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Rakeelan
Rakeelan is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Etymology The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename "Rath Caolain" which is usually given as 'Keelan’s Fort' but a more likely explanation is ''Rath Caolán'', meaning 'The Fort of the Little Narrow Place', as the townland is squeezed between the Shannon–Erne Waterway on the east side and Slieve Rushen on the west side. The oldest surviving mention of the name is in the 1609 Ulster Plantation Baronial map where it is spelled ''Rakellan''. A 1610 grant spells it as ''Rathkeylane''. A 1630 Inquisition spells it as ''Rathkillan''. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the name as ''Rakeelane''. The 1663 Hearth Money Rolls spell it as ''Rakelane''. A 1666 grant spells it as ''Rathkylan''. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as ''Rakillan''. Geography It is bounded on the north by Gortawee townland, on the east by Annagh, County Cavan, Annag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gortawee
Gortawee (also called Scotchtown) is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Etymology The townland name is an anglicisation of the Goidelic languages, Gaelic placename "Gort Aodh Bhuide" which means 'Hugh Boy's Field'. The oldest surviving mention of the name is in the 1609 Ulster Plantation map where it is spelled as ''Gortewey''. A 1610 grant spells it as ''Gortewoy''. A 1630 Inquisition spells it as ''Gortewey''. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the name as ''Garteiogh''. The 1659 Down Survey map spells it as ''Gortevill''. The 1663 Hearth Money Rolls spell it as ''Gortewee''. A 1666 grant spells it as ''Gortewee alias Gortevill alias Rathkylan''. William Petty's 1685 map spells it as ''Gartevill''. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as ''Gortewee''. Its modern name 'Scotchtown' is supposedly derived from some Scottish soldiers who settled there. Ambrose Leet's 1814 Directory spells the name as ''Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mucklagh
Mucklagh is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Etymology The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename ''Muclach'' which means 'A place where pigs feed'. The oldest surviving mention of the name is in the 1609 Ulster Plantation Baronial map where it is spelled ''Mucklogh'', with a sub-division named ''Skeagh'' (which is Gaelic for "The Whitethorn Bush"). A 1610 grant spells the names as ''Mocklagh'' and ''Skeagh''. A 1630 Inquisition spells the names as ''Mucklagh'' and ''Skeagh''. In the 1652 Commonwealth Survey it is spelled ''Mucklagh''. The 1659 Down Survey map spells it as ''Skeagh & Muckelagh''. The 1663 Hearth Money Rolls spell it as ''Muckla''. A 1666 grant spells the names as ''Skeagh and Mucklagh''. William Petty's 1685 map spells it as ''Skeagh and Muckela''. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as ''Mucklagh and Skeagh''. Ambrose Leet's 1814 Directory spells the name as ''Mucklagh''. Geography I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annagh, County Cavan
Annagh is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Etymology On the 1609 Ulster Plantation Baronial map it is split into two townlands named ''Shannaontra'' and ''Shannaititr''. In a 1610 grant they are spelled ''Tanaghyeightra'' and ''Tanaghwotra''. In an Inquisition dated 20 September 1630 the two townlands were spelled ''Townaeiateragh'' and ''Tawnaowteragh''. In the 1652 Commonwealth Survey the spelling was ''Tenaghoghtragh'' and ''Tenaghightragh''. On the Down Survey map of 1655 these townlands were merged into one and it is named ''Annagh''. A 1666 grant spells the names as ''Anagh alias Tannaghyeitragh alias Tannaghowoteragh''. William Petty's 1685 map spells it as ''An''. The usual meaning suggested for the place name is that Annagh is an anglicisation of the Irish language placename "Eanach" which means 'A moor or marsh'. However it is more likely that Annagh is an abbreviation of 'Tannagh' (meaning a pasture) as the older names o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doon (Tomregan)
The townland of Doon () in the civil parish of Tomregan is in the electoral district of Ballyconnell. It is also situated in the barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Doon is bounded on the north by Mucklagh and Rakeelan townlands, on the east by Annagh townland, on the south by Derryginny townland and on the west by Gortoorlan townland. Its chief geographical features are the Shannon-Erne Waterway, mountain streams and some drumlin hills reaching an altitude of above sea-level. The major part of Ballyconnell town is situated in Doon and the townland is traversed by the N87 road (Ireland), the R205 road (Ireland), the L1063 road, Church Street, Main Street, Bridge Street, Preaching House Lane, Mucklagh Lane and the Border Road. The townland covers 125 statute acres, including of water. Etymology The 1609 Ulster Plantation Baronial map spells the name as ''Doone'' and a sub-division as ''Tennegh''. A 1610 grant spells it as ''Downe'' and ''Eannagh''. A 1630 Inquisition spells it a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomregan
Tomregan ( ga, Tuaim Dreagain, ) is a civil parish in the ancient barony of Tullyhaw. The parish straddles the international border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The largest population centre in the parish is Ballyconnell, County Cavan. The total area of the civil parish is 10,600 statute acres. Most of Tomregan's constituent townlands are situated in County Cavan while the remainder lie in County Fermanagh. In the Catholic Church, the ecclesiastical parish of Tomregan was split in the early 18th century, with the County Fermanagh townlands being assigned to the parish of Knockninny while the County Cavan townlands were united with the parish of Kildallan. The townlands The Fermanagh townlands in Tomregan civil parish are- Aghindisert, Carickaleese, Cloncoohy, Derrintony, Derryart, Garvary, Gortahurk, Gortaree, Gortineddan, Gortmullan, Knockadoois, Knockateggal, Tonymore and Ummera. The Cavan townlands in Tomregan civil parish are- Agharaskilly, ... [...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] |
George Montgomery (MP)
George Leslie Montgomery (c. 1727 – March 1787) was an Irish politician. Montgomery sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Strabane from 1765 to 1768. He purchased the seat from John McCausland of Strabane for £2,000 after the death of the incumbent Robert Lowry when a new writ was issued for the borough on 22 October 1765. Subsequently, he represented Cavan County in the Irish House of Commons from 1768 until his death in 1787. The Cavan poll result on 2 August 1768 was Maxwell 727, Montgomery 648, Pratt 570, Newburgh 402; The poll finally closed on 11 November 1768 and the final poll was Maxwell 927, Montgomery 739, Pratt 668, Newburgh 451. When the new Parliament met in 1769, Mervyn Pratt, the defeated candidate, petitioned against the election of Montgomery on grounds of bribery, corruption and undue influence. This petition was not finally determined owing to the premature prorogation of Parliament in December 1769, so Montgomery survived and continued to represent the ... [...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] |
Dúchas
Dúchas, sometimes Dúchas: The Heritage Service, was an executive agency of the Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands of the Government of Ireland responsible for Heritage management, including: * natural heritage (including responsibility for the management of national parks and wildlife) * built heritage (including national monuments and historic properties). The agency was established under the Heritage Act 1995 and abolished in 2003 after coming under criticism for restricting development. Its status as an executive agency gave it no separate legal existence and it could be easily abolished without primary legislation, although the abolition was not without controversy. Natural heritage has since been protected by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (initially under the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government). Some other functions, such as the protection of historic monuments, reverted to being part of the Office of Public Wor ... [...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] |
Bawnboy
Bawnboy () is a small village and townland in a valley at the foot of Slieve Rushen, between Ballyconnell and Swanlinbar, in County Cavan, Ireland. A synod of the Roman Catholic Provincial Council of Armagh was held in Owengallees, Baunbuidhe (Bawnboy) on 25 May 1669 where the Bishop of Kilmore, Eugene MacSweeney tried to depose Thomas Fitzsimons, the vicar general of the diocese. Bawnboy is part of the ancient parish of Templeport, birthplace of St Mogue. Its most famous building is a Victorian workhouse, built in 1853, long disused and now derelict. Early history In medieval times the McGovern barony of Tullyhaw was divided into economic taxation areas called ballibetoes, from the Irish ''Baile Biataigh'' (Anglicized as "Ballybetagh"), meaning 'A Provisioner's Town or Settlement'. The original purpose was to enable the farmer, who controlled the baile, to provide hospitality for those who needed it, such as poor people and travellers. The ballybetagh was further divided in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lunatic
Lunatic is an antiquated term referring to a person who is seen as mentally ill, dangerous, foolish, or crazy—conditions once attributed to "lunacy". The word derives from ''lunaticus'' meaning "of the moon" or "moonstruck". History The term "lunatic" derives from the Latin word ''lunaticus'', which originally referred mainly to epilepsy and madness, as diseases thought to be caused by the moon. The King James Version of the Bible records "lunatick" in the Gospel of Matthew, which has been interpreted as a reference to epilepsy. By the fourth and fifth centuries, astrologers were commonly using the term to refer to neurological and psychiatric diseases. Pliny the Elder argued that the full moon induced individuals to lunacy and epilepsy by effects on the brain analogous to the nocturnal dew. Until at least 1700, it was also a common belief that the moon influenced fevers, rheumatism, episodes of epilepsy and other diseases. Use of the term "lunatic" in legislation In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
