Derry Beg () 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 ...

Geography

Derry Beg is bounded on the west by

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 ...

and

Derrynaslieve Derrynaslieve () 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 Derrynaslieve is bounded on the north by Corranierna (Corlough) and Gubn ...

townlands, on the north 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 ...

townland and on the east by

Derry More Derry More () 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 Derry More is bounded on the north by Derry Beg Derry Beg () is a townla ...

and Scrabby, Corlough townlands. Its chief geographical features are

Brackley Lough Brackley Lough or Lough Brackley is a lake in County Cavan, Ireland, found to the west of the N87. It feeds into the River Blackwater, County Cavan. Wildlife Brackley Lough is a pike, roach and bream Bream ( ) are species of freshwater ...

, a stream, spring wells and dug wells. Derry Beg is traversed by the

R202 road (Ireland) The R202 road is a regional road in Ireland linking Dromod in County Leitrim to Swanlinbar in County Cavan. En route it passes through Mohill and Ballinamore. Connections The R202 road links with the N87 in Swanlinbar and then runs to the ...

and rural lanes. The townland covers 113 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. An 1813 map depicts the townland as ''Derrybeg'

The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list eight tithepayers in the townland. The 1836 Ordnance Survey Namebooks describe the townland as- ''The soil is light yellow clay, intermixed with boulders of sandstone.'' The Derry Beg Valuation Office Field books are available for September 1839. In 1841 the population of the townland was 54, being 26 males and 28 females. There were nine houses in the townland, of which one was uninhabited. In 1851 the population of the townland was 44, being 19 males and 25 females, the reduction being due to the Great Famine (Ireland). There were seven houses in the townland, all were 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 seven landholders in the townland. In 1861 the population of the townland was 46, being 20 males and 26 females. There were nine houses in the townland and all were inhabited. In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are five families listed in the townland, and in the 1911 census of Ireland, there are eight families listed in the townland.

Antiquities

There are no antiquities in the townland

References

External links

The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
{{County Cavan, state=collapsed Townlands of County Cavan