Chancery as he was a lunatic. and descended as part of the Ballyconnell estate since then. George Montgomery died in 1841 and his estate went to his Enery cousins of Bawnboy. In 1856 they sold the estate to take advantage of its increased value owing to the opening of the Woodford Canal through the town in the same year. The estate, including Mullaghduff, was split up among different purchasers and maps & details of previous leases of the sold parts are still available. Four deeds relating to land transactions in Mullaghduff in 1749 are now in the Farnham Papers held in the National Library of Ireland (Collection List No. 95). They are described as- Lease for one year from Robert King to William Lennox of Mullaghduff in the barony of Tullyhaw and Ardarragh and other lands in the barony of Tullyhunco. 1749 Mar. 5 Conveyance of mortgage from Robert King to William Lennox secured by Mullaghduff in the barony of Tullyhaw and Ardarragh and other lands in the barony of Tullyhunco. 1749 Mar. 6. Lease for one year from Mrs. Mary Carmichael to Robert King of Mullaghduff in the barony of Tullyhaw and Ardarragh and other lands in the barony of Tullyhunco. 1749 May 1. Mortgage between Mrs. Mary Carmichael and Robert King secured by Mullaghduff in the barony of Tullyhaw and Ardarragh and other lands in the barony of Tullyhunco in consideration of the sum of £400. 1749 May 2. In the Cavan Poll Book of 1761, there were five people registered to vote in Mullaghduff in the Irish general election, 1761: William Armstrong, Joseph Benison, Robert Neill, Joseph Trimble and William Trimble. They were each entitled to cast two votes. The four election candidates were Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont and Lord Newtownbutler (later Brinsley Butler, 2nd Earl of Lanesborough), both of whom were then elected Member of Parliament for Cavan County. The losing candidates were George Montgomery (MP) of Ballyconnell and Barry Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham. Absence from the poll book either meant a resident did not vote or, more likely, was not a freeholder entitled to vote, which would mean most of the inhabitants of Mullaghduff. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as Mullagh and Cloghan. Ambrose Leet's 1814 Directory spells the name as Mullagh-duff. The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list the following tithepayers in the townland- Moore, Gallagher, Whitely, Sturdy,