Greaghnadoony () 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

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

Greaghnadoony is bounded on the west by Greaghnaloughry and Corraleehan townlands, both in

County Leitrim County Leitrim ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the village of Leitrim, County Leitr ...

, and on the east by Tullyveela, Cartronnagilta and Corrachomera townlands. Its chief geographical features are mountain streams and a spring well. Greaghnadoony is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 87 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 map of the townland drawn in 1813 is in the National Archives of Ireland, Beresford Estate Maps, depicts the townland as ''Greagnadown'' and ''Greagnadowny'' with the proprietors being ''John Finlay'' and ''Colonel Ennery deceased'

A lease dated 17 September 1816 John Enery of Bawnboy includes ''Greaghnadoony''. The Tithe Applotment Books for 1826 list thirteen tithepayers in the townland. The Greaghnadoony Valuation Office Field books are available for September 1839. In 1841 the population of the townland was 59 being 28 males and 31 females. There were ten houses in the townland of which one was uninhabited. In 1851 the population of the townland was 40 being 17 males and 23 females, the reduction being due to the Great Famine (Ireland). There were six 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 seven landholders in the townland. In 1861 the population of the townland was 18, being 10 males and 8 females. There were four houses in the townland, of which one was uninhabited. In 1871 the population of the townland was 19, being 10 males and 9 females. There were three houses in the townland, all were inhabited. In 1881 the population of the townland was 23, being 13 males and 10 females. There were four houses in the townland, all were inhabited. In 1891 the population of the townland was 29, being 15 males and 14 females. There were five houses in the townland, all were inhabited. In the

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