Montgomery
Hugh Lyons Montgomery was MP for Leitrim, 1852-57 and served as High Sheriff in 1840. In 1876 the Montgomery estate held over 10,000 acres in county Leitrim. This included lands in the parish of Drumlease, barony of Dromahaire. The 1940s Irish Tourist Association survey records that the family were reputedly extravagent, a factor which eventually led to the break up of the estate in the early 1900s. The Acts of Settlement Grants indicate that Capt. Hugh Montgomery received property in the town of Athenry, county Galway as well as extensive lands in county Leitrim and county Longford, the latter jointly with Hugh Campbell.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belhavel | Drumillion | Killarga | Manorhamilton | Belhavel | Dromahaire | Leitrim |
OSI Ref: G868299
OS Sheet: 15 Discovery map: 26 |
Archival sources
- Certificate of decree executing Act of Settlement to Hugh Montogomery concerning premises in Dublin and lands in Leitrim and Roscommon. 1667. ; National Archives of Ireland
- Irish Tourist Association. Topographical and General Survey, 1941-1945. Killargue, File 141. ; Leitrim County Library
- E.J. French solicitors' records, include references to the Montgomerys of Cos Roscommon & Leitrim. Small Accs. Index 8; National Archives of Ireland
- Valuation of houses and plots in Athenry the estate of Hugh Lyons Montgomery, post 1799. Small Accs. Index 8, Deeds 3276, Box 10, Mo 81; National Archives of Ireland
- E.J. French Solicitor's Papers, Valuation of houses and plots in Athenry the estate of Hugh Lyons Montgomery by J. Brassington, post 1799. Acc. No. 8, D.3276; National Archives of 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] : 321
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 305
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Manorhamilton Union, 110 (Belhavel)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballyshannon Union, 42
- COULTER, Henry. ''The West of Ireland: its existing condition and prospects''. Dublin: Hodges and Smith, 1862: --
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 160 & 203
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxiii, 64
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: 488
- Ó DUIGNEÁIN, P. ''North Leitrim in Famine times''. Manorhamilton: Drumlin Publications, 1986. : 14
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 856-858.
- ''Breifne'': MacNIFFE, Liam. The 1852 Leitrim election. V, 18 (1977-78), 223-252.
- HARRISON, A (compiler).'' A roll of all gentlemen....High Sheriffs, MPs & other officers of county Leitrim, 1600-1909.'' Carrick-on-Shannon: printed by P. Brennan, 1910. : 11-12.
- ''Jnl. of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'': Nĺ CHINNÉIDE, Síle. A Frenchman’s Tour of Connacht in 1791. XXXV1 (1977), 30-42
- ''The Dublin Gazette'': Includes details of purchases by tenants. 6 Jan 1905