Biography of William Clements 3rd Earl Leitrim 1806-1878

On 27 Jul 1804 [his grandfather] Robert Clements 1st Earl Leitrim (age 71) died. His son [his father] Nathaniel Clements 2nd Earl Leitrim (age 36) succeeded 2nd Earl Leitrim.

On 05 Feb 1840 [his mother] Mary Bermingham died.

On 31 Dec 1854 [his father] Nathaniel Clements 2nd Earl Leitrim (age 86) died. His son William Clements 3rd Earl Leitrim (age 48) succeeded 3rd Earl Leitrim.

On 02 Apr 1878 William Clements 3rd Earl Leitrim (age 71) was assassinated along with his clerk and driver, near Cratlagh Wood while on his way to Milford (a village he owned in its entirety) from his home, Manor Vaughan (usually known as Mulroy House), on Mulroy Bay. Michael Heraghty and brothers Thomas and Bernard McGranahan were arrested. The gun butt had been traced to Heraghty, and paper for the wadding used to load the rifle was traced to a school copybook owned by the McGranahans. The McGranahans were released from Lifford Jail due to a lack of evidence. Heraghty died in Lifford Jail of typhus... The assassins, Nial Shiels of Doughmore, an itinerant tailor, Michael Hergarty of Tullyconnell, and Michael McElwee of Ballyworiskey, were from the remote Fanad Peninsula.