Tullandreen () is a

townland A townland (; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a traditional small land division used in Ireland and in the Western Isles of Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of medieval Gaelic origin, predating the Norman invasion, and mo ...

in the

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of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of

Corlough Corlough () is a Roman Catholic parish situated in the historical barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. It derives its name from Corlough townland, in which the parish church is situate. It formed part of the larger parish of Templepo ...

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 ...

. The local pronunciation is Tulleanderreen.

Geography

Tullandreen is bounded on the north by Drumbeagh and Tullynamoltra townlands, on the south by Corracholia More and Corracholia Beg townlands, on the west by Eaglehill and Tullyloughfin townlands and on the east by Corraclassy and Gubnagree townlands. Its chief geographical features are the Owensallagh river (A source of the

River Blackwater, County Cavan The River Blackwater () rises in the Cuilcagh Mountains, in the townland of Gowlan, Parish of Killinagh, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan. It then flows in a south-east direction and ends in Ballymagauran Ballymagauran (), historically kno ...

), forestry plantations, gravel pits and dug wells. Tullandreen is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 115 statute acres.

History

In earlier times the townland was probably uninhabited as it consists mainly of bog and poor clay soils. It was not seized by the English during the Plantation of Ulster in 1610 or in the Cromwellian Settlement of the 1660s so some dispossessed Irish families moved there and began to clear and farm the land. A map of the townland drawn in 1813 is in the National Archives of Ireland, Beresford Estate Maps, depicts the townland as ''Tullinderreen'

The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list two tithepayers in the townland. The Ordnance Survey Name Books for 1836 give the following description of the townland- ''The townland is bounded on the north and east side by a large stream.'' The Tullandreen Valuation Office Field books are available for September 1839. In 1841 the population of the townland was 22, being 12 males and 10 females. There were three houses in the townland, all were inhabited. In 1851 the population of the townland was 24, being 15 males and 9 females. There were three houses in the townland, all inhabited.

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 examin ...

of 1857 lists six landholders in the townland. In 1861 the population of the townland was 21, being 11 males and 10 females. There were three houses in the townland and all were inhabited. In 1871 the population of the townland was 20, being 10 males and 10 females. There were three houses in the townland and all were inhabited.(page 296 of census) In 1881 the population of the townland was 20, being 8 males and 12 females. There were four houses in the townland, all were inhabited. In 1891 the population of the townland was 30, being 13 males and 17 females. There were four houses in the townland, all were inhabited. In the

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