Knockmore, County Cavan
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Knockmore () 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
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.


Geography

Knockmore is bounded on the west by Cornacleigh,
Corlough townland Corlough () is a parish in County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Corlough is bounded on the north by Tullytrasna townland, on the west by Corrachomera townland, on the south ...
,
Tullytrasna Tullytrasna () 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 Tullytrasna is bounded on the north by Tullybrack townland, on the south ...
and Corracholia More townlands, on the north by
Clarbally Clarbally () 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 Clarbally is bounded on the north by Corracholia More and Corracholia Beg ...
townland, on the south by
Corratillan Corratillan () 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 Corratillan is bounded on the west by Cornacleigh and Cronery townlands, o ...
townland and on the east by
Muineal Muineal () 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 Muineal is bounded on the north by Derryconnessy and Tonlegee townlands, on ...
and
Tonlegee Tonlegee () 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. The townland was also called ''Clonmeoun'', probably an Anglicisation of the Gaelic 'Clu ...
townlands. 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 ...
, forestry plantations, gravel pits, dug wells and spring wells. Knockmore is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 275 statute acres. The sub-divisions of the townland are called- Mollybwee (Mullach Buidhe = The Yellow Hill-Face); Garry-Aymundhiv (Garraidhe Eamain Duibh = Black Edmund's Garden); Pullyarran (Poll a Ghearain = The Horse-Pool in the River).


History

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 24 February 1614, 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, ''one pole of Knockmore to Tirlagh McHugh McBryan Bane O’Reylie.'' Tirlagh O’Reilly was the great-great-great grandson of the chief of the O'Reilly clan, Seoan mac Pilib O’Reilly, who ruled
East Breifne The Kingdom of East Breifne or Breifne O'Reilly ( sga, Muintir-Maelmordha; ga, Bréifne Uí Raghallaigh, ) was an historic kingdom of Ireland roughly corresponding to County Cavan that existed from 1256 to 1607. It took its present boundaries in 1 ...
from 1392–1400. His genealogy is ''Toirdhealbhach Óg son of Aodh son of Brian Bán son of Conchobhar Óg of Bealach an Fheada son of Conchobhar Mór son of Seaán son of Phillip son of Giolla Íosa Ruadh son of Domhnall son of Cathal na Beithighe''. Tirlagh O’Reilly’s sons were Aodh, Brian and Seaán. The O’Reilly lands in Knockmore were confiscated in the Cromwellian Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 and were distributed as follows- The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the townland as ''Knock'' and lists the proprietor as ''Captain Payne'' and the tenant as ''Daniell McConell''. A deed by Thomas Enery dated 29 Jan 1735 includes the lands of ''Knockmore''. A deed by John Enery dated 13 December 1774 includes the lands of ''Knockmore''. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as Knockmore. A lease dated 17 September 1816 John Enery of Bawnboy includes ''Knockmore''. The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list twenty-four tithepayers in the townland. The 1836 Ordnance Survey Namebooks state- ''The townland is bounded on the west and south sides by a large stream.'' The Knockmore Valuation Office Field books are available for 1839-1840. In 1841 the population of the townland was 110, being 54 males and 56 females. There were seventeen houses in the townland, of which one was uninhabited. In 1851 the population of the townland was 75, being 40 males and 35 females, the reduction being due to the Great Famine (Ireland). There were sixteen houses in the townland, of which two were uninhabited.
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-two landholders in the townland. In 1861 the population of the townland was 83, being 48 males and 35 females. There were sixteen houses in the townland, of which two were uninhabited. In 1871 the population of the townland was 85, being 46 males and 39 females. There were twelve houses in the townland and all were inhabited. (page 296 of census) In 1881 the population of the townland was 76, being 41 males and 35 females. There were fourteen houses in the townland, all were inhabited. In 1891 the population of the townland was 72, being 38 males and 34 females. There were fourteen houses in the townland, all were inhabited. In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are seventeen families listed in the townland, and in the
1911 census of Ireland The 1911 Census of Ireland was the last census that covered the whole island of Ireland. Censuses were taken at ten-year intervals from 1821 onwards, but the 1921 census was cancelled due to the Irish War of Independence. The original records o ...
, there are eighteen families listed in the townland. Folk tales relating to Knockmore can be found in the 1938 Dúchas folklore collection.


Antiquities

# Stone bridge built c.177

# The site of Knockmore hedge-school. The Second Report from the Commissioners of Irish Education Inquiry, 1826 lists the headmaster of Knockmore school as Thomas Slevin, a Roman Catholic. There were 47 Roman Catholic pupils of which 32 were boys and 15 girls. The schoolhouse was described as ‘temporary accommodation’

# Stepping Stones across the river # Corlough Post Office


References


External links


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