Lease of part of the lands of Knock [Knockballyboy] from Edward Earl Digby to Catherine Byrne for one life, or twenty-one years from 25 March 1825, at the yearly rate of £11-12-6.
Including 'A map of part of the lands of Knock in the Barony of Geashill and King's County. Part of the Estate of the Right Honourable Earl Digby. Surveyed by John Molloy 1824', hand coloured, scale 20 Perches to an Inch, with bordering land leased to Pat Ennis, Widow Byrne, Pat Byrne and Pat Flood.
Knockballyboy
86 Archival description results for Knockballyboy
Lease of part of the lands of Knockballyboy from Edward Earl Digby to Bernard Dunne for one life, or twenty-one years from 25 March 1825, at the yearly rate of £23-8-3.
Including 'A map of part of the lands of Knockballyboy in the Barony of Geashill and King's County. Part of the Estate of the Right Honourable Earl Digby. Surveyed by John Molloy 1825', hand coloured, scale 20 Perches to an Inch, with bordering land leased to Denis Dunn, Mick Scully, Owen Scully, Mr Mason and Reverend Sadler.
Lease of part of the lands of Knockballyboy from Edward Earl Digby to Anne and William Hacket for one life, or twenty-one years from 25 March 1818, at the yearly rate of £20-9-0.
Including 'A map of part of the lands of Knockballyboy in the Barony of Geashill and King's County. Part of the Estate of the Right Honourable Earl Digby. Surveyed by John Molloy 1817', hand coloured, scale 20 Perches to an Inch, with bordering land leased to Edward Feeny, Michael Scully, Andrew Connor and Thomas Quinn.
Draft of a lease of part of the lands of Knock from Henry Earl Digby to William and Pilkington Commons for three lives.
Survey and valuation of the Digby estate completed by Michael Cuddehy, land surveyor, for Lord Digby, on 3 January 1798 and a further valuation on 25 June 1799 listing lands in the barony of Geashill that are out of lease. Townlands surveyed in the initial valuation are listed in Cuddehy's accompanying note as Annaharvey, Ballymooney, Ballyknockan, Ballycue and Ballyduff, although only those of Ballycue and Ballyduff are extant. The valuation is tabular, listing tenants' names, a description of their holdings (e.g. 'moory pasture', 'oat field', 'big fallow field' etc.), a measurement in A.R.P (acres, roods, perches) and a yearly value.
The second list entitled 'Lands in the Barony of Geashill out of lease except the parts disposed of as herein 25 June 1799' contain a list of the townlands Annaharvey, Ballymooney, Ballycue, Bluebell, Ballyduff , Dalgan, Ballydownan, Curragh, Killellery, Ballyavill, Cappincur, Kinockballyboy, Ballinagar, Killleigh, Scrub, Killeenmore, and Killurin. Each description is accompanied by a reference number for a map by Cuddehy which is not extant. There are also comments by Cuddehy on certain plots such as 'Darby Smollen declared tenant' in respect of a plot in Ballydownan and he notes that Cuddehy himself is proposed for a plot in Ballymooney of 149 acres.
Digby, Family of the BaronsCaretaker agreements with agreed weekly payments for premises in the townands of Killarles, Cappyroe, Ballyknockan, Cappanageeragh, Clonmore, Killellery, Ballinagar, Colehill, Knockballyboy, Bawnmore, Newtown and for Geashill Castle (front gate).