McCONAGHY, Arthur in Drumnagoon ¹

   Another name for Arthur was McCONAGHEY, Arthur.²

   User ID: L316.

  General Notes:

FREEHOLD LAND IN COUNTY ARMAGH

(1st entry)
REG DATE:1810 June 25
NAME:Arthur McConahy
ADDRESS:Drumnagoon house and land
RENT: £7.0.0d
OTHER LIVES NAMED FOR TENURE:: said Arthur McConaghy [sic]

(2nd entry)
REG DATE:1817 August 11
NAME:Arthur McConaghey
ADDRESS:Drumnagoon house and land
RENT: not stated
OTHER LIVES NAMED FOR TENURE:Arthur McConaghey


"Church Burial Record

Name: Arthur McConaghy
Date of Death: 26/09/1839
Age:
Parish / District: SEAGOE
Address: Drumnagor (possible mistransciption for Drumnagoon - writing tails off in register)
County: Co. Armagh
Status:
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Occupation:
Sex: Male"

from www.rootsireland.ie ^{1 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. ²

Arthur married.