Ballydownan
109 Description archivistique résultats pour Ballydownan
Lease of part of the lands of Ballydownan from Edward Earl Digby to James Keating for one life, or twenty-one years from 25 March 1825, at the yearly rate of £30-10-0.
Including 'A map of part of the lands of Ballydownan in the Barony of Geashill and King's County. Part of the Estate of the Right Honourable Earl Digby. Surveyed by John Molloy 1821', hand coloured, scale 20 Perches to an Inch, with bordering land leased to Thomas Smith and William Geogahan.
Lease of part of the land of Ballydownan from Edward Earl Digby to David Finlay for one life or 21 years at a yearly rent of £46-0-0.
3 letters from W Adams to Lord Digby regarding agreements on rent payments on tenancy in Ballydownan, Geashill Estate.
'A map of part Dolgan [Dalgan] and Part Ballydoonan [Ballydownan] containing 21.2.25 plantation measure. Part of the Estate of The Right Honorable Earl of Digby situate in the Barony of Geashill and KIngs County laid down by a scale of 20 perches in one inch and copied in December 1799 by Michael Cuddehy'.
Annual report, accounts and rental for year end June 1915, in which Digby describes in detail the events surrounding the Geashill Cattle Drive on the grasslands of Ballydownan in November 1914. Describes the bands and banners accompanying the drive, the injuring of several policemen, and the arrest of 46 men who subsequently pleaded guilty at the Winter Assizes in Dublin. Also notes that despite the jailing of the ring-leaders, agitation continued and boycotting and intimidation on the estate were rife. Also notes that inspection of the boundaries of the estate has been completed by the Land Commission but that the final inspection has yet to be made.