Statistical Survey of the County of Monaghan,: With Observations on the Means of Improvement, Drawn Up in the Year 1801, for the Consideration and Under the Direction of the Dublin Society,Graisberry & Campbell, 10, Back-lane., 1801 - 256 pages |
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Statistical Survey of the County of Monaghan: With Observations on the Means ... Charles Coote No preview available - 2018 |
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acres alfo alſo average Ballibay ballibetaghs barley barony becauſe befides beft beſt Carrickmacrofs Cavan church clay Clones coarſe coft confiderable Cootehill corn coulters courſe crop demefne diftant diftrict divifion drills Edward Blaney eftate Engliſh eſtabliſhed eſtate excellent expence extenfive fame farms faved feed feven fhall fhew fhillings fhould fide fince firft firſt fituation fize flax fmall foil fome foon fown ftands ftate ftone ftrong fuch fufficient fupplied furface glebe grafs grain ground guineas hath hoeing horfes horſe houſe huſbandry Iriſh labour laft lakes land leſs lime limeftone linen Lord Lough Erne Louth manufacture manure meaſure moft Monaghan moſt mountain muſt naghan neceffary Newry oats Pafture pariſh pence plantations plough potatoes pounds preſent proceſs proprietor purchaſed purpoſe quantity raiſed reaſon refident rent Rockcorry ſcarce SECT ſeen ſhall ſmall ſtate ſuch thefe theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tillage timber tithe town uſed village
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Page 14 - ... which, being an officer of the Church, took beginning in this manner : When any lord or gentleman had a direction to build a church, he did...
Page xxxviii - And there will arise villages and towns, which will draw tradesmen and artificers, so as we conceive a hope that these countries, in a short time, will not only be quiet neighbours to the Pale, but be made as rich and as civil as the Pale itself.
Page ii - ... this district, and of enabling every one interested in the •welfare of this country, to examine it fully, and contribute his mite to its improvement. The Society do not deem...
Page ix - State of education, fchools, and charitable inftitutions, — — of abfentee and refident proprietors^ — — of circulation of money or paper, of farming or agricultural focieties, ; of manufactures, whether increafing, of encouragement to them, and the peculiar aptnefs of the...
Page 13 - Irifli countries ufually married, or if he were not married he had children, and after his death, if any of his fons were qualified with learning, he was chofen by the dean and chapter to be Corbe ; and if none of his fons were capable, another of that fept or furname was chofen without doubt.
Page xxxi - ... and therefore it was probable that the malefactors were acquitted for favour. But, on the other part, we were induced to think that fear might be the...
Page xxiii - ... did not, within five years, build a caftle upon fome part of the land, contained in their patents, their feveral grants to be void. Thus it appeared, that thefe four baronies were then beftowed among the chief lords or gentlemen of that country, and, as they had their...
Page 12 - ... the prefentation of the Vicarage. He had always his place or feat in a mother church, where he had a certain number of priefts ferving with him ; in the cathedral church he had a ftall in the choir, and a voice in the chapter : and this corbfhip is named a dignity in the regifter at Rome ; for all dignities in cathedral churches.
Page xvi - Of fuch as did fcrvice in the wars, and had their pardons, fome were removed and tranfplanted by the tyranny of the lords, and fome were driven out of the country, not daring to return to their freeholds without fpecial countenance of the ftate. And thus flood the eftate of Monaghan. Touching Fermanagh, otherwife called Maguire's country, that country was never reduced to the...
Page 15 - ... faint or other, whom he chofe to be his patron ; then he founded the church, and called it by the name of that faint, and then gave the land to...