Port () is a

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in the

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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 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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. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of

and barony of

Tullyhaw Tullyhaw (, which means 'the Territory of Eochaidh', an ancestor of the McGoverns, who lived ) is a Barony in County Cavan in Ireland. The area has been in constant occupation since pre-4000 BC. Located in the northwest of the county, it h ...

Geography

Port is bounded on the north by

Muinaghan Muinaghan () 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 Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Muinaghan is bounded on ...

townland, on the west by

Kildoagh Kildoagh () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Kildoagh is bounded on the north by Kilsob and Muinaghan townlands, on t ...

and Corboy Glebe townlands, on the south by

Ray, Templeport Ray () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Ray is bounded on the north by Port, Templeport and Gortaclogher townlands, on ...

and

Cloneary Cloneary () 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 Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Cloneary is bounded on the ...

townlands and on the east by

Cor, Templeport Cor () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Cor is bounded on the north by Kilsallagh and Keenagh, Templeport townlands, o ...

and Kilsallagh townlands. Its chief geographical features are Templeport Lough, Inch Island, woods, streams and spring wells. Port is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 335 statute acres.

Etymology

The old name of the townland was Templeport (now shortened to Port) which is the anglicisation of the Gaelic ''Teampall An Phoirt'' ("The Church of the Port or Bank or Landing-Place"). The church referred to is the old church on St. Mogue's Island in the middle of Port Lake. This church fell into disuse in medieval times and a new church was built on the opposite shore of the lake. It was forfeited to Queen Elizabeth in 1590 and started use as a Protestant church in about 1610. It is very unlikely that the island church ever served as the parish church because there was only one boat available and it would have been extremely inconvenient if not logistically impossible for hundreds of worshipers to go to and from the church in time for mass, especially in rough winter weather. It was built firstly for the convenience of any pilgrim wishing to go to St. Mogue's birthplace and secondly as an interment or mortuary chapel for the few family members attending burials on the island.

History

The 1609 Baronial Map depicts the townland as ''Aghavanme'' (probably Irish 'Achadh an Mhanaigh' meaning "The Field of the Monk"). The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the townland ''Aghowanny''. The 1665 Down Survey map depicts it as ''Port''.

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's 1685 map depicts it as ''Port''. An 1809 map of ecclesiastical lands in Templeport depicts the townland as ''Templeport'' with a subdivision in the northeast part named ''Portlargy'' () Saint

Máedóc of Ferns Saint Máedóc of Ferns (; 6th & 7th century), also known as Saint Aidan (; ; and '), Saint Madocrbitramur'. In the 16th century these ecclesiastical lands in Templeport were seized in the course of the

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and kept first by the English monarch and then eventually granted to the Anglican

Bishop of Kilmore The Bishop of Kilmore is an episcopal title which takes its name after the parish of Kilmore, County Cavan in Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bisho ...

. An Inquisition held in

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Town on 20 June 1588 valued the total vicarage of Templeport at £10. An Inquisition held in

Town on 19 September 1590 found ''the termon or hospital lands of Templeport to consist of four polls of land at a yearly value of 4 shillings''. Port was one of these four polls. By grant dated 6 March 1605, along with other lands, King

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granted a lease of ''the farm, termons or hospitals of Tampleporte containing 4 pulls for 21 years at an annual rent of 10 shillings'' to Sir

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. Port was one of these four pulls. By grant dated 10 August 1607, along with other lands, King

granted a further lease of ''the farms, termons or hospitals of Templeport containing 2 pulls for 21 years at an annual rent of 13 shillings'' to the aforesaid Sir

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. This grant covered the two extra polls of ecclesiastical land in the parish which had been overlooked in the previous inquisitions and grants. A survey held by Sir John Davies (poet) at

Town on 6 September 1608 stated that- ''the ecclesiastical lands of Templeporte were containing 6 pulls lying near the parish church and that the rectory was appropriated to the

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''. Port was one of these six pulls. An Inquisition held in

Town on 25 September 1609 found ''the termon land of Templeport to consist of six polls of land, out of which the

was entitled to a rent of 10 shillings and 2/3rd of a beef per annum''. Port was one of these six polls. The Inquisition then granted the lands to the Protestant Bishop of Kilmore. By a deed dated 6 April 1612, Robert Draper, the Anglican

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granted a joint ''lease of 60 years over the termons or herenachs of, inter alia, 6 polls in Templepurt'' to

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, of

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and Sir

, of

. Port formed part of the six polls in this lease. By deed dated 17 July 1639,

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, the Anglican

, extended the above lease of ''Templepart'' to Oliver Lambert’s son,

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. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the proprietor as ''The Lord of Cavan'' (i.e.

), who also appears as proprietor of several other Templeport townlands in the same survey. Rectorial Tithes From medieval times the rectorial tithes were split between the local parish priest who received 1/3 and the Abbey of Kells who received 2/3, until they were seized in the 16th century Dissolution of the Monasteries. A list of the rectories owned by King

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in 1542 included ''Templeporte''. In 1587

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granted the rectory of ''Templeporte'' to Garret (otherwise Gerald) Fleming of Cabragh. On 30 October 1603 the aforementioned Gerrald Fleming surrendered the rectory of ''Templeporte'' to King

and it was regranted to him for a term of 21 years. By grant dated 22 December 1608, along with other lands, King

granted a lease of the rectories, churches, or chapels formerly belonging to Kells Abbey, including ''Templeporte'' to Gerald Fleminge of Cabragh, County Cavan. On 4 March 1609 the aforementioned Gerrald Fleming sold the rectory of ''Templeporte'' to his son James Fleming and Walter Talbot of

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. On 8 June 1619 the aforesaid James Fleming and Walter Talbot were pardoned by King

for obtaining the said rectory of ''Templeport'' without getting a licence from the king. An Inquisition held at Cavan on 19 October 1616 stated that the aforementioned Gerald Fleming died on 5 April 1615 and his son Thomas Fleming (born 1589) succeeded to the rectorial tithes of ''Templeporte''. In 1622 Thomas Moigne, the Anglican

made a visitation to the parish. He found that the rectory was impropriate to the vicar of Templeport, John Patrick, who was not a resident, but that there was a curate resident. The annual value of the rectory was £20. The church was in a ruinous condition and the parsonage was a timber house. On 9 March 1669 King

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granted ''to Josias Hallington, incumbent of Templeport, Co. Cavan, the rectory of the said parish, forever''. 18th century onwards Major Edward Magauran was born in Ballymagovern, County Cavan on 16 April 1746, the grandson of Colonel Bryan Magauran, the Chief of the McGovern Clan who fought in the

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for

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against

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of Orange. In his book ''Memoirs of Major M’Gauran'', Volume I, Page 127 (London 1786), he states (about the year 1765)- ''Upon my return from Luxemburg, the General wrote to Mr. John M'Gauran, of Port, in the County of Cavan, married to Ann O'Donnel, the General's cousin-german, telling him that a cousin of his, grand-son of Colonel Bryan M'Gauran, and son of Mary O'Donnel, was serving then in Loudon's regiment, quartered where he resided. Mr. M'Gauran, jealous of my prosperity, having many young sons of his own, whom he thought better entitled to the General's protection; but, notwithstanding, though he knew me to be his own near relation, wrote to the General, to inform him that I was not the son of Mary O'Donnel, but an impostor. The General shewed me the letter, and asked me the truth, which I told him, together with the motives I had for not revealing it sooner; all of which he approved, and matters seemed to be accommodated''. In the Templeport Poll Book of 1761 there was only one landowner in Port registered to vote in the

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- Reverend Peter Lombard, who was the Church of Ireland rector of Templeport parish from 1732 to 1767. He resided in Clooncorick townland, Carrigallen Parish, County Leitrim. He was entitled to cast two votes. The four election candidates were

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and Lord Newtownbutler (later

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), both of whom were then elected Member of Parliament for

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. The losing candidates were

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and

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. Lombard voted for Maxwell and Montgomery. 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 Port. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as ''Purt''. The 1809 map of ecclesiastical lands in Templeport depicts Port as still belonging to the Anglican Church of Ireland. The tenants on the land were- Robert Hume, Hugh Reilly, the widow of M. Kernan, John Lynch and James Hoe
Templeport Development Association - 1809 Templeport map
The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list thirteen tithepayers in the townland. The 1836 Ordnance Survey Namebooks state- ''The soil is light yellow clay intermixed with sand stone...The townland is bounded on the W. side by a large lake, on the E. bank of which is situated the parish church. It is a handsome modern building to which is attached a graveyard in which nearly all the Protestant inhabitants are buried. There is an island belonging to this townland near the centre of the lake.'' The Port Valuation Office Field books are available for 1839-1840.

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of 1857 lists twenty four landholders in the townland. On 17 March 1943 a

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JL710 crash landed beside the island in Templeport Loug
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A distinguished native of the townland is the Roman Catholic

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Church of Ireland clergy

The list of Anglican rectors of Templeport is viewable a
St Peter's Church Templeport / History-Clergy

Port School

The Second Report from the Commissioners of Irish Education Inquiry dated 1826 stated that Terence McManus was the headmaster of the school which was a pay school with charges of 10d to 1/3d per annum. The schoolhouse was built of mud at a cost of 5 guineas. There were 77 pupils of which 71 were Roman Catholics and 6 were Church of Ireland. 46 were boys and 31 were girls. It was closed before 1900.

Census

In the

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, there are fourteen families listed in the townland. In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are only twelve families listed in the townland.

Antiquities

# St. Mogue's ruined church on St. Mogue's Island, built about 1500 to replace an earlier church.''Ecclesiastical Remains in Co. Cavan'' by T. G. F. Paterson and O. Davies in Ulster Journal of Archaeology, Third Series, Vol. 3 (1940), pp. 154-156''The Churches of County Cavan'' by O. Davies in The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Vol. 78, No. 2 (Dec., 1948), pp. 73-118. # Templeport Protestant Church erected 1815 to replace an earlier church built about 140
St Peter's Church of Ireland Church, PORT (E.D. BAWNBOY), County Cavan
# According to the story ''The Floating Stone of Inch Island'' (now found in the 1938

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Folklore Collection) a cursing stone connected to the birth of Saint

Máedóc of Ferns Saint Máedóc of Ferns (; 6th & 7th century), also known as Saint Aidan (; ; and '), Saint MadocRay, Templeport Ray () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Ray is bounded on the north by Port, Templeport and Gortaclogher townlands, on ...

townland in the 1880s and is probably still there. # Templeport House # An earthen ringfort. # An earthen ringfort. # A crannóg 170 metres from the shore in Templeport Lough. # A sandstone Beehive Quern-stone

Ulster Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 59 (2000), p.88. # A Foot-Bridge over the stream

References

External links

The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
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