Griffith’s Valuation: Major Leslie Landowners by Estate / County

Griffith’s Valuation: Major Leslie Landowners by Estate or County

(The full listing of tenants will be printed in the Leslies of Ireland book.)

https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Ireland,_Valuation_Office_Books_-_FamilySearch_Historical_Records

The Leslies in Ireland listed below held land in many counties in Ireland during the time of Griffith’s Valuation, listed below are the counties with significant holdings. The number shown is the number of tenants, including the landowner’s plot.

Blayney Leslie            Leslie of Aghavea
County Fermanagh            19

Charles Alb. Leslie Leslie of Ballybay Estate
County Down                    76
County Monaghan             16

Charles P. Leslie          Leslie of the Glaslough Estate
County Antrim                  246
County Meath                   187
County Monaghan            921

Edward Leslie             Leslie of County Down
County Down                   22
County Longford              23

Emily Leslie                Leslie of the Ballybay Estate
County Monaghan            445

Francis Leslie              Leslie of Ballyward
County Donegal                86
County Down                   47

Henry Leslie                Leslie of Tarbert Estate
County Limerick               24

James E. Leslie           Leslie of Leslie Hill Estate
County Antrim                  326

Researching Leslies in Ireland is my passion. I devote many hours per week to this project and hope to have a book ready to publish by the end of the year. I have drafted the chapters on why Leslies left Scotland to go to Ireland. Currently, I am concerned with documenting who they were and where. Next, is the more difficult part, that is what contributions were made  in Irish history and to their community.
Lewis Johnson, Ed.D. FSAScot
President of Leslie Global Diaspora Foundation