Altcrock () 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 ...

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. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of

Corlough Corlough () is a Roman Catholic parish situated in the historical 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 Templepo ...

and barony of

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Geography

Altcrock is bounded on the north by Altateskin townland, on the west by Derrynananta Lower and Gowlan townlands and on the east by Owencam townland. Its chief geographical features are Mullaghroe mountain, a small mountain lake, the Owensallagh river (A source of the

River Blackwater, County Cavan The River Blackwater () rises in the Cuilcagh Mountains, in the townland of Gowlan, Parish of Killinagh, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan. It then flows in a south-east direction and ends in Ballymagauran Ballymagauran (), historically kno ...

), a mountain stream, waterfalls, forestry plantations, gravel pits, a spring and dug wells. Altcrock is traversed by the L1019 public road and rural lanes. The townland covers 569 statute acres. There are several sub-divisions in the townland, including Benn Altcrock (The Peak of Altcrock); The White House, a spring well where the gentry used to lunch when on shooting-parties. There was probably a hunting-lodge here; Peecennaconspudge (Piosa na Conspóide = The Spot of the Dispute). Excise and Revenue men used to sink the illegal

poitín Poitín (), anglicized as poteen () or potcheen, is a traditional Irish distilled beverage (40–90% ABV). Former common names for Poitín were "Irish moonshine" and "mountain dew". It was traditionally distilled in a small pot still, and the ...

seizures here; The Eydhan (Éadan = A Hill Brow); Brucklagh (Broclagh = A Badger Sett); Pullahearan (Poll a hIarainn = The Iron Hole); Assagowlan (Eas a Gabhlán = The Waterfall of the River-Fork); Currveg (An Chorr Bheag = The Little Smooth Round 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 ''Altcrock''. The Tithe Applotment Books for 1826 list four tithepayers in the townland. The Ordnance Survey Name Books for 1836 give the following description of the townland- ''The townland is bounded on the north and south sides by two large mountain streams, in the latter of which there is a fall of 30 feet and beside a small house in ruins on the north side of the townland there is a spring called Mullaghroe, which has the singular property of turning new milk into curds.'' The Altcrock Valuation Office Field books are available for August 1839. In 1841 the population of the townland was 54, being 31 males and 23 females. There were ten houses in the townland, of which one was uninhabited. In 1851 the population of the townland was 57, being 30 males and 27 females. There were nine houses in the townland and all were 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 examin ...

of 1857 lists eleven landholders in the townland. In 1861 the population of the townland was 68, being 39 males and 29 females. There were ten houses in the townland and all were inhabited. In 1871 the population of the townland was 67, being 32 males and 35 females. There were eleven houses in the townland, all were inhabited. In 1881 the population of the townland was 66, being 35 males and 31 females. There were thirteen houses in the townland, all were inhabited. In 1891 the population of the townland was 69, being 34 males and 35 females. There were fourteen houses in the townland, all were inhabited. In the

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, there are thirteen families listed in the townland. In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are fifteen families listed in the townland.

Antiquities

The chief structures of historical interest in the townland are # A prehistoric cairn on the southern townland border with Gowlan, marked on the Ordnance survey 25" map as ''A Pile of Stones'', reused as a boundary marker during the introduction of townland divisions, or it may be contemporaneous with this development.(Site number 120 in Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan, Patrick O’Donovan, 1995, where it is described as- ''Not marked on the OS 1836 or 1876 eds. Situated in precipitous mountain terrain on the border between the townlands of Altcrock and Gowlan. The site may represent a prehistoric cairn reused as a boundary marker during the introduction of townland divisions, or it may be contemporaneous with this development. Not visited.''
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# A lime kiln # Stepping stones over the streams

References

External links

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