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Corratillan
Corratillan () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Corratillan is bounded on the west by Cornacleigh and Cronery townlands, on the north by Knockmore, County Cavan townland and on the east by Culliagh, Muineal and Teeboy townlands. Its chief geographical features are the River Blackwater, County Cavan, forestry plantations and spring wells. Corratillan is traversed by the R202 road (Ireland) and rural lanes. The townland covers 182 statute acres. The sub-divisions of the townland are- Parknaloochra (Páirc na Luachra = The Field of the Rushes); Cronamuck (Cró na Muc = The Pigsty); Whinny Hill. History The 1614 Ulster Plantation grants list the townland as ''Corrytillan''. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the name as ''Corratellane''. In the Plantation of Ulster by grant dated 24 February 1614, King James VI and I granted, inter alia, ''one pole of Corrytil ...
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Corratillan Townland, Corlough Parish, County Cavan, Republic Of Ireland
Corratillan () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Corratillan is bounded on the west by Cornacleigh and Cronery townlands, on the north by Knockmore, County Cavan townland and on the east by Culliagh, Muineal and Teeboy townlands. Its chief geographical features are the River Blackwater, County Cavan, forestry plantations and spring wells. Corratillan is traversed by the R202 road (Ireland) and rural lanes. The townland covers 182 statute acres. The sub-divisions of the townland are- Parknaloochra (Páirc na Luachra = The Field of the Rushes); Cronamuck (Cró na Muc = The Pigsty); Whinny Hill. History The 1614 Ulster Plantation grants list the townland as ''Corrytillan''. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the name as ''Corratellane''. In the Plantation of Ulster by grant dated 24 February 1614, King James VI and I granted, inter alia, ''one pole of Co ...
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Corlough Community Centre (geograph 3610994)
Corlough () is a Roman Catholic parish situated in the Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. It derives its name from Corlough townland, in which the parish church is situate. It formed part of the larger parish of Templeport until 1877 when Corlough was made a separate parish. The name of Corlough parish has an unclear derivation. Some references propose it means either 'the Hill of the Lake' or "the Lake of the Herons". These are unlikely meanings as there is no lake in the townland. The earliest reference to the townland is in the 1790 list of Cavan townlands where it is spelled "Corclagh", which would be an Anglicization of "Cor Cloch", meaning either 'the Stone on the Round Hill' or "the Stony Hill", a more likely explanation. Townlands in Corlough parish Aghnacollia; Altachullion Lower; Altachullion Upper; Altateskin; Altcrock; Altinure; Altnadarragh; Arderry; Ardvagh; Cartronnagilta; Clarbally; Corlough townland; Cornacleigh; Corracholia Beg; Corracholia More ...
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Teeboy
Teeboy () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. The local pronunciation is ''Tubwee''. Geography Teeboy is bounded on the north by Arderry townland, on the west by Corratillan, Culliagh and Muineal townlands and on the east by Drumlougher, Gortnacargy and Tirnawannagh townlands. Its chief geographical features are Bunerky Lough (Irish = Loch Bun Adhairc = The Lake of the Butt of the Horn), the River Blackwater, County Cavan, forestry plantations, small streams, a gravel pit, spring wells and dug wells. Teeboy is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 472 statute acres. The sub-divisions in the townland are Whitepark; Blackpark; Rock Field; Kilepark; The Gurteens (Guirtíní = The Small Gardens); Cruckane (Cnocán = The Little Hill); Poolaphouca (Poll an Phúca = The Púca's Hollow in the Fort); Torreewa (Tor Riabhach = The Speckled Hill); Cu ...
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Culliagh
Culliagh () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. Culliagh is bounded on the west by Drumlaydan and Cronery townlands, on the south by Torrewa townland, on the north by Corratillan townland and on the east by Bellaleenan, Drumlougher and Teeboy townlands. Its chief geographical features are the River Blackwater, County Cavan, forestry plantations, spring wells and dug wells. Culliagh is traversed by the L5036 public road and rural lanes. The townland covers 265 statute acres. History In medieval times the McGovern barony of Tullyhaw was divided into economic taxation areas called ballibetoes, from the Irish ''Baile Biataigh'' (Anglicized as 'Ballybetagh'), meaning 'A Provisioner's Town or Settlement'. The original purpose was to enable the farmer, who controlled the baile, to provide hospitality for those who needed it, such as poor people and travellers. The ballybet ...
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Knockmore, County Cavan
Knockmore () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Knockmore is bounded on the west by Cornacleigh, Corlough townland, Tullytrasna and Corracholia More townlands, on the north by Clarbally townland, on the south by Corratillan townland and on the east by Muineal and Tonlegee townlands. Its chief geographical features are the River Blackwater, County Cavan, forestry plantations, gravel pits, dug wells and spring wells. Knockmore is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 275 statute acres. The sub-divisions of the townland are called- Mollybwee (Mullach Buidhe = The Yellow Hill-Face); Garry-Aymundhiv (Garraidhe Eamain Duibh = Black Edmund's Garden); Pullyarran (Poll a Ghearain = The Horse-Pool in the River). History In the Plantation of Ulster by grant dated 24 February 1614, King James VI and I James VI and I (James Charles Stu ...
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Cronery
Cronery () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. The local pronunciation is Crinnera. Geography Cronery is bounded on the north by Corratillan townland, on the west by Cartronnagilta, Cornacleigh and Derrinivver townlands, on the south by Drumlaydan and Sradrinan townlands and on the east by Culliagh townland. Its chief geographical features are the River Blackwater, County Cavan, forestry plantations, dug wells and spring wells. Cronery is traversed by the R202 road (Ireland) and rural lanes. The townland covers 188 statute acres. History In medieval times the McGovern barony of Tullyhaw was divided into economic taxation areas called ballibetoes, from the Irish ''Baile Biataigh'' (Anglicized as 'Ballybetagh'), meaning 'A Provisioner's Town or Settlement'. The original purpose was to enable the farmer, who controlled the baile, to provide hospitality for those who nee ...
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Cornacleigh
Cornacleigh () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, and barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. The local pronunciation is Curnacloyche. Geography Cornacleigh is bounded on the north by Corlough townland, on the west by Leitra, Corlough townland, on the south by Cartronnagilta and Cronery townlands and on the east by Corratillan and Knockmore, County Cavan townlands. Its chief geographical features are the River Blackwater, County Cavan, a stream, forestry plantations and spring wells. Cornacleigh is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 108 statute acres. History In earlier times the townland was probably uninhabited as it consists mainly of bog and poor clay soils. It was not seized by the English during the Plantation of Ulster in 1610 or in the Cromwellian Settlement of the 1660s so some dispossessed Irish families moved there and began to clear and farm the land. A lease dated 17 September 1816 John Enery of Bawnboy includes '' ...
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Muineal
Muineal () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Muineal is bounded on the north by Derryconnessy and Tonlegee townlands, on the south by Teeboy townland, on the west by Corratillan and Knockmore, County Cavan townlands and on the east by Arderry townland. Its chief geographical features are the River Blackwater, County Cavan,a small stream, forestry plantations, spring wells and dug wells. Muineal is traversed by the R202 road (Ireland) and rural lanes. The crossroads is known as ''Devine’s Cross''. The townland covers 104 statute acres. History In medieval times the McGovern barony of Tullyhaw was divided into economic taxation areas called ballibetoes, from the Irish ''Baile Biataigh'' (Anglicized as 'Ballybetagh'), meaning 'A Provisioner's Town or Settlement'. The original purpose was to enable the farmer, who controlled the baile, to provide hospitality ...
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Corlough
Corlough () is a Roman Catholic parish situated in the Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. It derives its name from Corlough townland, in which the parish church is situate. It formed part of the larger parish of Templeport until 1877 when Corlough was made a separate parish. The name of Corlough parish has an unclear derivation. Some references propose it means either 'the Hill of the Lake' or "the Lake of the Herons". These are unlikely meanings as there is no lake in the townland. The earliest reference to the townland is in the 1790 list of Cavan townlands where it is spelled "Corclagh", which would be an Anglicization of "Cor Cloch", meaning either 'the Stone on the Round Hill' or "the Stony Hill", a more likely explanation. Townlands in Corlough parish Aghnacollia; Altachullion Lower; Altachullion Upper; Altateskin; Altcrock; Altinure; Altnadarragh; Arderry; Ardvagh; Cartronnagilta; Clarbally; Corlough townland; Cornacleigh; Corracholia Beg; Corracholia More; Co ...
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Tullyhaw
Tullyhaw ( ga, Teallach Eathach) (which means 'The Territory of Eochaidh', an ancestor of the McGoverns, who lived ) is a Barony in County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland. The area has been in constant occupation since pre-4000 BC. Located in the northwest of the county, it has been referred to as Cavan's panhandle. In 1579, East Breifne, then part of Connacht, was made a shire. The shire was named County Cavan ( ga, An Cabhán) after Cavan, the area's main town. The administration remained in the control of the local Irish dynasty and subject to the Brehon and Canon Law. In 1584, Sir John Perrot formed the shire into a county in Ulster. It was subdivided into seven baronies: *two of which were assigned to Sir John O'Reilly and *three to other members of the family; *two remaining, possessed by the septs of ** McKiernan Clan and **McGovern (a.k.a. ''Magauran'') The last one, Tullyhaw, encompassed the mountains bordering on O'Rourke's country, and was left subject t ...
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Republic Of Ireland
Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. Around 2.1 million of the country's population of 5.13 million people resides in the Greater Dublin Area. The sovereign state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the Celtic Sea to the south, St George's Channel to the south-east, and the Irish Sea to the east. It is a unitary, parliamentary republic. The legislature, the , consists of a lower house, ; an upper house, ; and an elected President () who serves as the largely ceremonial head of state, but with some important powers and duties. The head of government is the (Prime Minister, literally 'Chief', a title not used in English), who is elected by the Dáil and appointed by ...
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County Cavan
County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is based on the historic Gaelic Ireland, Gaelic territory of East Breifne, East Breffny (''Bréifne''). Cavan County Council is the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authority for the county, which had a population of 76,176 at the 2016 census. Geography Cavan borders six counties: County Leitrim, Leitrim to the west, County Fermanagh, Fermanagh and County Monaghan, Monaghan to the north, County Meath, Meath to the south-east, County Longford, Longford to the south-west and County Westmeath, Westmeath to the south. Cavan shares a border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. Cavan is the 19th largest of the 32 counties in area and the 25th largest by population. The county is part of the Northern and Western Region, a Nom ...
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