Greaghacholea

Greaghacholea (Irish derived place name, Gréach an Chuaille meaning 'The Moorland of the Tall Leafless Tree'.[1]) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland. The townland is also known as Coraghmuck ((Irish derived place name, Currach Muc meaning The Moorland of the Pigs).

Geography

Greaghacholea is bounded on the west by Doogary and Tullynabeherny townlands, on the east by Evlagh Beg townland, on the south by Killygorman townland and on the north by Kiltynaskellan and Mullaghmore, Tullyhunco townlands. Its chief geographical features are small streams, forestry plantations, a dug well and spring wells. Greaghacholea is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 279 acres.[2]

History

The Ulster Plantation Baronial map of 1609 depicts the name as Corraghtmoght.[3] [4] The Ulster Plantation grants of 1611 spell the townland name as Caraghtmoght. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the townland as Curraghtmoght.

From medieval times up to the early 1600s, the land belonged to the McKiernan Clan. About the year 1600 it was owned by Thomas McKiernan, along with the townlands of Ned, Greaghacholea and Bellaheady, all in Tullyhunco Barony. Thomas died some time before 1611 and his lands were inherited by his son Owen McKiernan. Owen was worried that his lands would be confiscated under the Plantation of Ulster so he made representations to the Lords of the Council in Whitehall, London. They in turn sent the following note to Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester, the Lord Deputy of Ireland- April 30 1610. Recommend to his favourable consideration in the settlement of the natives, the bearer, Owen Carnan, who sued for 800 acres of land lying in the county of Cavan, which have belonged (as he informs them) to his father, uncle, & others his predecessors, time out of mind, without any attainder for matter of disloyalty.[5] Owen McKiernan was only partly successful in his claim as in the Plantation of Ulster, by grant dated June 4, 1611, King James VI and I granted 100 acres or 2 poles (a poll is the local name for townland) of land in Tullyhunco at an annual rent of £1 1s. 4d., to Wony McThomas McKernan, comprising the modern-day townlands of Ned, Doogary and Greaghacholea.[6]

After the Irish Rebellion of 1641 concluded, the townland was confiscated in the Cromwellian Settlement and the 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists it as belonging to William Madders & others, who were also listed as owners of the adjoining townland of Mullaghmore. The townland was later acquired by the Earl Annesley estate which held it up to the end of the 19th century. The Annesley estate papers spell the name as Greaghahollea.[7]

The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as Coramught.[8]

In the 1825 Registry of Freeholders for County Cavan there was one freeholder registered in Greaghnahola- James Brady of Corenea. He was a Forty-shilling freeholders holding the Fee simple himself, worth £20.[9]

The Tithe Applotment Books 1823-1837 list fifteen tithepayers in the townland.[10]

The Greaghacholea Valuation Office books are available for May 1838.[11][12][13]

Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists thirteen landholders in the townland.[14]

Census
Year Population Males Females Total Houses Uninhabited
18411025547160
1851743935120
1861613031120
187152292390
188157332490
189134171780

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there were eight families listed in the townland.[15]

In the 1911 census of Ireland, there were nine families listed in the townland.[16]

Antiquities
  1. Lime-kilns

References
  1. "Placenames Database of Ireland - Greaghacholea". Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  2. "IreAtlas". Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  5. Russell, Charles W. (1874). Calendar of the State Papers, Relating to Ireland, of the Reign of James I.: Preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office, and Elsewhere. 1608 - 1610. Longmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer.
  6. Chancery, Ireland (1800). Calendar of the Patent Rolls of the Chancery of Ireland. - (Dublin 1800 ... p. 211. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  9. "List of the several baronies and Parifhes in the County of Cavan" (PDF). 1709.
  10. "The Tithe Applotment Books, 1823-37". titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  14. "Griffith's Valuation". askaboutireland.ie. 2003. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  15. "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1901". Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  16. "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911". Retrieved 19 October 2016.

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