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Drumbinnis
Drumbinnis (Irish derived place name, Droim Binnis meaning either ‘The Pleasant Hill-Ridge’ or ‘The Hill-Ridge of Melody’ or Droim Bainis meaning ‘The Hill-Ridge of the Banquet’.) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Drumbinnis is bounded on the north by Keilagh and Mackan townlands, on the west by Mullaghdoo, Cavan townland, on the south by Drumgoohy townland and on the east by Druminiskill and Killygowan townlands. Its chief geographical features are small streams, a forestry plantation, a sand pit and a spring well. Drumbinnis is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 90 acres. History From medieval times up to the early 1600s, the land belonged to the McKiernan Clan. Up until the 1650s, Drumbinnis formed part of Coolnashinny or Croaghan townland and its history is the same until then. An inquisition of 1629 spells the name as ''Drombivise''. The 1652 Commonwealth Sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keilagh
Keilagh (Irish derived place name, Caol Achadh meaning 'The Narrow Field'.) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland. It is sometimes confused with the nearby townland of Keelagh in which the town of Killeshandra is situate. Geography Keilagh is bounded on the north by Claragh, Claraghpottle Glebe and Clonkeen townlands, on the west by Mackan townland, on the south by Drumbinnis and Druminiskill townlands and on the east by Drumcanon townland. Its chief geographical features are small streams, a quarry, a gravel pit and a dug well. Keilagh is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 166 acres. History From medieval times up to the early 1600s, the land belonged to the McKiernan Clan. The 1609 Plantation of Ulster Map depicts the townland as ''Keylagh''. A grant of 1610 spells the name as ''Keylagh''. A lease of 1611 spells the name as ''Keylough''. An inquisition of 1629 spells the name as ''Keylag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mackan
Mackan (Irish derived place name, Meacan meaning 'The Field of Carrots'.) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Mackan is bounded on the north by Clonkeen and Drumminnion townlands, on the west by Aghnacreevy townland, on the south by Drumbinnis and Mullaghdoo, Cavan townlands and on the east by Keilagh townland. Its chief geographical features are Mullaghdoo Lough, a fish pond, small streams, spring wells and a wood. Mackan is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 179 acres. History From medieval times up to the early 1600s, the land belonged to the McKiernan Clan. The 1609 Plantation of Ulster Map depicts the townland as ''Mackan''. A grant of 1610 spells the name as ''Markan''. A lease of 1611 spells the name as ''Mockane''. An inquisition of 1629 spells the name as ''Mackan''. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells it as ''Macken''. In the Plantation of Ulster King James VI and I b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Druminiskill
Druminiskill (Irish derived place name, Droim Fhionn Ascaill meaning ‘The Hill-Ridge of the White Hollow’.) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Druminiskill is bounded on the north by Drumcanon townland, on the south by Mullaghmullan townland, on the west by Drumbinnis, Keilagh and Killygowan townlands and on the east by Drumcartagh and Drummully West townlands. Its chief geographical features are small streams, spring wells and a forestry plantation. Druminiskill is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 151 acres. History From medieval times up to the early 1600s, the land belonged to the McKiernan Clan. Up until the 1650s, Druminiskill formed part of Coolnashinny or Croaghan townland and its history is the same until then. An inquisition of 1629 spells the name as ''Dromenisklein''. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the name as ''Dromeniselyn''. An Inquisition held at Bal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mullaghdoo, Cavan
Mullaghdoo (Irish derived place name, Mullach Dubh meaning 'The Black Summit') is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Mullaghdoo is bounded on the west by Drumlarah and Drummany townlands, on the east by Drumbinnis, Drumgoohy and Mackan townlands, on the south by Makief townland and on the north by Aghnacreevy townland. Its chief geographical features are Mullaghdoo Hill which rises to 334 feet, Mullaghdoo Lough, small streams and spring wells. Mullaghdoo is traversed by the regional R199 road (Ireland), minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 272 acres. History The Ulster Plantation Baronial map of 1609 depicts the name as ''Mollaghdoue''. A 1610 grant spells it as ''Molaghdone''. A 1611 lease spells it as ''Nullaghdow''. A 1630 inquisition spells the name as ''Mullaghduffe''. The 1641 Depositions spell the name as ''Mullaighduffe''. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the townland as ''Mullaghduff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killygowan
Killygowan (Irish derived place name, Coill Uí Ghabhann meaning either ‘The Wood of O’Gowan’ or ‘The Wood of the Blacksmith’.) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Killygowan is bounded on the north by Druminiskill townland, on the west by Drumbinnis and Drumgoohy townlands, on the south by Aghabane, Coolnashinny and Disert, Tullyhunco townlands and on the east by Mullaghmullan townland. Its chief geographical features are Aghabane Lough, small streams and a wood. Killygowan is traversed by the regional R199 road (Ireland), minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 121 acres. History From medieval times up to the early 1600s, the land belonged to the McKiernan Clan. Up until the 1650s, Killygowan formed part of Coolnashinny or Croaghan townland and its history is the same until then. An inquisition of 1629 spells the name as ''Killegowne''. An Inquisition held at Ballyconnell on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kildallan
Kildallan civil parish is situated in the Barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland. Etymology The name of the parish derives from Kildallan townland which is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic ''Cill Dalláin'' meaning the 'Church of Dallán Forgaill'. The earliest surviving reference to the name is for the year 1475 in the 'Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 13, 1471-1484', where it is spelled ''Kylldallan''. Another mention is in the Life of Saint Máedóc of Ferns complied 1536, where it is spelled as ''Cill Dalláin''. Townlands The townlands of Kildallan civil parish are Aghabane; Aghaweenagh; Aghnacreevy; Ardlougher; Bellaheady or Rossbressal; Bocade Glebe; Breandrum; Callaghs; Carn; Claragh; Claraghpottle Glebe; Cloncose; Clonkeen; Clontygrigny; Clooneen; Coolnashinny or Croaghan; Coragh; Cormeen; Cornaclea or Tawlagh; Cornacrum; Cornahaia; Cornasker; Derrinlester; Disert; Doogary; Dring; Drumbagh; Drumbinnis; Dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coolnashinny
Coolnashinny (; The Corner of the Foxes) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan in the barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland. It is also known as Croaghan (, resembling hay). The townland was besieged during the Irish Rebellion of 1641. Geography Coolnashinny is bounded on the north by the Drummully West and Mullaghmullan townlands, on the west by the Aghabane, Disert, Tullyhunco and Killygowan townlands, on the south by the Killytawny townland and on the east by the Cornaclea, Drummully East and Shancroaghan townlands. Its chief geographical features are Aghabane Lough, Dumb Lough, the Croghan river, small streams and a wood. Coolnashinny is traversed by the regional R199, the local L5503 road, minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 125 acres, including nine acres of water. Etymology The 1256 Annals of Connacht identify the townland as Cruachain O Cubran; the ''Annals of Loch Cé'' for that year identify it as ''Cruachan O Cúbhrán''. The ''Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drumgoohy
''Drumgoohy (Irish derived place name, either Droim gCuaiche meaning 'The Hill-Ridge of the Cuckoo' or Droim Guthaidhe meaning 'The Hill-Ridge of the Voices'.) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Drumgoohy is bounded on the north by Drumbinnis townland, on the west by Coragh, Makief and Mullaghdoo, Cavan townlands and on the east by Aghabane and Killygowan townlands. Its chief geographical features are small streams, spring wells and small woods. Drumgoohy is traversed by the regional R199 road (Ireland), the local L5559 road, minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 106 acres. History From medieval times up to the early 1600s, the land belonged to the McKiernan Clan. Until the 1650s, Drumgoohy formed part of the modern-day townland of Aghabane and its history is the same up until then. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells it as ''Droomgoohy''. In the Plantation of Ulster in 1610 the land was gr ... [...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] |
McKiernan Clan
The surname McKiernan ( ga, Mág Tighearnán), is of Ireland, Irish origin and is found predominantly in the county of County Cavan, Cavan where it originated. The Irish name is Mág Tighearnán meaning ''the Son of Tighearnán'' and the clan or sept takes its name from one Tighearnán who lived c. 1100 AD. He was descended from the 8th-century Dúnchadh, a descendant of Brión mac Echach Muigmedóin. Dúnchadh gave his name to Teallach Dúnchadha (Irish meaning the Hearth of Dúnchadh), the modern day barony of Tullyhunco in County Cavan. Dúnchadh’s brother was Eochaidh from whom the neighbouring McGovern clan of Tullyhaw barony descend. There are many variations found in the spelling of the name, all of which are attempts at a phonetic spelling of the Gaelic ''Mág Tighearnán''. The Mág part can be found as Mag, Meg, Mac, Mec, Mc, Ma or M'. The Tighearnán part (which may be attached to or detached from the ''Mág'' part and all its variations) can be found as Tighearnán, Th ... [...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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