Garvary () 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

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

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

Garvary is bounded on the north by Curraghabweehan townland, on the west by Corraclassy and

Corranierna Corranierna is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Etymology The townland name is an anglicisation of either ''Cor an Iarna'', meaning 'The Hill of the Skein (of thread)’, which derived its ...

townlands, on the south by Derry Beg townland and on the east by Derryvahan and Scrabby, Corlough townlands. Its chief geographical features are 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 ...

), forestry plantations, mountain streams and dug wells. Garvary is traversed by the

R202 road (Ireland) The R202 road is a regional road in Ireland linking Dromod in County Leitrim to Swanlinbar in County Cavan. En route it passes through Mohill and Ballinamore. Connections The R202 road links with the N87 in Swanlinbar and then runs to ...

and rural lanes. The townland covers 108 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 13 Nov 1738 includes: ''Garrohullaugh''. A deed dated 30 April 1740 by Thomas Enery includes: ''Garvallah''. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as ''Lorga''. A map of the townland drawn in 1813 is in the National Archives of Ireland, Beresford Estate Maps, depicts the townland as ''Garworragh'', ''Gorworragh'' and ''Lurgy'

The Tithe Applotment Books for 1826 list four tithepayers in the townland. The Garvary Valuation Office Field books are available for September 1839. In 1841 the population of the townland was 56, being 31 males and 25 females. There were ten houses in the townland, all of which were inhabited. In 1851 the population of the townland was 49, being 21 males and 28 females, the reduction being due to the Great Famine (Ireland). There were seven 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 ten landholders in the townland. In 1861 the population of the townland was 38, being 19 males and 19 females. There were six houses in the townland and all were inhabited. In the

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, there are six families listed in the townland. In the

1911 census of Ireland The 1911 census of Ireland was the last census that covered the whole island of Ireland and of the 26 counties that form the Republic of Ireland. Censuses were taken at ten-year intervals from 1821 onwards, but the 1921 census was cancelled due ...

, there are six families listed in the townland.http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Cavan/Pedara_Vohers/Garvary/ ''Census of Ireland 1911''

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