Killynaff () 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 orig ...
in the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...
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 18 ...
,
County Cavan
County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is based on the historic Gaelic territory of East Breffny (''Bréifn ...
,
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. 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 18 ...
and barony of
Tullyhaw
Tullyhaw ( ga, Teallach Eathach) (which means 'The Territory of Eochaidh', an ancestor of the McGoverns, who lived ) is a Barony in County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland. The area has been in constant occupation since pre-4000 BC. Locat ...
.
Geography
Killynaff is bounded on the north by
Urhannagh,
Bofealan
Bofealan () 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
Bofealan is bounded on the north by Moher and Mullanacre Lower townland ...
and
Drumane
Drumane () 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
Drumane is bounded on the north by Mullanacre Lower townland in Tomregan p ...
townlands, on the west by
Cavanaquill and
Crossmakelagher
Crossmakelagher, also written Crossmakellagher or Crossmakellegher () 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. The local people abbreviate i ...
townlands and on the southeast by
Lecharrownahone
Lecharrownahone () 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
Lecharrownahone is bounded on the north by Carrowmore, County Cavan a ...
townland. Its chief geographical features are cow pastures. Killynaff is traversed by a minor road and rural lanes. The townland covers 133 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 the ...
in charge of church lands. There were seven ballibetoes in the parish of Templeport. Killynaff was located in the ballybetagh of "Ballen Tulchoe" (alias ''Bally Tullagh''). The original Irish is ''Baile Tulach'', meaning ''Town of the Hillock''.
The 1609 Baronial Map depicts the townland as ''Killenaw''. A 1610 grant spells it as ''Killenenawe''. A 1630 Inquisition spells it as ''Killnenawe''. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the name as ''Kilnenaffe''. The 1665 Down Survey map depicts it as ''Killinought''.
During the Plantation of Ulster by grant dated 23 June 1610, along with other lands forming the Manor of Calva, King
James VI and I
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granted one poll of ''Killenenawe'' to Hugh Culme. In the same year Culme surrendered his interest to Walter Talbot 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.
...
. Talbot died on 26 June 1625 and his son James Talbot succeeded to the Ballyconnell estate aged just 10 years. An Inquisition held in Cavan on 20 September 1630 found that James Talbot was seized of one poll of ''Killnenawe'', along with other lands. In 1635 James Talbot married Helen Calvert, the daughter of
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore (; 1580 – 15 April 1632), was an English politician and colonial administrator. He achieved domestic political success as a member of parliament and later Secretary of State under King James I. He lost m ...
of
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; ...
.
In the Cromwellian
Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652
The Act for the Setling of Ireland imposed penalties including death and land confiscation against Irish civilians and combatants after the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and subsequent unrest. British historian John Morrill wrote that the Act and as ...
, Talbot's estate was confiscated because he was a Catholic and he was granted an estate in 1655 at Castle Rubey, County Roscommon instead. He died in 1687. Talbot's land in Killynaff was redistributed to John Blachford, who obtained Killynaff after the Cromwellian settlement. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the proprietor being ''Lieutenant John Blackforde'' and the tenant being ''Gilleesaog O'Rely'', both of whom appear as proprietor and tenant for several other Templeport townlands in the same survey, such as
Bofealan
Bofealan () 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
Bofealan is bounded on the north by Moher and Mullanacre Lower townland ...
. In the Hearth Money Rolls compiled on 29 September 1663 there were three Hearth Tax payers in ''Killinagh- Brian McKernan, Teige McKernan and Neale McFely.''
John Blachford was born in 1598 in Ashmore, Dorset, England, the son of Richard and Frances Blachford. He became a merchant in Dorchester, Dorset but fled to France in 1633 when facing a warrant from the Exchequer for not paying customs. He married Mary Renald from Devon and died at
Lissanover, County Cavan in 1661 and was buried at St. Orvins in Dublin (probably
St. Audoen's Church, Dublin (Church of Ireland)
St Audoen's Church () is the church of the parish of Saint Audoen in the Church of Ireland, located south of the River Liffey at Cornmarket in Dublin, Ireland. This was close to the centre of the medieval city. The parish is in the Diocese of D ...
) despite wishing to be buried back in
Dorchester. His will was published on 9 January 1665 leaving his son John Blachford as his sole heir. An Inquisition held in Cavan on 21 May 1667 found that his widow Mary Blachford and his heir John were seized of, inter alia, the land of Kellenaw alias Killenaught. He had sons John, Thomas, Ambrose and William (who became a Major) and daughters Mary and Frances. Major William Blachford was born in 1658 and died at Lissanover on 28 March 1727. The Blachford family gravestones in Templeport Church read as follows- ''This monument was erected by MAJOR WILLIAM / BLASHFORD of Lisnover in 1721 to the memory of / his father, JOHN BLASHFORD, late of the same Esqr. but / from Dorchester in Dorsetshire, the place of his / nativity, who in his lifetime chose this for a burying / place, for himself and family, but died in Dublin / was buried in St. Orvins Church but his wife, MARY / RENALD of a Devonsheire family is buried here / as also three sons and two daughters, viz JOHN / AMBROSE AND THOMAS; MARY AND FRANCES / Here likewise lies buried two wives of MAJOR WILLIAM BLASHFORD, son to the said JOHN BLASHFORD viz / MARY MAGHEE of an ancient Family in Lincolnsheire. CORNET CHIDLEY BLACHFORD, son to MAJOR WILLIAM BLACHFORD, leys buried here who dyed August ye 29th, 1722. This aboue MAJOR WILLIAM BLACHFORD. / That erected this monument, died the 28th of March 1727, aged 69 years.''
A deed dated 13 Nov 1738 includes: ''Lord Angleseys part of Killenoph''.
The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as ''Kilnenagh''.
The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list nine tithepayers in the townland.
The Killynaff Valuation Office Field books are available for 1839-1841.
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 examinat ...
of 1857 lists five landholders in the townland.
Census
In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are eleven families listed in the townland, and in the
1911 census of Ireland
The 1911 Census of Ireland was the last census that covered the whole island of Ireland. Censuses were taken at ten-year intervals from 1821 onwards, but the 1921 census was cancelled due to the Irish War of Independence.
The original records o ...
, there are five families listed in the townland.
Antiquities
There seem to be no sites of historical interest in the townland.
References
External links
The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
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Townlands of County Cavan