Landed Estates
University of Galway
Reference Source

SHIRLEY, Evelyn Philip. ''The History of the County of Monaghan''. London: Pickering and Co, 1869

Source Details

Category Contemporary printed sources

Estate Records Citing this Source

Found 39 estate records citing this source.

Reference Estate Name Estate Description
272-284 Thynne (Marquess of Bath) The Thynnes were resident at Longleat, Warminster, Wiltshire, England, from the 16th century. Longle...
272-284 Shirley The Shirleys descend from Sir Robert Shirley created Earl Ferrers in 1711. Like the Thynnes, Marque...
140-153 Leslie (Glaslough) The Leslies of Glaslough descend from John Leslie, a Scotsman, who became Bishop of Clogher in 1661...
252-253 Leslie (Ballybay) The Leslies of Ballybay descend from the Reverend Peter Leslie, a clergyman in county Antrim at the...
222-224 Forster John Forster [sometimes spelt Foster] was Member of Parliament for county Monaghan in 1661. In 1667...
193 Forster (Ballynure) Shirley records the sale of the Ballynure property belonging to Captain William Smyth to William For...
182-186 Dawson (Cremorne) The Dartrey Papers in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland document the estates of the Dawso...
186-188 Ker The Ker family came from Scotland to Ireland in the late 17th century and were associated with Newbl...
237 Hamilton (Cornecassa) In the mid-19th century James Hamilton of Cornecassa (Cornkessagh), county Monaghan, held lands in t...
213-216 Westenra (Baron Rossmore) Of Dutch origin, the Westenras settled in Ireland in the mid-17th century. General Robert Cuningham...
220-221, 226 Owen (Raconnell) In 1668, Nicholas Owen of Mongomeryshire, Wales, received a grant of lands in counties Cavan and Mon...
190-192 Madden (Hilton Park) The Madden family came to Ulster following the marriage in 1635 of John Madden of Maddenton, county...
154-160 Anketell/Ancketell This family, originally from Dorset, settled in Ireland at Ancketell Grove in the mid -seventeenth c...
238-252 Blayney Castleblayney was founded by Edward Blayney, governor of Monaghan in the early 17th century, who was...
162-163 Johnston (Fort Johnston) In the mid-seventeenth century this family settled in the parish of Donagh, barony of Trough, county...
164 Singleton Thomas Singleton of Fort Singleton, Emyvale, county Monaghan, and his wife Isabella Crawford, had a...
146, 160-162 Maxwell (Faulkland) This family were a branch of the Maxwell family of Farnham, county Cavan and descend from William fo...
221, 228-231 Wright/Woodwright According to Burkes the Wrights, located in the area west of Monaghan town, descend from a Cromwelli...
221 Carson (Shanroe) In 1667, the Carson estate at Shanroe, county Monaghan, was purchased by John Carson from Thomas Coo...
221, 232-233 Evatt A family descended from John Evatt, Dean of Elphin, in the early 17th century. Shirley writes that...
236 Mitchell (Drumreask) John Mitchell and his wife Charlotte daughter of William Robinson, an heiress maternally descended f...
227 Cole (Florence Court) Part of the Cole estate was in county Monaghan, in the parish of Aghabog, barony of Dartree. At the...
340 Jones (Carrickaderry) In the mid-18th century a Humphrey Jones of Belturbet, county Cavan, married Elizabeth Moutray of Fa...
306 Hatchell John Hatchell, who was possibly related to the Hatchell family of Fortfield House, county Dublin, di...
220, 225 Richardson (Poplar Vale) Originally from Norfolk this family came to Ireland during Elizabethan times. Simon Richardson was...
180-181 Barrett-Lennard This family descend from Thomas Barrett-Lennard (1761-1857), created a baronet in 1801, the illegiti...
193. Burnside The Burnside family settled at Corcreevy, county Tyrone, after the War of 1641. In 1797, Matthew Ja...
254 & 256 FitzHerbert/Rothwell (Shantonagh) William FitzHerbert, the second son of William FitzHerbert, 3rd Lord of Swynnerton, married the only...
188-189, 254-255 Corry (Fairfield) The Corrys of Fairfield, parish of Ematris, county Monaghan, descend from a Cromwellian soldier Walt...
193 Smyth (Ballynure) Shirley writes that in 1709 the Ballynure property, parish of Killeevan, barony of Dartreee, county...
357, 387 Noble Brabazon Noble of Donaghmoyne, county Monaghan, (1700-1766) married Margaret Clement and had a son W...
388 Plunkett Kenney At the time of Griffith’s Valuation Joseph Plunkett Kenney held eight townlands in the parish of Don...
336 & 599-600 Lee/Ley (Leesborough) In 1668, Ensign William Ley was granted 610 acres in the barony of Dartree including Drumhay, Correv...
379 Steele (Donaghmoyne) Shirley writes that Norman Steele was agent to the Marquess of Bath and Evelyn Shirley ‘and his skil...
130, 254, 274, 362 Barton (Carrickmacross) An estate of scattered parts in the baronies of Dartrey, Monaghan and Cremorne, county Monaghan, was...
254 Tenison (Lough Bawn) The Tenisons of Lough Bawn, county Monaghan, descend from Norbury Tenison, fourth son of the most Re...
272-280 Devereux (Earl of Essex) In 1576, Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, was granted the barony of Farney in county Monaghan, bu...
217-218, 311-312 Lucas/Lucas-Scudamore (Castleshane) In 1683, Charles II granted the manor of Castle Shane to Francis Lucas. His descendants served as M...