Corraclassy () 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 ...

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

Corlough Corlough () is a Roman Catholic parish situated in the Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. It derives its name from Corlough townland, in which the parish church is situate. It formed part of the larger parish of Templeport until 1877 ...

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 ...

Road at Corraclassy townland, Corlough parish, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland

Geography

Corraclassy is bounded on the north by

Drumbeagh Drumbeagh () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Drumbeagh is bounded on the north by Gubrawully townland, on the west by A ...

townland, on the west by

Tullandreen Tullandreen () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. The local pronunciation is Tulleanderreen. Geography Tullandreen is bounded on the ...

townland, on the south by

Gubnagree Gubnagree () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Gubnagree is bounded on the north by Corraclassy townland, on the west by ...

and

Corranierna (Corlough) Corranierna (Corlough) () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Corranierna is bounded on the west by Corraclassy and Gubnagree ...

townlands and on the east by

Garvary (Corlough) Garvary () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Garvary is bounded on the north by Curraghabweehan townland, on the west by C ...

and Curraghabweehan townlands. Its chief geographical features are the Owensallagh river (A source of the

River Blackwater, County Cavan The River Blackwater ( ga, Abhainn Dubh) rises in the Cuilcagh Mountains, in the townland of Gowlan, Parish of Killinagh, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan. It then flows in a south-east direction and ends in Ballymagauran Ballymcgovern (, h ...

) and dug wells. Corraclassy is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 56 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. A map of the townland drawn in 1813 is in the National Archives of Ireland, Beresford Estate Maps, depicts the townland as ''Curraghclassy'

In the 19th century the landlord was

Lord John Beresford Lord John George de la Poer Beresford (22 November 1773 – 18 July 1862) was an Anglican archbishop and Primate. Background Born at Tyrone House, Dublin, he was the second surviving son of George de La Poer Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterfor ...

, the Protestant Archbishop of Armagh. The muddled land history of the area prior to this is described in the 1838 Exchequer case, "''Attorney General of Ireland v The Lord Primate''". The Tithe Applotment Books for 1826 list one tithepayer in the townland. The Ordnance Survey Name Books for 1836 give the following description of the townland- ''The soil is of a boggy light nature...a corn mill and kiln''. The Corraclassy Valuation Office Field books are available for September 1839. In 1841 the population of the townland was 21, being 12 males and 9 females. There were three houses in the townland, all of which were inhabited. In 1851 the population of the townland was 14, being 6 males and 8 females, the reduction being due to the Great Famine (Ireland). There were twelve houses in the townland, all inhabited.

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 two landholders in the townland. In 1861 the population of the townland was 14, being 5 males and 9 females. There were two houses in the townland and all were inhabited. In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are three families listed in the townland. In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are two families listed in the townland.http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Cavan/Pedara_Vohers/Corraclassy/ ''Census of Ireland 1911''

Antiquities

# Site of a 19th-century Corn Mill and Mill Race # Site of a 19th-century Cattle Pound # Lime-kilns # A bridge

References

External links

The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
{{County Cavan Townlands of County Cavan Lime kilns in Ireland