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Ned (Irish derived place name, Nead meaning 'A Nest'.) 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
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of Killeshandra, 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 ...
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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 ...
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Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
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Geography

Ned is bounded on the west by Clooncose, Cornasker, Corracar and Lugnagon townlands, on the south by Drumleevan townland and on the east by Cornahaia, Drumercross and Raleagh townlands. Its chief geographical features are Ned North Hill which reaches a height of 349 feet, Ned South Hill which reaches a height of 307 feet, small streams, forestry plantations and spring wells. Ned is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 323 acres.


History

The 1609
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 ...
Map depicts the townland as ''Anead''. A grant of 1611 spells the name as ''Neade''. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells it as ''Nedd''. A 1661 Inquisition spells it as ''The Nedd''. 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 ...
. About the year 1600 it was owned by Thomas McKiernan, along with the townlands of Bellaheady, Greaghacholea or Coraghmuck and Doogary, all in Tullyhunco Barony. Thomas died some time before 1611 and his lands were inherited by his son Owen McKiernan. Owen was worried that his lands would be confiscated under the Plantation of Ulster so he made representations to the Lords of the Council in Whitehall, London. They in turn sent the following note to
Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester (May 1563 – 19 February 1625), known between 1596 and 1613 as Sir Arthur Chichester, of Carrickfergus in Ireland, was an English administrator and soldier who served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1605 ...
, the
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- ''April 30, 1610. Recommend to his favourable consideration in the settlement of the natives, the bearer, Owen Carnan, who sued for 800 acres of land lying in the county of Cavan, which have belonged (as he informs them) to his father, uncle, & others his predecessors, time out of mind, without any attainder for matter of disloyalty''. Owen McKiernan was only partly successful in his claim as 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 4 June 1611, 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 100 acres or 2 poles of land in Tullyhunco at an annual rent of £1 1''s''. 4''d.'', to ''Wony McThomas McKernan'', comprising the modern-day townlands of Ned, Doogary and Coraghmuck. Owen McKiernan then sold the townland to Walter Talbot 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 ...
who then by deed dated 11 February 1614 sold the poll of Nedd to Sir Stephen Butler of
Belturbet Belturbet (; ) is a town in County Cavan, Ireland. It lies on the N3 road, around north of Cavan town and from Dublin. It is also located around south of the border with County Fermanagh, part of Northern Ireland, and is from Enniskillen. ...
. Some of the McKiernans of Ned emigrated to the USA and their notable descendants included Senator
Francis Kernan Francis Kernan (January 14, 1816September 7, 1892) was an American lawyer and politician. A resident of New York, he was active in politics as a Democrat, and served in several elected offices, including member of the New York State Assembly, ...
and General William Kernan. After 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 ...
concluded, the townland was confiscated in the Cromwellian Settlement and the 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists it as belonging to John Pyman. An Inquisition held at Belturbet on 12 June 1661 stated that John Pyman, a shopkeeper late of Belturbet, was owner of a poll of land called ''The Nedd'', containing 100 acres and he granted said land to William Cotten on 31 May 1653. John Pyman died on 30 September 1657 and William Cotten was in possession in 1661. In the Hearth Money Rolls compiled on 29 September 1663 there were two Hearth Tax payers in ''Nedd- John Greenan and Hugh Greenan''. In the 18th century Ned came into the possession of the Hinds family. Walter Hinds (1703-1777) of Corrakane left a will dated 5 Aug 1777 and proved on 18 July 1778. His Estate was large and he named eight beneficiaries, including Martha (Faris) Hinds, Ralph Hinds, Walter Hinds, John Hinds, William Hinds, Thomas Hinds, Anne Hinds and Mary (Hinds) Clarke. He left Ned to his son Ralph as follows- ''To Ralph Hinds, his eldest son, the lands of Toberlion, Meelick and Duffin and the responsibility to pay his (Ralph's) brother John an annual income of £40. Also to Ralph, and to his heirs forever, the lands of Nedd and Carnagee, and £1000 to be paid out of his father's effects together with two score of the best bullocks on the lands which he is to enjoy after his father's decease''. A marriage settlement dated 3 February 1784 contained, inter alia, ''the lands of Nedd''. The will of Ralph Hinds dated 15 April 1794 and proved on 10 May 1794 included, inter alia, ''Nedd in the County of Cavan''. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the townland name as ''Nedd''. In the 1825 Registry of Freeholders for County Cavan there were two freeholders registered in ''Nedd''- Thomas Bannan and John McCormick. They were both
Forty-shilling freeholders Forty-shilling freeholders were those who had the parliamentary franchise to vote by virtue of possessing freehold property, or lands held directly of the king, of an annual rent of at least forty shillings (i.e. £2 or 3 marks), clear of all ...
, holding a lease for lives from their landlord, Ralph Hinds. The 1825 Tithe Applotment Books list fifteen tithepayers in the townland. The Ned Valuation Office Field books are available for December 1837. In 1855 the landlord of Ned, Charlotte Hinds, was murdered.
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 forty landholders in the townland. On 17 March 1871 a rent-charge on the land belonging to the Hinds family was sold by the Landed Estates Court, including on ''The lands of Nedd''.


Census

In the Census of Ireland, 1841 there were 63 families listed in the townland. In the Census of Ireland, 1901, there were twenty families listed in the townland. In the 1911 census of Ireland, there were eighteen families listed in the townland.


Antiquities

# A foot-stick over a stream.


References


External links


The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
{{County Cavan Townlands of County Cavan