Tullytiernan, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Tulaigh Thiarnáin', meaning ''Tiernan’s Hill'', 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 orig ...

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 authorit ...

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 ...

, County Cavan,

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 th ...

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 ...

. It contains part of the village of

Geography

Tullytiernan is bounded on the north by Eshveagh townland, on the west by

Gub (Glangevlin) Gub, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, 'Gob', meaning ''The Headland'', 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 Glangevlin and ...

townland and on the east by Ardvagh townland. Its chief geographical features are mountain streams, a stone quarry, an iron spa well and a sulphurous spa well. The townland is traversed by the regional

R200 road (Ireland) The R200 road is a regional road in County Leitrim and County Cavan, Ireland. Going from west to east, the route connects the towns of Drumkeeran, Dowra, Glangevlin and Derrynacreeve. En route it crosses the R207 at Dowra, is joined by the ...

, minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 59 statute acres.

History

The history of the townland is the same as the village of

. A deed by Thomas Enery dated 29 Jan 1735 includes the lands of ''Tullyternan''. A deed dated 13 Nov 1738 includes: ''Tullytearnan''. The 1790 Cavan Carvagh list spells it as ''Tullyteirnan''. The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list five tithepayers in the townland. The 1836 Ordnance Survey Namebooks state- ''Lime is procured and is burned and used for manure''. The Tullytiernan Valuation Office Field books are available for July 1839. Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists five landholders in the townland. The landlord of Tullytiernan in the 19th century was the Annesley estate.

Census

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are four 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 ...

, there are three families listed in the townland.

Antiquities

# Glangevlin Post Office. Glangevlin postmark 1950

# Lime-kilns

References

External links

The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
{{County Cavan Townlands of County Cavan Lime kilns in the United Kingdom