Carnmaclean, an Anglicisation of the Irish ‘Carn Mhic Giolla Éain’, meaning ''McClean’s Cairn'', is a

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 origi ...

in the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

Templeport Templeport () is a civil parish in the barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. The chief towns in the parish are Bawnboy and Ballymagauran. The large Roman Catholic parish of Templeport containing 42,172 statute acres was split up in the 18t ...

, barony of Tullyhaw,

County Cavan County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is base ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

Geography

Carnmaclean is bounded on the north by

Garvalt Lower Garvalt Lower, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Garbhalt Íochtar’, meaning ''The Lower Rough Gorge'', is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin and barony of ...

and

Moneenabrone Moneenabrone, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Moínín na Brón’, meaning ''The Little Bog of the Quern-stone'', is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin and ...

townlands, on the east by

Carrick West Carrick West, (), is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It is named Carrick West or Carrick Hassard to distinguish it from Carrick East or Carrick Fisher townland which is in Templeport parish. It lies in the Ro ...

and

Tullynacleigh Tullynacleigh () 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 Tullynacleigh is bounded on the north by Garvalt Lower townland, on ...

townlands, on the west by Mullaghlea Glen townland and on the south by Altshallan townland. Its chief geographical features are mountain streams, waterfalls, forestry plantations, a stone quarry and spring wells. Carnmaclean is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 186 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 dispossessed Irish families moved there and began to clear and farm the land. By 1720 Morley Saunders, was the owner of the townland. By deed dated 24 December 1720 the aforesaid Morley Saunders leased, inter alia, the townland of ''Carnmacleane'' to Thomas Enery of Bawnboy for a term of 41 years. A deed dated 13 Nov 1738 includes: ''Carmaclean''. A deed dated 30 April 1740 by the aforesaid Thomas Enery includes: ''Carinacleain''. By 1778 it was in the possession of

Francis Annesley, 1st Earl Annesley Francis Annesley, 1st Earl Annesley (27 November 1740 – 19 December 1802) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. He was the son of William Annesley, 1st Viscount Glerawly and Lady Anne Beresford, the daughter of Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of T ...

. An 1802 Rental of the Annesley Estate mentions a lease of ''Carmaclean'' for 31 years dated 1 May 1778 from the Annesley Estate to a tenant, Andrew Brady. The Tithe Applotment Books for 1826 list three tithepayers in the townland. The Ordnance Survey Name Books for 1836 give the following description of the townland- ''The soil is of a blue gravelly nature...There is limestone in abundance. It is quarried and used for building but there is none sold.'' The Carnmaclean Valuation Office Field books are available for August 1839.

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 examinati ...

of 1857 lists eight landholders in the townland. In the 19th century the landlord of Carnmaclean was the Annesley Estate.

Census

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are five families listed in the townland, and in the 1911 census of Ireland, four families.http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Cavan/Dunmakeever/Carnmaclean/ ''Census of Ireland 1911''

Religion

Carnmaclean lies in the Roman Catholic parish of

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 c ...

References

External links

The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
{{County Cavan Townlands of County Cavan