Mullaghmore, Tullyhunco (Irish derived place name, Mullach Mór meaning 'The Big Summit'.
) is a
townland
A townland (; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a traditional small land division used in Ireland and in the Western Isles of Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of medieval Gaelic origin, predating the Norman invasion, and mo ...
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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
of
Kildallan
Kildallan is a civil parish in the historical barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland.
Etymology
The name of the parish derives from Kildallan townland which is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic ''Cill Dalláin'' meaning the 'Church of Dall� ...
, barony of
Tullyhunco
Tullyhunco () is a barony in County Cavan, Ireland. It comprises the civil parishes of Kildallan, Killeshandra and Scrabby.
Location
Tullyhunco is located in western County Cavan. It borders County Leitrim to the west and County Longford to ...
,
County Cavan
County Cavan ( ; ) 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 Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is based on the hi ...
,
Ireland
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.
Geography
Mullaghmore is bounded on the west by
Kiltynaskellan townland, on the east by
Clontygrigny and
Cornacrum
Cornacrum (Irish derived place name, Corr na Croma meaning 'The Round Hill of the Plague or the Stooping'.) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland.
Geography
Cornacrum is bounded on the west b ...
townlands, on the south by
Evlagh Beg and
Greaghacholea townlands and on the north by
Callaghs townland. Its chief geographical features are Mullaghmore Hill which reaches a height of 392 feet, small streams, forestry plantations and dug wells. Mullaghmore is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 460 acres.
History
The Ulster Plantation Baronial map of 1609 depicts the name as ''Malachmore''. The Ulster Plantation grants of 1611 spell the townland name as ''Mullamore''. The 1641 depositions spell it as ''Molloughmore''. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the townland as ''Mullaghmore''. The 1665 Down survey map depicts it as ''Mullaghmore''.
A 1669 grant spells it as ''Mullaghmore''.
William Petty
Sir William Petty (26 May 1623 – 16 December 1687) was an English economist, physician, scientist and philosopher. He first became prominent serving Oliver Cromwell and the Commonwealth of England, Commonwealth in Cromwellian conquest of I ...
's 1685 map depicts it as ''Mullaghmore''.
From medieval times up to the early 1600s, the land belonged to the
McKiernan Clan The surname McKiernan (), is of Irish origin and is found predominantly in County Cavan where it originated.
The Irish name is Mág Tighearnán meaning ''the Son of Tighearnán'' and the clan or sept takes its name from one Tighearnán who lived ...
. In the
Plantation of Ulster
The Plantation of Ulster (; Ulster Scots dialects, Ulster Scots: ) was the organised Settler colonialism, colonisation (''Plantation (settlement or colony), plantation'') of Ulstera Provinces of Ireland, province of Irelandby people from Great ...
by grant dated 27 February 1610, along with other lands, King
James VI and I
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and King of Ireland, Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 M ...
granted one poll of ''Mullamore to William O'Shereden, gentleman, Cheefe of his Name''. William Sheridan was the chief of the Sheridan Clan in County Cavan. He was the son of the previous chief, Hugh Duff O'Sheridan of Togher townland, Kilmore parish, County Cavan. William was the ancestor of the famous Sheridan theatrical family. William died sometime before 1638 leaving two sons, Owen and Patrick (of
Raleagh townland, Kildallan parish). Owen Sheridan succeeded to his father's lands and this was confirmed by a grant to him by
Charles I of England
Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of Kingdom of England, England, Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland, and Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland from 27 March 1625 until Execution of Charles I, his execution in 1649.
Charles was born ...
dated 6 March 1637. Owen's son Denis was born in 1612 and became a Catholic priest in charge of Kildrumferton parish, County Cavan. He later converted to Protestantism and on 10 June 1634
William Bedell
The Rt. Rev. William Bedell, D.D. (; 22 September 15717 February 1642), was an English Anglican bishop who served as the 5th Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1627 to 1629. He also served as Lord Bishop of Kilmore and as a member of t ...
, the Protestant Bishop of Kilmore, ordained him as a Minister of the Church of Ireland and two days later Denis was collated to the Vicarage of Killasser in the Diocese of Kilmore. Denis had several children, including
William Sheridan (Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh) 1682-1691 (his son Donald kept up the Templeport connection by marrying Mrs Enery of Bawnboy);
Patrick Sheridan, Cloyne, Protestant
Bishop of Cloyne
The Bishop of Cloyne is an episcopal title that takes its name after the small town of Cloyne in County Cork, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is a separate title; but, in the Church of Ireland, it has been united with other bishopri ...
(1679-1682) and Sir
Thomas Sheridan (politician)
Sir Thomas Sheridan, the elder (c. 1646 – 17 March 1712) was an Anglo-Irish lawyer, political author and Jacobite, who served as the Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1687 and 1688.
Early life
Sheridan was born in St. John's, County Meath, I ...
Chief Secretary of State for Ireland (1687-1688).
The aforesaid Owen Sheridan took part in the
Irish Rebellion of 1641
The Irish Rebellion of 1641 was an uprising in Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland, initiated on 23 October 1641 by Catholic gentry and military officers. Their demands included an end to anti-Catholic discrimination, greater Irish self-governance, and ...
. At Cavan, on 26 July 1642, Thomas Jones and his son William Jones stated- '' Jones Will: Jones Deposed July 26, 1642''.
After the
Irish Rebellion of 1641
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concluded, the townland was confiscated in the Cromwellian Settlement and the 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists it as belonging to William Madders & others, who were also listed as owners of the adjoining townland of
Greaghacholea. In the Hearth Money Rolls compiled on 29 September 1663 there were two Hearth Tax payers in ''Mullaghmore- Sean O Banan and Owen McDonell''. Part of the townland was later given in a grant dated 9 September 1669 from
King Charles II, to Arthur,
Earl Annesley, as ''144 acres and 7 perches of profitable land and 60 acres of unprofitable land in the north-east part of Mullaghmore at a rent of £1-18s-10 1/2d per annum''. The rest of the townland was included in a grant dated 7 July 1669 from
King Charles II, to John, Lord Viscount Massareene, which included 113 acres and 24 perches of profitable land and 46 acres and 16 perches of unprofitable land in '.
In the Cavan Poll Book of 1761, there was one person registered to vote in Mullaghmore in the
Irish general election, 1761
The 1761 Irish general election was the first general election to the Irish House of Commons in over thirty years, with the previous general election having taken place in 1727. Despite few constituencies hosting electoral contests, the election w ...
- John Coulson, Esq. of Belmount, County Fermanagh.. He was entitled to cast two votes. The four election candidates were
Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont
Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont, KB, PC (Ire), (6 April 1738 – 20 October 1800) was an Anglo-Irish politician who served as one of the Postmasters General of Ireland. Charles was briefly styled as the Baron Coote between February 1766 ...
and Lord Newtownbutler (later
Brinsley Butler, 2nd Earl of Lanesborough
Brinsley Butler, 2nd Earl of Lanesborough, PC (Ire) (4 March 1728 – 24 January 1779), styled The Honourable until 1756 and Lord Newtown-Butler from 1756 to 1768, was an Irish politician and peer.
He was the son of Humphrey Butler, 1st ...
), both of whom were then elected
Member of Parliament for
Cavan County
County Cavan ( ; ) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is based on the historic Gaelic territory of East Breffny (''Bréifne''). Cavan C ...
. The losing candidates were
George Montgomery (MP)
George Leslie Montgomery (c. 1727 – March 1787) was an Irish politician.
Montgomery sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Strabane from 1765 to 1768. He purchased the seat from John McCausland of Strabane for £2,000 after the death of the ...
of
Ballyconnell
Ballyconnell () is a town in County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is situated on the N87 road (Ireland), N87 national secondary road at the junction of four townlands: Annagh, County Cavan, Annagh, Cullyleenan, Doon (Tomregan) and Der ...
and
Barry Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham
Barry Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham PC (Ire) (1723 – 7 October 1800), styled The Honourable Barry Maxwell from 1756 to 1779, was an Irish peer and politician. He succeeded as the 3rd Baron Farnham in 1779, and was later created the 1st Visco ...
. Absence from the poll book either meant a resident did not vote or more likely was not a freeholder entitled to vote, which would mean most of the inhabitants of Mullaghmore.
The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as ''Mullaghmore''.
Ambrose Leet's 1814 Directory states that the occupier of ''Bilberry-hill'' was David Irwin.
The Tithe Applotment Books 1823-1837 list twenty tithepayers in the townland.
The Mullaghmore Valuation Office books are available for 1838.
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 examin ...
of 1857 lists fourteen landholders in the townland.
Census
In the
1901 census of Ireland
Nineteen or 19 may refer to:
* 19 (number)
* One of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019
Films
* ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film
* ''Nineteen'' (1987 film), a 1987 science fiction film
* ''19-Nineteen'', a 2009 South Korean film
* ''Dician ...
, there were twenty-eight families listed in the townland.
In the
1911 census of Ireland, there were twenty-one families listed in the townland.
Antiquities
# Bilberry Hill House
# A lime-kiln
# A Mass-Glen. The 1938 Dúchas Folklore collection has a statement from James Shannon (b.1862)- ''About a mile from the school in the townland of Aughnacreevy is a hill known as the Priest's Hill. Here a priest lived in the Penal Days and it is said that he celebrated Mass in a glen in Mullaghmore, not far from the village of Ardlogher. I have heard on good authority that the priest was a Father Brian McGurrin and that many miracles were performed by him. He was buried in the old grave-yard known locally as the relic. Here St Dallan's Church founded about the year 580, stood''.
References
External links
The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
{{County Cavan
Townlands of County Cavan