This page collects the McGoughs in the parish of Clontibret, county Monaghan, mostly from the 1800s.

Location of the parish of Clontibret

The parish of Clontibret is bounded on the west by the parish of Muckno and county Armagh, on the south by the parish of Donaghmoyne, and on the east (from south to north) by the civil parishes of Aghnamullen (for a short distance), Ballybay, Tullycorbett, Monaghan, and Tehallen. To place Clontibret within county Monaghan, see the map of the civil parishes of county Monaghan. There is a sketch map of Clontibret parish and the surrounding parishes on the website: A Coogan Family of County Monaghan.

For information on the entire parish, see: The Parish of Clontibret.

Below are some additional McGoughs from the Formil-Cornalough area of Clontibret:

Attached to a deed dated March 18, 1854, of an interest in the Blayney estate is a "Schedule to Which the Foregoing Deed Refers." Under the townland of Cornalough is listed the Widow of John McGough holding a little over 25 acres 1 rod 11 perches on a year-to-year tenancy ending in May at an annual rent of £17 10s 10p. Under the townland of Formil is a year-to-year least of over 31 acres to Widow Mary McGough. In Formil East are leases to Thomas McGough and Owen McGough (with John Neile); to Patt McGough, to Terrence McGough; and to Luke Brennan (late T. McGough).

Central Clontibret

The townlands of Drumgristin, Corlealackagh, Lackagh, and Annyalla lie in central Clontibret, a little to the south of the center line between north and south.

Drumgristin

Drumgristin in a townland on the western boundary of the parish of Clontibret, about 5 kilometers north by northeast of the town of Ballybay, and about 9 kilometers west by northwest of the town of Castleblayney. Drumgristin Lough is the headwaters of the Derrycreevy river that flows under the "Big Bridge" and into Lough Muckno just north of Castleblayney.

324 Andrew McGeogh is shown by Griffith's Valuation on 1860 to be renting a house, offices, and 11 acres of land in Drumgristin from the Right at £6.0.0 a year.

325 Andrew McGeough is shown by the Tithe Applotment Books to be holding land in Drumgristin in 1830.

Adjoining the townland of Drumgristin to the west, just inside the eastern border of the civil parish of Tullycorbet, is the townland of Drumroosk. Anne McGeogh, probably a widow, was renting a house in Drumroosk in 1860. See McGoughs, McGeoughs, and McGeoghs in the Civil Parish of Ballybay.

Lackagh

Lackagh is a townland just short of 3 kilometers east of Drumgristin. The townland of Lackagh is about 7 kilometers northwest of Formil.

Bernard (Barney) McGeough, a poet, was born on December 1, 1864, in Lackagh, Clontibret, to John McGeough and Ellen Carroll, both school teachers. The birth is listed in the IGI as in Castleblayney, Monaghan. The IGI shows two other children born to John McGough and Ellen Carroll, Margaret Jane McGough, born on July 5, 1866; and Esther Mc Gough born in Ireland on April 13, 1873. The first birth was registered at Castleblayney under McGeough, and the second and third under McGough. The Book of Clontibret, by Brendan O'Dufaigh says that Barney died in Castleblayney on June 10, 1939, without ever having been married. The book says Barney had one sister, Teresa, who was born in 1879, and was a seamstress. John McGough and Ellen Carroll are listed by the IGI as the parents of Alice Maria McGough born in Monaghan, Ireland, on May 7, 1870.

Annyalla

Annyalla is 6 1/2 kilometers northwest of the town of Castleblayney. The N2 highway runs directly from Castleblayney to Annyalla.

307 Bryan McGeough is shown by the Tithe Applotment Books to have held property in the townland of Annyalla in 1830.

Upper Clontibret

Coolartragh and Crossmore

Coolartragh [H787286] is a townland on the Armagh border The Coolartragh Mine, otherwise known as the Coolartra, Bond, Bond and Newry, or Coolarten and Bond Mine, was worked and developed for lead intermittently from sometime in the early 1840s, apparently by a William Conn, up to 1892. The townland of Crossmore is almost immediately to the west. The battle of Clontibret in 1595 was fought about a kilometer north by northwest of Crossmore. In 1665, there was a McGough family in Crossmore.

Phelem McGoeugh is listed for 1665 in the townland of Crossmore in the parish of Clontibret. (H768283). This house is about 8 1/2 kilometers (5.3 miles) north and about 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) west of the center of Castleblayney, or about 10 1/2 kilometers (6 1/2 miles) northwest of Castleblayney on N2, a short distance east of the highway. (I assume that McGoeugh is a typographical error in Rushe's book.). See Hearth Money Rolls for County Monaghan: McGeogh, McGeough, and McGogh.

Corlagen North

A little over 2 kilometers northwest of Crossmore is the townland of Corlagen North. The Hearth Money Rolls show a Phelime McGough there in 1665.

Phelime McGeough is listed for 1665 in the townland of Corlagan North in the parish of Clontibret. (H738291). This is about 1 kilometer west (.62 miles) of the present intersection of N2 and R 184, which intersection is marked "Clontibret." This house is about 2 kilometers northwest of the house of the Phelim McGoeugh described immediately above, and is about 9 1/2 kilometers (5.9 miles) north and about 7 1/2 kilometers (4.66 miles) west of the center of Castleblayney, or about 12 kilometers (7.45 miles) northwest of Castleblayney on N2, and from there, about 1.2 kilometers (0.75 miles) west of the highway.

Dromore

The townland of Dromore adjoins the townland of Crossmore to the west. Dromore lies on the western border of the parish of Clontibret.

314 John McGeough is shown by the Tithe Applotment Books as sharing 147 (?) acres of land with his brother Peter McGeough in the townland of Dromore in 1830

315 Peter McGeough is shown by the Tithe Applotment Books as sharing 147 (?) acres of land with his brother John in the townland of Dromore in 1830.

John and Peter McGeough were brothers. John moved to Jo Daviess County, Illinois, no later than 1846. Peter may have accompanied him, but Peter's family arrived there no earlier than 1847, and no later than 1850. In Illinois, the surname was usually spelled McGough. See John and Peter McGough—Two Brothers in Jo Daviess County, Illinois.

Phyllis Devereux believes that John and Peter were sons of Bridget McGough of Drumbeo, #320 below.

Drumbeo

The townland of Drumbeo is on the eastern boundary of the parish of Clontibret and on the western boundary of county Armagh. (H767 325). It is about 8 kilometers west by southwest of the town of Keady in county Armagh and about 10 kilometers east of the town of Monaghan. Less than 3 kilometers to the west by northwest of Drumbeo is the townland of Alkill in the civil parish of Tehallan where there were several McGoughs in the 1800s. See McGoughs, McGeoughs and McGeoghs in the Baronies of Dartree and Monaghan.

320 Bridget McGeough, who was born about 1790, is shown by the Tithe Applotment Books to have held one half an acre of land in the townland of Drumbeo in 1830.

321 Bryan McGeough is shown by the Tithe Applotment Books to have held land in Drumbeo in 1830. Phyllis Devereux says that his given name was Bernard, and that he was the son of Bridget McGeough, #321 above, and the older brother of Francis McGeough, #322, below.

322 Francis McGeough is shown by the Tithe Applotment Books to have had land in Drumbeo in 1830. Phyllis Devereux believe he was the younger son of Bridget McGeough, #320 above, and the younger brother of Bryan McGeough, #321 above. She believes that this Francis was born about January 1, 1825, and thus was only 5 years old at the time of the Tithe Applotment survey. Devereux believes that this John McGeough was her great-great grandfather.

Phyllis Devereux says that the widowed Bridget McGeough migrated to Canada in 1833 with her sons Bryan (Bernard) and Francis, and that the sons later moved to Iowa. See Bernard McGough and Catherine Kernaghan of Lindsay, Ontario, and Allamakee County, Iowa. She also believes that John and Peter McGeough of the nearby townland of Dromore were also sons of Bridget McGeough. See John and Peter McGough—Two Brothers in Jo Daviess County, Illinois.

323 Patrick McGeough, Jr., is shown by Griffith's Valuation of 1860 to rent a house, offices, and six acres of land in Drumbeo from the trustees of Charles A. Leslie.

Patrick McGeough and Mary McArdle McGeough are listed in the IGI as the parents of Peter McGeough born in "Drumboe, Monaghan" on January 25, 1878. [Mary McGough, born in county Monaghan in 1852, a domestic living at 139 East 31st Street, New York City, opened account number 107890 in the New York Emigrant Savings Banks on April 8, 1875. She had arrived in New York City aboard the City of London. Her father was Patrick McGough. Her mother was Mary McArdle. See the 1880 census of New York City, 21st Ward.]

My web page McGough and McGeough Gravestone Inscriptions in County Monaghan shows seven McGeoughs of Drumbeo memorialized by the same stone (#12) in the Clontibret parish cemetery at the townland of Tullybuck:

Bernard McGeough. Died April 14, 1914. Age 81. Husband of Bridget.

Bridget McGeough. Died January 14, 1913. Age 75. Wife of Bernard.

Thomas McGeough. Died January 20, 1887. Age 21. Son of Bernard and Bridget.

Bernard McGeough. Died August 23, 1960. Age 72. Probably a son of Bernard and Bridget McGeough, above.

Mary Anne McGeough. Died August 6, 1976. Age 83.

Henry McGeough. Died November 5, 1990. Age 72. Son of Bernard and Mary Anne.

Francis McGeough. Died July 18, 1994. Son of Bernard and Mary Anne.

Super Index of Irish Wills, 1270–1860, a compilation of Irish will indexes by Gloria Bangerter, lists a will of Patrick McGough in 1778.

Doosky

Doosky is a townland about half way between the townland of Drumbeo to the north and Crossmore to the south. It lies on the boundary with county Armagh.

313 Arthur McGeough is shown by the Tithe Applotment Books as holding land in the townland of Doosky in 1830.

Lisglassan

Lisglassan is a townland about two kilometers west of Doosky

329 John McGeough is shown by Griffith's Valuation of 1860 to have rented a house, office, and 15 acres of land from the Right Honorable . Edward Lucas at £10.15.0 per annum.

330 Judith McGeough is shown by the Tithe Applotment Books to have held land in Lisglassan in 1830.

Clerran

Clerran is a townland 1 1/2 kilometers west of the townland of Drumbeo and 2 kilometers north of the townland of Lisglassan.

309 Thomas McGeough is shown by Griffith's Valuation of 1860 to hold a house, offices, and 4 acres of land from the Right Honorable Edward at £4.0.0 a year.

310 Thomas McGeough is shown by the Tithe Applotment Books to have held land in the townland of Clerran in 1830.