McCONAGHY, John in Drumnagoon ^{1 2}

   User ID: L322.

  General Notes:

REG DATE:1825 May 18
NAME: John McConaghy
ADDRESS:Drumnagoon
RENT:not stated
OTHER LIVES NAMED FOR TENURE: Bernard McConaghy

from Freeholders Index ²

  Research Notes:

FREEHOLD LAND IN COUNTY ARMAGH

"Freeholders' records are lists of people entitled to vote, or of people who voted, at elections. A freeholder was a man who owned his land outright (in fee) or who held it by lease which could be for one or more lives (for example, his own life or for the lives of other people named in the lease). From 1727 to 1793 only Protestants with a freehold worth at least 40 shillings a year were legally permitted to vote. Between 1793 and 1829 both Protestants and Catholics with 40 shilling freeholds could vote, but in 1829 the franchise level was increased to 10 pounds, so 40 shilling freeholders were no longer allowed to vote."

Thus begins the introduction on the PRONI web site to Freeholders' Records Archives that can be searched now by members of the public online. Freeholders' records provide a range of information about land ownership in Northern Ireland, and are especially valuable before 1840. ³

John married Cecilia MAGINN on 20 February 1841 in Seagoe RC parish, County Armagh, Ireland.¹ (Cecilia MAGINN was born about 1810.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Church Marriage Record

Date of Marriage:20-Feb-1841
Parish / District: SEAGOE
County:ARMAGH
Husband Name:John Mcconaghy:
Address:
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Occupation:
Age:
Status:
Wife Name:Cecilia Maginn
Address:
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Occupation:
Age:
Status:
Husband's Father Name:Mcconaghy
Wife's Father Name:Maginnis
Witness 1 Name:James Mcginn
Witness 2 Name:Richard Mcconaghy
Address:
Notes:
MARGARET MCCONAGHY [3RD WTNS]/ DISP IN 3RD AND 4TH DEGREE CONSANG IN WHICH THEY OBTAINED DISPENSATION FROM THE RIGHT REV DR BLAKE/
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