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Young (Lahard)
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The Youngs were living at Lahard, parish of Killashandra, county Cavan, from the early 18th century. Mathew Young of Lahard married Frances daughter of William Nesbitt of Dromaler, county Cavan. They had a daughter Abigail who married the Reverend John Beatty and a son James Young, High Sheriff of county Cavan in 1767. James Young of Lahard married Jane Nesbitt daughter of Cosby Nesbitt of Lismore. Cosby Young of Lahard was High Sheriff of the county in 1816 and was married to Sibella Fleming of Bellville. They had two daughters co heiresses who married Bishop Mackarness and the Reverend H. Meynell. The representatives of Cosby Young held three townlands in the parish of Killashandra and one townland in the parish of Drumlumman in the mid-19th century. A Cosby Young of Lahard who died in 18[9]6, aged 44, is buried in Killashandra Old Graveyard, as is Lucy Alice Young who died in 1910. Another Young memorial in this graveyard was erected by William Young of Gartinardress. In 1876, William Young of Gartinardress owned 593 acres and Miss Lucy Young of Killashandra owned 289 acres in county Cavan. At the same time the Reverend George R. Markarness owned 1,370 acres, the Reverend Henry Meynell of Macclesfield, England, owned 451 acres in the county while a Mrs Anna Sophia Young of Philpotstown, Navan, owned 672 acres and a Miss Young of Sandymount, county Dublin, owned 882 acres in county Cavan. Gartinardress is located very close to Lahard. In 1850 William Young, his wife Mary Clemina and daughter Margaret, sold the 2,604 county Cavan estate of Richard Young 'deceased' in the Encumbered Estates Court with 796 acres in county Longford. The county Cavan estate was very scattered, being located in six different parishes. Robert Hutton was the petitioner and the subsequent proprietor. Michael Elliott Knight of Clones married Mary Clemina Young of Gartinardress.
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