Eaglehill () 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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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 ...

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. 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. The local pronunciation of the Gaelic name is 'Tully-Lug-Skiver-An-Erla'.

Geography

Eaglehill is bounded on the north by

Tullyloughfin Tullyloughfin () 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 Tullyloughfin is bounded on the north by Altachullion Upper townland, on ...

townland, on the west by

Tullybrack Tullybrack () 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 Tullybrack is bounded on the north by Tullyloughfin townland, on the west b ...

townland and on the east by Tullandreen and Corracholia More 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 ...

), forestry plantations and a gravel pit. Eaglehill is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 104 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 lease dated 17 September 1816 John Enery of Bawnboy includes ''Tullyscaravanerin''. The Tithe Applotment Books for 1826 list six

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payers in the townland. An 1827 lease from Finlay to Elliott includes ''Tullyscaravanerin''. The

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Name Books for 1836 give the following description of the townland- ''The townland is bounded on the north by a large mountain stream.'' The Eaglehill Valuation Office Field books are available for September 1839. In 1841 the population of the townland was 42, being 21 males and 21 females. There were nine houses in the townland, all of which were inhabited. In 1851 the population of the townland was 36, being 17 males and 19 females, the reduction being due to the Great Famine (Ireland). There were six 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 six landholders in the townland. In 1861 the population of the townland was 45, being 22 males and 23 females. There were seven houses in the townland and all were inhabited. In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are nine families listed in the townland. In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are seven families listed in the townland.

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