Killyran (either or ) 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 ...

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. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport 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

Killyran is bounded on the north by Boley 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 an ...

townlands, on the west by Glebe and Drumreilly townlands in

County Leitrim County Leitrim ( ; gle, Contae Liatroma) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Connacht and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the village of Leitrim. Leitrim County Council is the local authority for the ...

, on the south by Kilnacreevy townland in

and on the east by

Ballymagauran Ballymcgovern (, historically Ballymagowran) is a village and townland in County Cavan, Ireland. It lies on the border with County Leitrim, within the parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw on the Ballinamore to Ballyconnell road, the r ...

and Killywillin townlands. Its chief geographical features are Glebe Lough, Killyran Big Lough, Killyran Little Lough, 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 ...

, a stream, spring wells and dug wells. Killywillin is traversed by minor roads, rural lanes and the disused

Cavan and Leitrim Railway The Cavan & Leitrim Railway was a narrow gauge railway in the counties of Leitrim and Cavan in northwest Ireland, which ran from 1887 until 1959. Unusually for Ireland, this narrow gauge line survived on coal traffic, from the mine at Arigna, ...

. The townland covers 330 statute acres.

History

Up until the 18th century Killyran formed part of the modern townland of

and its history is the same until then. A deed by Arthur Ellis dated 19 Mar 1768 includes the lands of ''Killyron''. A deed by Gore Ellis dated 24 Feb 1776 includes the lands of ''Killyran''. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as ''Kilran''. In the 1825 Registry of Freeholders for County Cavan there was one freeholder registered with a freehold in ''Killeran'', although he lived in

- John Brooke. He was a

Forty-shilling freeholders Forty-shilling freeholders were those who had the parliamentary franchise to vote by virtue of possessing freehold property, or lands held directly of the king, of an annual rent of at least forty shillings (i.e. £2 or 3 marks), clear of all c ...

holding a lease for lives from his landlord,

Lord John Beresford Lord John George de la Poer Beresford (22 November 1773 – 18 July 1862) was an Anglican archbishop and Primate. Background Born at Tyrone House, Dublin, he was the second surviving son of George de La Poer Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterf ...

, the

Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland) The Anglican Archbishop of Armagh is the ecclesiastical head of the Church of Ireland, bearing the title Primate of All Ireland, the metropolitan of the Province of Armagh and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Armagh.

. The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list thirteen tithepayers in the townland. The Killyran Valuation Office Field books are available for 1839-1840.

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 twenty four landholders in the townland. In the

Dúchas Dúchas, sometimes Dúchas: The Heritage Service, was an executive agency of the Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands of the Government of Ireland responsible for Heritage management, including: * natural heritage (including ...

Folklore Collection is a description of Killyran in 1938 by Edna Gerty. A book about life in Killyran from 1929 to 1947, ''Water under the Railway Bridge'' by Bill Gerty, is viewable online. Killyran National school was actually located in the townland of

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 So ...

, not in Killyran.

Census

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are eighteen families listed in the townland, and in the 1911 census of Ireland, there are only seventeen families listed in the townland.

Antiquities

The chief structures of historical interest in the townland are: # Killyran Bridge # Killyran Railway Station on the disused

References

External links

The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
{{Coord, 54.07514, -7.810271, display=title Townlands of County Cavan