Tullynacross, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Tulaigh na Croise’ meaning ''The Hill of the Cross'', 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 ...

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 ...

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

Tullynacross is bounded on the north by

Ardvagh Ardvagh () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Ardvagh is bounded on the north by Eshveagh townland, on the west by Tully ...

townland, on the west by

Curraghglass Curraghglass, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Currach Glas’ meaning ''The Green Moor'', 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. Geo ...

and

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 ...

townlands, on the south by Moneensauran townland and on the east by

Corracleigh Corracleigh, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Corr na Cloiche’ meaning ''The Round Hill of the Stone'', is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin and barony of ...

, Derrynananta Lower and

Dunmakeever Dunmakeever is a townland in the Civil Parish of Kinawley, Roman Catholic Parish of Glangevlin, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Etymology The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename "Dún Mhic Íomhair" which mean ...

townlands. Its chief geographical features are Tullynacross Hill which reaches a height of 567 feet, Dunmakeever 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, gravel pits and spring wells. The townland is traversed by the regional

R200 road (Ireland) The R200 road is a regional road in County Leitrim and County Cavan, Ireland. Going from west to east, the route connects the towns of Drumkeeran, Dowra, Glangevlin and Derrynacreeve. En route it crosses the R207 at Dowra, is joined by the R ...

, minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 182 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. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as ''Tullynegross''. The Tithe Applotment Books for 1826 list eleven tithepayers in the townland. The 1836 Ordnance survey Name books state- ''There is an ancient fort near the north side and a small lake on the north boundary. It is bounded by a large stream or river on the west and south sides''. The Tullynacross 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 examinat ...

of 1857 lists nine landholders in the townland. The landlord of Tullynacross in the 19th century was Leonard Dobbin.

Census

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

Antiquities

# A medieval earthen ringfort. The ‘Archaeological Survey of County Cavan’ (Site no. 1155) describes it as- ''Raised circular area (int. diam. 21.9m) enclosed by a well-defined, low but steep-sided bank, and a fosse which is largely infilled. Original entrance not recognisable''. # Stone bridges over the river.

References

External links

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