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Tircahan
Tircahan (Irish derived place name, either ''Tír Chatháin'', meaning 'The Country of O'Cahan' or ''Tír na Cáin'', meaning 'The Taxed Land') is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. It is also known as Rockwood. Geography Tircahan is bounded on the north by Gortlaunaght townland, on the west by Borim (Kinawley), Gorteen (Kinawley), Gortnaleg, and Killaghaduff townlands and on the east by Drumbar (Kinawley) and Newtown (Kinawley) townlands. Its chief geographical features are the Blackwater river which later flows into the River Cladagh (Swanlinbar), mountain streams, woods, a pool, water sink-holes, spring wells and a gravel pit. Tircahan is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 173 statute acres. History The present day townland of Newtown (Kinawley) formed part of Tircahan until the 19th century. In medieval times Tircahan was owned by the McGovern Clan and formed part of a ballybetagh spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tircahan Townland (geograph 3597245)
Tircahan (Irish derived place name, either ''Tír Chatháin'', meaning 'The Country of O'Cahan' or ''Tír na Cáin'', meaning 'The Taxed Land') is a townland in the civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is also known as Rockwood. Geography Tircahan is bounded on the north by Gortlaunaght townland, on the west by Borim (Kinawley), Gorteen (Kinawley), Gortnaleg, and Killaghaduff townlands and on the east by Drumbar (Kinawley) and Newtown (Kinawley) townlands. Its chief geographical features are the Blackwater river which later flows into the River Cladagh (Swanlinbar), mountain streams, woods, a pool, water sink-holes, spring wells and a gravel pit. Tircahan is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 173 statute acres. History The present day townland of Newtown (Kinawley) formed part of Tircahan until the 19th century. In medieval times Tircahan was owned by the McGo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newtown (Kinawley)
Newtown is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Newtown is bounded on the south by Gortnaleg townland, on the west by Tircahan townland and on the east by Aghakinnigh, Cullion (Kinawley) and Drumbar (Kinawley) townlands. Its chief geographical features are dug wells and mountain streams. Newtown is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 55 statute acres. History Until the 19th century, Newtown formed part of Tircahan townland so its history is the same until then. On 23 March 1850 The Incumbered Estates Commission sold part of the Hassard estate, including Newtown, on 29 April 1853 as follows-''Sale of Incumbered Estates in Ireland, Notice to Claimants and Incumbrancers. In the Matter of the Estate of Francis Hassard, of Rockwood, in the County of Cavan, Owner, ex-parte William Thompson, Petitioner, Whereas, by an absolute Order, bearing date of the 23rd day of November, 1849, it wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cullion (Kinawley)
Cullion (Irish derived place name ''Cuileann'', meaning 'The Holly Trees', and still locally known as 'The Hollies') is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. A sub-division of the townland is spelled variously as- Tawneanagra, Tawneynagrave and Tawneynegrawe. (Irish derived place name, ''Tamnach na gCraobh'', meaning 'The Pasture of the Branches or Bushes'). Geography Cullion is bounded on the north by Drumbar (Kinawley) townland, on the west by Gortnaleg, Gub (Kinawley) and Newtown (Kinawley) townlands and on the east by Aghakinnigh, Finaghoo and Mullanacre Upper townlands. It forms part of the Slieve Rushen Bog Natural Heritage Area. Its chief geographical features are Slieve Rushen mountain on whose western slope it lies, reaching a height of 1,240 feet; mountain streams; waterfalls; forestry plantations and dug wells. Cullion is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 372 statute acres. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drumbar (Kinawley)
Drumbar (Irish derived place name ''Droim Bairr'', meaning the ‘Ridge of the Summit’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Drumbar is bounded on the north by Drumbrughas and Greaghnafine townlands, on the south by Aghakinnigh, Cullion (Kinawley), Newtown (Kinawley) and Tircahan townlands, on the west by Drumod Glebe, Gortlaunaght, Gortnaderrylea and Tonyquin townlands and on the east by Drumersee townland. Its chief geographical features are a hill that reaches a height of 486 feet, mountain streams, forestry plantations, dug wells and spring wells. Drumbar is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 309 statute acres. History In medieval times Drumbar 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 Chluain'', meaning the ‘Ford of the Meadow’). The 1609 Baro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gortnaleg
Gortnaleg (Irish derived place name ''Gort na Lag'', meaning 'The Field of the Hollows') is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Gortnaleg is bounded on the north by Tircahan townland, on the west by Borim (Kinawley), Dunglave, and Gortlaunaght townlands and on the east by Cullion (Kinawley), Gub (Kinawley) and Newtown (Kinawley) townlands. Its chief geographical features are the Blackwater river which later flows into the River Cladagh (Swanlinbar), mountain streams, woods, a spring well and dug wells. Gortnaleg is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 170 statute acres. History In medieval times Gortnaleg 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 Chluain'', meaning 'The Ford of the Meadow'). The 1609 Baronial Map depicts the ballybetagh as ''Naclone''. In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinawley
Kinawley or Kinawly () is a small village, townland (of 187 acres) and civil parish straddling County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland and County Cavan, Republic of Ireland. The village and townland are both in the civil parish of Kinawley (founded by Natalis of Ulster) in the historic barony of Clanawley, while other areas of the parish are in the baronies of Knockninny in County Fermanagh and Tullyhaw in County Cavan. In th2011 Censusit had a population of 141 people. Kinawley has been twinned with the German Village of Ammerndorf a municipality in the district of Fürth within Bavaria in Germany since 2008 following the county of Fermanagh's "Green and Green alike" campaign assigning each village and town land with a similar counterpart to follow the example of an environmentally friendly living manner. Tullyhaw The part of Kinawley lying in the barony of Tullyhaw comprises the following townlands: Aghaboy (Kinawley); Aghakinnigh; Aghnacally; Altbrean; Alteen; Binkeeragh; Borim ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gortlaunaght
Gortlaunaght (Irish derived place name ''Gort Leamhnachta'', meaning the ‘Field of the Fresh Milk’) is a townland in the civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Geography Gortlaunaght is split into two distinct geographical parts, which probably indicates it was a larger townland before the 1836 Ordnance Survey. The north-eastern part is bounded on the north by Tonyquin townland, on the south by Tircahan townland, on the west by Killaghaduff townland and on the east by Drumbar (Kinawley) townland. The south-western part is bounded on the north by Borim (Kinawley) townland, on the south by Drumcanon (Kinawley) and Dunglave townlands and on the east by Gortnaleg townland. Its chief geographical features are a hill that reaches a height of 480 feet, the Blackwater river which later flows into the River Cladagh (Swanlinbar), mountain streams, woods, water sinkholes, a pool and a quarry. Gortlaunaght is tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borim (Kinawley)
Borim (Irish derived place name, ''Bó Dhroim'', meaning "The Ridge of the Cow") is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. A sub-division is called ''The Knocken'' (Irish derived place name, ''Cnoc-ín'', meaning 'The Small Hill'). The 1938 Dúchas collection states- ''it is a field in the farm of Mr Patrick McGovern. It is a high bank over a river with a lone bush growing in it''. Etymology The Dúchas folklore collection states it is so named because it resembles a cow's back, but Patrick Weston Joyce in ''Irish Names of Places'', Vol. III states that: "Borim, in Cavan, exactly represents the sound of the Irish Bo-dhruim, cow-ridge, i.e. a low hill-ridge or back which, for its sweet grass, was a favourite grazing place for cows. Here the two component words are Bo and drim (Irish druim), and if there was no aspiration the compound Bo-drim would be sounded as it is written, with the 'd' brought out fully. But as the 'd' is asp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorteen (Kinawley)
Gorteen (Irish derived place name ''Goirtín'', meaning ‘Little Field’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Gorteen is bounded on the north by Furnaceland townland, on the south by Borim (Kinawley) townland, on the west by Cornalon and Derryrealt townlands and on the east by Killaghaduff and Tircahan townlands. Its chief geographical features are the Blackwater river which later flows into the River Cladagh (Swanlinbar), mountain streams, gravel pits, a spring well and dug wells. Gorteen is traversed by the national secondary N87 road (Ireland), minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 135 statute acres. History In medieval times Gorteen 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 Chluain'', meaning ‘The Ford of the Meadow’). The 1609 Baronial Map depicts the ballybe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killaghaduff
Killaghaduff (Irish derived place name, either ''Cill Átha Dhuibh'', meaning ‘The Church of the Black Ford’ or ''Coill Achadh Dhuibh'', meaning ‘The Wood of the Black Ford’ or ''Cill Achadh Dhuibh'', meaning ‘The Church of the Black Field’ or ''Coill Achadh Dhuibh'', meaning ‘The Wood of the Black Field’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Killaghaduff is bounded on the north by Gortacashel townland, on the south by Tircahan townland, on the west by Furnaceland and Gorteen (Kinawley) townlands and on the east by Drumod Glebe, Gortlaunaght, Gortnaderrylea and Tonyquin townlands. Its chief geographical features are a hill, the Blackwater river which later joins the River Cladagh (Swanlinbar), streams, woods, a quarry, rocky outcrops, spring wells and dug wells, one of which is a Holy Well. Killaghaduff is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 96 statute acres. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballyconnell
Ballyconnell () is a town in County Cavan, Ireland. It is situated on the N87 national secondary road at the junction of four townlands: Annagh, Cullyleenan, Doon (Tomregan) and Derryginny in the parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw. Ballyconnell won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1971 and was also the winner in 1975. According to the 2016 Census, the population of the town was then 1,105 persons, an increase of 4% on the previous 2011 census. Name The earliest surviving mention of the name Ballyconnell is an entry in the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' for the year 1323 A.D., which states "''Rory Mac Mahon, son of the Lord of Oriel, Melaghlin O'Seagannain, and Mac Muldoon, were slain by Cathal O'Rourke at Bel-atha-Chonaill''". Before being named Ballyconnell it was named ''Maigen'' which means 'The Little Plain' with the local ford called which means 'Ford of the Miners'. It was also named Gwyllymsbrook between 1660 and 1702 by its then owner, Thomas Gwyllym. Ballyc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title. The terms congressman/congresswoman or deputy are equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The term parliamentarian is also sometimes used for members of parliament, but this may also be used to refer to unelected government officials with specific roles in a parliament and other expert advisers on parliamentary procedure such as the Senate Parliamentarian in the United States. The term is also used to the characteristic of performing the duties of a member of a legislature, for example: "The two party leaders often disagreed on issues, but both were excellent parliamentarians and cooperated to get many good things done." Members of parliament typically form parliamentary groups, sometimes called caucuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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