The Corporation of the Borough of Belturbet
County Cavan, Ireland
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The Corporation of the Borough of Belturbet County Cavan, Ireland
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Sources This page is still under construction A search of source data relating to Belturbet, the parish of Annagh and the county as a whole in the period 1613-1840 leaves the impression that little has survived compared with most other similar jurisdictions. The reason for this is obscure. For the county as a whole, there appears to be more source data for the area south of Cavan town and east of the Erne, which probably accounts for the focus on these areas in Breifne, the county historical Journal. The table below lists some sources of interest. Many do not refer specifically to Belturbet but all have some relevance in that they address the time of the Corporation. Cavan County Archives Service collects, protects and makes available to the public archives which relate to County Cavan. Archivist, Ms. Bernie Deasy may be contacted at archives@cavancoco.ie Corrections, comments and advice on the table below are welcome. Contact: e-mail webmaster@belturbet.org
Abstract
of the number of Protestant and Popish families : in the several
counties and provinces of Ireland, taken from the returns ... in the years 1732 and 1733 ... with
observations. -- DA940.5 B3 B8 1736 - - Burnet’s
Life of Bedell gives county Protestant & Catholic families as : 6237 and
1969 (=47,700 at 6/family) respectively
in Cavan County. No names. Wakefield quoting Maule gives population of Ireland
as 2,000,000 in 1733. Connell estimate for 1732 is 3,000,000. Maule also gives
for Ulster 62,620 Protestant families, 38,459 ‘Popish’ families, at
5/family = 505,305. Abstract of the Population of Ireland . . . 1821
H.C. 1822 (16) XIV see Census of Ireland 1821 below Abstract
of answers and returns
. . .1821. H.C. 1824 (577) XXII see
census 1821 below Advertisements
for Ireland : being a description of the state of Ireland in the
reign of James I,
contained
in a manuscript in the library of Trinity College, Dublin : an extra volume of
the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland edited by George O'Brien. --
DA940 A4 1923 - - Conc Nil Account of Ireland,
statistical and political
Edward Wakefield. UBC
only Most of the data given for
Co. Cavan relating to prices for 1811 was provided by Thomas Armstrong,
Templeport. The general conclusion which may be derived from the data is that,
compared with other parts of Ulster payment to labourers is less than that in
other counties, food prices such as potatoes, grain are roughly the same,
services such as horse-shoeing a little higher, conacre the same to higher.
The variations are such that methodology may be questioned. Analecta
Hibernica; CD1100 6A booke
of kings lands…..1608 Anal Hibernica No.3 1931 The seven baronies of Co. Cavan 151
analecta 1-11, 13, 7-37 at cd 1100 a6 check if have 1931 -pp151-218 have 1608
survey 8 (1938); Ulster
Plantation Papers Vol VIII, No. 16, pp.349-354 re Book of Survey and
Distribution ):Conc nil Archivium Hibernicum State
of popery 1731 (1912) BX 1503 A8 Vol 41-58. Vols VI, VII Maynooth, Commonwealth records; V 41 and up at
McGill Aspects
of Irish Social History 1750-1800
Ed.Crawford
Traynor DA 905 N67 Belmore Papers
(extracted from from PRONI website)
The
interest in these papers is due to links between Belmore and Belturbet in the
last 50 years of the Corporation. Belmore bought the patronage of the Borough
of Belturbet from Lanesborough in 1781. He also lent Belturbet Corporation
money. There are likely to be references to these and other
transactions in the papers listed below. There is a distinct contrast between
the energy and extravagances of this family and the lethargy of the
Lanesboroughs of Belturbet. Lanesborough was probably in awe of Coote, and
Farnham in County Cavan and tended not to confront or compete with them. There
was also a tendency in the family and in Corporation to look to the north for
alliances and support, probably because of Butler holdings in Fermanagh and
links to Crom Castle. Fermanagh residents
were frequently selected as Belturbet burgesses. The comparative behaviour of
these families and the Archdalls as landlords
is of interest though it is not known whether surviving archives are
adequate to permit this. (see Lanesborough Papers below) The Belmore
Papers (PRONI) consist of 36,400 documents and 278 volumes. They span the
period 1612-1949, and document the acquisition, management and dispersal of
the estates of the Lowry-Corry family of Castle Coole, Co. Fermanagh, Barons,
Viscounts and Earls Belmore, in Fermanagh and Tyrone and also in Cos. Longford,
Monaghan, Antrim, Armagh, Dublin and elsewhere.
They also document the political careers of Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd
Earl Belmore, and Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore, in
Ireland and as Governors of Jamaica (1828-1832) and New South Wales
(1868-1872) respectively. 'The documented history of Castle Coole', writes
Thomas McErlean (D/3007/D/1/15/1), 'can be said to begin in 1611 [1612] when
Roger Atkinson was granted an estate of 1,000 plantation acres called Coole.
During the century the castle and lands changed hands a number of times until
it was purchased in 1656 by John Corry a Belfast merchant of Scottish origin. Title deeds: The title deed material in the archive consisting
of c.465 documents, 1612-1880, has been arranged as far as possible according
to the 4th Earl Belmore's privately printed Catalogue of the Earl of
Belmore's Ancient Deeds, etc. (Dublin, 1882). Background information on
the principal components of the family estates, the manors of Coole and Finagh,
are to be found in his Two Ulster Manors (London, 1881). The earliest
group of title deeds (D/3007/A/5) concerns the 17th-century history of the
manor of Coole. The title deeds also document the Lowry family estates in Co.
Tyrone, 1677-1779, notably the manor of Finagh, the Aghenis, Ballynahatey,
Dromore and Fintona, and Monterloney estates, and various lands in the manors
of Hastings and Touchet in the barony of Omagh, which originally belonged to
the Mervyn family of Trillick (the second wife of James Corry of Castle Coole
was a Mervyn). Also documented are the subsidiary Corry estate of Aghacordinan,
Ballagh, etc, in the baronies of Granard and Longford, Co. Longford,
1697-1764, and other Corry properties elsewhere. From c.1780 the title deeds
relate to settlements of and charges affecting the existing estates, not to
the acquisition of new ones. General
correspondence of the 2nd Earl Belmore:
His general correspondence relates, in addition to his mounting financial
difficulties, to his not unrelated absences from home on yachting
expeditions in the Mediterranean
and Middle East and travels in Greece, Egypt and Syria,
1813-1821,
to the antiquities he collected on
these travels. Brooks and Archdalls: At the beginning of the century
the Corrys and the Irwins (Irvines) predominated but as the century wore on
the Corrys concentrated on Tyrone and the Coles (Ld Enniskillen) and Archdalls
emerged as the principal interests in Fermanagh . Another contender, Sir
Arthur Brooke died in 1785 (no male issue) and his successors did not retrieve
his position until well into the 19th cent. Loftus was another
power (Parliament of \Ireland Vol 1) Montgomery Archdall :
Nicholas Montgomery MP for Fermanagh assumed the name Archdall in 1728 Books of Survey and Distribution;
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summarizes the Cromwellian Land Settlement and changes at Restoration to
townland level (Killinkere, Munterconnacht, Castlerahan, Lurgan, Virginia
survived) McGill folio DA905 A53 vol 1-4
Cavan Co Library and NAI 1641 Breifne: Journal of
Cumann Seanchais Bhreifne
(Breifne Historical Society) The muster rolls of Cavan 1630 Vol
5 77/78.Hearth money Rolls /Tullyhunco, Tullyhaw Vol ! 3 1961; Early
colonisation of Breifne Vol 1 No. 1 1959; Hunter English undertakers in
the Plantation of Ulster Vol
1v 73/75 (excellent study with many references), Ulster plantation .p 407
trade/merchants: Freemen of the Borough of Cavan , Smyth; Sir
John Davies in Cavan Vol 1; 1766 Religious
Census, by Terrence Cunningham ; Study
of eight townlands in the parish of Killeshandra 1608-1841 Maura Nallen
Influence of free-masonry in East Cavan during 1798 rebellion Vol
VIII No 33 1997 Larry Conlon; 1622 Survey of Cavan, Vol 1 no 1 1959
Ed. P. O’Gallagher. 1999 (McG holds..1988-2002, Conc Nil) British Museum
Papers B.M. add ms 4794 ff 358v-59 records
details of Butler properties (1617) Butler Deeds; NLI D8896-8926 Balfour /Butler Indenture on Fermanagh property 1617. There are 31 deeds in this collection but summaries are not available at NLI. Several are being reviewed and will be summarised here in a later edition. Buildings of Irish Towns, Treasures of everyday architecture Shaffrey NA 7337 S5 Rural Houses of the North of Ireland NA 7337 Calendar of Carew Manuscripts Mss Vol 630 ff 61-3 1611 Survey of Loughtee Calendar of Patent and Close Rolls Charles I Da 25 841.5 16 Calendar of Patent Rolls Elizabeth Concordia Vanier See Irish Patent Rolls Calendar of Patent Rolls Chancery 16 Jac. i Part 6 Indenture Butler/Provost Belturbet CSPI Ireland in the reign of Charles II DA 25 G82 CSPI Charles I Da 25 G92 G92 CSPI relating to Ireland James I DA 25 G9 1872 CSPI Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth Calendar of Irish Patent Rolls James I CD 1109 L6 McGill does not include Butler grant See Irish patent Rolls below Calendar of patent and Close Rolls of Chancery Ireland Charles I; 1st - 8th year Van DA 941.5 16 Calendar of patent Rolls Elizabeth I Van DA 25 C953 Vol 1-9 in McGill Case
of Ireland's being bound by Acts of Parliament in England,
stated by William Molyneux, DA947 M6 1719 - - Catholic History of Ireland; O'Sullivan Beare, Vanier, Map of Ireland, Norden DA 937 085 Cavan: Essays on the history of an
Irish County Ed. Raymond Gillespie Irish
Academic Press 1995. Although
there is little new on development of the town of Belturbet, there are many
essays of background interest: The Reformation in Kilmore treats the
efforts of the Church of Ireland to establish itself in a largely native
Catholic environment. The Catholic Church in Kilmore 1580-1880 (Kelly)
outlines the struggle of the bishops of the Church to maintain the diocese
during the penal period and the subsequent progress towards recognition and
power in the 19th century. Other Essays include Perspectives on the making
of the Cavan landscape, P. J. Duffy;
Anglicisation of east Breifne, Bernadette Cunningham; Cavan
:A medieval Border Area, Ciaran Parker.
Census
of Ireland, circa 1659, with supplementary
material from the
poll money ordinances
(1660-1661) Edited by Séamus Pender ..McG
HA1142 1659. Original data for Cavan did not survive see also Common Ground
below Census
of Ireland, 1813-15. No population figures for County Cavan. Under
supervision of Grand Juries. see Statistical Account or Survey of Ireland,
W. S. Mason Abstract
of the population of Ireland with a comparative view of the number of houses
and inhabitants as taken in 1813. HC 1822 (36) , xiv Census
of Ireland 1821, Under supervision of Bench
of Magistrates, who were also probably Grand Jury members. Occupational groups
to parish, townland/town. see abstract of answers and returns H.C.
1824 (577) XXII
above. Remnants for Annagelliffe, Ballymacue, Castlerahan, Castleterra,
Crosserlough, Denn, Drumlumman, Drung, Kilbride, Kilmore, Kinawley, Larah,
Lavey, Lurgan, Mullagh, Munterconnought. Abstract of answers and returns
pursuant to Act 55 Geo 3 1821 HC 1824(577) zxii Census
of Ireland 1831 Population of counties in Ireland. Occupations to parish, town, village
level. H.C. 1833(254) xxxix, i; H.C. 1833 (23) xxxix 3; H.C. 1833 (634) xxxix
59 Abstract of answers and returns, enumeration 1831 HC
1833 (634) xxxix Census
of Ireland 1841
Occupations
to parish, town, village level
H.C.
Abstract H.C. 1843 li 319; Report of the Comissioners H. C. 1843 xxiv, i;
addenda showing number of houses , families,
persons. Census
returns of Killeshandra for the
names Bigger, Johnston, Kenny, Morrow, Noble, Sheridan, Venton and Weir.
Report of the Commissioners HC 1843 (504) xxiv. Addenda. Data under the
following headings has survived: for the county, barony, parish and town:
number of persons male/female, number/class of houses, families means and
occupations, persons occupations, education. Report of the Commissioners, Census of Ireland 1841
H.C. 1843 (504) xxiv and Addenda Part I Ulster H.C.1852-53 (1565-1579) Part II
Agricultural Produce H.C.1852-53 (1589 xciii. Parts iii, iv,vi H.C.1856 Census
of Ireland 1851 Pt I Vol 3 Ulster;
Pt II agricultural produce; Pt iv Ages and education National Census 1851
Area
population and number of houses HC 1852-53 Ulster (1565,1547,1563, 1567,1570,
1574,1571, 1575, 1579) xcii agricultural produce HC 1852-53 (1589)
Census of Ireland 1861, 1871,
1881 H.C. 1863, liv, 1, 387; vol. iii, province
of Ulster. Religious
profession & education by parish, town; P 403; 1871, p 1048; 1881, p 339
Census of Protestant children in Parishes of Drung and Larah in C of I Parish Register 1814. I r. Anc. 10(1) 1978 433-37 Church: Catholic.
Diocese
of Kilmore
Phillip O'Connell outlines history of Catholic Church. Not available in
Maynooth Library or Canada. Strangely there is no reference here to the
difficulty experienced in establishing a Catholic chapel within the
Corporation boundary(1825-!838) Available in NLI. Other references
see also 'Cavan
Essays on the history. . .' above. see also Diocese
of Kilmore Bishops and Priests 1136-1988.
Francis J. MacKiernan
. see New History of Ireland
Vol. IV The Ecclesiastical
Structure McCracken for
general essay on Catholic Church of Ireland, Presbyterian in the 18th
century. Also Archivium Hibernicum Church:Church of Ireland
records for Annagh (Belturbet) contains following: Baptisms, 1803-1985, Marriages,
1801-1916, Burials, 1803-1985. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 66
Balmoral Avenue Belfast BT9 6NY Ph.
028 9025 5814 Fax: 028 9025 5999. The Vestry Papers may be available locally
(at Bishop’s Palace) Church:
Methodist
TBD Civil Survey 1654-6
covered property belonging to forfeiting persons, the church, and the
state in most counties, including Cavan, preliminary to the Cromwellian
Confiscations. It enquired into all lands claimed by English and Protestants
and was therefore more comprehensive than Down Survey that was concerned only
with forfeited lands. Survives for all or part of fourteen counties. Published
1931-53 nine volumes HD 624 A45
McGill Ed. Simmington Civil Census 1659 did not survive for Cavan; William J Smyth in Common Ground provides interesting analysis relevant to Cavan Clippings from newspapers on the 2nd or New Reformation in Cavan 1824-1826. Cavan County Library Clogher Record Journal of the Clogher Historical Society, Diocese of Clogher
(not
available in Canada) Scottish Settlement in County Fermanagh,
Johnson: Belturbet Council and Election
March 1650, Casway: Anglo Irish Livestock trade of the 17th
Cent; Williamite Wars in
South Ulster, Simms: Drainage of the River Erne 1881-1890, Cunningham
; Sir William Cole and Plantation Enniskillen; Crawford,
Economy and Society in South Ulster in the 18th c. R. J.
Hunter is writing notes on the Coles Is it complete? Brown, Lindsay
T.: The Presbyterian dilemma: a survey of the Presbyterians and politics in
County Cavan and Monaghan over three-hundred years (Part II), 30-68. Condition of the Poorer classes in Ireland.
First report
of the Commissioners HC 1833 XXXIX
Appendix A, B & Supplement HC 1835 XXXII. Appendix B Dispensaries,
Questionaires
Appendix D. HC1836 XXXI
Appendix E. HC 1836 XXXII Supplement Appendix E Questionaires at
parish
level
Appendix F.
HC 1836 XXXIII. Conacre, Small Tenantry, Application of
capital to land, rent mode of payment
Second Report HC 1837 XXXI
Third Report HC 1836 XXX Colonial
Ulster; Raymond Gillespie
– 1985; DA990 U46 G55 Colonialism,
religion, and nationalism in Ireland Liam
Kennedy DA938 K46 1996 – Common
Ground; Essays on the Historical Geography of Ireland Ed
Smyth/Whelan Society and Settlement in 17th century
Ireland, evidence of 1659 census .See also Evolution of estate properties in
south Ulster 1600-1900 P. J. Duffy Complete
Works Sir John Davies Grosart/Morley ; PR 2242 D2, 3 vols Sir John Davies in
Cavan; The Plantation of Ulster (check correct ident) Includes
‘Discovery of the true reasons why Ireland was never entirely subdued’, and
letter from Davies dated 8th November 1610, describing ancient
Irish establishments in Cavan, Fermanagh and Monaghan. These works are also
copied in Ireland under Elizabeth and James I H. Morley Van Confederate
Catholics at war, 1641-49 Pádraig Lenihan DA943 L46 2001- Confederate
Ireland, 1642-1649 : a
constitutional and political analysis Micheál Ó Siochrú DA943 O67
1999 - - Conquest
and resistance : war in seventeenth-century Ireland edited
by Pádraig Lenihan DA940 C75 2001 - - Contemporary
History of Affairs in Ireland 1641-1649
Gilbert J.T. 3 vols (Only
in U. of T Not in McG, Conc or UBC DA 943 G43 VI-3) Corporation
Book of Ennis McG
DA 995 E56 Council
Book of the Corporation of Waterford McG
JS 4490 M9 Council
Book of the Corporation of Youghal McG DA 995 Y67 Country
and town in Ireland
under the Georges by Constantia Maxwell. -- DA947.3 M3 1949 - -
Cromwellian
settlement of Ireland. -- DA944.4 P92 1870 –
Under
the payment to soldiers and settlement plan Cavan was valued at 220
pounds/acre low compared to? I think I've got this wrong?
Depositions
1641 –Trinity
College Library Microfilm Cavan
ms 832, ms833. and in Maynooth College Library and are available on
microfilm there. There is no copy in Canada.
See The Irish
Massacres of 1641-2, (Hickson ).
for some transcriptions of episodes and names in Belturbet. '
. . . by 1641 Belturbet had
sufficient trade to support five merchants,
two carriers, a baker, a gunsmith, a feltmaker, a shoemaker, a tanner,
and an innkeeper . . . 'Cavan;
Essays on . . .p 113. Also see Ulster Journal of Archaeology vol xiii
series Ulster Civil War 1641 for extracts/ names and episodes in Urney,
Ballyhaise and other towns/ parishes in Cavan.
Description
of Ireland Fynes
Moryson Devon
Commission Status
of the Law and practice of occupation of land in Ireland; HC
1845 xix xxii Diocese
of Kilmore Philip
O’Connell (not available in Canada) Diocese
of Kilmore Bishops and Priests 1136-1988. Francis J. MacKiernan.
The
Catholic parish was split into Annagh-East and Annagh-West in 1801 and
reunited in 1864. The Report on Condition of the Poorer Classes also
recognizes the same division in the table for the civil parishes. The actual
border is not clear (to me). See also comments on
Succession List for (C. of I.) parish of Annagh above.
Domestic industry in Ireland : the experience of the linen industry / W.H. Crawford. -Call no.HD 9930 I62C73X Conc only Down Survey; 1654 Petty mapped the forfeited land previously identified in Civil Surv.; took five years. Petty later compiled 1685 into Hiberniae Delineatio. See extract for Loughtee in Volume II and note the sparse information on Loughtee. Parish level, with boundaries, names, acreages, quality of land. Economic History of Ulster;
Kennedy/Ollerenshaw HC
260.5 27 Elizabethan Ulster DA937.3 H3 Elizabeth’s
Irish Wars,
Falls Methuen London Elizabethans
and the Irish
DA937 S55 1970b - - Webster,
Vanier DA
937 Q5 End
of the Irish parliament by
Joseph R. Fisher. -- DA947 F57 - - English
Historical Review
1991; Uses of the 23 October 1641 and Irish Protestant Celebrations; V 1985 The
crown and the borough Charters in the reign of Charles II; VLV 1930 The
Restoration Government and Municipal Corporations. English
in Ireland in the eighteenth century;
James Anthony Froude. -- English
money and Irish land : the 'adventurers' in the Cromwellian Settlement
of Ireland by Karl S. Bottigheimer. -- DA944.4 B6x - - Family and Farm in Pre-famine Ireland, The parish of
Killeshandra. O'Neill. Although not directly related to Belturbet this thoroughly
researched work has much information which may be (judiciously) extrapolated
to the parish of Annagh. Farnham Papers Hayes, R. (ed), Manuscript Sources for the History of Irish Civilization, 11 vols. Boston, 1965. NLI
Year(s)
NLI Call No. 1718-1790
Ms. 11491 1820
Ms. 3502 1841-8
Ms. 5012 1842-3
Ms. 18624 1832-1860
Ms. 3117 Breiden, J. "Tenant Applications to Lord
Farnham, County Cavan 1832-60", Breifne, v. 9, No. 36, 2000,
pp173-224. McCourt, E., "The Management of the
Farnham Estates During the Nineteenth Century", Breifne v.3,
No.16, 1973-75, p. 531-6 Pike, W.T., Ulster: Contemporary Biographies, Brighton, 1909. PRONI D/3975 - Collection of c.450 documents in 6 volumes, c. 1810-1920.
Farnham had properties in Belturbet; identify where they were. Flax growers List 1796;
40
names of persons in parish of Annagh who participated in the Flax growers’
competition and won spinning wheels PRONI 1796 Flax Growers List for the
Parish of Anna, Co. Cavan.(Data extracted from LDS #1419442).L Flora
of the County Cavan; P. A.
Reilly, National
Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin 2001 Freeholders
of County Cavan >5000 listed with names addr, 1813-21.
List to be reviewed to see if Belturbet freeholders are listed NLI IR 941 19 c2 Graveyard Inscriptions none recorded for Annagh Great Britain and Ireland 1760-1800 Johnston-Liik, E. M.1963 The Lord Lieu got his advice from the Vice-regal cabinet about twenty persons Chief Sec, Chancellor Provost, Commissioners of Revenue, Teller of Excheq. Prime Serjeant, Attor. & Sol. General Grand
Jury Records
(list kindly provided by
Ms. Bernie Deasy, County Archivist) Payments made by County Treasurer, 1794-1817.
Closed indefinitely until conservation work has been carried out Presentment book for barony of Upper Loughtee,
spring 1810-summer 1817 Presentment book for barony of Clonmahon, spring
1810-summer 1817 Presentment book for barony of Tullygarvey,
spring 1810-summer 1817 Presentment book for barony of Clonkee, summer
1809-summer 1817 Presentment book for barony of Tullyhunco,
summer 1809-summer 1817 Grand Jury Volume containing details of bills
decided on at [county at large assizes].
Includes name of person, crime alleged to have been committed and verdict as
to whether ‘true bill’ or no bill decided on. Determines whether or not
case goes to trial, summer 1809-spring 1851. Grand Jury Another volume containing lists of
names and amounts paid to them. Not indicated to what
payments relate. Grand Jury There is one other volume which is currently inaccessible Hastings Collection of Mss; Historical manuscripts Comm.
Aristocracy, the state and the local community DA 26 A65 Vol. 4 Survey
of undertakers planted in Cavan
Hearth
Money Rolls Cavan, 1664
The
parishes of Killeshandra, Kildallan, Killenagh, Templeportand Tomregan; in
PRONI (ref. Rev. Exch. 184) 1664 "Hearth
Money Roll for Barony of Castlerahan", Breifne, v.7 No. 25, 1987,
p.489-497 1703
de Breffny, B. "Robert Craigies Co. Cavan
Tenants, 1703-4", Irish Ancestor, v. 8 No. 2, p. 86-7 1761 Poll
Book for Co. Cavan, PRONI T1522 1766 Religious
Census: Kinawley, Lavey, Lurgan, Munterconnaught, LDS Films 258517, 100173
(Also Ancestry.com) 1796 1796
Flax Growers, Broderbund
CD #271 1813-21
List of Freeholders of Co. Cavan, NLI IR 94119 c2 Hell
or Connaught! : the Cromwellian colonisation of Ireland, 1652-1660 Peter Berresford Ellis. -- DA944.4 E44 1988 - - Historical Account of the
Plantation of Ulster, G. Hill DA 990 U46 H52; Orders
and Conditions of Plantation Ch 2, Pynnar Survey; Butler Estate p 465.List of
townlands granted to Butler (Project of Plantation). Sequence of events
leading up to the Plantation in Commissioners at Work, Ch V Historical
Manuscripts Commission Hastings Manuscript Hastings
Collection of Manuscripts DA26 A65 1986 Micro
film Bodley Survey of Loughtee 1613
Survey
of Undertakers – Hastings IV 1612/13 McGill Historical
tracts / by Sir John Davies ... consisting of 1.
A discovery of the true cause why Ireland was never brought under obedience of
the crown of England. 2. A letter to the Earl of Salisbury on the state of
Ireland, in 1607. 3. A letter to the Earl of Salisbury, in 1610, giving an
account of the plantation in Ulster. 4. A speech to the Lord-Deputy in 1613,
tracing the ancient constitution of Ireland. To which is prefixed a new life
of the author from authentic documents. --; Vanier DA
941 3 D History of Financial Administration of Ireland to 1817 HT 42 K545 McGill, Cutter stacks. Good treatment of how public revenues were derived and how they were looted over the years. Between 1692 and 1799 expenditures were as follows in Pounds shillings pence 1692 Civil expenditure 31,241 5 5 Military 152,567 17 6 1799 1,025,510 4 2 4,596,762 7 Flood called Ireland "a barrack of Great Britain" History
of Ireland in the eighteenth century,
Lecky DA947 L46 - -' In 1778, when Britain was threatened by France,
the Irish Government found itself quite incapable of providing for the
security of the country ‘Its poverty was such that it was found necessary to
borrow £20000 from La Touche’s Bank and all salaries and pensions, all
civil and military grants were suspended’ (p 165). La Touche was the banker
who procured the patronage of the borough of Belturbet from Lanesborough and
whose son David married the heiress to E of L. Latouche
David was elected burgess of Belturbet in 1782 and resigned on 16th
October 1783 (resignation letter transcribed) The response of the burgesses to
the crises of the 1780’s is in marked contrast to that for the various
Jacobite scares of the early century. In fact the invasion and constitutional
scares and the activities of the Volunteers are not even mentioned in the Town
Book.. History
of Ireland, from
the treaty of Limerick to the present time: being a continuation of the
history of the Abbé Macgeoghegan DA938 M62 1869 History
of the Irish Confederation and the war in Ireland,
1641[-1649]
containing a narrative of affairs of Ireland by Richard Bellings, with
correspondence and documents of the Confederation and of the administrators of
the English government in Ireland, contemporary personal statements, memoirs,
etc., now for the first time published from original manuscripts. Dublin,
Printed by M. H. Gill, 1882-91. - DA943 G46 1973 - - History
of the Irish parliament, 1692-1800 : commons, constituencies and statutes / Edith
Mary Johnston-Liik.2002 JN1468
.J64 2002 University of British Columbia Membership 300 seats,
2/county (64), 8 county boroughs (16), 2 Dublin univ, the remainder 109
boroughs (218 seats) . After the Union large number of boroughs disfranchised
including Belturbet. Because of the predominance of ‘borough seats’
parliament represented the landed proprietors who owned the boroughs. The
county constituencies were prestige holdings; there elections were often
disputed and expensive. The voters were the 40 shilling freeholders From early
in 1700's to 1793 Catholics were disfranchised, Presbyterians were technically
eligible but by Test Act were excluded from Municipal corps 1704 ; prior to
1793 Cavan had 1000-2000 electors, the Cavan poll result in 1768 was Maxwell
727, Montgomery 648, Pratt 570, Newburgh 402; Pratt petitioned against
Montgomery on grounds of corruption and undue influence, Montgomery survived .
Between 1715-1783 parliament met every second year for 6-8 months and after
1783 and until the Union annually. End of 17th c
Locke Sanctit y of Property. Hutchinson Presbyterian 1729 taught
Adam Smith in Glasgow . Then Paine's Rights of Man;
Molyneux The case of Ireland by Acts of Parliament in England stated;
History
of the Irish poor Law Nicholls HV 24915 N6
History
of the rebellion in Ireland, in the year 1798: History
of the siege of Londonderry and defence of Enniskillen in 1688 and 1689 DA945 G72
1873 - - History
of Ulster,
Bardon, Blackstaff press 1992 Inquisitionum
in officio rotolorum cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum
McG 2 vol. JLB
34799 F45 9E58X1 cutter st. McGill. Hunter refers to Inq. cancel. Hib.
repert ii Is this the same document ?
Various Inquisitions were held in Cavan in the time of James I, Charles
I and Charles II, the purpose of which were to establish ownership of lands
through questioning local people. At the time an appropriate bureaucracy had
not evolved to keep track of the changes in ownership due to sale,
abandonment, death. Some
inquisitions were held in Cavan, some in Belturbet, Killeshandra and
elsewhere. The records were normally written in Latin and such translations as
are quoted here are my own. Those related to Belturbet and the immediate
surroundings are as follows: Ireland;
a new economic History O’Grada Clarendon Press 1994 Ireland before and after the Famine Explorations in Economic History O’Grada Manchester Univ.Press 1993. Economic theory equations presented without much explanation are unhelpful for the non-economist and the work generally is apparently written in haste. However there are very good data, straightforward statements and few ‘Ochone Ochone's' which makes one trust them and the conclusions. Among the notable comments: “Why have Irish historians until quite recently tended to shun famine research ? . . . Part of the answer may be simply that Irish historians are a rather conservative bunch. There are no Irish E. P. Thompsons or Eugene Genoveses . . . “ (p 101) It seems they shun much else as well. Ireland from independence to occupation, 1641-1660 / edited by Jane H. Ohlmeyer; Vanier DA 944.4 I74 1995 Ireland
in the eighteenth century Edith
Mary Johnston. -- DA947 J6x - - Ireland
in the seventeenth century; or, The Irish massacres of 1641-2,
their causes and results. –includes
some depositions from inhabitants of Belturbet Mary Hickson 1884 DA943 H63 - -
Strangely,
Hamilton (Irish Rebellion of 1641) claims that the men of Belturbet went to
the aid of the Keilagh garrison
– a Scottish estate - in the
winter of 1641/2 leaving the remaining English townspeople there unprotected
and that it was out of frustration with the failure to take Keilagh that the
Irish attacked the English inhabitants of Belturbet as reported in the
Depositions of Kirby and Gibb. Was there such support between English and
Scottish ? Ireland
of Sir Jonah Barrington : selections from his Personal sketches Edited by Hugh B.
Staples. -- DA948.3 B27 A35 - - Ireland
since the Famine
F.S.L.Lyons “. . . when after long debate a Municipal Corporations Act for Ireland was
passed in 1840, the cleansing of the Augean stables did not result in a
process of democratization . . . “ Ireland
under Elizabeth and James the First described
by Edmund Spenser, by sir John Davies and by Fynes Moryson ; edited by Henry
Morley DA937 P4 - - Ireland under Elizabeth. Chapters toward a history of Ireland in the reign of Elizabeth. Being a portion of the history of Catholic Ireland, by Don Philip O'Sullivan Bear. Translated from the original Latin by M. J. Byrne. --; Vanier DA 937 O851903 Camp near Belturbet - where was it? Ireland
under the commonwealth :Dunlop; being a selection of documents relating to the
government of Ireland from 1651 to 1659 edited with historical introd.
and notes DA944.4 A2 D85 - - Ireland
under the Stuarts and during the interregnum
DA940 B3 1909r Ireland,
1603-1714 by Robert H. Murray. -- DA940 M8 - - Ireland,
1714-1829 by
Robert H. Murray. -- Irish
Agricultural Production Raymond Crotty; Extensive
information on exports & prices of cattle, sheep, pigs, grain, crop
rotation; catalysts for social problems, etc in time of Corporation. Also a
hypothesis on the sources of Irish poverty, considered to be ‘revisionist’
by O’Grada. Irish
Catholic Confederacy and the Puritan revolution DA943 C6 - - Irish
dissenting tradition 1650-1750 edited by Kevin Herlihy DA947 I75 1995 - - Irish
Economic and Social History McG.
Vol 1-30; 1997
Prices and Wages in Ireland 18th cent Irish Encumbered Estates Rentals
are in bound volumes and are available for the whole of Ireland.
Reference D.1201. They are divided into counties, townlands or house
and tenements, the names of the parties involved and the date. Included are
rentals, maps of the estate giving tenants' names and, on occasion, surveys of
the estate. They are an under-used source for genealogists interested in the
names of tenants of various estates throughout Ireland in the mid-nineteenth
century. An index to the Encumbered Estates Court sales is also available.
Were Lanesborough estates ‘encumbered’? Reference MIC.80/2. PRONI Irish genealogy : a record finder / edited by Donal F. Begley.;Heraldic Artists, c1981.ISBN: 0950245577 (pbk.) Available in Canada only in Univ. British Columbia. Reference only Irish Historical Statistics,
Population; Vaughan/Fitzpatrick Table I derived from IHS
Percentage non-Catholics in Plantation
Counties in 1861-1971
Table II
The table I shows the percentage of non-Catholics being substantially
lower in the 3 Ulster counties subsequently not included in Northern Ireland.
Trends are difficult to determine after 1911 because of migration and because
of increasing numbers of ‘others’ in the denominations column.
Table II from Census HC
papers shows population in Belturbet/Kilconny and Belturbet Township for
1861/71/81. The Township was larger in size than Belturbet/Kilconny. See
Volume II for map. The total number C of I, Presbyterians, Catholics in the counties
Antrim, Down and Londonderry in 1866 is given in Table III for reference
Irish Historical Studies
in
Mcgill & concord Da 900 163
1772-73 Newton Act Vol 18, 21 George III, cap 10, ‘ for the
more effectual quieting of corporations and securing the rights of persons who
have been or shall be elected into the offices of alderman and burgesses “
clause 8 ‘ . . . owing to a dearth of Protestant inhabitants of
appropriate standing many corporations have been forced , in violation of
their charters to elect as burgesses and other officers, persons who are not
resident within their precincts 1983 Origin and Development of Ulster network.
24,(1983); Revised articles of plantation 1610 bull 12 1934 35 Financing of the British Armies in
Ireland:1641-49 The Catholics of the towns and the Quarterage
dispute in 18th cent Ireland; Woodlands of Ireland circa 1600 Vol XI 1959;
End of gaelic Ulster Vol 26 check it Treatment of the natives;
Moody Restoration land Settlement xviii Defenders xxiv, xiv Lord Donegall and the Hearts of Steel xxi
no84 pp351-76
Holdings McG Vol I-33 Conc 1938; 1958 0nward; Irish
life in the seventeenth century. -- DA940.3 M25 1950 - - Irish
parliamentary politics in the 18th century Burns, McG JN1 467 B87 Irish
pamphlets, c. 1700-1850 : the Catholic University of America, Washington D.C., guide to the
microform collection Kathleen Ann Nee. -- DA947 Z9 I7 Micro
fiche Guide Irish
Patent Rolls, James I McG CD1109 L6 A45
Irish
peasants : violence & political unrest, 1780-1914 edited
by Samuel Clark & James S. Donnelly, Jr. -- DA948 A2 I74 1983 - - - Irish
rebellion of 1641 : with a history of the events which led up to
and succeeded it by Lord Ernest Hamilton. -- DA943 H3 -Irish
rebellion, or, “An
history of the attempts of the Irish papists to extirpate the Protestants in
the kingdom of Ireland : together with the barbarous cruelties and bloody
massacres which ensued thereupon”. Sir Jon Temple -- DA943 T28 - - Irish
Tithe War 1830-1838
Montgomery
AS42M3 1988 McG Tithes HC 1833 XXVII
Table on p 509 does not list Annagh, Castleterra, Urney, Drumlane as
having tithe arrears. It may be that returns had not yet been received for
these parishes. Total arrears for 1829-32 in other parishes is approximately
£5300 with Carrigallen leading at approximately £1800, Deanery of Kilmore £648,
Castleraghan £846. see also
HC1834 XLIII, HC 1832 XXI. See
Studia Hibernica, 2, 5, 6, 12 O’Donohue Opposition
to payment of tithes Irish
University Press series of British parliamentary papers. Civil disorder.
1969 folio GB1 XP P25CA Government
Docs has: v.1-8 Jacobite Ireland, 1685-91 [by] J. G. Simms. --; Webster, Vanier DA 945 S5 Jacobite narrative of the war in Ireland, 1688-1691 [edited by] John T. Gilbert. Introduction. by J. G. Simms. --; Webster, Vanier 1971 DA 945 J2 1892a. Jacobite
Parliament of 1689 Simms; includes names of
members. Journals
of the House of Commons Ireland
McG IRI
X2 J5 Vol 1 1613-1661; Vol 2 1662-1698; Vols 7; 9, contains information on Belturbet barracks 1760 p 595; Vol 11
(1613-1760) Journals
of the House of Lords (Ireland) 8 vols not available in Canada Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Kingdoms
in crisis : Ireland in the 1640's
: essays in honour of Dónal Cregan Micheál Ó Siochrú, editor
DA943 K56 2001 - - Kings
in conflict : the revolutionary war in Ireland
and its aftermath, 1689-1750 edited W.A. Maguire. -- DA945 K56
1990 - -
Laneborough Estate Records.
There is no biography of this family. The Lanesboroughs are descendants
of the Butler family. Sir Stephen Butler, Knt. of Belturbet, the immediate
ancestor of this family, was an undertaker , temp James I in Fermanagh for
4000 acres in half-barony of Coole, 1000 acres in half-barony of Knockninny
(Geo. Alleyne’s Muster Roll of Co. Fermanangh1618) and in Co. Cavan for 2000
acres in the Barony of Loughtee, M.P. Co. Cavan 1634.
He m. Mary youngest daughter and co- heiress of Gervase Brinsley of
Brinsley Notts. (she re-married Edward Philpot Esq. ) and died 1639, leaving
issue three sons and four daughters , and was buried in the chancel of
Belturbet Church . (Upper Lough Erne 1739, Henry) The outline of the records
given below has been provided by PRONI
Contains
c.50 volumes and c.200 documents c. 1780-1930. Rentals,
statements of account, estate agents correspondence, vouchers and receipts of
the Lanesborough estate, cos. Fermanagh and Cavan. D/1908/1- Annual Rentals and agents' Statements of Account for Estates
at Newtownbulter, Co.Fermanagh and Belturbet, Co Cavan. 1858; 1880-1916 In 1858 there were 300 tenants on the ‘Fermanagh Estate’; 52 on the
Newtownbutler estate and c.450 on Belturbet (Brankhill Behey, etc). The 1858
papers are between Litton, Agent, and E of L. Succeeding Agents are Wrench
(Trench?) up to 1903. The 1908/1 papers also include letters as follows: March 8 1780, James Cottingham to John Carroll of Dublin furnishing
information concerning ‘how many copies of ejectment will be necessary
for the two farms I mentioned to you’ 22th April 1780 James Cottingham, Cavan, to (Rt. Hon John
Pomeroy, Dublin) The tenants who are in arrears refused to pay until the
sequestrations are taken off and Mr. John Carroll of Dublin, has advised him
not to drive. He has written to Lord Lanesborough . . . mentioning more fully the situation of his estate ; yet
I do not find that anything has been done to prevent the confusion that
prevails amongst his tenants , nor any step taken to secure the great arrear
of his estate which I fear will be lost. . . . I had no means of getting money
but by persuading the tenants that they are safe in paying me . . . April 22 1780 : Cottingham to Pomeroy
Attachments (writs for seizure of persons or property) are being served
on Lord Lanesborough’s tenants in Cos. Cavan and Fermanagh. Something must
be done immediately to stop Mrs Archdall’s proceedings. April 29th 1780 Cottingham, Cavan to John Carroll Dublin,
(franked by J? Nesbitt). He is sorry that Carroll failed to send him the
ejectments. ‘ . . . I gave notice that the guardian would proceed in that
way to recover all the arrears on the estate, but that the tenants are now
thoroughly persuaded that we have no power to compel them to pay. Mrs
Archdall’s agent has lately been over the whole estate, has got money from
some of the tenants on account of the rents due last November, declares that
he will attach every tenant who refuses to pay him , that he will chancery
replevins wherever I distrain and will take defence to every ejectment I bring
: . . . I request that you will advise me what I am to do General Pomeroy
writes that he must have cash to pay Lady Lanesborough and I know my poor Lord
has not a guinea in his pocket. Would it not be advisable to secure to Mrs
Archdall her demand than to have so much confusion in the estate and so much
expense accumulating on the minor. ? . . .
January 26 1782 Cottingham, Cavan to Brinsley Nixon about settling
Cottingham’s accounts with Lord Lanesborough . He is most grateful for Lord
Laneborough’s ‘. . . kind
letter to me declaring that I would not suffer by my services to his father .
I do not wish to avail myself of his generosity than I have a fair and speedy
settlement. . . .’ Lanesborough D/1908/2- Correspondence of Estate Agents and
London Solicitors c. 1780-1930. Bundle 1 ; 1780-1782 Five letters James Cottingham Cavan, to Rev. Nixon,
Carroll and Pomeroy, Dublin. April 22 1780 Cottingham to
Nixon tenants refuse to pay until sequestrations are taken off. No steps have
been taken to secure the great arrear .. . April 29th 1780 James Cottingham to John Carroll Dublin ‘
Tenants are now thoroughly persuaded that we have no power . . .
‘ Bundle 2 - 3 letters of Butler family N.S. Wales, Australia, Madras,
Leicestershire. not relevant to Belturbet 1782 Jan 26 James Cottingham to Rev. Nixon letter concerning settlement
of accounts, apparently as agent for Ld. L’s father Bundles 3-6 1835-1849
1851- 1859
1860-1866
1850-1930 Estate correspondence of agents and London solicitors includes
agreements, memoranda of sales etc. D/1908/3 Vouchers and receipts for the household expenses at
Lanesborough Lodge and in Dublin c. 1860-1866. - 1919 D/1908/4- Family photograph album c.1860. Above made available by
PRONI (Public Records Office Northern Ireland) Last
independent Parliament of Ireland : with account of the survival of
the nation and its lifework by George Sigerson
... -- - DA948.4 S5 - - Letters
and papers relating to the Irish Rebellion between 1642-46
DA943 H67 - - Life
of James, Duke of Ormond : containing an account of the most remarkable affairs of his time,
and particularly of Ireland under his government: with an appendix and
collection of letters, serving to verify the most material facts in the said
history. New ed., carefully compared with the original MSS DA940.5 O7 C3
1851 - - Jane More, wife of Neville may be mentioned here or in
the Manuscripts referenced above Life of William III Harris; includes composition of new corporations, not in Canada. Local
government in Ireland
: inside out
/ edited by Mark Callanan and Justin F. Keogan.JS4333L63 2003
(McGill only) Lords
of the ascendancy; the Irish House of Lords
and its members,1600-1800 Francis
G. James DA940 J36 1995 ‘ . . .the borough of Belturbet
was twice sold by the Lanesborough family in the first instance to the
influential Dublin banker, La Touche, lately the borough was restored to the
Lanesboroughs when David La Touche’s daughter married the heir to the Earl
of Lanesborough, who subsequently followed his father’s example and once
again sold it this time to Lord Belmore (Corry MP subs Ist Baron, Vis. Earl
Belmore died 1802. to whom compensation for its disfranchisement £15,000 was
awarded at the Union. Belfast Newsletter stated: 1784 claim of patronage
was lately purchased from the E. of L. for £8700 and another sale is said to
have brought £11000.’ Latter seems to be La Touche sale Londonderry
Plantation, Moody,
DA 990 L8 M6 for costs of houses etc McG Making
Ireland British, 1580-1650 Nicholas Canny DA940 C26 2001 - - Making
of Modern Ireland, 1603-1923 [by] J. C. Beckett. -- DA938 B37 1966a - - Manuscripts
of M.L.S. Clements, esq., preserved
at Ashfield lodge, Cootehill, co. Cavan. Published
London Printed for H. M. S. O. by Mackie, 1913. Description 373 p.
DA25 M2 V2 v Note
Among the Molesworth manuscripts
are copies of English parliamentary documents of 1628 and of the Journal of
the Irish House of lords, 1640-1641
Manuscripts of the Marquis of Ormonde, DA 25 M2 07. V I & II
Much information on army including the period of Tyrconnel
Viceroyalty Masonic
Lodge Papers: Where are these kept?
'
. . . Freemasonry has had a significant if not always obvious influence on
Irish History and society . . . ' Conlon, Breifne 1997 above.
Hon Humphrey Butler, sherrif of Co. Cavan 1727 succeeded his father in
1728 and was instrumental in development of freemasonry in Co. Cavan and West-Meath.
The Grand Lodge of Ireland was established in 1723 or 1724. In 1725 Humphrey
Butler was appointed Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge. The Breifne
article examines the activities of the Order in East Cavan-Bailieborough,
Shercock, Cootehill-with no reference to Belturbet. The activities of the
Volunteers in the town and parish in the 1770, when the Belturbet's position
as a trading centre was already eroded, has to be of interest. The Volunteers
were of course very strong in Presbyterian (Scottish) communities and
Belturbet was solidly Church of Ireland. Belturbet Masonic Lodge (house) was
situated in Church Street and was built in 1903. See also Orange Order below. Modern
Ireland, 1600-1972 R.F.
Foster DA938 F67 1989 - - Municipal Corporations in Ireland
(1835)
referenced in the Parliamentary Papers, Vol
XVIII General Index to Accounts and Papers 1801-1853 p 899. Government
section McGill 1834 Microfiche McGill and others.
Much information about the origins of the borough and especially the
exploitation of the town's resources and bigotry of the Provost. Muster
Roll 1630 for barony of Loughtee
Breifne 5(18)
(1977-78( NLI P. 206.
This includes a count of Scottish names as distinct from English and Irish and
indicates the presence of % Scottish in the Butler estate. .
Narrative of General Venables DA 20 R9128 McGill. This is the 1652 Belturbet Venables Natives
and Newcomers; essays on the making of Irish colonial society 1534-1641 McG
HC260 5 N38 Conc nil New
anatomy of Ireland : the Irish Protestants, 1649-1770 Toby
Barnard DA947 B36 2003 - - New
foundations : Ireland, 1660-1800 David
Dickson DA940 D54 2000 - - New
History of Ireland Vol 4 The Political Structure:
1699
Standing army 12,000; 1769 15,235; British regiments some landowners in
Ireland were officers. Protestant Irish allowed in ranks of cavalry, foot
regiments supposed to be only British . So Belturbet (cavalry ) would have
Irish in ranks; period of station in Ireland varied, but regiments moved every
spring. Used to support revenue
officers against distilling, under magistrates against disorder, ‘The greatest part of the barracks in Ireland have been
placed in various parts of the kingdom at the solicitation of
or by the interest of gentlemen whose estates were to be benefited by
soldiers being resident upon them . . . most (situated) without regard to a
military arrangement . . Plan
for fortifying the Kingdom Lieut.
Gen Fitzwilliam 1768 NLI MS 658
Newcomers and ? Irish Towns in a period of change Old
English in Ireland, 1625-42 Aidan Clarke DA941.5 C5 2000 - - Orange
Lodge Papers Are these available??
The impact of the Orange Order (founded 1796) on the community is of
interest. The various reports on the Orange Order in the House of Commons
papers show little name-commonality with those of officers and residents
listed in the Town Book. Belturbet Orange Lodge (building) on Deanery Street
in the 1950's on plots 18 (or 19) on the 1857 Ordnance Survey map on a site
owned by Thomas Armstrong. It was not identified as such on the 1857 Ordnance
Survey map. See also
Masonic Order above Orangeism
in Ireland and Britain, 1795-1836
Senior, Hereward.. --
DA950 S44 [By Request] Humanities & Social Sciences McLennan
Bldg Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland Vol 40 South Ulster, Cavan NLI. Index to…people & Places DA 990 U46O74 McG Ordnance Survey Memoirs, Cavan. Edited by Angelique Day; Lib. Queen's University Belfast Outbreak
of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 M. Perceval-Maxwell DA943 P47 1994 - - Pacata
Hibernia; or, A history of the wars in Ireland during the reign of Queen
Elizabeth especially
within the province of Munster under the government of Sir George Carew, and
compiled by his direction and appointment. Edited and with an introduction and
notes by Standish O'Grady. --;DA
937 S77 1896 Vanier Parliament,
politics and people : essays in eighteenth-century Irish history Gerard
O'Brien, editor. -- DA947 P37 1989 - - Hayton. --
DA947 P46 - - Plantation
of Ulster, Philip Robinson 1984. Excellent
treatment of the Plantation from a historical geography point of view with
much data on Co. Cavan Plans
of the barracks of England and Ireland 1858-66 (4 volumes ) Not available in
Canada Poll
Books PRONI
T1522,1761 are the only surviving records for Cavan providing 1157 voters names,
location of freehold, value, abode, landlord and landlord comments.
Search for Belturbet yields 35 names with addresses in Belturbet. The
searchable PRONI Internet Record yields Poll Book names for ten Belturbet
residents with property in other counties for other years. D/1096 are
Fermanagh records for the years 1796-1802 and T/543/1 are again Fermanagh,
this time for 1788 .Arm/5/2/17 are Armagh records
all (except Reilly) with Planter surnames, the vast majority of which
frequently appear in the Town Book.
Political
anatomy of Ireland : with the establishment for that Kingdom and
Verbum sapienti Introd by John O'Donovan
DA940 P47 1970 – Poor
Law Enquiry H.C. 1836 xxx-xxxii- Pre-Famine
Ireland Freeman; HN 398 17 F7
Prelude
to restoration in Ireland : the end of the commonwealth, 1659-1660 Aidan Clarke
DA944.4 C53 1999 - - Prelude
to union : Anglo-Irish politics in the 1780s James
Kelly DA948.4 K45 1992 – Proceedings of the
Royal Irish Academy 74
Inquisition Elizabeth No 3 Inquisitions taken in Cavan 1588, 90, 1609 Maps of
the Escheated Counties in Ulster 1940 No 74c. Not available in Canada Protestant dissent in Ireland,
1687-1780. Beckett Puritans
in Ireland, 1647-1661 St. John D. Seymour DA944.4 S4 1921 Religion, law, and power : the
making of Protestant Ireland, 1660-1760 S.J. Connolly DA947 C66
1992 - - Religious
Survey 1766 Breifne 1961 by Revd. Terence
Cunningham. Parish of Annagh and most of Diocese of Kilmore.
check if names available The numbers for Annagh are anomolous when compared to
other parishes, National Census and Connell's Population of Ireland
Briefne
(1961) Slc Fiml 258517 Remaking
of modern Ireland, 1750-1950 : Beckett Prize essays in Irish history Raymond
Gillespie, editor DA947 R46 2004 - - Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts Vanier; DA 25 G73 Report (first) of the Commissioners appointed to
inquire into Municipal Corporations in Ireland
(1835)
referenced in the Parliamentary Papers, Vol
XVIII General Index to Accounts and Papers 1801-1853 p 899. Government
section McGill 1834 Microfiche. Includes the report by Moody on the review of
the Corporation of Belturbet and discussion with the Provost. Revolutionary
Ireland and its settlement by Robert H. Murray ; with an introduction by J.P. Mahaffy DA945 M45
1911a Micro film - - Rise of Irish linen industry Gill HD 9930 G8 g5 1965 McGill not Conc Rural houses of the north of Ireland Gailey, Alan. NA7337 G34 1984 [ Second
Report of the Commissioners for enquiring into the Condition of the Poorer
Classes. :House
of Commons report HC 1836 xxxi
see also Third
Report of the Commissioners for enquiring into the Condition of the Poorer
Classes. :House of Commons report HC
1836 xxx. Humphrey Gumley and John Gumley of Belturbet each testified as well
as Father Brady. A labourer’s wage was 8-9d/day without food. The best the
labourer could hope for was work for four days per week which gave an annual
income of £7 15s. A labourer paid £2 for rent and £2 for conacre that
provided potatoes for 6 months. Priest discouraged early marriage. Farmers do
not allow chickens on their lands. Why? Spinning had all but disappeared. A
good spinner could earn 8.5 pennies/week. Scottish Migration to Ulster in the
reign of James I; M. Perceval-Maxwell. There is no evidence of Scots in Belturbet in
the years 1611-1615. Insightful analysis of the Scottish impact on the
Plantation, ways, means and sources.
Secret
history of the war of the revolution in Ireland, 1688-1691,
written under the title of "Destruction of Cyprus." Edited ...
with notes, illustrations, and a memoir of the author and his descendants, by
John Cornelius O'Callaghan. --; Vanier Seventeenth-century
Ireland : the war of religions Brendan
Fitzpatrick. -- DA940 F59 1989 - -
Sieges
of Derry William
Kelly, editor DA945 S49 2001 - - State
of the Protestants of Ireland under the Late King James’ government; William
King an
after-the-fact, often weak justification of the position and actions taken by
the Ulster Protestants to overthrow their lawful king. Statistical
Survey of the County Cavan Coote 1802 Much relevant information on farms, the market in Belturbet and of
corruption there. Lack of initiative of the Corporation to exploit the town's
potential is criticised. Integrity of Coote’s assessment has been criticized by Crotty (Irish Agricultural production) and
others. University of British
Columbia Microfilm. Cavan County Library and others.
Succession List for the Parish of
Annagh (Belturbet) RCB Library Dublin.
dates from 1407 – 1944 with curates, Rectors and Vicars There is a gap from
1470 to 1617. See Diocese of Kilmore, Bishops and priests,
Francis MacKiernan lists Parish Priests from 1407 to 1470 with a break 1630.
Names differ in these lists for the period 1407-1470. The confiscation of Ulster, in the reign of James the First, commonly called the Ulster Plantation. Vanier DA 937 T9M6 1845 The history of the general
rebellion in Ireland : raised upon the three and
twentieth day October 1641 Temple, John, Sir, 1600-1677 The Irish and British wars, 1637-1654 : triumph, tragedy, and failure / James Scott Wheeler; Vanier DA 941.5 W48 2002 The Patriot Parliament of 1689, with its statutes, votes, and proceedings, by Thomas Davis. Edited, with an introduction by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy. --; Vanier DA 945 D37+ 18931893 Tithe
Applotment 1823-37; 1823
Act apportioned agreed tithe charge among landholders. The 1838 Tithe Rent
charge Act forced landlords to pay the tithe. Survived for Co.Cavan. The
tithe books reveal exact details of land occupation, quality of land, and the
occupiers. National Archives of Ireland. PRONI In 1833 there were 36
benefices in the Diocese of Kilmore of values as follows: 5-£30-£200,
2 -£200-£250, 2 -£400-£450, 4 -£450-£500, 4 -£500-£550, 9-£550-£750,
6 over £800. Average curate stipend was £75/a HC1833 Vol.XXVIII. see Irish
Tithe Wars above Tour of Ireland, 1774
Arthur Young, DA972 Y68 1892. Much statistical information on the land and people of Fermanagh. From
thereYoung traveled to Farnham estate via Swanlinbar but did not visit
Belturbet Town Book of the Corporation of Belfast 1613-1816; McG DA 995 B5 C6. Some entries help fill in gaps in Belturbet recordsTwo
Biographies of William Bedell Ed,
Shuckburgh Cambridge Un. Press 1902; one
by his son, the other by Reverend Clogie, chaplain to the bishop, with
comments on county Cavan, climate, people. Despite the laborious theological
diversions, Bishop Bedell’s profound humanity and tolerance shine through. Tyrone's Rebellion : the
outbreak of the Nine Years War in Tudor Ireland, Hiram Morgan
DA937.3 M66 1993 - Ulster
1641 : aspects of the rising Brian Mac Cuarta, editor DA943 U47
1993 - - Ulster Journal of Archaeology
McGill only DA 990 U463
series
vol 10 1947 Davies, Castles of
County Cavan, part 110 (1947) p 73-100 Clonosey is discussed. vol
III no 4, Frenches of Belturbet; Some account of the French Family of
Belturbet, Revd H Swanzy; Turbet Island Motte and Bailey Belturbet,
O’Donovan Vol 54-55 1991-92; Aghalane Castle, Earl of Erne, Vol II
1898; Ulster Civil war 1641 Fitzpatrick, Vol XIII, part 3(?)
(depositions ) Box framed Plantation Houses in Coleraine, Robinson Vol 46 1983 (The houses built by Butler in Belturbet referred
to as ‘cage work’ were probably timber framed and detached to reduce fire
hazard. Terraced houses are confirmed only in Coleraine Ulster
land war of 1770. (The
hearts of steel) By Francis Joseph Bigger DA 948 A2 B6 1910 - - Ulster
since 1800;
Political, Econ DA990
U46M65 1957 ; Social DA 990 U46M66+ 1957
Moody/Beckett; Vanier Upper Lough Erne in 1739 Henry. contains descriptive section on Belturbet and much information on the families granted land along Lough Erne Urban Improvement in Provincial Ireland, Graham, Proudfoot (1994) Vanier; DA 25 M2A2 1885 View
of the present state of Ireland Edited,
principally from MS. Rawlinson B 478 in the Bodleian Library and MS 188.221 in
Caius College, Cambridge, by W. L. Renwick. London, E. Partridge at the
Scholartis Press, 1934 DA937 S64 1971 - - War
and politics in Ireland, 1649-1730 J.G. Simms ; edited by D.W. Hayton
and Gerard O'Brien. -- DA944.4 S56 1986 - - Williamite
confiscation in Ireland, 1690-1703 DA946 S55 - - Williamite
war in Ireland, 1688-1691 Richard Doherty DA945 D64 1998 - - Wills see
Wills and Administration for
Cavan in Cavan County
Library listing NLI
holdings
Papers
relating to Belturbet in the National Library of ireland The families of French of Belturbet and Nixon of Fermanagh, and their descendants, by Rev. Henry Biddall Swanzy, M.A. <Printed for private circulation.> * by Swanzy, Henry Biddall, 1873-1932. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. A collection of hymns, as sung in the churches of Cavan, Belturbet, and Ballyhaise. * Achill, pr. at the "Mission Press", 1844. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Third address to the parishioners of Belturbet. * by McCreight, A. [S.l. : s.n., 1854] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Some account of the family of French of Belturbet / by the Rev. H. B. Swanzy. * by Swanzy, Henry Biddall, 1873-1932. Belfast : M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr : Linenhall Press, 1902. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Property
Title: Account book of Rev. James Clarke of Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1856-1870 Author: Clarke, James 1831-1903 Title: Letter of attorney signed by Patrick Brady of Dublin, authorizing John Morton of Killconey, Co. Cavan, to distrain tenants of leases in Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1750 Aug. 09. Author: Brady, Patrick, fl. 1750 Title: Letter of attorney from Rev Thomas Steward to Thomas Hartley, empowering him to dispose of house property in Belturbet, Co Cavan. 1742 Nov. 19. Author: Steward, Thomas 1669?-1753 Title:Deed of trust from James Morton Williams, physician, to his father Joseph Williams, for properties in Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1819 Sept. 10. Author:Williams, James Morton of Belturbet physician Title:Documents relating to properties in Belturbet, Co. Cavan, and Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone 1724-1917 Author: Title:Power of attorney from John Cumming of Dublin, grandson and heir of John Cumming of Belturbet, to John Morton, of Belturbet, merchant, relating to properties in Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1741 Aug. 22. Author:Cumming, John fl. 1741 Title:Legal papers (miscellaneous), abstracts of title, etc., relating to the Clarke, Landen and Taylor families and house property in Aughuacloy, Co. Tyrone and Belturbet, Co. Cavan; title rent charge of various parishes in Co. Cavan, etc. 1766-1917 Title:Conveyance from Thomas Steward, D.D., of Bury St. Edmunds to Patrick Brady, of Dublin, of properties in Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1750 July 19. Author:Steward, Thomas 1669?-1753 Date: Cumming of Dublin, Patrick Brady of Dublin and John Morton, for properties in Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1750 July 20. Author:Steward, Thomas 1669?-1753 Title:Conveyance by William Robinson and his wife to Humphrey Jones of a house at Holborn Hill in Belturbet, County Cavan 1761 May 04. Author:Robinson, William printer Title:Deed of sale from William Robinson of London, printer, to Humphrey Jones, for house at Holborn Hill, Belturbet, Co. Cavan; with pr. of atty from Robinson to Richard Bolton, Dublin, ironmonger 1761 May 05 Author:Robinson, William printer Title:Lease; from Gertrude Morton to Thomas McGrath, victualer, both of Belturbet, for house at Holborn Hill, Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1783 June 01. Author:Morton, Gertrude of Belturbet, Co. Cavan Title:Deed of sale from John Moutray Jones to James Jones, former Lieutenant in 104th Regiment of Foot, of parcel of land at Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1784 May 01. Author:Jones, John Moutray Title:Deed of sale from John Moutray Janes to James Jones, former Lieutenant in 104th Regiment of Foot, of properties in Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1784 May 01. Author:Jones, John Moutray. Title:Lease from Edward Jones of Kimmage, Co. Dublin, to Robert Moore of Belturbet, of land in Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1785 Jan. 11. Author:Jones, Edward of Kimmage, Co. Dublin Title:Lease from James Jones to John McVitty of property in Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1787 May 01. Author:Jones, James of Belturbet, Co. Cavan Title:Lease; from Gertrude Morton to John Armstrong, of house in Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1788 June 25. Author:Morton, Gertrude of Belturbet, Co. Cavan Title:Lease; from Anne Clarke of Bath to Elliott Knipe, attorney of Great Britain Street, Dublin, for lands known as Three Burgess Acres, near Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1795 Nov. 01. Author:Clarke, Anne of Bath Title:Lease; from Rev. James Gumley to Thomas Neal, of house in Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1801 Aug. 21. Author:Gumley, James b. 1761 Title:Lease from Thomas Griffith to James Gumley of house property in Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1802 Apr. 29. Author:Griffith, Thomas of Belturbet, Co. Cavan Title:Deed of conveyance by Elliott Knipe, attorney of Dublin, of property near Belturbet, Co. Cavan, known as the Three Burgess Acres, to James Jones 1810 Mar. 16. Author:Knipe, Elliott, attorney of Dublin Title:Lease from Rev James Gumley to Charles Ruttledge of a bog near Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1810 Apr. 28. Author:Gumley, James b. 1761 Title:Lease from James Jones to Robert Elliott of property in Belturbet,
Co. Cavan 1822 Mar. 30. Author:Jones, James of Belturbet, Co. Cavan Title:Lease from Charlotte Jones to David Finlay of property near Belturbet, Co. Cavan, known as the Three Burgesses Acres 1824 June 07. Author:Jones, Charlotte of Belturbet, Co. Cavan Title:Lease from Robert and Jean Davis, of Cavan, and Elizabeth Reynolds, of Belturbet, to Luke Reilly, innkeeper, of property in Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1845 June 01. Author:Davis, Robert of Cavan Title:Papers relating to the administration of the estate of Fanny Clarke in Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1856-1887 Author:Clarke, Frances d. 1859 Title:Lease; from Humphrey Butler, of Clifton Gloucestershire, to Luke Reilly, of Belturbet, innkeeper, of lands in Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1856 Dec. 01. Author:Butler, Humphrey of Clifton, Gloucestershire Title:Lease from Bedel Stanford to John Gumley of dwelling house in Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1857 Feb. 20. Author:Stanford, Bedel of Rodney Lodge, Gloucestershire Title:Lease; from Rev. Matthew Nesbitt Lawder and his wife Anne, both of Swanlinbar, Co. Cavan, to John Armstrong, attorney of Belturbet, Co. Cavan, of house in Belturbet 1863 July 15. Author:Lawder, Matthew Nesbitt Title:Lease; from Frederick Townsend, of Honington Hall, Warwickshire, to Fane Vernon, of Erne Hill, Co. Cavan, of Ivy Cottage, parish of Annagh, Co. Cavan 1899 Apr. 29 Author:Townsend, Frederick of Honington Hall, Warwickshire Title:Statement of title to lands of Mullinacoagh, Co. Fermanagh, and to house property in Belturbet, Co. Cavan, part of the estate of James Norton 1810? Title:Deed of sale from John Moutray Jones of Belturbet to James Jones, former Lieutenant in 104th Regiment of Foot, for property in Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1784 May 01. Author:Jones, John Moutray Title:Assignment of houses and premises in Belturbet, Co. Cavan by William Henry and Sarah Steel to Humphrey Gumley 1823 Feb. 01. Author:Steel, William Henry Title:Lease between James Clarke, land surveyor, and Peter Donnelly, shopkeeper, both of Belturbet, Co. Cavan, for premises in Belturbet 1833 Nov. 25. Author:Clarke, James land surveyor of Belturbet, Co. Cavan Title:Conveyance between Elizabeth Reynolds and John Gumley, both of Belturbet of premises in Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1837 May 23. Author:Reynolds, Elizabeth of Belturbet Title:Deed of assignment between John Neal, tailor, and Catherine McHugh, spinster, both of Belturbet, Co. Cavan, for a property situated at Holborn Hill, Belturbet 1847 June 30. Author:Neal, John tailor of Belturbet, Co. Cavan Title:Articles of agreement between Rev. Joseph William Clarke and Rev. Matthew Nesbitt Lawder of Swanlinbar, Co. Cavan re sale of premises on north side of Holborn Hill, Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1869 Dec. 04. Author:Clarke, Joseph William Title:Draft conveyance between Rev. Joseph William Clarke and the Rev. Mathew N. Lawder of Grisson House, Swanlinbar, Co. Cavan, of premises at corner of Holborn Hill and Barrack Lane in Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1870 Author:Clarke, Joseph William Title:Two drafts of agreement between Francis Gumley of Oriel Lodge, Belturbet, County Cavan, and James Mahaffy also of Belturbet, for sale of Oriel Lodge 1889 June 06. Author:Gumley, Francis of Belturbet, Co. Cavan Title:Agreement for sale of premises in Belturbet, Co. Cavan, between Rev. W. Charles Edward Kynaston and another with James Ormsby Lauder 1893 Mar.09 Author:Kynaston, Walter Charles Edward Title:Deed of assignment from John Finlay of Brackley House, Ballyconnell, to John McCaffrey of house in Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1855 Oct. 26. Author:Finlay, John of Brackley House, Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan Title:Marriage settlement of James Clarke and Frances Williams, both of Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1819 Sept. 15. Author:Clarke, James land surveyor of Belturbet, Co. Cavan Title:Probate of will of James Clarke, of Belturbet, Co. Cavan, and late husband of Fanny 1838 Nov. 22. Author:Clarke, James land surveyor of Belturbet, Co. Cavan 1796 1813-21 List of Freeholders of Co. Cavan, NLI IR 94119 c2
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