Claraghpottle Glebe (Irish and English derived place name, Clárach Poitéil meaning 'The Level Place of the Quarter Townland' and Glebe meaning 'Land for the Upkeep of the Church'.) 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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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 th ...

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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Derelict house, Claraghpottle (geograph 2915445)

Geography

Claraghpottle Glebe is bounded on the north by

Claragh Claragh (Irish derived place name, Clárach meaning 'The Level Place'.) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Claragh is bounded on the north by Kildallan townland, on the west by ...

townland, on the west by

Keilagh Keilagh (Irish derived place name, Caol Achadh meaning 'The Narrow Field'.) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland. It is sometimes confused with the nearby townland of Keelagh in which the to ...

townland, on the south by

Drumcanon Drumcanon (Irish derived place name, Droim Ceann Fhionn meaning 'The Hill-Ridge of the White Top'.) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Geography Drumcanon is bounded ...

townland and on the east by

Bocade Glebe Bocade Glebe (Irish and English derived place name, 'Both Céad' meaning 'The Hut of the Land Division' and Glebe meaning 'Land for the Upkeep of the Church'.) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, I ...

townland. Its chief geographical features are a gravel pit, small streams and a spring well. It is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 40 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

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 ...

Map depicts it as part of the townland of ''Clarhagh''. A grant of 1610 spells the name as ''One fourth of the poll of Clarhagh''. A lease of 1611 spells the name as ''Clovagh''. A grant of 1627 spells the name as ''Clarhagh''. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells it as ''Cleighragh''. The 1665 Down Survey map depicts it as ''Pottles Claragh''.

William Petty Sir William Petty FRS (26 May 1623 – 16 December 1687) was an English economist, physician, scientist and philosopher. He first became prominent serving Oliver Cromwell and the Commonwealth in Ireland. He developed efficient methods to su ...

's map of 1685 depicts it as ''Clara Pottles''. In the

King

Charles I of England Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until Execution of Charles I, his execution in 1649. He was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of ...

by grant dated 25 January 1627, granted, inter alia, ''a fourth part of the pole of Clarhagh'', to Martin Baxter, the Church of Ireland rector of Kildallan and Tomregan. Martin Baxter was the first Church of Ireland rector of Kildallan and Tomregan parish and since then the townland has passed down as part of the glebe lands belonging to the Rectory of Kildallan. He held the post from 1 November 1626 until March 1642 when he died of pestilential fever at Sir James Craig's besieged castle at Croaghan, Killeshandra. In a deposition dated 22 September 1642 about 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 ...

in Cavan, Martin Baxter's son, William Baxter, stated, inter alia- . The 1652 Commonwealth Survey states the owner was the Church of Ireland, ''Gleabland''. The 1825 Tithe Applotment Books list two tithepayers in the townland. The Claraghpottle Glebe 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 one landholder in the townland.

Census

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

References

External links

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