Carrigan is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of

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, Ireland. Farm near Carrigan, Co

Etymology

The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename ''Cairrig-ín'' which means 'A little rock or a rocky surface'. The oldest surviving mention of the name is in a 1790 list of Cavan townlands, where it is spelled ''Cargin''.

Geography

It is bounded on the north by

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& Cranaghan townlands, on the east by

Aghavoher Aghavoher () is small a townland in the civil parish of Tomregan, County Cavan, Ireland. It is approximately in area and lies in the former barony of Loughtee Lower. Geography Aghavoher is bounded on the north by Cranaghan townland, on the west ...

townland, on the south by

Mullynagolman Mullynagolman is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Loughtee Lower, County Cavan, Ireland. Etymology The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename ''Mullach na gColmán'' which means 'Summit of the Pigeons'. The ol ...

townland and on the west by

Cloncollow Cloncollow ( ga, Cluain Colbhaigh, ) is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Loughtee Lower, County Cavan, Ireland. Etymology The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename ''Cluain Colbhaigh'' which means 'Calva's Me ...

townland. Its chief geographical features are Lough Rud, the Rag River and a drumlin hill reaching to above sea-level. Carrigan is traversed by

Slievebrickan Slievebrickan is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Loughtee Lower, County Cavan, Ireland. Etymology The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename ''Sliabh Bricín'' which means 'The Hill of Saint Bricín'. It der ...

lane. The townland covers 104 statute acres, including of water.

History

It formed part of the termon lands belonging to Tomregan Roman Catholic Church which were granted to the Protestant Bishop of Kilmore in 1610 as part of the

Plantation of Ulster The Plantation of Ulster ( gle, Plandáil Uladh; Ulster-Scots: ''Plantin o Ulstèr'') was the organised colonisation (''plantation'') of Ulstera province of Irelandby people from Great Britain during the reign of King James I. Most of the sett ...

. By a lease dated 6 April 1612 the said bishop granted the lands to

Sir Oliver Lambart Oliver Lambart, 1st Lord Lambart, Baron of Cavan (died June 1618) was a military commander and an MP in the Irish House of Commons. He was Governor of Connaught in 1601. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (Ireland) in 1603. He was also an E ...

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and Sir

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of Mellifont,

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. On 17 July 1639 the bishop re-granted the lands to

Charles Lambart, 1st Earl of Cavan Charles Lambart, 1st Earl of Cavan (c. March 1600 – 25 June 1660) was an Anglo-Irish Royalist soldier and peer. Lambart was the son of Oliver Lambart, 1st Baron Lambart and Hester Fleetwood. He served as the Member of Parliament for Bossiney ...

. In the 1740s the bishop leased the land to John Jones for 21 years. This lease was renewed to his descendant John Copeland Jones on 20 May 1843. In the 1860s the holder of the lease was David Fielding Jones. Ambrose Leet's 1814 Directory spells the name as ''Carrigan'' with the resident being ''Mr. Lanauze''. The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 lists only one tithepayer in the townland- Andrew Lanauze. The Ordnance Survey Name Books for 1836 give the following description of the townland- ''Cairrigín, 'a little rock'. 2 miles south of Ballyconnell. Bishop's land, held by Jones in perpetuity. Rent 5 shillings and 6d to bishop. Produces wheat, oats, barley and potatoes. Houses are made of stone.'' The Carrigan Valuation Office Field books are available for 1838.

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 the landlord of the townland as Jones & the tenant as Morton.

Census

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are two families listed in the townland. In the

1911 census of Ireland The 1911 Census of Ireland was the last census that covered the whole island of Ireland. Censuses were taken at ten-year intervals from 1821 onwards, but the 1921 census was cancelled due to the Irish War of Independence. The original records o ...

, there are three families listed in the townland.http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Cavan/Carn/Carrigan/ ''Census of Ireland 1911''

References

External links

The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
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