Moneenabrone, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Moínín na Brón’, meaning ''The Little Bog of the Quern-stone'', 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

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

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 18t ...

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 ...

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

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 the c ...

and barony of Tullyhaw.

Geography

Moneenabrone is bounded on the north by Curraghvah townland, on the west by Altnasheen and Coppanaghmore townlands, on the south by Carnmaclean and Mullaghlea Glen townlands and on the east by

Garvalt Lower Garvalt Lower, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Garbhalt Íochtar’, meaning ''The Lower Rough Gorge'', is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin and barony of ...

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. Its chief geographical features are mountain streams, forestry plantations, a gravel pit, waterfalls and spring wells. The townland is traversed by the regional R200 road (Ireland), minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 137 statute acres.

History

A deed by Thomas Enery dated 29 Jan 1735 includes the lands of ''Moneynebrone''. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as ''Moneenbron''. The Tithe Applotment Books for 1826 list five tithepayers in the townland. The Moneenabrone Valuation Office Field books are available for July 1839.

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 fourteen landholders in the townland. A prosecution for illegal hunting dated 21 December 1874 now in the Cavan Archives Service (ref P017/0095) is described as- ''Summons in the matter of court case between Robert Warren Meade, 32 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, and Graves Chamney Colles, 38 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, esquires, plaintiffs, and Owen Magovern, Moneenabrone, County Cavan, farmer. Magovern is accused of coursing and killing hares with men, greyhounds and other dogs on lands possessed by the plaintiffs. Lands are described as the property of the Right Honourable Early of Annesley, parish of Templeport, barony of Tullyhunco, county Cavan, known as the Glan estate.'' In the 19th century the landlord of Moneenabrone was the Hassard Estate. In 1875 the Hassard Estate sold Moneenabrone to William Carson.

Census

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are six families listed in the townland. In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are six families listed in the townland.
''Census of Ireland 1911''

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