County Louth High Sheriffs
1381-1918
1381-1918 County Louth High Sheriffs
The Following list is compiled from two sources:
"High Sheriffs of County Louth" by Philip Crosslé in Tempest's Annual, 1918, page 26
&
Sheriffs and Justices of County Louth, 1664-1769, [no author given], in Tempest's Annual, 1920, page 36
Philip Crosslé gives no indication as to his source material.
For its primary source, the second article above is taken from: "a volume entitled 'Co. Louth Crown Book of Assizes, 1761-1769' reference 6O-4-70 in the Clerk of the Crown Records in the Public Record Office, Dublin".
It is fortunate that these lists were made, as the original source material for the second source mentioned above was destroyed in the Public Record Office fire in 1922.
There are large gaps in Crosslé's list up to the year 1712 and I have used the second list above to fill these in. Also there are minor surname spelling differences (and one major one, in 1698, Keating/Bealing). For the most part, both lists agree as to the dates, but there are sometimes differences of a year, one case in point being the Keating/Bealing name above.
Records taken from the second listing above are marked with an asterisk (*) in the "Comment" Field.
|
Year |
First name |
Surname |
Title |
Address |
Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
|
|
- |
|
|
1381 |
Peter |
Peppard |
|
- |
* |
|
1385 |
Milo |
Haddesor |
|
- |
* |
|
1386 |
George |
Tebyng |
|
- |
* |
|
1400 |
Thomas |
Talbot |
|
- |
* |
|
1402 |
John |
Clynton |
|
Keppock |
* |
|
1403 |
John |
Bedilowe, knight |
Sir |
- |
* |
|
1405 |
John |
Dowdall |
|
- |
*; killed |
|
1424 |
James |
White |
Sir |
- |
* |
|
1425 |
John |
Bellew, knight |
Sir |
- |
* |
|
1426 |
John |
Bellew |
|
- |
* |
|
1427 |
John |
Bellew |
|
- |
* |
|
1440 |
Nicholas |
Taaffe |
Sir |
- |
* |
|
1496 |
Patrick |
Plunkett |
|
- |
* |
|
1558 |
Edward |
Gernon |
|
Gernonstown |
* |
|
1562 |
John |
Bedellewe |
Sir |
- |
* |
|
1593 |
Thomas |
Gernon |
|
- |
* |
|
1594 |
Roger |
Gernon |
|
- |
* |
|
1595 |
Rice |
Jones |
|
- |
*; [Rice Ap Hugh] |
|
1596 |
Rice |
Jones |
|
- |
*; [Rice Ap Hugh] |
|
1613 |
Ambrose |
Jones |
|
- |
*; [Ambrose Ap Hugh] |
|
1634 |
James |
Clinton |
|
Clintonstown |
* |
|
1640 |
Bartholomew |
White |
|
- |
* |
|
1642 |
Anthony |
Townley |
|
- |
* |
|
1643 |
Anthony |
Townley |
|
- |
* |
|
1644 |
Anthony |
Townley |
|
- |
* |
|
1655 |
William |
Taylor |
|
- |
* |
|
1656 |
William |
Toxteith |
|
- |
* |
|
1657 |
James |
Smallwood |
|
- |
* |
|
1659 |
John |
Ruxton |
|
- |
* |
|
1660 |
John |
Ruxton |
|
- |
* |
|
1661 |
John |
Fowke |
|
- |
* |
|
1662 |
Nicholas |
Moore |
|
- |
* |
|
1663 |
James |
Graham |
Sir |
- |
* |
|
1664 |
Thomas |
Bramhall |
Sir |
- |
29 Jan 1664 |
|
1665 |
Thomas |
Toxteth |
|
- |
23 Jan 1665 |
|
1666 |
Wolstan |
Dixie |
|
- |
21 Dec 1665; MP for Dundalk |
|
1667 |
Arthur |
Brownlow |
|
- |
* |
|
1668 |
James |
Garstin |
|
- |
* |
|
1669 |
William |
Armitage |
|
- |
* |
|
1670 |
William |
Disney |
|
- |
|
|
1671 |
Henry |
Bellingham |
|
- |
|
|
1672 |
Henry |
Townley |
|
- |
4 Dec 1671 |
|
1673 |
William |
Peppard |
|
- |
9 Dec 1672 |
|
1674 |
John |
Ruxton |
|
- |
*; 6 Jan 1673 [sic] |
|
1675 |
John |
Thomlinson |
|
- |
24 Dec 1674 |
|
1676 |
Timothy |
Armitage |
|
- |
9 Dec 1675 |
|
1676 |
Thomas |
Franke |
|
- |
* |
|
1677 |
James |
Smallwood |
|
- |
8 Jan 1677 |
|
1678 |
James |
Smallwood |
|
- |
* |
|
1679 |
John |
Pepper |
|
- |
5 Dec 1678 |
|
1680 |
Nehemiah |
Donellan |
|
- |
4 Dec 1679 |
|
1681 |
- |
- |
|
- |
|
|
1682 |
Robert |
Moore |
|
- |
12 Jan 1682 |
|
1683 |
Robert |
Moore (2nd year) |
|
- |
23 Nov 1682 |
|
1684 |
Thos. |
Bellingham |
|
- |
29 Nov 1683 |
|
1684 |
John |
Holt |
|
- |
* |
|
1685 |
Norman |
Garstin |
|
- |
* |
|
1686 |
Patrick |
Bellew |
|
- |
|
|
1687 |
Roger |
Bellew |
|
- |
|
|
1688 |
Roger |
Bellew |
|
- |
* |
|
1689 |
John |
Taaffe |
|
- |
* |
|
1690 |
Thomas |
Bellingham |
|
- |
* |
|
1691 |
Henry |
Tichbourne |
|
- |
* |
|
1692 |
Joseph |
Tomlinson |
|
- |
* |
|
1693 |
William |
Barron |
|
- |
* |
|
1694 |
Blayney |
Townley |
|
- |
* |
|
1695 |
William |
Render |
|
- |
* |
|
1696 |
John |
Smith |
|
- |
* |
|
1697 |
John |
Graham |
|
- |
* |
|
1698 |
John |
Keating |
|
- |
* |
|
1699 |
- |
- |
|
- |
* |
|
1700 |
James |
Tisdall |
|
Bawn |
|
|
1701 |
William |
Barton |
|
- |
* |
|
1702 |
Timothy |
Armitage |
|
- |
* |
|
1703 |
Edward |
Singleton |
|
- |
* |
|
1704 |
William |
Stanhouse |
|
- |
* |
|
1705 |
William |
Eccleston |
|
- |
* |
|
1706 |
Henry |
Tichbourne |
|
- |
* |
|
1707 |
John |
Ruxton |
|
- |
* |
|
1708 |
William |
Brabazon |
|
- |
* |
|
1709 |
Thomas |
Fortescue |
|
- |
* |
|
1710 |
Thomas |
Clarke |
|
- |
* |
|
1711 |
William |
Fortescue |
|
- |
|
|
1712 |
- |
- |
|
- |
|
|
1713 |
James |
Leigh |
|
- |
|
|
1714 |
Peter |
Ludlow |
|
- |
|
|
1715 |
William |
Aston |
|
- |
|
|
1716 |
Thomas |
Tippin |
|
- |
|
|
1717 |
James |
Tisdall |
|
- |
|
|
1718 |
Robert |
Sibthorpe |
|
- |
|
|
1719 |
William |
Moore |
Hon. |
- |
|
|
1720 |
Randle |
Hern |
|
- |
|
|
1721 |
Ephrain |
Dawson |
|
- |
|
|
1721 |
Thomas |
Tipping |
|
- |
|
|
1721 |
Jas. |
Stannus |
|
- |
15 Nov 1720 |
|
1722 |
George |
Ball |
|
- |
6 Oct 1721 |
|
1723 |
John |
Pepper |
|
Pepper's Town |
|
|
1724 |
Nichs. |
Moore |
|
Ardastowne |
|
|
1725 |
Stephen |
Sibthorpe |
|
- |
|
|
1726 |
Harry |
Townley |
|
- |
|
|
1727 |
Thomas |
Fostescue |
|
- |
|
|
1728 |
Wm. |
Ruxton |
|
Ardee |
|
|
1729 |
Brabazon |
Newcomen |
|
- |
|
|
1730 |
Brabazon |
Eccleston |
|
Drumshallon |
|
|
1731 |
Wallop |
Brabazon |
|
Killelly |
|
|
1732 |
Richd. |
Hansard |
|
Peghanstown |
|
|
1733 |
John |
Sotheby |
|
- |
|
|
1734 |
Henry |
Bellingham |
jun. |
Castle Bellingham |
|
|
1735 |
James |
Wallace |
Esq. |
- |
|
|
1736 |
Robert |
Parkinson |
|
- |
|
|
1737 |
John |
Taaffe |
|
- |
|
|
1738 |
John |
Graham |
|
- |
|
|
1739 |
Thos. |
Tennison |
|
Thomastown |
|
|
1740 |
Wm. |
Graham |
Rt. Hon. |
Castlering |
|
|
1741 |
Jas. |
Poe |
|
Dromgoldstown |
|
|
1742 |
Tichborne |
Aston |
|
- |
|
|
1743 |
John |
Harper |
|
Mell |
|
|
1744 |
Trevor |
Stannus |
|
Stannus Hill |
|
|
1745 |
Thos. |
Tipping |
|
Castletown |
|
|
1746 |
Wm. Henry |
Fortescue |
|
Reynelstown |
|
|
1747 |
William |
Lee |
|
- |
|
|
1748 |
Ephraim |
Stannus |
|
Carlingford |
|
|
1749 |
Arthur |
Craven |
|
Dromcashill |
|
|
1750 |
Edward |
Smith |
|
Maine |
|
|
1751 |
Wm. |
Brabazon |
|
Willville |
|
|
1752 |
Ross |
Moore |
|
Carlingford |
|
|
1753 |
Oliver |
Plunkett |
|
Louth Hall |
|
|
1754 |
Wm. |
Foster |
|
Dunleare |
|
|
1755 |
James |
Fortescue |
|
- |
|
|
1756 |
Robert |
Sibthorpe |
|
- |
|
|
1757 |
James |
Hamilton |
Esq. |
- |
(Lord Limerick) |
|
1758 |
Anthony |
Foster |
|
Dunleare |
|
|
1759 |
Robert |
Ball |
|
Priorstown |
|
|
1760 |
Latham |
Blacker |
|
- |
|
|
1761 |
Blayney Townley |
Balfour |
|
Townley Hall |
|
|
1762 |
Edward |
Tipping |
|
Ballraggin |
|
|
1763 |
Anthony |
Garstin |
|
Bragganstown |
|
|
1764 |
Wm. |
Eccleston |
|
Termafikin |
|
|
1765 |
Thos. |
Newcomen |
|
Callistown |
|
|
1766 |
Richard |
Dawson |
"the younger" |
Atherdee |
|
|
1767 |
Chas. |
Craven |
|
Applefield |
|
|
1768 |
John |
McClintock |
|
- |
|
|
1769 |
John |
Foster |
|
Collon |
|
|
1770 |
Thos. |
Fortescue |
|
Dromiskin |
|
|
1771 |
Blayney Townley |
Balfour |
"the younger" |
Townley Hall |
|
|
1772 |
William |
Eccleston |
|
Drumshallon |
|
|
1773 |
William |
Filgate |
|
Lissreny |
|
|
1774 |
John Bowes |
Benson |
|
Catherine Grove |
|
|
1775 |
Samuel |
Poe |
|
Poe's Court |
|
|
1776 |
John Wm. |
Foster |
|
Rosey Park |
|
|
1777 |
Edward Smith |
Stafford |
|
Maine |
|
|
1778 |
Thos. |
Lee |
|
Tullykeel |
|
|
1779 |
William |
Shiels |
|
Newtown Darver |
|
|
1780 |
Philip |
Brabazon |
|
Bellvue |
|
|
1781 |
Henry |
Bellingham |
|
Castle Bellingham |
|
|
1782 |
John Thos. |
Foster |
|
Dunleer |
|
|
1783 |
Richard |
Cooper |
|
Rathescar |
|
|
1784 |
Henry |
Coddington |
|
Dunleer |
|
|
1785 |
Chas. |
Cobbe |
|
Dowdstown |
|
|
1786 |
Thomas Jas. |
Fortescue |
|
Ravensdale |
|
|
1787 |
Matt. |
Fortescue |
|
Stephenstown |
|
|
1788 |
James |
Tisdall |
|
Bawn |
|
|
1789 |
Turner |
Camac |
|
Greenmount Lodge |
|
|
1790 |
Henry |
Foster |
|
Green Mount |
|
|
1791 |
Thomas Wm. |
Filgate |
|
- |
|
|
1792 |
Mathew |
Plunkett |
Hon. |
Charlestown |
|
|
1793 |
Blaney Townley |
Balfour |
|
- |
for public
Approbation click
Here |
|
1794 |
Francis |
Manning |
|
Drakestown |
|
|
1795 |
Nichs. |
Coddington |
|
Dunleer |
|
|
1796 |
Alexander |
McClintock (died) |
|
Newtown |
|
|
1796 |
John |
Burne |
junior |
- |
|
|
1797 |
Wm. Lather Blacker |
Hamlin |
|
Rath Esker Lodge |
|
|
1798 |
John |
McClintock |
junior |
Drumcar |
|
|
1799 |
Wallop |
Brabazon |
|
Rath |
|
|
1800 |
Chichester |
Fortescue |
|
Dromiskin |
|
|
1801 |
John |
Jocelyn |
Hon. |
Fair Hill |
|
|
1802 |
Turner |
Macan |
|
Greenmount Lodge |
|
|
1803 |
John |
Strahan |
|
Dundalk |
|
|
1804 |
Francis |
Eastwood |
|
Killincoole |
|
|
1805 |
Francis |
Eastwood |
|
- |
|
|
1806 |
John |
Bolton |
|
Maine |
|
|
1807 |
Alex. |
Filgate |
|
Lisrenny |
|
|
1808 |
John |
Page |
|
Dundalk |
|
|
1809 |
Robert |
Thompson |
|
Anagassan |
|
|
1810 |
Henry |
Brabazon |
|
Dromiskin |
|
|
1811 |
Thos. Henry |
Foster |
Rt. Hon. |
Collin |
|
|
1812 |
Robert |
Jocelyn |
Hon. |
- |
(Lord Viscount
Jocelyn) |
|
1812 |
Chas. |
Eastwood |
|
Castletown (vice Viscount Jocelyn whose name was revoked) |
|
|
1813 |
Philip |
Pendleton |
|
Dromgooldstown |
|
|
1814 |
Matt. |
Fortescue |
|
Stephenstown |
|
|
1815 |
George Shiels |
Eccleston |
|
Dromiskin |
|
|
1816 |
Brabazon Disney |
Shiel |
|
Newtown Darver |
|
|
1817 |
Turner |
Macan |
|
Greenmount |
|
|
1818 |
Faithful |
Fortescue |
|
Corderry |
|
|
1819 |
Wm. Parkinson |
Ruxton |
|
Red House |
|
|
1820 |
Thos. Lee |
Norman |
|
Corbollis |
|
|
1821 |
Faithful Wm. |
Fortescue |
|
Miltown Grange |
|
|
1822 |
Thomas |
Tisdall |
|
- |
|
|
1823 |
John Fitzherbert |
Ruxton |
|
Ardee House |
|
|
1824 |
Jas. Thos. Townley |
Tisdall |
|
Bawn |
|
|
1825 |
Nathaniel |
Manning |
|
Drakestown |
|
|
1826 |
John |
Woolsey |
|
Milestown, Castlebellingham |
|
|
1827 |
Robt. |
Pentland |
|
Blackhall, Drogheda |
|
|
1828 |
Berkeley Buckingham |
Stafford |
|
Maine, Castlebellingham |
|
|
1829 |
Edw. |
Bellingham, Bart. |
Sir |
Castlebellingham |
|
|
1830 |
Turner |
Macan |
|
Greenmount, Castlebellingham |
|
|
1831 |
Patk. |
Bellew, Bart. |
Sir |
Castlebellingham |
|
|
1832 |
Wm. |
Filgate |
|
Lisrenny |
|
|
1833 |
Edw. |
Tipping |
|
Bellurgan Park |
|
|
1834 |
Francis |
Donagh |
|
Newtown |
|
|
1835 |
Geo. |
Taaffe |
|
Smarmore Castle |
|
|
1836 |
Mathew |
O'Reilly |
|
Thomastown |
|
|
1837 |
Henry |
Chester |
|
Cartown, Drogheda |
|
|
1838 |
Michael |
Chester |
|
Stone House |
|
|
1839 |
Thos. |
Fortescue |
|
Ravensdale, Dundalk |
|
|
1840 |
John |
McClintock |
junior |
Dromcar, Dunleer |
|
|
1841 |
Blaney |
Balfour |
junior |
Townley Hall, Dunleer |
|
|
1842 |
- |
Jocelyn |
Lord. Visct. |
Dundalk |
|
|
1843 |
Samuel |
McClintock |
|
Newtown, Drogheda |
|
|
1844 |
Richard |
Robinson, Bart. |
Sir |
Rokeby Hall, Dunleer |
|
|
1845 |
Frederick John |
Foster |
|
Castlering, Ardee |
|
|
1846 |
Lewis |
Upton |
|
Glyde Farm, Ardee |
|
|
1847 |
Wm. |
Ruxton |
|
Ardee House, Ardee |
|
|
1848 |
Miles Wm. |
O'Reilly |
|
Knockabbey Castle, Louth |
|
|
1849 |
John Stephen |
Robinson, Bart. |
Sir |
Dunleer |
|
|
1850 |
Frederick George |
Foster, Bart. |
Sir |
New Spring Gdns., London |
|
|
1851 |
Geo. |
Ruxton |
|
Rahanna, Ardee |
|
|
1852 |
John |
Murphy |
|
Castletown, Dundalk |
|
|
1853 |
Richard |
Macan |
|
Greenmount, Castlebellingham |
|
|
1854 |
Edward |
Bellew |
Sir |
Barmeath |
|
|
1855 |
Richard Thos. |
Montgomery |
|
Beaulieu, Drogheda |
|
|
1856 |
Myles |
Taaffe |
|
Smarmore, Ardee |
|
|
1857 |
Matthew O'Reilly |
Dease |
|
Charleville, Dunleer |
|
|
1858 |
Michael |
Carraher |
|
Cardistown, Ardee |
|
|
1859 |
Arthur |
Blackburn |
|
Corderry.Ardee |
|
|
1860 |
Laurence |
Waldron |
M.P. |
Ballybrack Dalkey [Co. Dublin] |
|
|
1861 |
John Chas. Wm |
Fortescue |
Lieut.-Col. |
Stephenstown, Dundalk |
|
|
1862 |
Henry Edward |
Singletown |
|
Hazley Heath, Hants. |
|
|
1863 |
Chas. Brinsley |
Marlay |
|
St. Catherine's Lodge, Regent's Park, London |
|
|
1864 |
Edward |
Singleton |
|
Belpatrick, Collon |
|
|
1865 |
Henry St. George |
Smith |
|
Piperstown, Drogheda |
|
|
1866 |
St. Clair Kilburn |
Mulholland |
|
Eglantine, Hillsborough |
|
|
1867 |
Charles |
Cobbe |
|
Newbridge, Donabate |
|
|
1868 |
Wm. |
Woolsey |
|
The Crescent, Castlebellingham |
|
|
1869 |
Ralph |
Smyth |
|
Newtown House, Drogheda |
|
|
1870 |
James Smith |
Barry |
|
Foaty, Quennstown |
|
|
1871 |
Richard Altamont |
Smythe |
|
Newtown, Drogheda, and 70 Pembroke-rd., Dublin |
|
|
1872 |
John |
Henry |
|
Richardstown Castle, Dunleer |
|
|
1873 |
Robert Foster |
Dunlop |
|
Monasterboice Ho., Collon |
|
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1874 |
Thos. Mahon |
Richardson |
|
Prospect, Dundalk |
|
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1875 |
John Frederick |
Foster |
|
Glyde Court, Ardee |
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1876 |
Percy |
Fitzgerald |
|
Fane Valley, Dundalk, and 37 George-st., Eccleston-square, London |
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1877 |
Arthur Pemberton |
Lonsdale |
|
Acton Park, Wrexham |
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1878 |
John |
Taaffe |
|
Smarmore Castle, Ardee |
|
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1879 |
Wm. De Salis |
Filgate |
|
Lisrenny, Ardee |
|
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1880 |
John Ribton |
Garstin |
|
Braganstown, Castlebellingham |
|
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1881 |
John Alexander |
Lee-Norman |
|
Corbollis, Ardee |
|
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1882 |
Arthur |
Macan |
|
Drumcashel, Castlebellingham |
|
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1883 |
Conway E. |
Dobbs |
|
21 Fitzwilliam-sq. South, Dublin |
|
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1884 |
Philip |
Callan |
|
Dowdstown, Ardee |
|
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1885 |
Blayney Reynell Townley |
Balfour |
|
Townley Hall, Drogheda |
|
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1886 |
Thos. Plunkett |
Cairnes |
|
Stameen, Drogheda |
|
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1887 |
Geo. Chas. |
Smyth |
|
Newtown, Drogheda |
|
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1888 |
Malcolm Brown |
Murray |
|
Roden Place, Dundalk |
|
|
1889 |
O'Brien Bellingham |
Woolsey |
Major-Gen. |
Milestown, Castlebellingham |
|
|
1890 |
Patrick |
Ternan |
|
Listoke, Drogheda |
|
|
1891 |
John Coleman |
Kiernan |
|
Rathbrist, Drogheda |
|
|
1892 |
Patrick Casey |
Connolly |
|
Beaulieu, Drogheda |
|
|
1893 |
Henry |
Chester |
|
Williamstown, Castlebellingham |
|
|
1894 |
Edmond |
O'Conor |
|
Charleville, Dunleer |
|
|
1895 |
Chas. Bertram |
Bellew |
Hon. |
Barmeath Castle, Dunleer |
|
|
1896 |
Patk. Jas. |
Waldron |
Major |
The Releigh Club, London |
|
|
1897 |
Henry |
Bellingham, Bart. |
Sir |
Bellingham Castle, Castlebellingham |
|
|
1898 |
Gerald Collingwood |
Robinson, Bart. |
Sir |
Rokeby Hall, Dunleer |
|
|
1899 |
Henry J. |
Daly |
|
Donacarney House, Drogheda |
|
|
1900 |
Mark |
Singleton |
Capt. |
Army and Navy Club, Pall Mall, London, S.W. |
|
|
1901 |
Sugustus Vere |
Foster, Bart. |
Sir |
Glyde Court, Ardee |
|
|
1902 |
John Pemberton |
Heywood-Lonsdale |
|
Bicester Hall, Bicester |
|
|
1903 |
Matthew Chas. Edward |
Fortescue |
Major |
Stephenstown. Dundalk |
|
|
1904 |
Wm. Bellingham |
Jameson |
|
Beaulieu, Drogheda |
|
|
1905 |
Richard Walter |
Walsh |
|
Williamstown, Castlebellingham |
|
|
1906 |
John Roland |
Singleton |
|
Mell, Drogheda |
|
|
1907 |
George |
Taaffe |
|
Smarmore Castle, Ardee |
|
|
1908 |
Blayney Reynell Townley |
Balfour |
|
Townley Hall, Drogheda |
(2nd. time) |
|
1909 |
John James Eastwood |
Bigger |
|
Falmore Hall, Dundalk |
|
|
1910 |
Richard Johnston |
Montgomery |
|
Killineer House, Drogheda |
|
|
1911 |
Alfred Bellingham |
Cairnes |
|
Listoke, Drogheda |
|
|
1912 |
John Dobbin |
Bell |
|
Killin, Dundalk |
|
|
1913 |
Maxwell Thos. |
Moore-Boyle |
|
Prospect, Dundalk |
|
|
1914 |
George |
Knaggs |
Capt. |
Corderry, Louth |
|
|
1915 |
Wm. Townley Geo. Seymour |
Macartney-Filgate |
|
Lowther Lodge, Balbriggan |
|
|
1916 |
Thomas Wm. |
Bell |
|
Philipstown, Dundalk |
|
|
1917 |
Thos. Callan |
Macardle |
|
St. Margaret's, Dundalk |
|
|
1918 |
Chas. Davis |
Guinness |
Colonel |
Clermont Park, Dundalk |
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