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Corracleigh
Corracleigh, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Corr na Cloiche’ meaning ''The Round Hill of the Stone'', is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin and barony of Tullyhaw. The local pronunciation is ''Curracliff''. Geography Corracleigh is bounded on the west by Derrynananta Lower, Dunmakeever, Tonanilt and Tullynacross (Glangevlin) townlands and on the east by Bellavally Lower and Tullyminister townlands. Its chief geographical features are the Owenmore River (County Cavan), mountain streams, a waterfall, a forestry plantation and the stone which the townland is named after, marked on the OS maps as ''Corracleigh''. The townland is traversed by the regional R200 road (Ireland), minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 128 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 Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonanilt
Tonanilt, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Toin an Ailt’ meaning ''The Bottom of the Gorge'', is a townland in the civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Kinawley, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin and barony of Tullyhaw. The townland is also known as Towney (Gaelic- Tamhnaigh = Pasture). Geography Tonanilt is bounded on the north by Dunmakeever townland and on the south by Corracleigh townland. Its chief geographical features are the Tamhnaigh river, mountain streams and a waterfall. The townland is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 32 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. The landl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellavally Lower
Bellavally Lower (Gaelic 'Béal an Bhealaigh Íochtarach', meaning ''The Lower Entrance to the Pass or Gap''), is a townland in the civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The local pronunciation is ''Bealbally''. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Bellavally Lower is bounded on the north by Bursan townland, on the west by Corracleigh, Derrynananta Lower and Tullyminister townlands, on the east by Commas (Kinawley) townland and on the south by Bellavally Upper townland. Its chief geographical features are Cuilcagh mountain (on whose western slope it lies), the Owenmore River (County Cavan), mountain streams, waterfalls, swallow-holes, forestry plantations and spring wells. Bellavally Lower is traversed by the regional R200 road (Ireland), minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland is popular with mountain hikers and is also noted for geological formations such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glangevlin
Glangevlin () is a village in the northwest of County Cavan, Ireland. It is in the townlands of Gub (Glangevlin) and Tullytiernan, at the junction of the R200 and R207 regional roads. It is surrounded by the Cuilcagh Mountains and borders the counties of Leitrim and Fermanagh. A large stone known as 'Maguire's chair' is deposited on the right hand side of the road, roughly 4 miles from Glangevlin village, so-called because it was supposedly the inauguration site of the Maguire clan in medieval times. Glangevlin has a strong traditional Irish background and Irish was spoken up until the 1930s, one of the last places in Cavan where this was commonplace. Glangevlin is also well known to have been the last place in Ireland to have a glacier lasting from the Ice age. The Cuilcagh mountains were the last affected part of the island of Ireland as well as the most western part of Europe bar Iceland. Etymology Some sources, including ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland'', p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derrynananta Lower
Derrynananta Lower, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Doire na Neannta Íochtar’, meaning ''The Lower Oak-wood of the Nettles'', is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Derrynananta Lower is bounded on the north by Bellavally Lower townland, on the west by Corracleigh, Derrynananta Upper, Moneensauran and Tullynacross (Glangevlin) townlands, on the east by Altateskin, Altcrock, Bellavally Upper and Gowlan townlands and on the south by Tullyveela townland. Its chief geographical features are Derrynananta Lough, mountain pools, the Owenmore River (County Cavan), mountain streams, a waterfall, forestry plantations and spring wells. The townland is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 791 statute acres. History A folktale states that a McGovern Chief, Tomás Mág Samhradháin (died 1340), was released from captivity in Derryn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunmakeever
Dunmakeever is a townland in the Civil Parish of Kinawley, Roman Catholic Parish of Glangevlin, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Etymology The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename "Dún Mhic Íomhair" which means 'The Fort of Íomhair’s Son'. Íomhair, who lived about 850 A.D., was Lord of Tullyhaw and the son of Cosgrach mac Dúnghal. Íomhair’s son was Ruarc, after whom the townland is named, who lived about 880 A.D and was also Lord of Tullyhaw and an ancestor of the McGovern clan. Ruarc’s name is also preserved in the adjoining townland of Aghatirourke which is an anglicisation of 'Achadh-tigh-Ruairc' which means "The Field of Ruarc’s House". These townland names, along with Moneensauran, supply important evidence that the McGovern clan originally came from Glangevlin and only later spread out to other parts of Tullyhaw such as Ballymagauran and Blacklion. The earliest surviving mention of the townland name is 'Dunnemakevir', from a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tullyminister
Tullyminister, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Tulaigh an Mhinistir’ meaning ''The Hill of the Parson'' (as the land was glebeland belonging to the Church of Ireland ministers of Templeport parish), is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Tullyminister is bounded on the west by Corracleigh and Dunmakeever townlands and on the east by Bellavally Lower and Bursan townlands. Its chief geographical features are mountain streams, waterfalls and a spring well. The townland is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 55 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tullynacross (Glangevlin)
Tullynacross, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Tulaigh na Croise’ meaning ''The Hill of the Cross'', is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Tullynacross is bounded on the north by Ardvagh townland, on the west by Curraghglass and Gub (Glangevlin) townlands, on the south by Moneensauran townland and on the east by Corracleigh, Derrynananta Lower and Dunmakeever townlands. Its chief geographical features are Tullynacross Hill which reaches a height of 567 feet, Dunmakeever Lough, Owenmore River (County Cavan), mountain streams, gravel pits and spring wells. The townland is traversed by the regional R200 road (Ireland), minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 182 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 Planta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census Of Ireland, 1901
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include censuses of agriculture, traditional culture, business, supplies, and traffic censuses. The United Nations (UN) defines the essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity and defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every ten years. UN recommendations also cover census topics to be collected, official definitions, classifications and other useful information to co-ordinate international practices. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in turn, defines the census of agriculture as "a statistical operation for collecting, processing and disseminating data on the structure of agriculture, covering th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffith's Valuation
Griffith's Valuation was a boundary and land valuation survey of Ireland completed in 1868. Griffith's background Richard John Griffith started to value land in Scotland, where he spent two years in 1806-1807 valuing terrain through the examination of its soils. He used 'the Scotch system of valuation' and it was a modified version of this that he introduced into Ireland when he assumed the position of Commissioner of Valuation. Tasks in Ireland In 1825 Griffith was appointed by the British Government to carry out a boundary survey of Ireland. He was to mark the boundaries of every county, barony, civil parish and townland in preparation for the first Ordnance Survey. He completed the boundary work in 1844. He was also called upon to assist in the preparation of a Parliamentary bill to provide for the general valuation of Ireland. This Act was passed in 1826, and he was appointed Commissioner of Valuation in 1827, but did not start work until 1830 when the new 6" maps, became av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R200 Road (Ireland)
The R200 road is a regional road in County Leitrim and County Cavan, Ireland. Going from west to east, the route connects the towns of Drumkeeran, Dowra, Glangevlin and Derrynacreeve. En route it crosses the R207 at Dowra, is joined by the R206 at Glengavlen, passes through the ''Bellavally Gap'' before terminating in Derrynacreeve at the N87 national secondary route.Statutory Instrument 188 of 2006 — Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2006 ''Irish Statute Book'' (irishstatutebook.ie). Retrieved 2010-08-02. The road is long. Official description The official description of the R200 from the ''Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2006'' reads (east to west): : ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owenmore River (County Cavan)
The Owenmore River ( ga, Abhainn Mór, meaning "Big River") rises in the Cuilcagh Mountains, in the townland of Dunmakeever, civil parish of Kinawley, Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan. It then flows in a north-west direction and ends in the River Shannon in Gowlat Gowlat, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, 'Gabhla', meaning ''The Forks'' (of the Rivers), is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin and barony of Tullyhaw. Geograp ... townlanIt has a fish population of brown trout. The Book of Magauran, dating to the 1350s, mentions an Abhainn Mór (Poem XV, stanza 9) but from the geographical description it probably means the Yellow River at Ballinamore rather than the Owenmore River. What cannot be disputed is the Owenmore River's claim to be the "true" headwaters of the River Shannon with the infant Shannon just a minor tributary of it. The Owenmore flows west f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Townland
A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origin, pre-dating the Norman invasion, and most have names of Irish origin. However, some townland names and boundaries come from Norman manors, plantation divisions, or later creations of the Ordnance Survey.Connolly, S. J., ''The Oxford Companion to Irish History, page 577. Oxford University Press, 2002. ''Maxwell, Ian, ''How to Trace Your Irish Ancestors'', page 16. howtobooks, 2009. The total number of inhabited townlands in Ireland was 60,679 in 1911. The total number recognised by the Irish Place Names database as of 2014 was 61,098, including uninhabited townlands, mainly small islands. Background In Ireland a townland is generally the smallest administrative division of land, though a few large townlands are further divided into h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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