Tonanilt, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Toin an Ailt’ meaning ''The Bottom of the Gorge'', is a
townland in the
civil parish of
Kinawley,
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. 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.
The townland is also known as Towney (Gaelic- Tamhnaigh = Pasture).
Geography
Tonanilt is bounded on the north by
Dunmakeever
Dunmakeever is a townland in the Civil Parish of Kinawley, Roman Catholic Parish of Glangevlin, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland.
Etymology
The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename "Dún Mhic Íomhair" which mean ...
townland and on the south by
Corracleigh
Corracleigh, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Corr na Cloiche’ meaning ''The Round Hill of the Stone'', is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin and barony of ...
townland. Its chief geographical features are the Tamhnaigh river, mountain streams and a waterfall. The townland is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 32 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 landlord of Tonanilt in the 19th century was Sir John Crofton. The Public Record Office, Belfast holds a map of Hugh Crofton’s estate in Tonanilt dated 1803 under reference number D 3480add. The National Library of Ireland holds rentals of the Crofton estate from 1769 to 1814, MS Numbers 20,783 and 4530.
The 1821 Census spells the name as ''Towny Glan'' and states- ''Fertile fattening land''.
The 1825 Tithe Applotment Books spell the name as ''Tonynelt''.
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 two landholders in the townland.
Census
In the
1821 census of Ireland, there is one family listed in the townland.
In the
1901 census of Ireland, there are two families listed in the townland.
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 two families listed in the townland.
''Census of Ireland 1911''
Antiquities
# A 19th century cattle-pound.
References
External links
The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
{{County Cavan
Townlands of County Cavan