Hello Linny,
Minard House, near Newtownforbes, was built in the 1760s.
www.iol.ie/~newtownf/clonguish.htmlIrish Flax Growers, 1796Roger Percival, Longford. Longford
There's a townland named Minard in the Parish of Clongesh
There's no listing for Percival in the extracts of the 1854 Griffiths Valuation
nor is there a listing in the list of County Longford Landowners - 1870s.
Griffiths Valuation - Dublin 1848-51Alexander Percival, Merrion Square, Lower St. Peters
Griffiths Valuation - Laois 1851-52Alexr. Percival, Esq., Bawn, Curraclone
Griffiths Valuation - Leitrim 1856Alexander Percival, Curraun, Mohill
Griffiths Valuation - Sligo 1858Col. Alexander Percival, Cloonkeevy, Emlaghfad
Col. Alexander Percival, Kilbrattan, Emlaghfad
Col. Alexander Percival, Lecarrow, Cloonoghil
Col. Alexander Percival, Islands, Island in Templehouse Lake, Cloonoghil
There's a Church of Ireland and Cemetery at Newtownforbes
http://tinyurl.com/6h4pdpThe Church of Ireland was built by the Forbes family in the late seventeenth century and the Catholic Church was built by the Forbes family in the 1850s.
www.longford.ie/longford_towns.aspx?id=840I've linked your
"Same family of Percivals in Longford and Leitrim" to this thread
http://tinyurl.com/6gt3zzChristopher