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Killygowan (Irish derived place name, Coill Uí Ghabhann meaning either ‘The Wood of O’Gowan’ or ‘The Wood of the Blacksmith’.) is a
townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origi ...
in the
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of Kildallan, barony of
Tullyhunco Tullyhunco () is a barony in County Cavan, Ireland. It comprises the civil parishes of Kildallan, Killeshandra and Scrabby. Location Tullyhunco is located in western County Cavan. It borders County Leitrim to the west and County Longford to t ...
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County Cavan County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) 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 Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is base ...
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Geography

Killygowan is bounded on the north by Druminiskill townland, on the west by Drumbinnis and
Drumgoohy ''Drumgoohy (Irish derived place name, either Droim gCuaiche meaning 'The Hill-Ridge of the Cuckoo' or Droim Guthaidhe meaning 'The Hill-Ridge of the Voices'.) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ire ...
townlands, on the south by Aghabane, Coolnashinny and Disert, Tullyhunco townlands and on the east by Mullaghmullan townland. Its chief geographical features are Aghabane Lough, small streams and a wood. Killygowan is traversed by the regional
R199 road (Ireland) The R199 road is a regional road in Ireland linking the R198 and R202 roads in Counties Cavan and Leitrim. It is a key road for access to the Shannon–Erne Waterway. From the R198, the road goes north to Killeshandra. Leaving Killeshand ...
, minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 121 acres.


History

From medieval times up to the early 1600s, the land belonged to the
McKiernan Clan The surname McKiernan ( ga, Mág Tighearnán), is of Ireland, Irish origin and is found predominantly in the county of County Cavan, Cavan where it originated. The Irish name is Mág Tighearnán meaning ''the Son of Tighearnán'' and the clan or se ...
. Up until the 1650s, Killygowan formed part of Coolnashinny or Croaghan townland and its history is the same until then. An inquisition of 1629 spells the name as ''Killegowne''. An Inquisition held at Ballyconnell on 2 November 1629 stated that Sir James Craig owned the four polls of ''Craghan'' which contained, inter alia, a sub-division named ''Killegowne''. Sir James Craig died in the siege of Croaghan Castle on 8 April 1642. His land was inherited by his brother John Craig of Craig Castle, County Cavan and of Craigston, County Leitrim, who was chief doctor to both King James I and Charles I. Lord John Carmichael (1710–1787), the 4th Earl of Hyndford of Castle Craig, County Cavan, inherited the lands from the Craig estate. In 1758 Carmichael sold the lands to the Farnham Estate of Cavan. The estate papers are now in the National Library of Ireland. The documents mentioning Killygowan are at reference numbers MS 41,114 /7 and MS 41,114 /17. In the Cavan Poll Book of 1761, there was one person registered to vote in ''Killygowan'' in the Irish general election, 1761 - Thomas Burrows, who was entitled to cast two votes. The four election candidates were Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont and Lord Newtownbutler (later Brinsley Butler, 2nd Earl of Lanesborough), both of whom were then elected
Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
for Cavan County. The losing candidates were
George Montgomery (MP) George Leslie Montgomery (c. 1727 – March 1787) was an Irish politician. Montgomery sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Strabane from 1765 to 1768. He purchased the seat from John McCausland of Strabane for £2,000 after the death of th ...
of
Ballyconnell Ballyconnell () is a town in County Cavan, Ireland. It is situated on the N87 national secondary road at the junction of four townlands: Annagh, Cullyleenan, Doon (Tomregan) and Derryginny in the parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw. Ball ...
and Barry Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham. Absence from the poll book either meant a resident did not vote or more likely was not a freeholder entitled to vote, which would mean most of the inhabitants of Killygowan. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the townland name as ''Killigown''. The 1825 Tithe Applotment Books list four tithepayers in the townland. The Killygowan Valuation Office books are available for April 1838.
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 examinati ...
of 1857 lists thirteen landholders in the townland. In the 19th century the landlord of most of Killygowan was Richard Carson.


Census

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there were eight families listed in the townland. In the 1911 census of Ireland, there were six families listed in the townland.


References


External links


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