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Knockroe (Kinawley)
Knockroe (Irish derived place name ''Cnoc Rua'', meaning ‘The Red Hill’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Knockroe is bounded on the north by Gubnafarna townland, on the west by Binkeeragh, Sralahan (Kinawley) and Tullydermot townlands and on the east by Drumcask and Knockranny townlands. Its chief geographical features are the River Cladagh (Swanlinbar), mountain streams, forestry plantations, dug wells and a gravel pit. Knockroe is traversed by the L1019 local road, minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 229 statute acres. History The 1821 Census of Ireland spells the name as ''Nockroa'' and ''Knockrea'' and states- ''Knockrea contains 16 acres of arable land & 84 acres of bog & mountain''. The 1834 Tithe Applotment Books spell the name as ''Knockrow''. The Knockroe Valuation Office Field books are available for 1838. Griffith's Valuation Griffith's Valuation was a boundary and la ... [...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] |
Sralahan (Kinawley)
Sralahan (Irish derived place name ''Srath Leathan'', meaning ‘The Broad River-Meadow') is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Sralahan is bounded on the north by Knockroe (Kinawley) townland, on the west by Altbrean and Tullydermot townlands and on the east by Drumcask and Gubrawully townlands. Its chief geographical features are the River Cladagh (Swanlinbar), mountain streams, a dug well and islands in the river. Sralahan is traversed by the L1019 local road, minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 132 statute acres. History In the Cavan Poll Book of 1761, there was one person registered to vote in Sralahan in the Irish general election, 1761 - Thomas Cosby esquire of Curkish. He was entitled to cast two votes. The four election candidates were Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont and Lord Newtownbutler (later Brinsley Butler, 2nd Earl of Lanesborough), both of whom were then elected Me ... [...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] |
River Cladagh (Swanlinbar)
The Cladagh River ( ga, An Chlaideach or "washing river"), Claddagh or Swanlinbar River, is a moderately large river which forms from a number of small streams rising in Commas townland on the south-eastern slopes of Cuilcagh Mountain, County Cavan, and flows through the village of Swanlinbar, before crossing the border into County Fermanagh and eventually flowing into Upper Lough Erne. It is ultra-oligotrophic upstream before gradually becoming oligotrophic and oligo- mesotrophic through its middle and lower reaches. Environment The river is a designated Special Area of Conservation. The vegetation includes ''Ranunculetum fluitantis'', ''Callitriche'' and '' Ranunculus peltatus''. The river contains one of the largest surviving populations in Northern Ireland of the freshwater pearl mussel. The mussels, estimated to be a minimum of 10,000 in number, are confined to a stretch of undisturbed river in the middle section. See also * Rivers of Ireland * List of rivers of No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knockranny
Knockranny (Irish derived place name, ''Cnoc Raithní'', meaning ‘The Hill of the Ferns’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Knockranny is bounded on the south by Knockroe (Kinawley) townland, on the west by Gubnafarna townland and on the east by Cornalon, Drumcask and Gubrimmaddera townlands. Its chief geographical features are the River Cladagh (Swanlinbar), a mountain stream, forestry plantations and a dug well. Knockranny is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 132 statute acres. History In a deed dated 28 July 1720 from Morley Saunders conveyed to Richard Hassard, the ''lands of Knockrany whose tenants were Torlagh McManus and Patrick McGowran''. A deed by Thomas Enery dated 29 Jan 1735 includes the lands of ''Knockranny''. In a deed dated 13 August 1738 John Enery conveyed to Richard Hassard, the lands of ''Knockrany''. The 1821 Census of Ireland spells the name as ''Kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drumcask
Drumcask (Irish derived place name ''Droim Cásca'', meaning the ‘Ridge of Easter’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. It is close to the site of a medieval church in Killaghaduff townland, which might explain the meaning of the name. Geography Drumcask is bounded on the north by Knockranny townland, on the west by Gubrawully, Knockroe (Kinawley) and Sralahan (Kinawley) townlands and on the east by Cornalon and Derryrealt townlands. Its chief geographical features are the River Cladagh (Swanlinbar), small rivulets, river islands, forestry plantations, a gravel pit, spring wells and dug wells. Drumcask is traversed by the local L1024 road, minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 298 statute acres. History In medieval times Drumcask was owned by the McGovern Clan and formed part of a ballybetagh spelled (variously) Aghycloony, Aghcloone, Nacloone, Naclone and Noclone (Irish derived place name ''Áth C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tullydermot
Tullydermot (Irish derived place name ''Tulaigh Dhiarmuda'', meaning ‘The Hill of Dermot’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Tullydermot is bounded on the north by Commas (Kinawley) townland, on the south by Altbrean, Knockroe (Kinawley) and Sralahan (Kinawley) townlands and on the east by Binkeeragh townland. Its chief geographical features are Cuilcagh mountain on whose southern slope it lies, the River Cladagh (Swanlinbar), mountain streams, a dug well, forestry plantations and Tullydermot Waterfall.Tullydermot is traversed by the L1019 local road, minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 178 statute acres. History In the 1609 Plantation of Ulster, Tullydermot formed part of the mountain of Cuilcagh which were granted to John Sandford of Castle Doe, Co. Donegal (the father-in-law of Thomas Guyllym of Ballyconnell) by letters patent dated 7 July 1613 (Pat. 11 James I – LXXI – 38 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binkeeragh
Binkeeragh (Irish derived place name, either ''Binn Chaorach'', meaning ‘The Mountain Peak of the Sheep’ or ''Minkeeragh'', meaning ‘The Mountain Pasture of the Sheep’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Binkeeragh is bounded on the north by Commas (Kinawley) townland, on the south by Knockroe (Kinawley) townland, on the west by Tullydermot townland and on the east by Aghaboy (Kinawley) and Gubnafarna townlands. Its chief geographical features are Cuilcagh mountain on whose eastern side it lies, reaching a height of 951 feet; Pollnagollum Cave (Irish derived place name ''Poll na gColmán'', meaning 'The Hole of the Pigeons') on the boundary with Aghaboy townland, described as- ''A fine open pot masked by vegetation, north wall 40 feet high. An easy scramble. Three passages, the longest is 75 yards''; and also- ''The upper part of the limestone occurs here and there is a cave called Pulgulm or the Pigeon hol ... [...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] |
Gubnafarna
Gubnafarna (Irish derived place name, ''Gob na Fearna'', meaning ‘The Headland of the Alder Trees’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Gubnafarna is bounded on the west by Binkeeragh and Knockroe (Kinawley) townlands and on the east by Aghaboy (Kinawley), Gorteennaglogh, Gubrimmaddera and Knockranny townlands. Its chief geographical features are mountain streams; forestry plantations; dug wells and spring wells. Gubnafarna is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 245 statute acres. History In 1720 Morley Saunders was in possession. He leased his interest in ''Gobnafafarna, alias Gobbinefinna'' to Colonel John Enery of Bawnboy by deeds dated 23 and 24 December 1720. A deed by Thomas Enery dated 29 Jan 1735 includes the lands of ''Gubnefarna''. A deed dated 13 Nov 1738 includes: ''Gobninefinna''. A deed dated 13 September 1774 by John Enery spells the townland as ''Gobnafarna o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road At Knockroe (geograph 3596755)
A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation. There are many types of roads, including parkways, avenues, controlled-access highways (freeways, motorways, and expressways), tollways, interstates, highways, thoroughfares, and local roads. The primary features of roads include lanes, sidewalks (pavement), roadways (carriageways), medians, shoulders, verges, bike paths (cycle paths), and shared-use paths. Definitions Historically many roads were simply recognizable routes without any formal construction or some maintenance. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) defines a road as "a line of communication (travelled way) using a stabilized base other than rails or air strips open to public traffic, primarily for the use of road motor vehicles running on their own wheels", whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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