Monaghan County Directory for 1862
From Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory for the Year 1862
MONAGHAN, an inland county in Ulster province. Boundaries: N., Tyrone; E., Armagh and Louth; S., Meath and Cavan; W., Fermanagh. Greatest length, N. and S., 37 miles; greatest breadth, E. and W., 28 miles; comprising an area of 500 square miles, or 319,757 acres, of which 285,885 are arable, 21,585 uncultivated, 5,816 in plantations, 304 in towns, and 6,167 under water. The general surface is hilly, and mountainous in the N.W. and to the E., joining Armagh. The highest point of the Slievebeagh range is 1,254 feet above high sea level. The soil is of every variety; that in the more level portion, which forms the N. part of the great central limestone plain of Ireland, is very fertile, but the more hilly parts are a stiff clay, good for flax and corn, though very difficult to work. The lakes and rivers are numerous, but small; the N. Blackwater, which falls into Lough Neagh, forms a part of the E. boundary. The Ulster Canal passes through the county. The population in 1841 was 200,407; 191,301 in the rural, and 9,141 in the civic district, and in 1861 the total population of the county was 126,340, being a decrease of 74,067. The occupations are almost wholly agricultural; spade husbandry is much practised; the main crops are, oats, barley, potatoes, and flax; which latter, from its improved culture, is vastly increasing, both in quantity and in value; the culture of wheat and of green crops is increasing; the linen manufacture is reviving.
The county is divided into 5 baronies--Cremorne, Dartree, Farney, Monaghan, and Trough, and contains 23 parishes. It is wholly in the archdiocese of Armagh. The principal towns are Monaghan, Clones, Castleblayney, Carrickmacross, and Ballibay; population in 1861, 3,797, 2,388, 1,820, 2,045, and 1,652. It returns 2 members to Parliament; constituency in 1859, 5,121, and is in the North-East Circuit. The County Prison is in Monaghan, where the Assizes are held. The county is within the military district of Dublin; and there is a Barrack station at Monaghan.
The annual amount of property valued under the Tenement Valuation Act is £203,348.
Lieutenant
and Custos
Rotulorum.
Colonel CHARLES POWELL LESLIE, M P. (1858), Colonel
of the Monaghan
Militia, Glasslough,
Monaghan; 48, Berkeley-square, London, W.;
Carlton Club, London, S.W. [3]
High Sheriff
(1861-2).
HENRY MITCHELL, esq., Drumreaske, Monaghan.
Members of Parliament for the
County.
Colonel CHARLES POWELL LESLIE
(1842), Glasslough, in this county; 48, Berkeley-square, London, W.;
Carlton Club, London, S.W.
Sir GEORGE FORSTER, bart. (1852), D.L.,
Coolderry, Carrickmacross; Carlton Club, London, S.W.
Deputy Lieutenants.
Anketell, Matthew John, Anketell Grove, Emyvale [1] [3]
Blayney, Right
Hon. Lord, Carlton Club, London, S.W.
Bond, Capt. Edward Wellington, Bondville, Middletown [1]
Brownlow, William, Knapton House, Abbeyleix; 29,
Merrion-square, and Kildare-street Club, Dublin
Cole, Owen, Blayney [1]
Coote, Major Thomas, Brandrum, Monaghan [1] [2]
Cremorne, Right Hon.
Lord, K.P., Dartrey Castle,
Cootehill; 3, Great Stanhope-street, London, W.
Evatt, S. Robert Bayley, Mount Louise, Monaghan [2]
Forster, Sir George, bart., M.A.
(T.C.D.), M.P., Coolderry,
Carrickmacross; Carlton Club, London, S.W.
Forster, William, Ballynure, Clones [1]
French, Robert Charles Leslie, Ballybay House, Ballybay [1]
Hope, Henry Thomas, M.A, (Cantab.), F.G.S., Blayney Castle,
Castleblayney; Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey; 116, Piccadilly, London, W.;
Carlton Club, London, S.W. [1]
Ker, Andre Allen Murray, Newbliss House, Newbliss; Sackville-street
Club, Dublin [1] [2]
Lewis, Lieut.-Col. Arthur Gambell, 43, Fitzwilliam-square, west,
Dublin; and Scottstown, co. Monaghan [1]
Lucas, Edward William, Castle
Shane, Monaghan [1] [2]
Madden, John, Hilton, Clones
Rowley, Henry,
Cordoolough
Shirley, Evelyn Philip, M.A. (Oxon), Loughfea, Carrickmacross; Lower
Eatington Park, Stratford-on-Avon; National Club, London, S.W. [1] [3]
Singleton, Thomas, Fort Singleton, Emyvale
Chairman
of Quarter Sessions.
JAMES MAJOR, esq., Q.C. (1835), 13,
Mountjoy-Square, North, Dublin.
Magistrates.
Adams, John Hervey,
B.A. (T.C.D.), Northlands, Shircock, Carrickmacross
Anketell, Matthew John, D.L., Anketell Grove, Emyvale [1] [3]
Anketell, Thomas, Dungillick, Emyvale
Bath, Most Hon. Marquess of, Longleat, Warminster,
Wilts; 44, Berkeley square, London, W , Carlton
Club, London, S. W.
Bennie, George, Farmoyle House, Ballibay
Bond, Captain Edward
Wellington, D.L. , Bondville,
Middletown
Boyle, Charles, Tannagh, Cootehill [1]
Brady, John, Johnstown, Clones
Brooke, Basil George, Dungannon [2]
Brownlow, James, Ballyleck, Monaghan
Cooke, William
Coote, Major Thomas, D.L. , Brandrum, Monaghan [1] [2]
Cremorne Right
Hon. Lord, K.P. , D.L., Dartrey Castle,
Cootehill, 3, Great Stanhope-street, London, W.
Cunningham, John, Glasslough
Dolling, Robert Holbeche, B. A. (Cantab) Manor House
Kilrea, co. Derry, Sackville-street Club, Dublin [3]
Evatt, S. Robert Bayley, D.L., Mount Louise, Monaghan [2]
Fawcett,
John, Drumaconnor, Monaghan Filgate, William, Lisrenny, Ardee
Forster, Sir George, bart., M.A. (T.C.D.), M.P., D.L., Coolderry,
Carrickmacross; Carlton Club, London, S.W.
Forster, Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Oriel, Coolderry, Carrickmacross [1]
Forster, William, D.L., Ballynure, Clones [1]
French, Robert Charles Leslie, D.L., Ballybay House, Ballybay [1]
Goudy, John, Coolmain House, Monaghan
Hamill, David, Roosky, Newbliss
Hamilton, James, B.A. (Cantab.), Cornacassa, Monaghan;
Sackville-street Club, Dublin [2]
Hawkshaw, Charles, Monaghan
Holland, John Thomas, Belle Vue, Carrickmacross
Hope, Hen. Thos., M.A.
(Cantab.), F.G S., D.L , Blayney
Castle, Castleblayney; Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey;
116, Piccadilly, London, W.; Carlton Club, London,
S.W. [1]
Johnston, Henry George, Fortjohnston, Glasslough [1] [2]
Johnston, Thomas, Longfield, Carrickmacross
Johnstone, John Wardlaw,
B.A. (T.C.D.), Cassaugh Moane, Aughnacloy
Jones, Humphrys, Carrickaderry House, Clontibret
Kenny, Plunket, Moyles, Inniskeen, Dundalk [1]
Ker, Andre Allen Murray, D.L., Newbliss House, Newbliss;
Sackville-street Club, Dublin [1] [2]
Kernan, John Boyle, Rocksavage, Dundalk [1]
Lentaigne, John, M.B., Inspector-General
of
Prisons and a Commissioner
of National Education,
Tallaght House, co. Dublin; 1, Great
Denmark-street, and Stephen's-green Club. Dublin [1]
Leslie, Captain John, Kiltybegs, Inniskeen, Dundalk [1]
Lewis, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur Gambell, D.L., 43, Fitz-william-square,
west, Dublin; and Scottstown, co. Monaghan [1]
Lloyd, Captain Jesse, Camla, Monaghan [2]
Lloyd, Henry, Camla, Monaghan
Lucas, Right Hon. Edwd., P.C., Castle Shane, Monaghan; Carlton Club,
London, S.W. [2]
Lucas, Edward William, D.L. , Castle Shane, Monaghan [1] [2]
Lucas, Thomas, Agherlane, Ballybay
Madden, John, D.L., Hilton, Clones
Madden, John, Rosslea Manor, Clones; Kildare-street
Club, Dublin
M'Cullagh, James, Corfad, Ballybay
M'Cullagh, Thomas, Derryvally, Ballybay
M'Math, Andrew, Castleblayney
M'Watty, James, Castleblayney
Mayne, Richard, Castleblayney, and 6, Martello-terrace,
Kingstown, co. Dublin
Minnett, Richard Allen, Derrygooney, Cortobber, Ballybay
Mitchell, Henry, Drumreaske, Monaghan [2]
Montgomery, Alexander, Delgany, co. Wicklow
Moorhead, John, M.D., Annamakerg, Newbliss
Moorhead, Samuel Rutherford, Fortwilliam, Cootehill
Morant, George, Shirley House, Carrickmacross [2]
Moutray, Whitney, Fort Singleton, Emyvale
Murray, William, Beechhill, Monaghan
Rawdon, Major-General John Dawson, Dartrey, Rockcorry; Clooneavin,
Lynton, Devon; 34, Prince's
Gate, London, W.
Reade, Rev. George Harrison, A.M., Enniskeen Rectory,
Dundalk
Rogers, Henry, Monaghan
Rothwell, Thomas, B.A. (Oxon), Blackcastle, Navan, and Shantona,
Carrickmacross [1]
Shirley, Evelyn Philip, M.A. (Oxon), D.L., Loughfea, Carrickmacross;
Lower Eatington Park, Stratford-on Avon; National Club, London, S.W.
[1] [3]
Singleton, Matthew (Res. Mag.), Castleblayney
Singleton, Thomas C., Fort Singleton, Emyvale
Smith, David, Clonowney, Clones
Stopford, Captain Thomas, Newbliss
Tardy, Rev. Elias, Aughamullen Rectory,
Ballybay
Thomson. Robert, Thornhill, Smithboro'
Trench, William Stuart, B.A. (T.C.D.), Carrickmacross;
Cardtown, Mountrath; Kildare-street Club, Dublin
Wall, Christopher Edward, M.D., Rathmines-road, Dublin; and Largy,
Clones
Wright, Joseph Crowe, Carrahor, Scotstown
County
Officers
Clerk
of the Crown, Thomas D.
Bourne, esq. (1832), 17, Harcourt-street,
Dublin.
Clerk
of the Peace, Maurice Peppard
Warren Lewis, esq. (1854), 10,
Fitzwilliam-square, west, Dublin; and Monaghan.
Deputy
Clerk of the Peace, John
Mitchell, esq., Monaghan, and 32,
Nelson-street, Dublin.
Crown
Solicitor, Maxwell Hamilton,
esq. (1830), 34, Westland-row,
Dublin.
Sessional
Crown Prosecutor, Alexander
Dudgeon, esq. (1835), 32,
Nelson-street, Dublin; and Sterling Lodge, Clones.
Treasurer,
Thomas Montgomery, esq. (1830), Monaghan
Secretary
to the Grand Jury, John
Jackson, esq. (1843). Cremorne,
Ballibay, and Monaghan.
County
Surveyor, William Carroll,
esq. (1854), Monaghan.
County
Surveyor's Assistants, Mr.
John Clegg, Shantonee; Mr. Josh.
Fleming, Emyvale; Mr. Wm. Gordon, Castleblayney; Mr. Bleckley, Clones;
and Mr. Foster Dunwoody, Monaghan.
Sub-Sheriff,
William Mitchell, esq., Tullycromin.
Sheriff's
Returning Officer, Thomas
Edmond Wright, esq., 35, South
Frederick-street, Dublin, and Monaghan.
Coroners,
Charles Waddell, esq., Lisnavane, Ballybay, and Hugh Swanzy,
esq., Castleblayney.
STAMP DISTRIBUTERS.
Head
Distributer for the county,
Patrick Russell, esq.,
Monaghan.
Ballybay,
Mrs. William Reed.
Carrickmacross,
Mrs. George Smith.
Castleblayney,
John Sloan.
Clones,
Archibald Burnside.
Monaghan,
Edmund
Donnelly.
BARONY CESS COLLECTORS.
Cremorne,
John Francis Johnston, Millmore, Ballybay.
Dartrey,
James Lister, Dundrennan, Rockcorry.
Farney,
east, Wm. Henry,
Mullinavanog, Carrickmacross.
Farney,
west, Richey Lundy, Ardragh,
Carrickmacross.
Monaghan,
Joseph Fiddes, Clenamully, Scottstown.
Trough,
John Cargill, Aughalonghan, Glasslough.
CONSTABULARY
OFFICERS.
County
Inspector, John Simson
Stuart, esq., Monaghan.
Sub-Inspectors' Stations:-
Carrickmacross,
Thomas M. H. J. Hill, esq.
Castleblayney,
Francis J. Heath, esq.
Clones,
Henry Kirwan, esq.
Monaghan,
Charles M'Kelvey, esq.
PETTY SESSIONS COURTS.
Place where held, Day, and Name of Clerk.
Ballybay,
second Monday; Wm. Alexander Breakey.
Carrickmacross, second
Friday; James Lang.
Clones, second Friday; George
P. Clarke.
Castleblayney,
second Friday; William Hamilton.
Emyvale, second
Thursday; David D. Smyth.
Monaghan,
Tuesday; John Warner.
Newbliss,
second Wednesday; John White.
Rockcorry,
second Wednesday; Charles Wilson.
COUNTY GAOL, MONAGHAN.
The Board of Superintendence meets on the first Monday
in each month.
Inspector
and Chaplain, Rev. Henry
Maffett.
Governor, John Temple, esq.
R.
C. Chaplain, Rev. Patrick
Clifford.
Presbyterian
Chaplain, Rev. John Bleckley.
Physician and Surgeon, John
S. M'Dowell, M.D.
BRIDEWELLS AND KEEPERS.
Carrickmacross,
John Arthurs.
Castleblayney, William
Thompson.
Clones,
John Kelly.
COUNTY INFIRMARY.
Treasurer,
Provincial Bank.
Surgeon,
Andrew Knight Young, M.D. [1]
Apothecary
and Registrar, Mr. William
Madden.
Poor Law Unions:-
CARRICKMACROSS UNION
(Co. Monaghan), 14 Electoral Divisions. The Board
of Guardians meets on
Tuesdays.
Chairman,
Evelyn P. Shirley, esq., Loughfea, Carrickmacross.
Vice-Chairman,
William Stuart Trench, esq., Essex Castle,
Carrickmacross.
Deputy
Vice-Chairman, John Thomas
Holland, esq., Belle View,
Carrickmacross.
Treasurer,
National Bank, Carrickmacross.
Clerk
and Returning Officer,
Henry Quinn.
Master
and Matron, Francis Wallace
and Mary Wallace.
Chaplains:-
Established
Church, Rev. Thos. St.
Laurence Smith, A.M.
Roman
Catholic,
Rev. Jas. Jos. MacMahon.
Medical
Officer, Peter Walsh, M D.
Relieving
Officer, Bernard M'Caul,
Carrickmacross.
Medical Officers of Dispensary Districts:-
Carrickmacross,
R. M. Tagart,
M.D.
Donaghmoyne,
Thomas M. Fleming, M.D.
Rafeeragh,
Samuel Stephenson,
M.D.
CASTLEBLAYNEY UNION
(Cos. Monaghan and Armagh), 21 Electoral Divisions.
The Board of Guardians meets on Wednesdays.
Chairman,
Henry Thos. Hope, esq , J.P., D.L., Castleblayney.
Vice-Chairman,
Robert Charles Leslie French, esq., J.P., D.L.,
Ballybay.
Deputy
Vice-Chairman, James M'Watty,
esq., J.P., Castleblayney.
Treasurer,
Belfast Banking Company, Castleblayney.
Clerk
and Returning Officer, Samuel
M'Birney.
Master
and Matron, Samuel Draffin
and Caroline Smith.
Chaplains:-
Established
Church, Rev. W. S. Burnside.
Roman
Catholic, Rev. James M'Meel.
Presbyterian,
Rev. Thomas Boyd.
Medical
Officer, William Nassau
Irwin, M.D.
Relieving
Officer, John
O'Hanlon, Castleblayney.
Medical Officers of Dispensary Districts:-
Ballybay,
James W. Young, M.D.
Castleblayney,
William Nassau Irwin, M.D.
Crossmaglen,
Richard Donaldson, M.D.
CLONES UNION
(Cos. Monaghan and Fermanagh), 16 Electoral Divisions. The
Board of Guardians meets on Thursdays.
Chairman,
William Forster, esq., Ballynure, Analore, Clones.
Vice-Chairman,
Jas. Richardson, esq., Summerhill, Clones.
Deputy
Vice-Chairman, Henry
Whiteside, esq., Cappa, Smithborough.
Treasurer,
Northern Banking Company, Clones.
Clerk
and Returning Officer, David
Rickey.
Master
and Matron, George Little and
Anne Coulson.
Chaplains:-
Established
Church, Rev. Thomas Hand.
Roman
Catholic, Rev. James Smyth.
Presbyterian,
Rev. W. White.
Medical
Officer, Richard Henry.
Relieving
Officers, William Thompson,
Gortnawinnie, Clones; Thomas
Wilson, Magheraveely.
Medical Officers of Dispensary Districts:-
Clones,
Richard Henry, M.D.
Newtownbutler,
James Fitzgerald, M.D.
Roslea,
Alexander Knight, M.D.
MONAGHAN UNION
(Co. Monaghan), 21 Electoral Divisions. The Board of
Guardians meets on Wednesdays.
Chairman,
Right Hon. Edward Lucas, Castle Shane, Monaghan.
Vice-Chairman,
James Hamilton, esq., Cornacassa, Monaghan.
Deputy
Vice-Chairman, Captain Jesse
Lloyd, Camla, Monaghan.
Treasurer,
Belfast Banking Company, Monaghan.
Clerk
and Returning Officer, James
Mitchell.
Master
and Matron, Thos. Armstrong
and Margt. Eakins.
Chaplains:-
Established
Church, Rev. Henry Maffett.
Roman
Catholic, Rev. Patrick
Clifford.
Presbyterian,
Rev. John
Bleckley.
Medical
Officer, William Temple, M.D.
Relieving
Officer, John Douglas,
Monaghan.
Medical Officers of Dispensary Districts:-
Castle
Shane, Robert Donaldson,
surgeon.
Glasslough,
Allen Edmund Douglas, M.D., L.R.C.S.I.
Kilmore,
Thomas Reed, surgeon.
Monaghan,
William Temple, M.D.
Scotstown,
John William Mouritz, surgeon.
NOTES:-
[1] Have served the office of High Sheriff of the County.
[2] Are members of the Board of Superintendence of the County Prison.
[3] Are Governors of the District Lunatic Asylum.