Tullywaum () 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

Tullywaum is bounded on the south by Corrachomera, on the west by Owencam townland and on the east by

Tullytrasna Tullytrasna () 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 Tullytrasna is bounded on the north by Tullybrack townland, on the south ...

and

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 ...

townlands. Its chief geographical features are a mountain stream, forestry plantations, dug wells and a gravel pit. Tullywaum is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 178 statute acres. A sub-division of the townland is The Blast = A Windy Hill.

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. A lease dated 17 September 1816 John Enery of Bawnboy includes ''Tullywaam otherwise Tullywaim''. The Tithe Applotment Books for 1826 list sixteen tithepayers in the townland The Tullywaum Valuation Office Field books are available for September 1839. In 1841 the population of the townland was 73, being 37 males and 36 females. There were eleven houses in the townland, all were inhabited. In 1851 the population of the townland was 50, being 20 males and 30 females, the reduction being due to the Great Famine (Ireland). There were eleven houses in the townland, of which two were uninhabited.

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 eleven landholders in the townland. In 1861 the population of the townland was 63, being 27 males and 36 females. There were ten houses in the townland and all were inhabited. In 1871 the population of the townland was 70, being 37 males and 33 females. There were eleven houses in the townland and all were inhabited.(page 296 of census) In 1881 the population of the townland was 61, being 29 males and 32 females. There were eleven houses in the townland, all were inhabited. In 1891 the population of the townland was 62, being 28 males and 34 females. There were twelve houses in the townland, all were inhabited. In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are seventeen families listed in the townland. In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are seventeen families listed in the townland.''Census of Ireland 1911''
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