Tullytrasna () 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

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

Tullytrasna is bounded on the north by

Tullybrack Tullybrack () 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 Tullybrack is bounded on the north by Tullyloughfin townland, on the west b ...

townland, on the south by

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 ...

, on the west by Corrachomera and Tullywaum townlands and on the east by Corracholia More and Knockmore, County Cavan townlands. Its chief geographical features a mountain stream, forestry plantations and spring wells. Tullytrasna is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 126 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. Before the Ordnance Survey it comprised three different townlands Tullytrasna, Cornamucklagh (Irish ''Corr na Muclach'', meaning ‘The Round Hill of the Piggeries’), alias Cornamuck (Irish ''Corr na Muc'', meaning ‘The Round Hill of the Pigs’) and Tullyteskin, alias Tullyteskill. The townlands were then merged in the Survey. A deed by Thomas Enery dated 29 Jan 1735 includes the lands of ''Cornamuck''. Deeds dated 10 December 1774 and 13 December 1774 by John Enery of Bawnboy includes: ''Cornamuck''. A lease dated 17 September 1816 John Enery of Bawnboy includes ''Tullyteskin, otherwise Tullyteskill, Tullytrasna and Cornamuck''. The Tithe Applotment Books for 1826 list sixteen tithepayers in the townland. The Ordnance Survey Name Books for 1836 give the following description of the townland- ''The townland is bounded by a large mountain stream on the south side.'' The Tullytrasna Valuation Office Field books are available for September 1839. In 1841 the population of the townland was 69, being 32 males and 37 females. There were thirteen houses in the townland, all were inhabited. In 1851 the population of the townland was 48, being 26 males and 22 females, the reduction being due to the Great Famine (Ireland). There were eight 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 fourteen landholders in the townland. In 1861 the population of the townland was 49, being 23 males and 26 females. There were seven houses in the townland and all were inhabited. In 1871 the population of the townland was 54, being 27 males and 27 females. There were nine houses in the townland and all were inhabited.(page 296 of census) In 1881 the population of the townland was 51, being 25 males and 26 females. There were eleven houses in the townland, all were inhabited. In 1891 the population of the townland was 42, being 21 males and 21 females. There were ten houses in the townland, one of which was uninhabited. In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are fourteen families listed in the townland. In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are eleven families listed in the townland.''Census of Ireland 1911''
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