Mullaghlea Glen (), 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

Glangevlin Glangevlin () is a village in the northwest of County Cavan, Ireland. It is in the townlands of Gub (Glangevlin) and Tullytiernan, at the junction of the R200 and R207 regional roads. It is surrounded by the Cuilcagh Mountains and borders the c ...

and barony of Tullyhaw.

Geography

Mullaghlea Glen is bounded on the north by

Moneenabrone Moneenabrone, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Moínín na Brón’, meaning ''The Little Bog of the Quern-stone'', is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin and ...

townland, on the west by

Altnasheen Altnasheen meaning either Alt na Sián, ''The Gorge of the Fairy Mounds'' or Alt na Sithin meaning the ''Height of the Fairies'', is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Glan ...

, Carntullagh and Sranagarvanagh townlands, on the east by

Carnmaclean Carnmaclean, an Anglicisation of the Irish ‘Carn Mhic Giolla Éain’, meaning ''McClean’s Cairn'', is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Carnmaclean is bounded on the north b ...

townland and on the south by Altshallan townland. Its chief geographical features are mountain streams, waterfalls, forestry plantations and a spring well. The National Survey of Upland Habitats, (Site No. 13, Cuilcagh Mountain) states- ''Areas of particular botanical interest include the steep flushed banks and rockfaces in deep river valleys at Mullaghlea Glen. A number of new records of rare and threatened bryophytes were made during this survey. Primary among there were the vulnerable Bartramia (plant) ithyphylla, which was discovered growing on a flushed rockface in Mullaghlea Glen''. The townland is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 236 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. By 1720 Morley Saunders, was the owner of the townland. By deed dated 24 December 1720 the aforesaid Morley Saunders leased the townland of ''Mullaughle'', inter alia, to Thomas Enery of Bawnboy for a term of 41 years. A deed by Thomas Enery dated 29 Jan 1735 includes the lands of ''Mullyle''. The Tithe Applotment Books for 1826 list four tithepayers in the townland. The Ordnance Survey Name Books for 1836 give the following description of the townland- ''The soil is a blue gravelly nature...Lime stone can be procured in the beds of the streams, it is raised and used for building, but there none sold. A large stream runs along the west side of the townland but there is no remarkable object''. The Mullaghlea Glen Valuation Office Field books are available for July 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. In the 19th century the landlords of Mullaghlea Glen was the Hassard Estate. In 1875 the Hassard Estate sold the townland to William Carson of Dowra.

Census

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are five families listed in the townland. In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are four families listed in the townland.http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Cavan/Dunmakeever/Mullaghlea_Glen/ ''Census of Ireland 1911''

Geography

History

Census

Antiquities

References

External links