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High Sheriff Of Leitrim
The High Sheriff of Leitrim was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Leitrim, Ireland from c.1582 until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Leitrim County Sheriff. The sheriff had judicial, electoral, ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs. In 1908, an Order in Council made the Lord-Lieutenant the Sovereign's prime representative in a county and reduced the High Sheriff's precedence. However the sheriff retained his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in the county. The usual procedure for appointing the sheriff from 1660 onwards was that three persons were nominated at the beginning of each year from the county and the Lord Lieutenant then appointed his choice as High Sheriff for the remainder of the year. Often the other nominees were appointed as under-sheriffs. Sometimes a sheriff did not fulfil his entire term through death or other event and another sheriff w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Leitrim
County Leitrim ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the village of Leitrim, County Leitrim, Leitrim. Leitrim County Council is the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authority for the county, which had a population of 35,199 according to the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census. The county was based on the Gaelic Ireland, Gaelic territory of West Breifne, West Breffny () as it existed in the 1580s. Geography Leitrim is the 26th in size of the 32 counties by area (21st of the 26 counties of the Republic) and the smallest by population. It is the smallest of Connacht's five counties in both size and population. Leitrim is bordered by the counties of County Donegal, Donegal to the north, County Fermanagh, Fermanagh to the north-east, County Cavan, Cavan to the east, County Longford, Longford to the south, Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Lane-Fox (sheriff)
George Lane-Fox JP DL (13 November 1816 – 2 November 1896), of Bowcliffe Hall, was an English landowner and politician. Early life Lane-Fox was born on 13 November 1816. He was the only son of George Lane-Fox, MP for Beverley, and Georgiana Henrietta Buckley. His sister, Frederica Elizabeth Lane-Fox, married Hon. Sir Adolphus Liddell (a son of the 1st Baron Ravensworth).L. G. Pine, ''The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms'' (London: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 29. By early 1824, his parents were separated, and by the late 1820s, his mother "had a 'notorious' and indiscreet affair" with the Earl of Chesterfield, who later abandoned her to marry Anne Weld Forester in 1830. His brother Sackville succeeded him in 1840. His father was the eldest son of James Fox-Lane, of Bramham Park, and Hon. Mary Lucy Pitt (a daughter of the 1st Baron Rivers). His maternal grandparents were Edward Percy Buck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Sligo
County Sligo ( , ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region and is part of the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht. Sligo is the administrative capital and largest town in the county. Sligo County Council is the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authority for the county. The population of the county was 70,198 at the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census. It is noted for Benbulben Mountain, one of Ireland's most distinctive natural landmarks. History The county was officially formed in 1585 by Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland, but did not come into effect until the chaos of the Nine Years' War (Ireland), Nine Years' War ended, in 1603. Its boundaries reflect the Ó Conchobhair Sligigh confederation of Lower Connacht () as it was at the time of the Elizabethan conquest. This confederation consisted of the tuatha, or territories, of Cairbre Drom Cliabh, Cairbre Drumcliabh, Tír Fhíacr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laheen
Laheen (Irish derived place name, Loch Caoin meaning 'The Beautiful Lake' (referring to Patterson’s Lough in the townland).) is a townland in the civil parish of Killashandra, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Laheen is bounded on the north by Makief townland, on the west by Drumcrow North, Drummany and Dunaweel townlands and on the east by Coragh and Derreskit townlands. Its chief geographical features are Patterson’s Lough (which is named after John Patterson of Hill House who owned the townland in the early 19th century), the Cullies River, small streams, a gravel pit, spring wells and a wood. Laheen is traversed by the local L1520 road, minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 241 acres. History From medieval times up to the early 1600s, the land belonged to the McKiernan Clan. The 1609 Plantation of Ulster Map depicts the townland as ''Loghchin''. A grant of 1610 spells the name as ''Loughchinn''. A lease of 1611 spells the name a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Marsham
George Marsham (10 April 1849 – 2 December 1927) was an English landowner and amateur cricketer who was connected with Kent County Cricket Club. Marsham was born at Allington Rectory near Maidstone in Kent in 1849, the son of George F. J. Marsham who was the rector of the parish.Marsham, Mr George Obituaries in 1927, '''', 1928. Retrieved 2008-09-20.Wilson S (1995) The inhabitants of Hayle Place in the 19th century, ''Loose Threads'' vol.4, pp. 3–6, Loose Area History Society. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Dublin
County Dublin ( or ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, and holds its capital city, Dublin. It is located on the island's east coast, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. Until 1994, County Dublin (excluding the city) was a single Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local government area; in that year, the county council was divided into three new administrative counties: Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin. The three administrative counties together with Dublin City proper form a NUTS III NUTS statistical regions of Ireland, statistical region of Ireland (coded IE061). County Dublin remains a single administrative unit for the purposes of the courts (including the Dublin County Sheriff, but excluding the bailiwick of the Dublin City Sheriff) and Dublin County combined with Dublin City forms the Judicial County of Dublin, including Dublin Circuit Court, the Dublin County Registrar and the Dublin Metropolitan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Cavan
County Cavan ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is based on the historic Gaelic Ireland, Gaelic territory of East Breifne, East Breffny (''Bréifne''). Cavan County Council is the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authority for the county, which had a population of 81,704 at the 2022 census. Geography Cavan borders six counties: County Leitrim, Leitrim to the west, County Fermanagh, Fermanagh to the north, County Monaghan, Monaghan to the north-east, County Meath, Meath to the south-east, County Longford, Longford to the south-west and County Westmeath, Westmeath to the south. Cavan shares a border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. Cavan is the 19th largest of the 32 counties in area and the 25th largest by population. The county is part of the Northern and Western Region, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lough Rynn
Rinn Lough (, also ), also known as Lough Rynn, is a freshwater lake in the northwest of Ireland. It is located in south County Leitrim. Geography Rinn Lough measures about long and wide. It is located about south of Mohill. Lough Rynn Castle, a medieval castle now a hotel, occupies an estate on the lake's northeastern shore. Hydrology Two smaller neighbouring lakes drain into Rinn Lough: Clooncoc Lough and Lough Errew. Rinn Lough drains south into the Rinn River flowing into Lough Forbes. Part of the river forms the Rinn River Natural Heritage Area. Ecology The water quality was reported to be satisfactory maintaining a mesotrophic rating. but given a "" due to pollution. Zebra mussel infestation is present. The ecology of Rinn Lough, and Irish waterways, remains threatened by curly waterweed, zebra mussel, and freshwater clam invasive species. See also *List of loughs in Ireland This is an alphabetical list of loughs (lakes) on the island of Ireland. It also sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Loftus Tottenham
Arthur Loftus Tottenham (5 April 1838 – 4 December 1887) was a landowner and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1887. Biography Tottenham was the eldest son of Nicholas Loftus Tottenham of Glenfarne Hall, lenfarne, Co Leitrim and his wife Anna Maria Hopkins, daughter of Sir Francis Hopkins. He was educated at Eton and was a captain in the Rifle Brigade. He owned Glenfarne Hall and estate at Enniskillen, the 4th largest estate in Britain and Ireland, which amounted to over . He became J. P. for the counties of Leitrim, Cavan, and Fermanagh, and a Deputy Lieutenant for County Leitrim. He became High Sheriff of Leitrim in 1866. In 1876 Tottenham stood for parliament unsuccessfully at Leitrim but was elected Member of Parliament for Leitrim in 1880. He held the seat until the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 when he was elected MP for Winchester Winchester (, ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in Hampshire, Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Massy, 6th Baron Massy
John Thomas William Massy, 6th Baron Massy (30 August 1835 – 1915) was an Anglo-Irish peer. He was an List of Irish representative peers, Irish representative peer in the House of Lords from 1876 to 1915. He was appointed High Sheriff of Leitrim, Sheriff of Leitrim for 1863 and High Sheriff of County Limerick, Sheriff of County Limerick in 1873. He succeeded to his title following the death of his older brother, Hugh Massy, 5th Baron Massy, in 1874. He was one of Ireland's wealthiest landowners at the time, having large properties in Counties County Leitrim, Leitrim, County Dublin, Dublin, County Limerick, Limerick and County Tipperary, Tipperary. This included large country houses at Killakee House, Killakee in south Co. Dublin, and Hermitage house, Hermitage in Castleconnell, Co. Limerick. However, by the time of his death in 1915, his fortune had been reduced to almost nothing, and subsequently, all his estates were sold by his successors, the Hugh Somerset John Massy, 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballinamore
Ballinamore (, meaning "mouth of the big ford") is a small town in the south-east of County Leitrim in Ireland. Etymology , corrupted ''Bellanamore'', means "town at the mouth of the big ford", so named because it was a main crossing (ford) of the Yellow River. The gaels called the baile Átha na Chuirre ("homestead of ford of the afflictions") because a hospital-house stood near the bridge in the 13th century. Location Ballinamore is in the south-east of County Leitrim in the North Midlands of Ireland, the town being from the county boundary with County Fermanagh. The town is built on the Yellow River. The R202 regional road intersects the R199 and R204 roads here. A historic barge waterway, built in the 1840s to connect the Erne and Shannon rivers, was reopened for boat traffic in 1994 as the Shannon–Erne Waterway. Ballinamore has daily Local-link bus services to Carrick-on-Shannon and Dromod railway station, Monday to Saturday. History After the 5th century, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swanlinbar
Swanlinbar () is a small village on the N87 national secondary road in north-west County Cavan, Ireland, close to the Cladagh river and near the Fermanagh border. The village is situated in the townlands of Furnaceland and Hawkswood, in the civil parish of Kinawley, in the barony of Tullyhaw. In the 1860s, Swanlinbar had the most celebrated of Cavan's numerous mineral springs. History The earliest name recorded for the village was ''Sra'-na-muck'', which means "The River-field of the pigs". The current official Irish name , meaning "Iron Mill", reflects the foundation of an ironworks in the town in 1700 as does "Swanlinbar", which derives from the four entrepreneurs who built the iron foundry. Jonathan Swift in his 1728 essay, ''On Barbarous Denominations In Ireland'', wrote: ''"There is likewise a famous town, where the worst iron in the kingdom is made, and it is called Swandlingbar: the original of which name I shall explain, lest the antiquaries of future ages might ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
