Legnagrow, an Anglicisation of the

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, either 'The Hollow of the Nuts', or 'The Hollow of the Huts or Sheep-Folds', 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

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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 18 ...

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. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of

Glangevlin Glangevlin () is a village in the northwest of County Cavan, Ireland. It is in the townlands of Gub (Glangevlin) and Tullytiernan, at the junction of the R200 and R207 regional roads. It is surrounded by the Cuilcagh Mountains and borders ...

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

Legnagrow is bounded on the west by Corneenflynn,

Creea Creea, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, either ‘Críocha’ meaning ''The Territory or the Boundaries'', or ‘Cré’ meaning ''Clay'', or ‘Croí’ meaning ''The Heart'' or 'Criathar' meaning a ''Sieve'', is a townland in the civil parish o ...

Curraghvah Curraghvah, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, either ‘Currach Bheathach’, meaning ''The Moor of the Birches'', or ‘Currach a’ Mhagh’, meaning ''The Moor of the Plain'', or ‘Currach Mheádh’ meaning ''The Moor of the Spicy Mead Drink' ...

and

Mully Lower Mully Lower, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Mullach Íochtar’ meaning ''The Lower Summit of the Hill'', is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin and barony o ...

townlands, on the south by Mully Upper townland and on the east by Edenmore, Garvagh, Killykeeghan and

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townlands. Its chief geographical features are

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mountain on whose western slope it lies with the peak of Tiltinbane ( ga, An tAltin Bán, lit=The White Little Gorge) reaching a height of 1949 feet, Legnagrow Lough,

Owenmore River (County Cavan) The Owenmore River ( ga, Abhainn Mór, meaning "Big River") rises in the Cuilcagh Mountains, in the townland of Dunmakeever, civil parish of Kinawley, Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan. It then flows in a nort ...

, mountain streams, water sink-holes, waterfalls, forestry plantations, a wood, gravel pits, a sulphurous spa well and spring wells. The townland is traversed by the regional

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, minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 826 statute acres.

History

A deed dated 13 Nov 1738 includes: ''Legnagro''. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as ''Legnagno''. The Tithe Applotment Books for 1826 list five tithepayers in the townland. The Ordnance Survey Name Books for 1836 give the following description of the townland- "There is a corn mill and kiln". The Legnagrow Valuation Office Field books are available for 1839-1840.

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of 1857 lists nineteen landholders in the townland. In the 19th century Philip McGovern of Legnagrow was famous throughout Ireland for having the cure of

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or hydrophobia. There is a monument to the

Seanchaí A seanchaí ( or – plural: ) is a traditional Gaelic storyteller/historian. In Scottish Gaelic the word is (; plural ). The word is often anglicised as shanachie ( ). The word ''seanchaí'', which was spelled ''seanchaidhe'' (plural ''s ...

John Neddy Maguire of Legnagrow. There are folktales about Legnagrow in the 1938 Dúchas collection. There is also a song about Michael Maguire of Legnagrow in the Dúchas collection. A poem mentions .

Census

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are seventeen families listed in the townland. In the

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, there are fifteen families listed in the townland.
''Census of Ireland 1911''

Antiquities

# A sweathouse. The 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Site no. 1874) describes it as- "Marked on all OS eds. An earlier description (Sweathouses between Blacklion and Dowra, County Cavan, by P. Richardson, in Ulster Journal of Archaeology, Third Series, Vol. 2 (1939), pp. 34–35. No. 14. Legnagrow A. OS 6, 1, 3.) noted that it had an internal diameter of c. 1.7m, a max height of c. 1.5m and that the walls were c. 0.8m thick. A large slab which formed the roof had been removed some thirty years previously. No sign of a chimney. Not visited". # A sweathouse. The above 1939 article describes it as- "No. 15. Legnagrow B.- OS 4, 35.4’’ east, 7.8’’ south. Internal diameter 6ft., height inside 6ft. 5 in., outside at door 9ft. Corbelled roof closed by a small slab. Doorway 2ft.4in. high by 2ft.5in. wide by 4ft.8in. deep, roofed by two large lintel-stones. Rough chimney to the left of it. External circumference 51 ft." # A sweathouse. The above 1939 article describes it as- "No. 16. Legnagrow C.- OS 4, 36’’ east, 9.4’’ south. Internal diameter 5ft., height inside 3ft. 6 in. Walls vertical, with one huge roofing slab. Doorway 2ft. high by 1ft.11 in. wide, closed by one lintel." # A medieval earthen ringfort. The 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Site No. 855) describes it as- "Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 ed. Raised circular area (int. diam. 32.5m) enclosed by the remains of an earthen bank and slight traces of a fosse. The south half of the site has been levelled and the perimeter is identifiable only with difficulty. Original entrance not recognisable. Remains of possible stone structure in the interior at south-east". # A medieval earthen enclosure. The 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Site No. 1406) describes it as- "Raised circular area (int. diam. 8m) enclosed by a low, narrow earthen bank accompanied by an apparently modern external trench. Site is divided into two roughly equal portions by a field bank running NW-SE, the area SW of which has been levelled. Entrance feature (Wth 3m) at north. Known locally as a 'fort'". # Stepping-stones over the streams. # Lime-kilns # A corn-mill, corn-kiln, sluice and mill-race.

References

External links

The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
{{County Cavan Townlands of County Cavan Lime kilns in Ireland