Cornagran (Irish derived place name, ''Corr na gCrann'', meaning ‘The Round Hill of the Trees’) 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

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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 b ...

, 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 ...

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Geography

Cornagran is bounded on the north by Stumpys Hill townland in Co. Fermanagh, on the south by

Hawkswood Hawkswood (English derived place name. The earliest known spelling is ''Hawswood'', meaning ''The Wood of the Hawthorns'' but the name seems to have been later corrupted to Hawkswood) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tull ...

townland, on the west by

Cloghoge Cloghoge (Irish derived place name, ''Clochóg'', meaning ‘Stony Place’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Cloghoge is bounded on the north by Drumcullion townland in Co. F ...

townland and on the east by Coragh, Co. Fermanagh and

Drumconra (or Lowforge) Drumconra (Irish derived place name, either ''Droim Conradh'', meaning ‘The Hill-Ridge of the Contract’ or ''Droim Conra'', meaning ‘The Hill-Ridge belonging to Conra’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, C ...

townlands. Its chief geographical features are a forestry plantation, mountain streams and dug wells. Cornagran is traversed by the national secondary

N87 road (Ireland) The N87 road is a national secondary road in the north of County Cavan, Ireland. Route The route leaves the N3 at Belturbet and passes through the towns of Ballyconnell and Swanlinbar in north County Cavan before crossing the border with Cou ...

, the Old Coach Road, minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 90 statute acres.

History

In medieval times Cornagran 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 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 grant dated 26 June 1615, 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, inter alia, ''The precinct or parcel of Nacloone otherwise Aghcloone to Sir George Graeme and Sir Richard Graeme to form part of the Manor of Greame''. A history of Richard and George Graham is viewable online. The Grahams took part in the

Irish Rebellion of 1641 The Irish Rebellion of 1641 ( ga, Éirí Amach 1641) was an uprising by Irish Catholics in the Kingdom of Ireland, who wanted an end to anti-Catholic discrimination, greater Irish self-governance, and to partially or fully reverse the plantatio ...

and after the war their lands were confiscated under the

Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 The Act for the Setling of Ireland imposed penalties including death and land confiscation against Irish civilians and combatants after the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and subsequent unrest. British historian John Morrill wrote that the Act and ...

. The 1821 Census of Ireland spells the name as ''Cornagran'' and states- ''containing 42 acres of pasture & 6 acres thereof being bog, different applotments are held by persons who do not live on the land''. The 1825 Tithe Applotment Books spell the name as ''Cornagran''. The Cornagran Valuation Office Field books are available for August 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 ...

lists nine landholders in the townland. The landlord of Cornagran in the 19th century was Robert Burrowes. Folklore about Cornagran is found in the 1938 Dúchas collection.

Census

In the Census of Ireland 1821 there were thirteen households in the townland. In the 1901 census of Ireland, there were eight families listed in the townland. In the 1911 census of Ireland, there were twelve families listed in the townland.http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Cavan/Swanlinbar/Cornagran/ ''Census of Ireland 1911''

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