Landed Estates
University of Galway

Clements (Ashfield)

The manor of Ashfield was granted to Sir Thomas Ashe in 1611. [Malsomson, The Clements Archive, p 58]. In 1714, it was leased by Robert Clements of Rathkenny (1664-1722) from Thomas Ashe of the city of Dublin. The estate was bought by Nathaniel Clements in 1764 from the Ashe family. The Clements family of Ashfield, county Cavan, descend from a younger son of the Right Honourable Nathaniel Clements, father of the 1st Earl of Leitrim. In the 1850s the estate of Colonel Henry Theophilus Clements of Ashfield was in the parish of Kildrumsherdan. In the mid-1870s he owned 3,908 acres in county Cavan, 752 acres in county Leitrim and 174 acres in county Waterford. In 1878, following the murder of the 3rd Earl of Leitrim, Colonel Clements inherited the estates of the Earl at Lough Rynn in county Leitrim and at Rosshill in county Galway.

Associated Families

Houses

Name Townland Civil Parish PLU DED Barony County Map Ref  
Ashfield Lodge Drumloaghan Kildrumsherdan Cootehill Cootehill No 1 Tullygarvey Cavan OSI Ref: H573138
OS Sheet: 17
Discovery map: 27
Drumsheil House Drumsheil Kildrumsherdan Cootehill Ashfield Tullygarvey Cavan OSI Ref: H546131
OS Sheet: 17
Discovery map: 27
Fort Henry Largy or Forthenry Kildrumsherdan Cootehill Ashfield Tullygarvey Cavan OSI Ref: H534125
OS Sheet: 16
Discovery map: 27

Archival sources

  • Volume containing 44 maps and surveys of the manor of Ashfield, barony of Tullygarvey, Co Cavan, with names of tenants, 1775-1844. 15 B 24; National Library of Ireland
  • Clements of Ashfield Papers, 1782-1931, Ms 36,070/1-23.; National Library of Ireland
  • Clements Papers, Ashfield, including estate papers – deeds, leases, rentals, accounts, correspondence etc, 1694-1950. Mss 7258-7360.; Trinity College Dublin
  • Irish Land Commission records re the sale of the Ashfield estate, 1905-1988. Clements Family; Private Possession
  • Title deeds of the Ashfield Estate, 1730-1740. Ms 36,012.; National Library of Ireland
  • J.R. Steward & Sons Papers, leases, accounts and maps relating to the Ashfield estate in the parish of Kildrumsherdan, 1757-1832. Mss 33,833-4, Ms Maps 10M-18M.; National Library of Ireland
  • Clements Papers – labour book of the estate of the Clements family of Ashfield, Apr-Sep 1843. Ms 9622.; National Library of Ireland
  • Clements Papers, house account book of the Clements family of Ashfield Lodge, Cootehill, 1797-1800. Ms 9818.; National Library of Ireland
  • Papers relating to the will of Theophilus Clements, including reference to property in Cos Meath and Cavan, 1858-1860. D1550/80.; Public Record Office, Northern 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. 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. P017/0029; Cavan County Archives Service, Small Private Collections
  • Renewal of lease of 70acres 1rood 30perches for lives renewable for ever. Fine: £19. Henry John Clements, Ashfield Lodge, to Nathan Higinbotham, Corbeagh, both Co. Cavan. Relating to Cortubber, Co. Cavan. 27 February 1806. D645/152; Public Record Office, Northern 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
  • Ledger of the Clements family of Ashfield, Cootehill, Co. Cavan, 1782 - 1797. Ms. 9624 ; National Library of Ireland
  • Cash book of the Clements family of Ashfield, Cootehill, 1804 - 1808. Cash book of H. J. Clements, 1812 - 1815. Mss. 9625 - 9626; National Library of Ireland
  • Four items relating to famine relief in Co. Cavan, 1844-7. Ten items relating to the family of Stewart of Killymoon, Co. Tyrone, c. 1750-1872. Letters from J. C. Smyth, 31st Regiment, from various addresses in India, to H. T. Clements of Ashfield, Cootehill, 1840-41. Microfilm P5457; National Library of Ireland
  • Clements Papers, (from Ashfield, Cootehill). Copy of will of the Rt. Hon. Nathaniel Clements, 1777. Ms. 9621; National Library of Ireland
  • Clements Papers. Cash book of H. T. Clements, Ashfield Lodge, Cootehill, Co. Cavan, detailing domestic expenditures, 1811 - 1813. Ms. 12,808; National Library of Ireland
  • Farnham Papers contain references to the Clements families of Ashfield and Rathkenny, see Manuscript Collection List 95; National Library of Ireland
  • Conveyance from William Parsons H.M. Surveyor General to John Ashe of lands called ‘the Keady’ in Co Cavan, 2 Sep 1618. D 20,231.; National Library of Ireland

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Modern printed sources