Tullyminister, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Tulaigh an Mhinistir’ meaning ''The Hill of the Parson'' (as the land was glebeland belonging to the Church of Ireland ministers of Templeport parish), 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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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 ...

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 part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is based on the hi ...

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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

Tullyminister is bounded on the west by Corracleigh and Dunmakeever townlands and on the east by Bellavally Lower and Bursan townlands. Its chief geographical features are mountain streams, waterfalls and a spring well. The townland is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 55 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 The Plantation of Ulster (; Ulster Scots dialects, Ulster Scots: ) was the organised Settler colonialism, colonisation (''Plantation (settlement or colony), plantation'') of Ulstera Provinces of Ireland, province of Irelandby people from Great ...

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. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as ''Tullyvinister''. The Ordnance Survey Name Books for 1836 give the following description of the townland- ''It is bounded on the north side by a large mountain stream. Iron ore & sand stone can be procured, but neither of them are quarried nor used for any purpose''. The Tullyminister Valuation Office Field books are available for August 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 examin ...

of 1857 lists one landholder in the townland. The landlords of Tullyminister in the 18th and 19th century were the Protestant rectors of Templeport parish.

Census

In the

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, there was one family 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 and of the 26 counties that form the Republic of Ireland. Censuses were taken at ten-year intervals from 1821 onwards, but the 1921 census was cancelled due ...

, there was one family listed in the townland.Houses in Tullyminister (Dunmakeever, Cavan) - Census of Ireland 1911
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References

External links

The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
{{County Cavan Townlands of County Cavan