Clooneen (Irish derived place name, Cluainín meaning 'The Little Meadow'.) 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 ...

Kildallan Kildallan civil parish is situated in the Barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland. Etymology The name of the parish derives from Kildallan townland which is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic ''Cill Dalláin'' meaning the 'Church of Dallán Forga ...

, barony of

Tullyhunco Tullyhunco () is a barony in County Cavan, Ireland. It comprises the civil parishes of Kildallan, Killeshandra and Scrabby. Location Tullyhunco is located in western County Cavan. It borders County Leitrim to the west and County Longford to t ...

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 ...

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Geography

Clooneen is bounded on the north by

Drumcase Drumcase (Irish derived place name, Droim Catha meaning 'The Hill-Ridge of the Battle'.) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland. It is also called Drumrath (Irish derived place name, Droim Rát ...

townland, on the west by

Gorteen (Gorteenagarry) Gorteen (Irish derived place name, Goirtín meaning 'The Little Field'.) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland. It is also called Gorteenagarry (Irish derived place name, Goirtín an Gharraí ...

townland, on the south by Snakeel townland and on the east by Drumerdannan and

Gortnacleigh Gortnacleigh (Irish derived place name, either Gort na Cléithe meaning 'The Field of the Palisade’ or Gort na Cloiche meaning 'The Field of the Stone'.) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Irelan ...

townlands. Its chief geographical features are Dumb Lough, Clooneen Hill, small streams and spring wells. Clooneen is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 157 acres.

History

From medieval times up to the early 1600s, the land belonged to the

McKiernan Clan The surname McKiernan ( ga, Mág Tighearnán), is of Ireland, Irish origin and is found predominantly in the county of County Cavan, Cavan where it originated. The Irish name is Mág Tighearnán meaning ''the Son of Tighearnán'' and the clan or se ...

. The 1609

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Map depicts the townland as ''Cloinine''. A government grant of 1610 spells the name as ''Clonine alias Tagleagh''. A 1629 Inquisition spells the name as ''Clonyn alias Taghleagh'' and ''Clonein alias Taghleagh''. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells it as ''Clooneene''. In the

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 ...

by grant dated 23 July 1610 granted the Manor of Clonyn or Taghleagh, which included one poll of Clonine alias Tagleagh (after which the Manor was named), to Sir Alexander Hamilton of

Innerwick Innerwick ( gd, Inbhir Mhuice) is a coastal civil parish and small village, which lies in the east of East Lothian, from Dunbar and approximately from Edinburgh. Name The name Innerwick is of Anglo-saxon origin and means inland farm or dwel ...

, Scotland. On 29 July 1611

Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester (May 1563 – 19 February 1625; known between 1596 and 1613 as Sir Arthur Chichester), of Carrickfergus in Ireland, was an English administrator and soldier who served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 160 ...

and others reported that- '. An Inquisition held at Cavan on 10 June 1629 stated that the poll of Clonyn alias Taghleagh contained four sub-divisions named ''Tachamoir, Clonemeighragh, Tivilagh and Tivinagour''. It also described the boundary of the townland as- '. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey states the landowner was Sir Francis Hamilton and it was described as wasteland. In the Hearth Money Rolls compiled on 29 September 1663 there were two Hearth Tax payers in ''Clonyn- Teige McKernan and Owen McCaffry''. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the townland name as ''Cloonine''. The 1825 Tithe Applotment Books list seven tithepayers in the townland. The Clooneen Valuation Office books are available for April 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 ten landholders in the townland. The landlord of Clooneen in the 19th century was Hugh Wallace.

Census

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are seven families listed in the townland. In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are six families listed in the townland.

References

External links

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