Ballynamaddoo
Ballynamaddoo (from Irish: Baile na Mada meaning 'Town of the Dogs (or Foxes)') 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
Ballynamaddoo is bounded on the northwest by Gortnavreeghan townland, on the west by Bawnboy townland, on the south by Corrasmongan and Killycrin townlands and on the east by Gowlagh North and Corneen townlands. Its chief geographical features are Slieve Rushen mountain on whose western slope it lies, mountain streams, mountain bogs, forestry plantations and dug wells. It forms part of the Slieve Rushen Bog Natural Heritage Area
Ballynamaddoo is traversed by minor roads and rural lanes.
The townland covers 234 statute acres.[1]
History
Until the Cromwellian Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652, Ballynamaddoo formed part of the modern townland of Corrasmongan and its history is the same till then.
An Inquisition held at Belturbet on 12 June 1661 found that George Greames was seized of, inter alia, Ballyoghnemoynagh and he died 9 October 1624. By his will dated 1 May 1615 he left his lands to his son and heir William Greames then 30 years old (born 1594) and unmarried. After the Cromwellian Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 the Graham family were still in possession of Ballynamaddoo.
In the Hearth Money Rolls of 1662 there was nobody paying the Hearth Tax in Ballynamadoo.
Ambrose Leet's 1814 Directory spells the name as Ballinamaddy.[2].
The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list fourteen tithepayers in the townland.[3]
In 1841 the population of the townland was 70, being 34 males and 36 females. There were thirteen houses in the townland, of which one was uninhabited.[4]
In 1851 the population of the townland was 66, being 31 males and 35 females, the reduction being due to the Great Famine (Ireland). There were ten houses in the townland and all were inhabited.[5]
Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists twenty three landholders in the townland.[6]
In 1861 the population of the townland was 61, being 32 males and 29 females. There were twelve houses in the townland and all were inhabited apart from one which was in the course of erection.[7]
In 1871 the population of the townland was 53, being 29 males and 24 females. There were eleven houses in the townland, all were inhabited.[8]
In 1881 the population of the townland was 54, being 29 males and 25 females. There were ten houses in the townland, all were inhabited.[9]
In 1891 the population of the townland was 48, being 24 males and 24 females. There were nine houses in the townland, all were inhabited.[10]
In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are nine families listed in the townland, [11] and in the 1911 census of Ireland, there are only seven families listed in the townland.[12]
A local tradition states that the townland name derives from a dog which was killed by the black pig of the Black Pig's Dyke legend.
Antiquities
There don't seem to be any structures of historical interest in the townland.
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