Lattone, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic ''Leath Tóin'' (meaning "the half-side of a hollow", i.e. a hillside), 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

Glangevlin Glangevlin () is a village in the northwest of County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the townlands of Gub (Glangevlin) and Tullytiernan, at the junction of the R200 road (Ireland), R200 and R207 road (Ireland), R207 regional roads ...

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

Lattone is bounded on the north by Derrylahan townland, on the south by Drumhurrin townland, on the west by

Derrynatuan Derrynatuan, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, either ‘Doirín an tSuain’, meaning ''The Little Oak-wood of the Rest or Sleep'', or ‘Doire na Tóin’, meaning ''The Oak-wood of the Low Lying Land'', or ‘Doire na Tamhan’, meaning ''The O ...

townland and on the east by Corratawy townland. Its chief geographical features are Lattone Lough, the

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, mountain streams and dug wells. The townland is traversed by the regional

R206 road (Ireland) The R206 road is a regional road in Ireland, located in the border region of 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 par ...

, minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 98 statute acres.

History

In 1720,

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was in possession. He leased his interest in "Latones" to Colonel John Enery of Bawnboy by deed dated 24 December 1720. A deed dated 13 November 1738 includes "Lattoones". The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as "Lattons". The Tithe Applotment Books for 1826 list five tithepayers in the townland and spell it as "Latune". The Lattone Valuation Office Field books are available for July 1839.

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of 1857 lists five landholders in the townland. In the 19th century the landlord of Lattone was the Annesley Estate.

Census

In the

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, there are three families listed in the townland. In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are three families listed in the townland.

Antiquities

* A boat-house * Stone bridges over the rivers, including 'Shannon Bridge'. * A weir * Stepping stones over the River Shannon. * A thatched house, which is listed in the "Record of Protected Structures; County Cavan", No. CV03001.

References

{{Coord, 54.2218, N, 7.9325, W, display=title Townlands of County Cavan