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Tullynamoltra () is a 
The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list six tithepayers in the townland. The Ordnance Survey Name Books for 1836 give the following description of the townland-''The soil is light...There is a trigonometrical station near the centre of the townland, 514 feet above the level of the sea.'' In 1841 the population of the townland was 43, being 22 males and 21 females. There were six houses in the townland, all were inhabited. In 1851 the population of the townland was 43, being 24 males and 19 females. There were six houses in the townland, all inhabited.''Census of Ireland 1911''
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The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
{{County Cavan Townlands of County Cavan
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. The local pronunciation is Tullynamoiltra.
Geography
Tullynamoltra is bounded on the north by Altinure townland, on the west byAltachullion Upper
Altachullion Upper () 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 Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. A sub-division is called ''T ...
and Tullyloughfin
Tullyloughfin () 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
Tullyloughfin is bounded on the north by Altachullion Upper townland, on ...
townlands, on the south by Tullandreen townland and on the east by Drumbeagh townland. Its chief geographical features are the Owensallagh river (A source of 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 ...
) and dug wells. Tullynamoltra is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 93 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. Maps of the townland drawn in 1813-1814 are in the National Archives of Ireland, Beresford Estate Maps, which depicts the townland as ''Tullinamortlough'The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list six tithepayers in the townland. The Ordnance Survey Name Books for 1836 give the following description of the townland-''The soil is light...There is a trigonometrical station near the centre of the townland, 514 feet above the level of the sea.'' In 1841 the population of the townland was 43, being 22 males and 21 females. There were six houses in the townland, all were inhabited. In 1851 the population of the townland was 43, being 24 males and 19 females. There were six houses in the townland, all inhabited.
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 three landholders in the townland.
In 1861 the population of the townland was 35, being 19 males and 16 females. There were seven houses in the townland and all were inhabited.
In 1871 the population of the townland was 33, being 20 males and 13 females. There were seven houses in the townland and all were inhabited.(page 296 of census)
In 1881 the population of the townland was 43, being 17 males and 26 females. There were eight houses in the townland, all were inhabited.
In 1891 the population of the townland was 38, being 16 males and 22 females. There were seven houses in the townland, all were inhabited.
In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are ten families listed in the townland.
In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are ten families listed in the townland./ref>
Antiquities
# Pedar a Voher’s Crossroads which is immortalised in the song by Percy French as ''Eileen Oge, The Pride of Petravore''. Pedar a Voher is a corruption of the Irish 'Peadar an bhóthair' for ‘Peter of the Road’, a Peter McGovern who kept a public house at the crossroads in the 18th century.
References
External links
The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
{{County Cavan Townlands of County Cavan