Gubrawully (Irish derived place name either ''Gob a Raith Bhuailidh'', meaning the 'Headland of the Dairy Fort' or ''Gob an Mhullaigh'', meaning the ‘Headland of the Summit’) 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 ...

Kinawley Kinawley or Kinawly () is a small village, townland (of 187 acres) and civil parish straddling County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland and County Cavan, Republic of Ireland. The village and townland are both in the civil parish of Kinawley (founded b ...

, 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 ...

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 ...

The R200 at the Gubrawully Cross Roads (geograph 2698904)

Geography

Gubrawully is bounded on the west by

Altbrean Altbrean (Irish derived place name ''Alt Bréan'', meaning the 'Smelly Gorge’, so-called because of the decayed vegetation in the swamp at the bottom of the slope) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, ...

Altinure Altinure () 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 Altinure is bounded on the north by Altbrean townland, on the west by Alta ...

Drumcask Drumcask (Irish derived place name ''Droim Cásca'', meaning the ‘Ridge of Easter’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. It is close to the site of a medieval church in Killaghaduff townland ...

and

Sralahan (Kinawley) Sralahan (Irish derived place name ''Srath Leathan'', meaning ‘The Broad River-Meadow') is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Sralahan is bounded on the north by Knockroe (Kinaw ...

townlands and on the east by

Derryrealt Derryrealt (Irish derived place name ''Doire ar Alt'', meaning ‘Oakwood at the Ravine’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Derryrealt is bounded on the south by Drumcullion t ...

, Drumbeagh,

Drumcar (Kinawley) Drumcar (Irish derived place name, ''Droim Cairr'', meaning 'The Ridge of the Rock') is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Drumcar is bounded on the north by Drumboory and Drumcull ...

and Drumcullion townlands. Its chief geographical features are small hills which rise to 525 feet above sea level, the

River Cladagh (Swanlinbar) The Cladagh River ( ga, An Chlaideach or "washing river"), Claddagh or Swanlinbar River, is a moderately large river which forms from a number of small streams rising in Commas townland on the south-eastern slopes of Cuilcagh Mountain, County ...

, a mountain trout stream which later joins the

, small rivulets, forestry plantations and dug wells. Gubrawully is traversed by the regional

R200 road (Ireland) The R200 road is a regional road in County Leitrim and County Cavan, Ireland. Going from west to east, the route connects the towns of Drumkeeran, Dowra, Glangevlin and Derrynacreeve. En route it crosses the R207 at Dowra, is joined by the R ...

, the local L1024 road, minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 304 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. The 1825 Tithe Applotment Books spell the name as ''Guberawella''. An 1831 map spells the name as ''Gubberawooly'' and ''Gubberawooley'' and lists the owner as the Hassard estate.

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 ...

lists twenty-five landholders in the townland. Gubrawully folklore is found in the 1938 Dúchas collection.

Census

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are seventeen families listed in the townland. In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are fourteen families listed in the townland.http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Cavan/Kinawley/Gubrawully/ ''Census of Ireland 1911''

Antiquities

# A lime-kiln #Stone bridges over the river # A ford over the river # Stepping-stones over the river

References

External links

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