Mully Upper, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Mullach Uachtar’ meaning ''The Upper Summit of the Hill'', 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 ...

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 ...

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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

Mully Upper is bounded on the north by

Legnagrow Legnagrow, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, either 'The Hollow of the Nuts', or 'The Hollow of the Huts or Sheep-Folds', is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin a ...

townland, on the west 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 ...

Gub (Glangevlin) Gub, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, 'Gob', meaning ''The Headland'', is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin and barony of Tullyhaw. It is also known as Garvalt ...

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 and on the east by

Eshveagh Eshveagh, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, either ‘Ais Bheathach’, meaning ''The Marsh of the Birches'', or ‘Éis Bheathach’, meaning ''The Hill of the Birches'', or ‘Eas Bheathach’, meaning ''The Waterfall of the Birches'' is a townl ...

and

Legglass Legglass, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Lag Glas’, meaning ''The Green Hollow'' is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography ...

townlands. Its chief geographical features are Eshveagh Lough, the

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, waterfalls and spring wells. The townland is traversed by the regional

R206 road (Ireland) The R206 road is a regional road in 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 Grea ...

, minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 154 statute acres.

History

The Tithe Applotment Books for 1826 list five tithepayers in the townland. The Mully Upper 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 examinat ...

of 1857 lists thirteen landholders in the townland. In the 19th century the landlord of Mully Upper was the Hassard Estate. In 1875 the Hassard Estate sold the townland to James Bracken.

Census

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

Antiquities

# Stepping-stones across the streams.

References

External links

The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
Townlands of County Cavan {{Ireland-geo-stub