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Drumhurrin
Drumhurrin, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic ‘Droim Shoirn’, meaning ''The Hill-Ridge of the Lime-Kiln or Furnace'', 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 Drumhurrin is bounded on the north by Lattone townland, on the west by Derrynatuan, Gowlat and Tullantanty townlands and on the east by Corratawy, Creea and Curraghvah townlands. Its chief geographical features are Drumhurrin Lough, the River Shannon, the Owenmore River (County Cavan), mountain streams, a wood, gravel pits and dug wells. The townland is traversed by the regional R206 road (Ireland), minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 372 statute acres. History The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the name as ''Dromherne'' and gives the owner as ''Lieutenant John Blackford and others''. By 1720, Morley Saunders was the owner of the townland. By deed dated 24 December 1720 the aforesai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drumhurrin Townland - Geograph
Drumhurrin, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic ‘Droim Shoirn’, meaning ''The Hill-Ridge of the Lime-Kiln or Furnace'', 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 Drumhurrin is bounded on the north by Lattone townland, on the west by Derrynatuan, Gowlat and Tullantanty townlands and on the east by Corratawy, Creea and Curraghvah townlands. Its chief geographical features are Drumhurrin Lough, the River Shannon, the Owenmore River (County Cavan), mountain streams, a wood, gravel pits and dug wells. The townland is traversed by the regional R206 road (Ireland), minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 372 statute acres. History The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the name as ''Dromherne'' and gives the owner as ''Lieutenant John Blackford and others''. By 1720, Morley Saunders was the owner of the townland. By deed dated 24 December 1720 the aforesai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corratawy
Corratawy, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Corr an tSamhaidh’ meaning ''The Round Hill of the Sorrel Herb'', 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 ''Curratavy''. Geography Corratawy is bounded on the north by Derrylahan townland, on the west by Drumhurrin and Lattone townlands and on the east by Creea and Edenmore townlands. Its chief geographical features are Carricknahurroo Lough, Drumhurrin Lough, Corratawy Lough, mountain streams, woods, dug wells and spring wells. The townland is traversed by the regional R206 road (Ireland), minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 346 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curraghvah
Curraghvah, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, either ‘Currach Bheathach’, meaning ''The Moor of the Birches'', or ‘Currach a’ Mhagh’, meaning ''The Moor of the Plain'', or ‘Currach Mheádh’ meaning ''The Moor of the Spicy Mead Drink'', 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 Curraghvah is bounded on the north by Creea and Drumhurrin townlands, on the west by Coppanaghbane and Gowlat townlands, on the east by Legnagrow, Moneenabrone and Mully Lower townlands and on the south by Coppanaghmore townland. Its chief geographical features are the Owenmore River (County Cavan), mountain streams, waterfalls, a wood, gravel pits, a dug well and spring wells. The townland is traversed by the regional R200 road (Ireland), minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 398 statute acres. History In earlier times the townland was probably uninhabited as it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creea
Creea, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, either ‘Críocha’ meaning ''The Territory or the Boundaries'', or ‘Cré’ meaning ''Clay'', or ‘Croí’ meaning ''The Heart'' or 'Criathar' meaning a ''Sieve'', is a townland in the civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin and barony of Tullyhaw. In Scotland, Creea is also an alternative spelling of the Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic, 'cridhe', meaning ''heart'' or ''courage'', used as a given name. Geography Creea is bounded on the north by Corratawy townland, on the west by Curraghvah, Drumhurrin and Legnagrow townlands and on the east by Corneenflynn and Edenmore townlands. Its chief geographical features are the Owenmore River (County Cavan), mountain streams, woods, a gravel pit and spring wells. The townland is traversed by the regional R206 road (Ireland), minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 318 stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Geography Gowlat is bounded on the north by Drumhurrin townland, on the west by Corleckagh Lower, Corleckagh Upper and Tullantanty townlands, on the south by Coppanaghbane townland and on the east by Curraghvah townland. Its chief geographical features are the River Shannon, the Owenmore River, mountain streams, a wood, a waterfall, gravel pits, a dug well and spring wells. The townland is traversed by the regional R200 road (Ireland), minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 302 statute acres. The junction of the Shannon and Owenmore rivers is called ''Nixon's Hole''. History By 1720 Morley Saunders, was the owner of the townland. A deed dated 28 July 1720 between Morley Saunders and Richard Hassard spells the name as ''Golagh'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derrynatuan
Derrynatuan, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, either ‘Doirín an tSuain’, meaning ''The Little Oak-wood of the Rest or Sleep'', or ‘Doire na Tóin’, meaning ''The Oak-wood of the Low Lying Land'', or ‘Doire na Tamhan’, meaning ''The Oak-wood of the Tree-Stumps'', 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 Derrynatuan is bounded on the north by Carricknagrow and Derrylahan townlands, on the west by Tullantanty and Tullynafreave townlands, on the east by Lattone townland and on the south by Drumhurrin townland. Its chief geographical features are the River Shannon, the Black River, mountain streams, a gravel pit and forestry plantations. The townland is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 185 statute acres. History John O'Donovan (scholar) in his Ordnance Survey Letters (1836, p. 16) states- ''I find it chronicled by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lattone
Lattone, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Leath Tóin’ meaning ''The Half-Side of a Hollow, i.e. ‘A Hillside’'' 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 Lattone is bounded on the north by Derrylahan townland, on the south by Drumhurrin townland, on the west by Derrynatuan townland and on the east by Corratawy townland. Its chief geographical features are Lattone Lough, the River Shannon, mountain streams and dug wells. The townland is traversed by the regional R206 road (Ireland), minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 98 statute acres. History In 1720 Morley Saunders Morley Saunders (1671-1737) was an Irish politician, barrister and landowner. He followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a member of the Irish House of Commons and Prime Serjeant-at-law. He is mainly remembered today as the builder of Sau ... was in possession. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Townlands Of County Cavan
This is a sortable table of the approximately 1,979 townlands in County Cavan, Ireland. Retrieved: 10 September 2010. Duplicate names occur where there is more than one townland with the same name in the county. Names marked in bold typeface are towns and villages, and the word ''Town'' appears for those entries in the Acres column. Townland list References {{reflist Cavan Cavan |
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] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Parishes In Ireland
Civil parishes () are units of territory in the island of Ireland that have their origins in old Gaelic territorial divisions. They were adopted by the Anglo-Norman Lordship of Ireland and then by the Elizabethan Kingdom of Ireland, and were formalised as land divisions at the time of the Plantations of Ireland. They no longer correspond to the boundaries of Roman Catholic or Church of Ireland parishes, which are generally larger. Their use as administrative units was gradually replaced by Poor_law_union#Ireland, Poor Law Divisions in the 19th century, although they were not formally abolished. Today they are still sometimes used for legal purposes, such as to locate property in deeds of property registered between 1833 and 1946. Origins The Irish parish was based on the Gaelic territorial unit called a ''túath'' or ''Trícha cét''. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Norman barons retained the ''tuath'', later renamed a parish or manor, as a un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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