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Gowlan () 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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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
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

Gowlan is bounded on the west by Tullyveela, Derrynananta Upper and Derrynananta Lower townlands and on the east by Altcrock, Owencam and Tullynaconspod townlands. Its chief geographical features are Derrynananta Lough, forestry plantations, waterfalls, gravel pits and mountain streams. Gowlan is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 926 statute acres. The townland contains the following sub-divisions- Tullyrower (Tulaig Reamhair= The Stumpy Hill); Tullyuchtharach (Tulaig Uachtarach = The Upper Hill); Tullywan (Tulaig Bhán = The White 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. Lowther Kirkwood of Mullinagrave, parish of Templeport, Co. Cavan, gentleman made the following will- ''2 July 1804. To his grandnephew Lowther Brien, city of Dublin, attorney, and his heirs his lands of Awengallis, Ballylenan, Ballymagirill, Stranadarragh, Carnagimlie, Cullagh, Drumleden, Leitry, Corlagh, Lananleragh, Gowlanlea and Drumlogher, Co. Cavan, held under lease from the Beresford family. He had begun a suit in Chancery, Ireland, against John Brien, late of Salvon, Co. Fermanagh, deceased, for setting aside a fraudulent deed obtained by said John Brien, which suit against the representatives is to be continued by said Lowther Brien, his sole exor. Witnesses: John Johnston and Andrew Rutledge, both of Ballymagiril, and Thos. Stephenson, Drumleaden, Co. Cavan, gent. Memorial witnessed by: said Andrew Rutledge, and John Balfour, city of Dublin, attorney. The Tithe Applotment Books for 1826 list five tithepayers in the townland. The 1836 Ordnance Survey Namebooks state- ''There is a large mountain stream through the centre of the townland. It generally overflows its banks in winter and floods the low parts of the townland during the winter months. The soil is consequently cold and light, yielding poor crops of oats & potatoes. There is no county cess levied, as the townland is considered as mountain.'' The Gowlan Valuation Office Field books are available for August 1839. In 1841 the population of the townland was 13, being 8 males and 5 females. There were two houses in the townland, both of which were inhabited. In 1851 the population of the townland was 9, being 7 males and 2 females, the reduction being due to the Great Famine (Ireland). There were two houses in the townland, one of which was uninhabited.
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 four landholders in the townland. In 1861 the population of the townland was 20, being 8 males and 12 females. There were four houses in the townland and all were inhabited. In 1871 the population of the townland was 33, being 15 males and 18 females. There were four houses in the townland, and all were inhabited. In 1881 the population of the townland was 33, being 15 males and 18 females. There were four houses in the townland, all were inhabited. In 1891 the population of the townland was 22, being 9 males and 13 females. There were four houses in the townland, all were inhabited. 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 five families listed in the townland. In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are five families listed in the townland.


Antiquities

# A prehistoric cairn on the northern townland border with Altcrock, 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, 199

# A ford # Stepping stones over the stream


References


External links


The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
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