Cloneary () 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 ...
of
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 ...
,
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 ...
. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of
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 ...
and barony of
Tullyhaw
Tullyhaw ( ga, Teallach Eathach) (which means 'The Territory of Eochaidh', an ancestor of the McGoverns, who lived ) is a Barony in County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland. The area has been in constant occupation since pre-4000 BC. Locate ...
.
Geography
Cloneary is bounded on the north by
Port, Templeport
Port () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw.
Geography
Port is bounded on the north by Muinaghan townland, on the west by Kildoa ...
and
Cor, Templeport
Cor () is a townland in the
civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw.
Geography
Cor is bounded on the north by Kilsallagh and Keenagh, Templeport townlands, ...
townlands, on the west by
Ray, Templeport
Ray () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw.
Geography
Ray is bounded on the north by Port, Templeport and Gortaclogher townlands, on t ...
townland, on the south by
Rosehill, Templeport
Rosehill is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw.
Geography
Rosehill is bounded on the north by Ray, Templeport and Cloneary townlands, o ...
and
Gortnaleck
Gortnaleck () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw.
Geography
Gortnaleck is bounded on the north by Cloneary townland, on the west by ...
townlands and on the east by
Lissanover
Lissanover () is a townland in the civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw.
Geography
Lissanover is bounded on ...
townland. Its chief geographical features are Gortnaleck Lough, a stream and a dug well. The 1836 Ordnance Survey Namebooks state- ''The soil is light and is intermixed with limestone which is burned and used for manure.''
Cloneary is traversed by minor public roads, rural lanes and the disused
Cavan and Leitrim Railway
The Cavan & Leitrim Railway was a narrow gauge railway in the counties of Leitrim and Cavan in northwest Ireland, which ran from 1887 until 1959.
Unusually for Ireland, this narrow gauge line survived on coal traffic, from the mine at Arigna, ...
. The townland covers 142 statute acres.
History
The 1609 Baronial Map depicts the townland as ''Clonerin''.
The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the name as ''Killelery''.
The 1665 Down Survey map depicts it as ''Cownaren''.
Cloneary formed part of the "termon lands" or hospital lands belonging to Templeport Church and so its history belongs to the ecclesiastical history of the parish. It would have belonged to the parish priest and the erenach family rather than the McGovern chief. In the 16th century these ecclesiastical lands in Templeport were seized in the course of the
Reformation in Ireland
The Reformation in Ireland was a movement for the reform of religious life and institutions that was introduced into Ireland by the English administration at the behest of King Henry VIII of England. His desire for an annulment of his marriage wa ...
and kept first by the English monarch and then eventually granted to the Anglican
Bishop of Kilmore
The Bishop of Kilmore is an episcopal title which takes its name after the parish of Kilmore, County Cavan in Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishopr ...
.
An Inquisition held in
Cavan
Cavan ( ; ) is the county town of County Cavan in Ireland. The town lies in Ulster, near the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. The town is bypassed by the main N3 road that links Dublin (to the south) with Enniskillen, Bally ...
Town on 20 June 1588 valued the total vicarage of Templeport at £10.
An Inquisition held in
Cavan
Cavan ( ; ) is the county town of County Cavan in Ireland. The town lies in Ulster, near the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. The town is bypassed by the main N3 road that links Dublin (to the south) with Enniskillen, Bally ...
Town on 19 September 1590 found ''the termon or hospital lands of Templeport to consist of four polls of land at a yearly value of 4 shillings''. Cloneary was one of these four polls.
By grant dated 6 March 1605, along with other lands, King
James VI and I
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until ...
granted a lease of ''the farm, termons or hospitals of Tampleporte containing 4 pulls for 21 years at an annual rent of 10 shillings'' to Sir
Garret Moore, 1st Viscount Moore
Garret Moore, 1st Viscount Moore PC (I) (1564 – 9 November 1627) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.
Birth and origins
Garret was a son of Sir Edward Moore of Mellifont and his wife Elizabeth Clifford. His father was a knight and owner of ...
. Cloneary was one of these pulls.
By grant dated 10 August 1607, along with other lands, King
James VI and I
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until ...
granted a further lease of ''the farms, termons or hospitals of Templeport containing 2 pulls for 21 years at an annual rent of 13 shillings'' to the aforesaid Sir
Garret Moore, 1st Viscount Moore
Garret Moore, 1st Viscount Moore PC (I) (1564 – 9 November 1627) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.
Birth and origins
Garret was a son of Sir Edward Moore of Mellifont and his wife Elizabeth Clifford. His father was a knight and owner of ...
of
Mellifont Abbey
Mellifont Abbey ( ga, An Mhainistir Mhór, literally 'the Big Monastery'), was a Cistercian abbey located close to Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland. It was the first abbey of the order to be built in Ireland. In 1152, it hosted the Synod of Ke ...
,
County Louth
County Louth ( ; ga, An Lú) is a coastal county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. Louth is bordered by the counties of Meath to the south, Monaghan to the west, Armagh to the north and Down to the ...
. This grant covered the two extra polls of ecclesiastical land in the parish which had been overlooked in the previous inquisitions and grants.
A survey held by Sir
John Davies (poet) at
Cavan
Cavan ( ; ) is the county town of County Cavan in Ireland. The town lies in Ulster, near the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. The town is bypassed by the main N3 road that links Dublin (to the south) with Enniskillen, Bally ...
Town on 6 September 1608 stated that- ''the ecclesiastical lands of Templeporte were containing 6 pulls lying near the parish church and that the rectory was appropriated to the
Abbey of Kells
The Abbey of Kells (''Mainistir Cheanannais'' in Irish) is a former monastery in Kells, County Meath, Ireland, north of Dublin. It was founded in the early 9th century, and the Book of Kells was kept there during the later medieval and early ...
,
County Meath
County Meath (; gle, Contae na Mí or simply ) is a county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. It is bordered by Dublin to the southeast, Louth to the northeast, Kildare to the south, Offaly to the sou ...
.'' Cloneary was one of these pulls.
An Inquisition held in
Cavan
Cavan ( ; ) is the county town of County Cavan in Ireland. The town lies in Ulster, near the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. The town is bypassed by the main N3 road that links Dublin (to the south) with Enniskillen, Bally ...
Town on 25 September 1609 found ''the termon land of Templeport to consist of six polls of land, out of which the
Bishop of Kilmore
The Bishop of Kilmore is an episcopal title which takes its name after the parish of Kilmore, County Cavan in Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishopr ...
was entitled to a rent of 10 shillings and 2/3rd of a beef per annum''. Cloneary was one of these six polls. The Inquisition then granted the lands to the Protestant Bishop of Kilmore.
By a deed dated 6 April 1612, Robert Draper, the Anglican
Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh
The Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Kilmore and Ardagh in the Province of Armagh. The Diocese of Kilmore composed most of County Cavan and parts of counties Leitrim, Fermanagh, Meath and Sli ...
granted a joint ''lease of 60 years over the termons or herenachs of, inter alia, 6 polls in Templepurt'' to
Oliver Lambart, 1st Lord Lambart, Baron of Cavan
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 En ...
, of
Kilbeggan
Kilbeggan () is a town in the barony of Moycashel, County Westmeath, Ireland.
Geography
Kilbeggan is situated on the River Brosna, in the south of County Westmeath. It lies south of Lough Ennell, and Castletown Geoghegan, north of the boundar ...
,
County Westmeath
"Noble above nobility"
, image_map = Island of Ireland location map Westmeath.svg
, subdivision_type = Sovereign state, Country
, subdivision_name = Republic of Ireland, Ireland
, subdivision_type1 = Provinces o ...
and Sir
Garret Moore, 1st Viscount Moore
Garret Moore, 1st Viscount Moore PC (I) (1564 – 9 November 1627) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.
Birth and origins
Garret was a son of Sir Edward Moore of Mellifont and his wife Elizabeth Clifford. His father was a knight and owner of ...
, of
Mellifont Abbey
Mellifont Abbey ( ga, An Mhainistir Mhór, literally 'the Big Monastery'), was a Cistercian abbey located close to Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland. It was the first abbey of the order to be built in Ireland. In 1152, it hosted the Synod of Ke ...
,
County Louth
County Louth ( ; ga, An Lú) is a coastal county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. Louth is bordered by the counties of Meath to the south, Monaghan to the west, Armagh to the north and Down to the ...
. Cloneary formed part of this lease.
By deed dated 17 July 1639,
William Bedell
The Rt. Rev. William Bedell, D.D. ( ga, Uilliam Beidil; 15717 February 1642), was an Anglican churchman who served as Lord Bishop of Kilmore, as well as Provost of Trinity College Dublin.
Early life
He was born at Black Notley in Essex, and ...
, the Anglican
Bishop of Kilmore
The Bishop of Kilmore is an episcopal title which takes its name after the parish of Kilmore, County Cavan in Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishopr ...
, extended the above lease of ''Templepart'' to Oliver Lambert's son,
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 ...
.
The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the proprietor as being ''The Lord of Cavan'' (i.e.
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 ...
).
The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as ''Clonehiren''.
An 1809 map of ecclesiastical lands in Templeport depicts ''Clonery'' as still belonging to the Anglican
Church of Ireland
The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the second ...
. The tenants on the land were- T. McGovern and Mr Loudo
The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list eight tithepayers in the townland.
In 1833 one person in Cloneary was registered as a keeper of weapons- William Gibson.
The Cloneary Valuation Office Field books are available for 1839-1841.
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 three landholders in the townland.
Census
In the
1901 census of Ireland, there are six families listed in the townland.
In the
1911 census of Ireland, there are eight families listed in the townland.
[http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Cavan/Bawnboy/Cloneary/ ''Census of Ireland 1911'']
Antiquities
The chief structures of historical interest in the townland are-
# An earthen ringfort (Site number 339 in "Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan", Patrick O’Donovan, 1995, where it is described as- ''Raised circular area (int. diam. 43m ENE-WSW) enclosed by a low earthen bank and a wide, deep, partly waterlogged fosse. From E-S-WSW fosse has been largely infilled. Original entrance not recognisable. An earlier report (OPW 1969) recorded a possible souterrain at the centre of the internal area (CV013-009002-). Densely overgrown with vegetation''.)
# A
souterrain
''Souterrain'' (from French ''sous terrain'', meaning "under ground") is a name given by archaeologists to a type of underground structure associated mainly with the European Atlantic Iron Age.
These structures appear to have been brought northw ...
under the above ringfort (Site number 1228 in "Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan", Patrick O’Donovan, 1995, where it is described as- ''Situated c. 3m E of the centre of the internal area of Cloneary rath (CV013-009001-). An earlier report (OPW 1969) recorded a partially buried slab (L 0.9m; dims. 0.67m x 0.29m) which was interpreted as a possible souterrain lintel. Not identified in the course of the last site visit''.)
# A stone bridg
# Bawnboy Road Railway Statio
# Station Master's hous
# Railway Goods She
References
External links
The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
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Townlands of County Cavan