Killywaum () 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

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

Killywaum is bounded on the north by

Corneen Corneen () is a townland in the civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw. A sub-division is called ''Millstone Hil ...

and

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 the ...

townlands, on the west by

Killycrin Killycrin () 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 Killycrin is bounded on the north by Gowlagh North and Ballynamaddoo tow ...

and Kilsallagh townlands and on the southwest by

Munlough North Munlough 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. It is named Munlough North to distinguish it from the neighbouring townland of ...

townland. Its chief geographical features are a stream and cow pastures. The Ordnance Survey Namebooks for 1836 state- ''There is a light soil intermixed with boulders of free stone''. Killywaum is traversed by the national secondary

N87 road (Ireland) The N87 road is a national secondary road in the north of County Cavan, Ireland. Route The route leaves the N3 at Belturbet and passes through the towns of Ballyconnell and Swanlinbar in north County Cavan before crossing the border with Cou ...

, minor roads, and rural lanes. The townland covers 102 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. Killywaum was located in the ballybetagh of "Balleagheboynagh" (alias 'Ballyoghnemoynagh'). The original Irish is ''Baile Na Muighe Eanach'', meaning 'The Town of the Marshy Plain'). The ballybetagh was also called "Aghawenagh", the original Irish is ''Achadh an Bhuí Eanaigh'', meaning 'The Field of the Yellow Bog'). Until after the Cromwellian

Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 The Act for the Setling of Ireland imposed penalties including death and land confiscation against Irish civilians and combatants after the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and subsequent unrest. British historian John Morrill wrote that the Act and ...

, the townland of Killywaum formed a sub-division of Kilsallagh townland and its history is the same up until then. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the townland as ''Kilmame'', with the proprietor being ''Mr Thomas Worsopp'' and the tenant being ''William Lawther'', both of whom appear as proprietor and tenant for several other Templeport townlands in the same survey. A deed by Thomas Enery dated 29 Jan 1735 includes the lands of ''Killiwamey''. A deed by John Enery dated 13 December 1774 includes the lands of ''Killiwamey otherwise Killywaine''. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as ''Kilvome''. A lease dated 17 September 1816 by John Enery of Bawnboy includes ''Killywamey otherwise Killawam''. The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list seventeen tithepayers in the townland. The Killywaum Valuation Office Field books are available for December 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.

Census

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

References

External links

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