sold for £8,000 to Colonel Alexander Montgomery (1686–1729) of Convoy House, County Donegal, M.P. for Donegal Borough 1725-1727 and for Donegal County 1727-1729. He died in 1729 and left the Ballyconnell estate to his nephew George Leslie who assumed the additional name of Montgomery. George Leslie Montgomery was M.P. for Strabane, County Tyrone from 1765-1768 and for County Cavan from 1770-1787. He was succeeded by his son George Montgomery, 'a lunatic', whose estate was administered by the Court of Chancery. Following his death in 1841, his estate became the property of his Enery cousins at Bawnboy. In 1856, the estate was sold. The purchasers included George Roe and the Earl Annesley.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Ballyconnell Castle/House | Annagh | Tomregan | Bawnboy | Ballyconnell | Tullyhaw | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H275187
OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 27A |
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Archival sources
- Instructions for District Registrar to apply for grant of probate For will of George Montgomery, Kilgolagh, Co Cavan, 17 July 1874, 1877. 999/575/76; National Archives of Ireland
- Pedigree of Leslie of Scotland, Cos Kerry and Tyrone, of Ballyconnell, Co Cavan and Leslie later Montgomery, c 1420-c 1807. GO MS 112: 40-41.; National Library of Ireland
- Detailed abstract of will of the Reverend George Leslie of Ballyconnell, Co Cavan, 1754. GO MS 139:178.; National Library of Ireland
- Lease for 3 Lives or 31 years. Yearly Rent £150. Parties: Henry John Clements of Ashfield Lodge, and John Enery of Ballyconnell House, both in the County of Cavan, Esq., Committee of George Montgomery, of Ballyconnell, in the County of Cavan, Esq. a Lunatic, first part, and the said George Montgomery of the second part, and John Cobean of Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan. Lands: Mills and other Premises at Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan. 9 April 1834. D2309/1/4 ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Erne Papers also contain records re sale of lands in county Fermanagh to Colonel Alexander Montgomery of Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan (and Convoy, Co. Donegal), in 1724, and to John Enery of Bawnboy, Co. Cavan, in 1724 and 1726. D1939; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Killadoon Papers, Box of papers and correspondence, mainly of Lord Leitrim, about the affairs of his father’s cousin, George Montgomery of Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan, a lunatic. The 1st Earl of Leitrim had been one of the committee of lunacy appointed by the Irish Court of Chancery to mind the affairs and person of the lunatic, and the 2nd Earl succeeded his father in that trust in 1804. 1787: 1805-14: 1817: 1823-32: 1841-4. Ms.36,063/1-15 ; National Library of Ireland
- 108 deeds, 1617 - late 19th c., including wills, relating to the Leslie, Ancketell, Hamilton, Montgomery, Moore and Ridgeway families and to lands in cos. Monaghan, Tyrone, Cavan and Donegal. D. 23,077-23,184; National Library of Ireland
- Lease made between Henry John Clements, Ashfield lodge, esquire, and Hannah Story, Ballyconnell house, county Cavan, widow, committees of George Montgomery, Ballyconnell, county Cavan, esquire, a lunatic, and with the consent of Thomas, Lord Manners, Lord High Chancellor of Ireland, of the first part, the said George Montgomery, of the second part, and Thomas Patterson, Mullinacre, county Cavan, of the third part. Lease made in respect of that part of the town and lands of Mullanacre (Mullinacre) containing 33 acres and 3 roods, 23 December 1811. P017/0028; Cavan County Archives Service, Small Private Collections
- Lease made between Henry John Clements, Ashfield lodge, esquire, and Hannah Story, Ballyconnell house, both county Cavan, committees of George Montgomery, Ballyconnell, county Cavan, esquire, and with the consent of the Right Honourable Thomas, Lord [Manners], Lord High Chancellor of Ireland, of the first part, the said Montgomery of the second part, and Elizabeth Story, Ballyconnell, county Cavan, of the third part. Clements and Hannah Story lease to Elizabeth Story a house and garden in the town of Ballyconnell, 22 November 1814. 017/0029; Cavan County Archives Service, Small Private Collections
Contemporary printed sources
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 35 (Ballyconnell)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 130 & II, 637 (Ballyconnell)