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Moneensauran
Moneensauran () is a townland in the civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It lies within the Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Moneensauran is bounded on the north by Tullynacross (Glangevlin) and Curraghglass townlands, on the east by Derrynananta Upper and Derrynananta Lower townlands, on the south by Doon (Drumreilly) townland and on the west by Slievenakilla and Legatraghta townlands. Its chief geographical features are Benbrack Mountain reaching to an altitude of 1,600 feet above sea-level, the Owenmore River (County Cavan), Munter Eolus Lough (Gaelic meaning 'The Descendants of Eolus'), forestry plantations, waterfalls and gravel pits. The townland is traversed by minor public roads and lanes. The townland covers an area of 1,739 statute acres and is the third largest in County Cavan. History Samhradhán, who lived about 1100 A.D., was lord of Tullyhaw and the son of Conchob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Magauran
James Magauran (or Magaurin), Doctor of Divinity, D.D., (1769/71–1829) was an Ireland, Irish cleric who served as the Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise from 1815 to 1829. At one point, Magauran was invited to testified before the Parliament of the United Kingdom, British Parliament about conditions in Ireland. Early life Magauran was born in Moneensauran in County Cavan, Ireland between 1769 and 1771. He belonged to the Magauran family of Glangevlin, County Cavan, of whom many men became priests. His siblings were: *Peter Magauran of Moneensauran. King of Glangevlin, Glan in 1815. *Arthur Magauran of Curraghglass, *Dr. Patrick Magauran, British Army, British army doctor *Elizabeth Magauran, Queen of Glangevlin, Glan in 1815 *Miss Magauran Priestly career In 1789, Magauran attended the University of Salamanca in Spain. On his return to Ireland, Magauran was appointed a curate in County Fermanagh. He la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doon (Drumreilly)
Doon () is a townland in the civil parish of Drumreilly, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Doon is bounded on the north by Derrynananta Upper townland, on the west by Moneensauran, Seltanahunshin and Slievenakilla townlands and on the east by Ardmoneen, Garryfliugh, Lannanerriagh and Moher (Drumreilly) townlands. Its chief geographical features are Bartonny Top mountain (Irish = Bharr an Tonnaigh = The Top of the Mound) which reaches a height of 411 metres, Bartonny Lough, mountain pools, the Yellow River, forestry plantations, small streams and river swallow holes. Doon is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 1,190 statute acres. History The 1665 Down Survey map depicts the townland as ''Bartunny''. An Inquisition held in Cavan Town on 20 September 1630 found that, at the date of his death on 26 June 1625, Walter Talbot of Ballyconnell owned, inter alia, ''2 polls in Bartony''. The lands passed to his son James Talbot, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samhradhán
Samhradhán, son of Conchobhar, was the progenitor and chief of the McGovern Clan and Baron or Lord of Tullyhaw barony, County Cavan from c.1082 to c.1115. The clan is named after him, Mág Samhradháin, meaning ''the son of Samhradhán''. Ancestry His ancestry was Samhradhán mac Conchobhar mac Fearghal mac Flann mac Aonghus mac Conchobhar mac Tadhg Tir mac Ruarc mac Íomhaor mac Cosgrach mac Dúnghal mac Oireachtach mac Eochaidh (Teallach n-Eachach or Tullyhaw is named after the latter). Description Poem 2, stanza 9, by Giolla Pádraig mac Naimhin, written c.1290-1298, in the Book of Magauran describe Samhradhán as ''bright and noble''. Residence Samhradhán lived in Moneensauran townland, Glangevlin, County Cavan. The townland is named after him (). There are three medieval ringforts in the townland, one of which was probably his residence.Site numbers 993, 994 & 995, p. 126 in ''Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan'' by Patrick O’Donovan, 1995 It is thus the cradle of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curraghglass
Curraghglass, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Currach Glas’ meaning ''The Green Moor'', 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 Curraghglass is bounded on the north by Garvalt Lower and Gub (Glangevlin) townlands, on the west by Altshallan, Carrick West and Knockgorm townlands, on the south by Legatraghta and Moneensauran townlands and on the east by Tullynacross (Glangevlin) townland. Its chief geographical features are the Owenmore River (County Cavan), mountain streams, waterfalls, gravel pits and spring wells. The townland is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 175 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 di ... [...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] |
McGovern (name)
The surname McGovern ( ga, Mág Samhradháin), is of Irish origin and is found predominantly in the counties of Cavan (among the fifteen most common names), Fermanagh and Leitrim. The Irish name is Mag Samhradháin, meaning ''the Son of Samhradhán'', and the clan or sept takes its name from one Samhradhán who lived c. 1100 AD descended from 7th-century Eochaidh, a descendant of Brión mac Echach Muigmedóin. Eochaidh gave his name to Teallach Eochaid, modern day Tullyhaw in Cavan. This was long the territory of the McGoverns. Their strongholds were at Ballymagauran, Bawnboy, Coologe and Lissanover in Cavan. There are many variations found in the spelling of the name, all of which are attempts at a phonetic spelling of the Gaelic ''Mag Samhradháin''. The Mag part can be found as Mag, Meg, Mac, Mau, Mec, Mc, Ma or M'. The Samhradháin part (which may be attached to or detached from the ''Mag'' part and all its variations) can be found (the ''G'' being capitalised or not) as Sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legatraghta
Legatraghta, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic ‘Lag an tSneachta’, meaning ''The Hollow of the Snow'', 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 Legatraghta is bounded on the north by Curraghglass townland, on the west by Knockgorm townland, on the east by Moneensauran townland and on the south by Slievenakilla townland. Its chief geographical features are the oligotrophic Munter Eolus Lough (Gaelic meaning ''The Descendants of Eolus''), mountain streams, waterfalls, forestry plantations, a water sinkhole and a gravel pit. The townland is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 212 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 d ... [...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] |
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] |
Derrynananta Upper
Derrynananta Upper, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Doire na Neannta Uachtarach’, meaning ''The Upper Oak-wood of the Nettles'', is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. The townland lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin and barony of Tullyhaw. In the 19th century, it was also known as ''Derrynananta Lodge'', after a shooting-lodge there called ''Glengavlen Lodge'', which was owned by John Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen. Geography Derrynananta Upper is bounded on the north by Derrynananta Lower townland, on the west by Moneensauran townland, on the east by Gowlan, Lannanerriagh and Tullyveela townlands and on the south by Doon (Drumreilly) townland. Its chief geographical features are Derrynananta Lough, mountain streams, waterfalls, stone cliffs, a Flow Bog, a sulphurous spa well, forestry plantations and spring wells. The townland is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 1,054 statute acres. Histor ... [...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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