Corratawy, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Corr an tSamhaidh’ meaning ''The Round Hill of the Sorrel Herb'', 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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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

Glangevlin Glangevlin () is a village in the northwest of County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the townlands of Gub (Glangevlin) and Tullytiernan, at the junction of the R200 road (Ireland), R200 and R207 road (Ireland), R207 regional roads ...

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 ...

. The local pronunciation is ''Curratavy''. Road at Corratawy - geograph

Geography

Corratawy is bounded on the north by Derrylahan townland, on the west by Drumhurrin and Lattone townlands and on the east by

Creea Creea, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, either ‘Críocha’ meaning ''The Territory or the Boundaries'', or ‘Cré’ meaning ''Clay'', or ‘Croí’ meaning ''The Heart'' or 'Criathar' meaning a ''Sieve'', is a townland in the civil parish of ...

and Edenmore townlands. Its chief geographical features are Carricknahurroo Lough, Drumhurrin Lough, Corratawy Lough, mountain streams, woods, dug wells and spring wells. It is near the

Shannon Pot Shannon Pot () is a pool in the karst landscape in the townland of Derrylahan near Cuilcagh Mountain in County Cavan, Ireland. An aquifer-fed naturally fluctuating pool, it is the traditional source of the River Shannon. It has connections, ...

, traditional source of the

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. The townland is traversed by the regional

R206 road (Ireland) The R206 road is a regional road in Ireland, located in the border region of 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 par ...

, minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 346 statute acres.

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 deed dated 10 May 1744 spells the name as ''Currawtawny''. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as ''Cortawy''. The Tithe Applotment Books for 1826 list four tithepayers in the townland. The Corratawy Valuation Office Field books are available for July 1839.

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 seven landholders in the townland. The landlord of Corratawy in the 19th century was William Blachford.

Census

In the

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

Antiquities

# A sweathouse. The 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Site no. 1865), describes it as- ''Marked on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Situated 180m NE of Drumhurrin Lough. In the early decades of this century it was dismantled and the stones utilised as building material for field boundaries in the vicinity (local information). No visible remains at ground level''. # Stone bridges over the rivers # Lime-kilns # Corratawy National School, Roll No. 13,702. The school was opened in January 1890 by the parish priest, Father Thomas Corr, as one of the replacements for closed old schools in the parish. There were 132 pupils in the school in 1890. Local folklore was collected in 1938 by the pupils of the school. The school was closed in the mid-1960s.

References

External links

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