General Notes

1901 Census:
Residents of a house 6 in Drumborisk (Drum, Monaghan)
Surname    Forename    Age    Sex    Relation to head    Religion    Birthplace    Occupation    Literacy    Irish Language    Marital Status    Specified Illnesses
Mackay    James    41    Male    Head of Family    Presbyterian    Co Monaghan    Farmer    Read and write    -    Married    -
Mackay    Marget    47    Female    Wife    Presbyterian    Co Monaghan    -    Read and write    -    Married    -
Mackay    Ellen    17    Female    Daughter    Presbyterian    Co Monaghan    Farmers Daughter    Read and write    -    Not Married    -
Mackay    John    14    Male    Son    Presbyterian    Co Monaghan    Farmer's Son    Read and write    -    Not Married    -

1911 Census:
Residents of a house 5 in Drumborisk (Drum, Monaghan)
Surname    Forename    Age    Sex    Relation to head    Religion    Birthplace    Occupation    Literacy    Irish Language    Marital Status    Specified Illnesses    Years Married    Children Born    Children Living
Mackey    Margaret    64    Female    Head of Family    Church of Ireland    Co Monaghan    Farmer    Read and write    -    Widow    -    -    2    1
Mackey    John    24    Male    Son    Church of Ireland    Co Monaghan    Farmer    Read and write    -    Single    -    -

No evidence at IrishGenealogy of any marriage.

In the GVRBs:
- Edward Mackey is scored out of Plots 8A&B and 10 to John Mackey in 1866 and John is then scored out of both Plots 8 and 10 to Reps in 1873.
- Reps is scored out to James Mackey in 1880.  I am assuming this is John's son, James Mackey, 1859-1909.
- Plots 8A&B and 10 are combined in 1909 and one rood (0/1/0 arps) is hived off in 1913 with a note beside it saying "Land in dispute illegible" but James keeps all of the rest.  This land, although it is given as one rood and 15 perches, appears to have gone to John McQuade on Plot 9.
- By the beginning of the next book, James Mackey has vanished and John Mackey holds Plots 8A&B and 10.  There is also a note beside his name dated 1928 stating, "No change".  I am assuming that this is James son, John Mackey, b1885.  If Edward Mackey is my great great grandfather, as I suspect, that means that the land was last in the hands of a John Mackey in 1928.  And since there is no evidence that this John mackey married, he may have been the last Mackey to hold the land almost 90 years ago.

I think, but I am not sure, that Patrick Burns, of Drumborisk, told me that John did marry and had two children, William and Rebecca, and I can see a grave for a William and rebecca, siblings in Drum churchyard, so I am assuming that they had no children.  Unfortunately William and Rebecca were born to James McKay and Fannu Hall.  Patrick also told me that they left the land to the Lancashires.