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{{Short description|Townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland}} |
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[[File:Burren, Templeport.jpg|thumb|Burren Townland, Templeport, County Cavan. Looking north-east]] |
[[File:Burren, Templeport.jpg|thumb|Burren Townland, Templeport, County Cavan. Looking north-east]] |
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==Geography== |
==Geography== |
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Burren is bounded on the north by [[Derrycassan]] and [[Coologe]] townlands, on the west by Killydrum and Derryniggan townlands in [[County Leitrim]], on the south by [[Raleagh]] townland in Kildallan parish and Lugnagon townland in [[County Leitrim]] and on the east by [[Kiltynaskellan]] and [[Doogary]] townlands in [[Kildallan]] parish. Its chief geographical features are Derrycassan Lake, the [[Shannon–Erne Waterway]] and several stone quarries. Burren is traversed by a public road (which was made in 1913 by Father Peter Brady) and several rural lanes. The townland covers 943 statute acres.<ref name="IreAtlas"/> |
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Burren is bounded on the north by [[Derrycassan]] and [[Coologe]] townlands, on the west by Killydrum and Derryniggan townlands in [[County Leitrim]], on the south by Raleagh townland in Kildallan parish and Lugnagon townland in [[County Leitrim]] and on the east by Kiltynaskellan and Doogary townlands in Kildallan parish. Its chief geographical features are Derrycassan Lake, the [[Shannon–Erne Waterway]] and several stone quarries. Burren is traversed by a public road (which was made in 1913 by Father Peter Brady) and several rural lanes. |
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The townland covers 944 statute acres.<ref name="IreAtlas"/> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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In medieval times the McGovern tuath of Tullyhaw was divided into economic taxation areas called ballibetoes, from the Irish Baile Biataigh (Anglicized as 'Ballybetagh'), meaning 'A Provisioner's Town or Settlement'. The original purpose was to enable the farmer, who controlled the baile, to provide hospitality for those who needed it, such as poor people and travellers. The ballybetagh was further divided into townlands farmed by individual families who paid a tribute or tax to the head of the ballybetagh, who in turn paid a similar tribute to the clan chief. The steward of the ballybetagh would have been the secular equivalent of the erenagh in charge of church lands. There were seven ballibetoes in the parish of Templeport. Burren was located in the ballybetagh of ''Bally Cooleigie'' (alias 'Bally Cowleg'). In Irish this was ''Baile Cúl Ó nGuaire'', meaning "The Town of Guaire's Corner", or possibly ''Baile Cúl Ó Gabhair'', meaning "The Town of the Goats' Corner". |
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The earliest surviving mention of the townland name is in a poem |
The earliest surviving mention of the townland name is in a poem composed about 1344 A.D. in the Book of Magauran (Poem 31, verse 18), which gives the name as ''Boireann'' : |
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''Thomas's own son'' (Niall |
''Thomas's own son'' ([[Niall Mág Samhradháin]], Chief of the clan 1340-1359) |
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''succeeded him in his castle as was the will of God the creator; |
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''The heir he secured meant that he himself, Burren's Pillar, did not really die.'' |
''The heir he secured meant that he himself, Burren's Pillar, did not really die.'' |
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(''Do sduaigh Bhoirne nocher bhás'' |
(''{{lang|mga|Do sduaigh Bhoirne nocher bhás}}'' |
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''An t-oighre do thuair Tomás'').<ref>{{Citation |author= L. McKenna |title=The Book of Magauran |year=1947 |ref=BM}}</ref> |
''{{lang|mga|An t-oighre do thuair Tomás}}'').<ref>{{Citation |author= L. McKenna |title=The Book of Magauran |year=1947 |ref=BM}}</ref> |
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The 1609 Baronial Map depicts the townland as ''Burrin''.<ref> |
The 1609 Ulster Plantation Baronial Map depicts the townland as ''Burrin''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digital-library.qub.ac.uk/digital/collection/p15979coll8/id/179/rec/3|title = 4.25. The Baronie of Tollagh Aghe}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/mpf1-58.pdf|title=National Archives Dublin|accessdate=5 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.templeport.ie/pages/1609-TP-Baronial-Map.html|title = Templeport Development Association - 1609 Baronial-Map}}</ref> The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the townland as ''Burren''. The 1665 Down Survey map depicts it as ''Burrin''.<ref>Trinity College Dublin: [http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#bm=Tullaghhagh&c=Cavan&indexOfObjectValue=-1&indexOfObjectValueSubstring=-1 The Down Survey of Ireland.]</ref> [[William Petty]]'s 1685 map depicts it as ''Burren''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://downsurvey.tchpc.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php|title=Down Survey Maps | The Down Survey Project|website=downsurvey.tchpc.tcd.ie|accessdate=5 December 2023}}</ref> |
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In the [[Plantation of Ulster]] by grant dated 4 June 1611, along with other lands, King James I granted the two polls of ''Burrin to Donill Backagh McShane O'Reyly, Gentleman |
In the [[Plantation of Ulster]] by grant dated 4 June 1611, along with other lands, King James I granted the two polls of ''Burrin to Donill Backagh McShane O'Reyly, Gentleman''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XD5JAAAAcAAJ&q=burrin&pg=PA211|title = Calendar of the Patent Rolls of the Chancery of Ireland|last1 = Chancery|first1 = Ireland|year = 1800}}</ref> The said Domhnall O'Reilly was the nephew of two chiefs of the O'Reilly clan- Aodh Connallach mac Maolmhordha who was chief from 1565–1583 and Eamonn mac Maolmhordha who was chief from 1596–1601. His genealogy is ''Domhnall Bacach son of Seaán son of Maol Mórdha (d. 1565) son of Seaán (d.1516) son of Cathal (d.1467) son of Eóghan na Fésóige (d.1449)''.<ref>''A Genealogical History of the O’Reillys'' by Eoghan O’Raghallaigh, Section 12, p. 85</ref> |
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He was also a first cousin of Cathal O'Reilly who was simultaneously granted lands in [[Bellaleenan]] townland and of Cathaoir O'Reilly who received lands in [[Kildoagh]] townland. Domhnall O'Reilly then sold Burren to Walter Talbott, the owner of [[Ballyconnell]] who then by deed dated 11 February 1614 sold the two polls of ''Barrin'' to Sir Stephen Butler of [[Belturbet]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WUepqE-K4PAC&q=%22Inquisitionum+in+Officio+Rotulorum%22+nedd+-need+-ned&pg=PA3|title = Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae Asservatarum Repertorium|year = 1829}}</ref> |
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In the Hearth Money Rolls |
In the Hearth Money Rolls compiled on 29 September 1663<ref>''The Hearth Money Rolls for the Baronies of Tullyhunco and Tullyhaw, County Cavan'', edited by Rev. Francis J. McKiernan, in Breifne Journal. Vol. I, No. 3 (1960), pp. 247-263</ref> there was one Hearth Tax payer in ''Murren- Tirlagh O'Relly''. |
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The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the townland as belonging to ''Colonel Thomas Coote'' and the tenant was ''Philipp O'Backaghan''. A further confirming grant dated 3 June 1667 from King Charles II to the aforementioned Thomas Coote, Esquire included 640 acres in ''Burrin'' at an annual rent of £8-12-9 1/2d. |
The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the townland as belonging to ''Colonel Thomas Coote'' and the tenant was ''Philipp O'Backaghan''. A further confirming grant dated 3 June 1667 from King Charles II to the aforementioned Thomas Coote, Esquire included 640 acres in ''Burrin'' at an annual rent of £8-12-9 1/2d.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/op1244157-1001/page/n87/mode/2up?view=theater&q=cooleoge|title = Commissioners of Public Records in Ireland : Fourteenth and fifteenth reports with appendix, 1824-25|year = 1825}}</ref> |
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The aforesaid Colonel Thomas Coote died on 25 November 1671 and his lands went to his nephew [[Thomas Coote (Irish politician)]]. |
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In the Templeport Poll Book of 1761 there was only one person registered to vote in Burren in the [[Irish general election, 1761]]<ref>[http://www.bawnboy.com/local-genealogy/templeport-poll-book-1761.html]</ref> - George Ellis, who lived in the townland of Bellaheady in Kildallan parish but owned a freehold in Burren and so was entitled to cast two votes. The four election candidates were [[Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont]] and Lord Newtownbutler (later [[Brinsley Butler, 2nd Earl of Lanesborough]]), both of whom were then elected [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Cavan County]]. The losing candidates were [[George Montgomery (MP)]] of [[Ballyconnell]] and [[Barry Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham]]. Ellis voted for Coote and Montgomery. Absence from the poll book either meant a resident did not vote or more likely was not a freeholder entitled to vote, which would mean most of the inhabitants of Burren. |
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On 8 Sep 1716 the said nephew Thomas Coote leased land to Edward Ellis, which included the lands of ''Guertenderrn alias Burren, Drumbrughliss alias Burren and Cuiliege alias Burren''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://irishdeedsindex.net/mem.php?memorial=14328|title = Memorial extract — Registry of Deeds Index Project}}</ref> |
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The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list forty three tithepayers in the townland.<ref>[http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?county=Cavan&parish=Templeport&townland=Burren&search=Search] and [http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?county=Cavan&parish=Templeport&townland=Burran&search=Search] ''Tithe Applotment Books 1827''</ref> |
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A deed dated 19 Mar 1768 by the family of the aforesaid Edward Ellis included the lands of ''Gurteendevin alias Burren, Drumbrughliss alias Burren and Cuiluge alias Burren''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://irishdeedsindex.net/mem.php?memorial=200198|title = Memorial extract — Registry of Deeds Index Project}}</ref> |
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The Ordnance Survey Namebooks of 1836 describe the townland as- ''a light soil intermixed with lime stone (which is burned and used for manure)...The whole of the North and part of the West side of the townland is bounded by a large lake.'' |
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In the Templeport Poll Book of 1761 there was only one person registered to vote in Burren in the [[1761 Irish general election]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bawnboy.com/local-genealogy/templeport-poll-book-1761.html|title = Bawnboy and Templeport - Poll Book 1761}}</ref> - George Ellis, who lived in the townland of Bellaheady in Kildallan parish but owned a freehold in Burren and so was entitled to cast two votes. The four election candidates were [[Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont]] and Lord Newtownbutler (later [[Brinsley Butler, 2nd Earl of Lanesborough]]), both of whom were then elected [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Cavan County]]. The losing candidates were [[George Montgomery (MP)]] of [[Ballyconnell]] and [[Barry Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham]]. Ellis voted for Coote and Montgomery. Absence from the poll book either meant a resident did not vote or more likely was not a freeholder entitled to vote, which would mean most of the inhabitants of Burren. |
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[[Griffith's Valuation]] of 1857 lists thirty seven landholders in the townland.<ref>[http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&PlaceID=190185&county=Cavan&barony=Tullyhaw&parish=Templeport&townland=%3Cb%3EBurren%3C/b%3E] - Burren</ref> |
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A deed by Gore Ellis dated 24 Feb 1776 includes the lands of ''Guertendeven alias Burren, Drumbrughliss alias Burren and Cuiliege alias Burren''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://irishdeedsindex.net/mem.php?memorial=207291|title = Memorial extract — Registry of Deeds Index Project}}</ref> |
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In the [[Census of Ireland, 1901|1901 census of Ireland]], there are thirty six families listed in the townland.<ref>[http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cavan/Lisanover/Burren/]''Census of Ireland 1901''</ref> |
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The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as ''Burrin''.<ref>[http://www.cavanlibrary.ie/file/Local-Studies/Library-Scanned-Docs/The-Carvaghs-A-List-Of-The-Several-Baronies-And-Parishes-in-the-County-Of-Cavan.pdf A list of the several baroinies and parishes in the county of Cavan] Cavan Library {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406193619/http://www.cavanlibrary.ie/file/Local-Studies/Library-Scanned-Docs/The-Carvaghs-A-List-Of-The-Several-Baronies-And-Parishes-in-the-County-Of-Cavan.pdf |date=6 April 2016 }}</ref> |
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In the [[Census of Ireland, 1911|1911 census of Ireland]], there are thirty two families listed in the townland.<ref>[http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Cavan/Lissanover/Burren/]''Census of Ireland 1911''</ref> |
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The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list forty three tithepayers in the townland.<ref>[http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?county=Cavan&parish=Templeport&townland=Burren&search=Search Search page] and [http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?county=Cavan&parish=Templeport&townland=Burran&search=Search Search results] ''Tithe Applotment Books 1827''</ref> |
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In 1833 one person in Burren was registered as a keeper of weapons- Robert Hassard.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bawnboy.com/local-genealogy/arms-keepers-templeport-1833.html|title = Templeport Registered to keep Arms|website=bawnboy.com}}</ref> In 1836 John McFaddin of Burrin, was registered for one gun.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/op1245352-1001#page/n13/mode/2up/search/Clintigrigney|title = Return of Persons to whom Licenses have been granted to keep Arms by Magistrates at Quarter Session in Ireland, 1832|year = 1836}}</ref> |
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The Ordnance Survey Namebooks of 1836 describe the townland as- ''a light soil intermixed with limestone (which is burned and used for manure)...The whole of the North and part of the West side of the townland is bounded by a large lake''. |
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The Burren Valuation Office Field books are available for 1839-1840.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IRE_CENSUS_1821-51_007246947_00341 |url=http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/vob/IRE_CENSUS_1821-51_007246947_00341.pdf |website=[[National Archives of Ireland]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=IRE_CENSUS_1821-51_007246947_00342 |url=http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/vob/IRE_CENSUS_1821-51_007246947_00342.pdf |website=[[National Archives of Ireland]]}}</ref><ref>[http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/vob/IRE_CENSUS_1821-51_007246947_00344.pdf Census 1821]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://census.nationalarchives.ie/search/vob/results.jsp?surname=&firstname=&year_from=&year_to=&dd_dd=&dd_mm=&dd_yyyy=&book=&county=cavan&barony=&parish=templeport&townland=burren&last_name_other_or_lessor=&first_name_other_or_lessor=&search=Search|title = Valuation Office Books}}</ref> |
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[[Griffith's Valuation]] of 1857 lists thirty seven landholders in the townland.<ref>[http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&PlaceID=190185&county=Cavan&barony=Tullyhaw&parish=Templeport&townland=%3Cb%3EBurren%3C/b%3E - Burren] askaboutireland.ie</ref> |
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The 1938 Dúchas folklore collection tells a fairy story set in Burren.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fairy Story · Béal Átha Conaill (C.) · The Schools' Collection |url=https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5044800/5039868/5082482?ChapterID=5044800 |website=duchas.ie}}</ref> |
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==Census== |
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| 1841 || 174 || 93 || 81 || 31 || 0 |
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| 1851 || 173 || 79 || 94 || 29 || 0 |
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| 1861 || 168 || 86 || 82 || 33 || 1 |
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| 1871 || 155 || 72 || 83 || 30 || 0 |
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| 1881 || 186 || 86 || 100 || 30 || 0 |
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| 1891 || 133 || 67 || 66 || 27 || 2 |
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In the [[Census of Ireland, 1901|1901 census of Ireland]], there are thirty six families listed in the townland.<ref>[http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cavan/Lisanover/Burren/ ''Census of Ireland 1901''] National Archives</ref> |
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In the [[Census of Ireland, 1911|1911 census of Ireland]], there are thirty two families listed in the townland.<ref>[http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Cavan/Lissanover/Burren/ ''Census of Ireland 1911''] National Archives</ref> |
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==Antiquities== |
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# An earthen ringfort.<ref>Site number 272 in "Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan", Patrick O’Donovan, 1995, where it is described as- ''Raised circular area (int. dims. 50m WNW-ESE; 48.3m NNE-SSW) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a wide, deep, partly waterlogged fosse. From WNW-E-SSW the fosse has been infilled and survives only as a slight depression. Original entrance not recognisable''.</ref> |
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# An earthen ringfort.<ref>Site number 273 in "Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan", Patrick O’Donovan, 1995, where it is described as- ''Raised oval area (int. dims. 54m NE-SW;45.2m NW-SE) enclosed by a low, wide earthen bank and a fosse. An earlier report (OPW 1969) recorded that there was formerly a limekiln built into the bank at N. Break in bank with accompanying causeway at SEmay represent original entrance. Tradition of a spa well within the internal area (local information)''.</ref> |
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| Country | Ireland |
| County | County Cavan |
| Civil Parish | Templeport |
Burren is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw.
Geography
[edit]Burren is bounded on the north by Derrycassan and Coologe townlands, on the west by Killydrum and Derryniggan townlands in County Leitrim, on the south by Raleagh townland in Kildallan parish and Lugnagon townland in County Leitrim and on the east by Kiltynaskellan and Doogary townlands in Kildallan parish. Its chief geographical features are Derrycassan Lake, the Shannon–Erne Waterway and several stone quarries. Burren is traversed by a public road (which was made in 1913 by Father Peter Brady) and several rural lanes. The townland covers 943 statute acres.[1]
History
[edit]In medieval times the McGovern tuath of Tullyhaw was divided into economic taxation areas called ballibetoes, from the Irish Baile Biataigh (Anglicized as 'Ballybetagh'), meaning 'A Provisioner's Town or Settlement'. The original purpose was to enable the farmer, who controlled the baile, to provide hospitality for those who needed it, such as poor people and travellers. The ballybetagh was further divided into townlands farmed by individual families who paid a tribute or tax to the head of the ballybetagh, who in turn paid a similar tribute to the clan chief. The steward of the ballybetagh would have been the secular equivalent of the erenagh in charge of church lands. There were seven ballibetoes in the parish of Templeport. Burren was located in the ballybetagh of Bally Cooleigie (alias 'Bally Cowleg'). In Irish this was Baile Cúl Ó nGuaire, meaning "The Town of Guaire's Corner", or possibly Baile Cúl Ó Gabhair, meaning "The Town of the Goats' Corner".
The earliest surviving mention of the townland name is in a poem composed about 1344 A.D. in the Book of Magauran (Poem 31, verse 18), which gives the name as Boireann :
Thomas's own son (Niall Mág Samhradháin, Chief of the clan 1340-1359)
succeeded him in his castle as was the will of God the creator;
The heir he secured meant that he himself, Burren's Pillar, did not really die.
(Do sduaigh Bhoirne nocher bhás
An t-oighre do thuair Tomás).[2]
The 1609 Ulster Plantation Baronial Map depicts the townland as Burrin.[3][4][5] The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the townland as Burren. The 1665 Down Survey map depicts it as Burrin.[6] William Petty's 1685 map depicts it as Burren.[7]
In the Plantation of Ulster by grant dated 4 June 1611, along with other lands, King James I granted the two polls of Burrin to Donill Backagh McShane O'Reyly, Gentleman.[8] The said Domhnall O'Reilly was the nephew of two chiefs of the O'Reilly clan- Aodh Connallach mac Maolmhordha who was chief from 1565–1583 and Eamonn mac Maolmhordha who was chief from 1596–1601. His genealogy is Domhnall Bacach son of Seaán son of Maol Mórdha (d. 1565) son of Seaán (d.1516) son of Cathal (d.1467) son of Eóghan na Fésóige (d.1449).[9] He was also a first cousin of Cathal O'Reilly who was simultaneously granted lands in Bellaleenan townland and of Cathaoir O'Reilly who received lands in Kildoagh townland. Domhnall O'Reilly then sold Burren to Walter Talbott, the owner of Ballyconnell who then by deed dated 11 February 1614 sold the two polls of Barrin to Sir Stephen Butler of Belturbet.[10]
In the Hearth Money Rolls compiled on 29 September 1663[11] there was one Hearth Tax payer in Murren- Tirlagh O'Relly.
The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the townland as belonging to Colonel Thomas Coote and the tenant was Philipp O'Backaghan. A further confirming grant dated 3 June 1667 from King Charles II to the aforementioned Thomas Coote, Esquire included 640 acres in Burrin at an annual rent of £8-12-9 1/2d.[12]
The aforesaid Colonel Thomas Coote died on 25 November 1671 and his lands went to his nephew Thomas Coote (Irish politician).
On 8 Sep 1716 the said nephew Thomas Coote leased land to Edward Ellis, which included the lands of Guertenderrn alias Burren, Drumbrughliss alias Burren and Cuiliege alias Burren.[13]
A deed dated 19 Mar 1768 by the family of the aforesaid Edward Ellis included the lands of Gurteendevin alias Burren, Drumbrughliss alias Burren and Cuiluge alias Burren.[14]
In the Templeport Poll Book of 1761 there was only one person registered to vote in Burren in the 1761 Irish general election[15] - George Ellis, who lived in the townland of Bellaheady in Kildallan parish but owned a freehold in Burren and so was entitled to cast two votes. The four election candidates were Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont and Lord Newtownbutler (later Brinsley Butler, 2nd Earl of Lanesborough), both of whom were then elected Member of Parliament for Cavan County. The losing candidates were George Montgomery (MP) of Ballyconnell and Barry Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham. Ellis voted for Coote and Montgomery. Absence from the poll book either meant a resident did not vote or more likely was not a freeholder entitled to vote, which would mean most of the inhabitants of Burren.
A deed by Gore Ellis dated 24 Feb 1776 includes the lands of Guertendeven alias Burren, Drumbrughliss alias Burren and Cuiliege alias Burren.[16]
The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as Burrin.[17]
The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list forty three tithepayers in the townland.[18]
In 1833 one person in Burren was registered as a keeper of weapons- Robert Hassard.[19] In 1836 John McFaddin of Burrin, was registered for one gun.[20]
The Ordnance Survey Namebooks of 1836 describe the townland as- a light soil intermixed with limestone (which is burned and used for manure)...The whole of the North and part of the West side of the townland is bounded by a large lake.
The Burren Valuation Office Field books are available for 1839-1840.[21][22][23][24]
Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists thirty seven landholders in the townland.[25]
The 1938 Dúchas folklore collection tells a fairy story set in Burren.[26]
Census
[edit]| Year | Population | Males | Females | Total Houses | Uninhabited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1841 | 174 | 93 | 81 | 31 | 0 |
| 1851 | 173 | 79 | 94 | 29 | 0 |
| 1861 | 168 | 86 | 82 | 33 | 1 |
| 1871 | 155 | 72 | 83 | 30 | 0 |
| 1881 | 186 | 86 | 100 | 30 | 0 |
| 1891 | 133 | 67 | 66 | 27 | 2 |
In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are thirty six families listed in the townland.[27]
In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are thirty two families listed in the townland.[28]
Antiquities
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "IreAtlas". Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- ^ L. McKenna (1947), The Book of Magauran
- ^ "4.25. The Baronie of Tollagh Aghe".
- ^ "National Archives Dublin" (PDF). Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "Templeport Development Association - 1609 Baronial-Map".
- ^ Trinity College Dublin: The Down Survey of Ireland.
- ^ "Down Survey Maps | The Down Survey Project". downsurvey.tchpc.tcd.ie. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ Chancery, Ireland (1800). "Calendar of the Patent Rolls of the Chancery of Ireland".
- ^ A Genealogical History of the O’Reillys by Eoghan O’Raghallaigh, Section 12, p. 85
- ^ "Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae Asservatarum Repertorium". 1829.
- ^ The Hearth Money Rolls for the Baronies of Tullyhunco and Tullyhaw, County Cavan, edited by Rev. Francis J. McKiernan, in Breifne Journal. Vol. I, No. 3 (1960), pp. 247-263
- ^ "Commissioners of Public Records in Ireland : Fourteenth and fifteenth reports with appendix, 1824-25". 1825.
- ^ "Memorial extract — Registry of Deeds Index Project".
- ^ "Memorial extract — Registry of Deeds Index Project".
- ^ "Bawnboy and Templeport - Poll Book 1761".
- ^ "Memorial extract — Registry of Deeds Index Project".
- ^ A list of the several baroinies and parishes in the county of Cavan Cavan Library Archived 6 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Search page and Search results Tithe Applotment Books 1827
- ^ "Templeport Registered to keep Arms". bawnboy.com.
- ^ "Return of Persons to whom Licenses have been granted to keep Arms by Magistrates at Quarter Session in Ireland, 1832". 1836.
- ^ "IRE_CENSUS_1821-51_007246947_00341" (PDF). National Archives of Ireland.
- ^ "IRE_CENSUS_1821-51_007246947_00342" (PDF). National Archives of Ireland.
- ^ Census 1821
- ^ "Valuation Office Books".
- ^ - Burren askaboutireland.ie
- ^ "Fairy Story · Béal Átha Conaill (C.) · The Schools' Collection". duchas.ie.
- ^ Census of Ireland 1901 National Archives
- ^ Census of Ireland 1911 National Archives
- ^ Site number 272 in "Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan", Patrick O’Donovan, 1995, where it is described as- Raised circular area (int. dims. 50m WNW-ESE; 48.3m NNE-SSW) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a wide, deep, partly waterlogged fosse. From WNW-E-SSW the fosse has been infilled and survives only as a slight depression. Original entrance not recognisable.
- ^ Site number 273 in "Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan", Patrick O’Donovan, 1995, where it is described as- Raised oval area (int. dims. 54m NE-SW;45.2m NW-SE) enclosed by a low, wide earthen bank and a fosse. An earlier report (OPW 1969) recorded that there was formerly a limekiln built into the bank at N. Break in bank with accompanying causeway at SEmay represent original entrance. Tradition of a spa well within the internal area (local information).
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