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Gortnavreeghan () 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
civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
of
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 ...
,
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 ...
. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of
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 ...
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

Gortnavreeghan is bounded on the north by
Brackley, Templeport Brackley () 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 Brackley is bounded on the north by Mullaghlea townland, on the west by ...
townland, on the west by Carrick East and
Bawnboy Bawnboy () is a small village and townland in a valley at the foot of Slieve Rushen, between Ballyconnell and Swanlinbar, in County Cavan, Ireland. A synod of the Catholic Provincial Council of Armagh was held in Owengallees, ''Baunbuidhe'' ...
townlands, on the southeast by Ballynamaddoo and
Corneen Corneen () 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. A sub-division is called ''Millstone Hill'', so named because millstones for the local c ...
townlands and on the east by
Mullanacre Upper Mullanacre Upper is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Etymology The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename "Mullagh an Acre" which means ‘The Acre of the Summit’. In the 17th ...
townland in
Tomregan Tomregan (, ) is a civil parish in the ancient barony of Tullyhaw. The parish straddles the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The largest population centre in the parish is Ballyconnell, County Cavan. The total are ...
parish. Its chief geographical features are
Slieve Rushen Slieve Rushen is a mountain which straddles the border between County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland and County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. It is also called Slieve Russell or Ligavegra (also Legavagra, Ligavagra). It has an elevation of 4 ...
mountain on whose western slope it lies, three small mountain lakes including Miles' Lough, mountain streams, mountain bogs and forestry plantations. It forms part of the Slieve Rushen Bog Natural Heritage Area. Gortnavreeghan is traversed by minor roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 383 statute acres.


History

In medieval times the McGovern barony of Tullyhaw was divided into economic taxation areas called ballibetoes, from the Irish ''Baile Biataigh'' (Anglicized as 'Ballybetagh'), meaning 'A Provisioner's Town or Settlement'. The original purpose was to enable the farmer, who controlled the baile, to provide hospitality for those who needed it, such as poor people and travellers. The ballybetagh was further divided into townlands farmed by individual families who paid a tribute or tax to the head of the ballybetagh, who in turn paid a similar tribute to the clan chief. The steward of the ballybetagh would have been the secular equivalent of the
erenagh The medieval Irish office of erenagh (Old Irish: ''airchinnech'', Modern Irish: ''airchinneach'', Latin: '' princeps'') was responsible for receiving parish revenue from tithes and rents, building and maintaining church property and overseeing t ...
in charge of church lands. There were seven ballibetoes in the parish of Templeport. Gortnavreeghan was located in the ballybetagh of "Balleagheboynagh" (alias 'Ballyoghnemoynagh'). The original Irish is ''Baile Na Muighe Eanach'', meaning 'The Town of the Marshy Plain'). The ballybetagh was also called "Aghawenagh", the original Irish is ''Achadh an Bhuí Eanaigh'', meaning 'The Field of the Yellow Bog'). The 1609 Ulster Plantation Baronial Map depicts the townland as ''Gortnefreaghagh''. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the townland as ''Gortnevrioghan''. The 1665 Down Survey map depicts the townland as ''Gortnewragh''.
William Petty Sir William Petty (26 May 1623 – 16 December 1687) was an English economist, physician, scientist and philosopher. He first became prominent serving Oliver Cromwell and the Commonwealth of England, Commonwealth in Cromwellian conquest of I ...
's 1685 map depicts it as ''Gortnewra''. In the Plantation of Ulster by grant dated 26 June 1615, 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, inter alia, one poll in ''Gortnefreighan'' to Sir George Graeme and Sir Richard Graeme to form part of the Manor of Greame. An Inquisition held at Cavan Town on 31 October 1627 found that George Greames was seized of one poll in ''Gortnafreighane'' and he died 9 October 1624. By his will dated 1 May 1615 he left his lands to his son and heir William Greames then 30 years old (born 1594) and unmarried. An Inquisition held at
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. ...
on 12 June 1661 found that George Greames was seized of, inter alia, ''Gosnefrehane'' and he died 9 October 1624. By his will dated 1 May 1615 he left his lands to his son and heir William Greames then 30 years old (born 1594) and unmarried. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the proprietor being ''Mr Thomas Worsopp'' and the tenant being ''William Lawther'', both of whom appear as proprietor and tenant for several other Templeport townlands in the same survey. The 1662 Hearth Money Rolls show no Hearth Tax payers in Gortnavreeghan. A lease dated 23 January 1717 from
Morley Saunders Morley Saunders (1671-1737) was an Irish politician, barrister and landowner. He followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a member of the Irish House of Commons and Prime Serjeant-at-law. He is mainly remembered today as the builder of Sa ...
to John Enery of Bawnboy includes one pole of land in ''Gortnafreechan''. A lease dated 10 December 1774 from William Crookshank to John Enery of Bawnboy includes the lands of ''Gortnafrechan''. A further deed by John Enery dated 13 December 1774 includes the lands of ''Gortnefreec otherwise Gortnefreeghan''. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as ''Gortnefrechan''. A lease dated 17 September 1816 John Enery of Bawnboy includes ''Gortnefreechan otherwise called the two Gortnafrahans''. The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list fifty four tithepayers in the townland. In 1833 one person in Gortnavreeghan was registered as a keeper of weapons- Peter O'Hara. The Gortnavreeghan Valuation Office Field books are available for November 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 fifteen landholders in the townland.


Census

In the
1901 census of Ireland Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number) * One of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (1987 film), a 1987 science fiction film * ''19-Nineteen'', a 2009 South Korean film * ''Dician ...
, there are eight families listed in the townland, and in the 1911 census of Ireland, there are only six families listed in the townland.


Antiquities

The only structure of historical interest in the townland is a limekiln.


References


External links


The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
{{Coord, 54.07514, -7.810271, display=title Townlands of County Cavan