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Gowlagh South () 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 ...
of
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
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 ...
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

Gowlagh South is bounded on the north by
Mullaghmore, Templeport Mullaghmore () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Mullaghmore is bounded on the north by Lakefield, Templeport townlan ...
townland, on the west by
Owengallees Owengallees () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Owengallees is bounded on the north by Gortnacargy in Corlough pari ...
townland, on the south by
Boley, Templeport Boley () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Boley is bounded on the north by Stranadarragh, Owengallees and Gowlagh South ...
and
Gortaclogher Gortaclogher () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Gortaclogher is bounded on the north by Gowlagh South, Cloncurkney and ...
townlands and on the east by
Cloncurkney Cloncurkney () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Cloncurkney is bounded on the north by Mullaghmore, Templeport and Kildo ...
townland. Its chief geographical features are 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 ...
, bogs and spring wells. It is called Gowlagh South to distinguish it from
Gowlagh North Gowlagh North () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Gowlagh North is bounded on the north by Ballynamaddoo townland, on t ...
townland at the foot of
Slieve Rushen Slieve Rushen is a mountain which straddles the border between County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland and County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. It is also called Slieve Russell or Ligavegra (Also Legavagra, Ligavagra). It has an elevation of 4 ...
mountain, with which it has no connection. Gowlagh South is traversed by the L1037 road, minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 165 statute acres.


History

In medieval times the McGovern barony of Tullyhaw was divided into economic taxation areas called ballibetoes, from the Irish ''Baile Biataigh'' (Anglicized as 'Ballybetagh'), meaning 'A Provisioner's Town or Settlement'. The original purpose was to enable the farmer, who controlled the baile, to provide hospitality for those who needed it, such as poor people and travellers. The ballybetagh was further divided into townlands farmed by individual families who paid a tribute or tax to the head of the ballybetagh, who in turn paid a similar tribute to the clan chief. The steward of the ballybetagh would have been the secular equivalent of the
erenagh The medieval Irish office of erenagh (Old Irish: ''airchinnech'', Modern Irish: ''airchinneach'', Latin: ''princeps'') was responsible for receiving parish revenue from tithes and rents, building and maintaining church property and overseeing the ...
in charge of church lands. There were seven ballibetoes in the parish of Templeport. Gowlagh South was located in the ballybetagh of ''Bally Gortnekargie'' (Irish ''Baile Gort na Carraige'', meaning 'The Town of Rock Field'). The 1609 Baronial Map depicts the townland as ''Gortneclogh''. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the name as ''Gowlagh''. The 1665 Down Survey map depicts it as ''Gortnecloy''.
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 1685 map depicts it as ''Gortcloy''. 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 13 March 1610, 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, ''two polls of Gortneclogh and Gobeveany to Cahell M'Owen O Reyly''. The said Cathal O'Reilly was the nephew of two chiefs of the O'Reilly clan- Aodh Connallach mac Maolmhordha who was chief from 1565–1583 and Eamonn mac Maolmhordha who was chief from 1596–1601. He was also a brother of Cathaoir O'Reilly who received lands in
Kildoagh Kildoagh () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Kildoagh is bounded on the north by Kilsob and Muinaghan townlands, on ...
townland and first cousin of Donill Backagh McShane O'Reyly who was simultaneously granted lands in
Burren (townland) Burren is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Burren is bounded on the north by Derrycassan and Coologe townlands, on the w ...
. An Inquisition of 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 ...
held in Cavan Town on 31 March 1635 stated that ''Cahell O Reily was seized in his lifetime of, inter alia, one poll of Gortnecloghy and one poll of Gowlagh. He died 1 January 1634 and his son Hugh O'Reily had reached his majority and was married''. The O'Reilly lands in Gowlagh South were confiscated in the Cromwellian Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 and were distributed as follows- The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the proprietor as ''Lieutenant Arthur Newborogh'' and the tenant as ''John Trench'', both of whom appear in other Templeport townlands in the same survey. In the Hearth Money Rolls compiled on 29 September 1663 there was one person paying the Hearth Tax in ''Gartnecleigh- Daniel Roe Makelagher'' A grant dated 3 November 1666 was made by King
Charles II of England Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651, and King of England, Scotland and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685. Charles II was the eldest surviving child of ...
to
Sir Tristram Beresford, 1st Baronet Sir Tristram Beresford, 1st Baronet (died 15 January 1673) was an Irish soldier and politician. He was the ancestor of the Marquesses of Waterford, the Barons Decies and the Beresford baronets, of William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford and Ch ...
which included, inter alia, the lands of ''Gortnegloigh or Gorteengloigh alias Ballymagough or Ballynegough''. By grant dated 11 September 1670 from King Charles II of England to said Sir Tristram Beresford, the said lands of ''Gortnegleigh or Ballymagough'' were included in the creation of a new ''Manor of Beresford''. A lease dated 6 April 1710 between
Morley Saunders Morley Saunders (1671-1737) was an Irish politician, barrister and landowner. He followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a member of the Irish House of Commons and Prime Serjeant-at-law. He is mainly remembered today as the builder of Sau ...
, Farrell Deane and Patrick Enery lists, inter alia, the lands of ''Goulagh''. A deed by Thomas Enery dated 29 Jan 1735 includes the lands of ''Golagh''. A deed by John Enery dated 13 December 1774 includes the lands of ''Golagh''. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as ''Gollagh''. The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list eleven tithepayers in the townland. The Gowlagh South Valuation Office Field books are available for October 1839.
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 fourteen landholders in the townland. A native of the townland is Brendan Smith (politician), a Fianna Fáil politician. He has been a
Teachta Dála A Teachta Dála ( , ; plural ), abbreviated as TD (plural ''TDanna'' in Irish, TDs in English), is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament). It is the equivalent of terms such as ''Member of Parli ...
(TD) for the
Cavan–Monaghan Cavan Monaghan (known as Cavan-Millbrook-North Monaghan until 2007) is a township in Peterborough County in central-eastern Ontario, Canada, southwest of the city of Peterborough. History The original townships of Cavan and Monaghan were survey ...
constituency since 1992. He previously served as the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (2008–11) and Minister for Justice and Law Reform (2011).


Census

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


See also

* Brendan Smith (politician)


References


External links


The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
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