Berrymount

Road at Berrymount townland, Tomregan, County Cavan, Ireland, heading north towards Clifton townland.

Berrymount is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Loughtee Lower, County Cavan, Ireland.

Etymology

The townland name means "The Hill of Thomas Berry", who bought the property at the end of the 18th century and erected a mansion there. The earliest recorded mention of the townland name is in the will of James Berry of Berrymount dated 1793. The older Irish name of the townland was "Guberishan" which was an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename Gub ar Ros-in, which means "Headland or Point of the Little Wood".

Geography

It is bounded on the north by Mullynagolman and Clifton townlands, on the east & south by Breandrum, Tullyhunco and Killygreagh townlands and on the west by Aghaweenagh townland. Its chief geographical features area drumlin hill reaching to 200 feet above sea-level and the Rag River. Berrymount is traversed by Ardlougher lane. The townland covers 134 statute acres. A sub-division of the townland is Featherbed Lane, supposedly named after over-hanging trees on the lane.

History

It formed part of the termon lands belonging to Tomregan Roman Catholic Church which were granted to the Protestant Bishop of Kilmore in 1610 as part of the Plantation of Ulster. By a lease dated 6 April 1612 the said bishop granted the lands to Sir Oliver Lambart of Kilbeggan, County Westmeath and Sir Garret Moore, 1st Viscount Moore of Mellifont, County Louth. On 17 July 1639 the bishop re-granted the lands to Charles Lambart, 1st Earl of Cavan. In the 1740s the bishop leased the land to John Jones for 21 years. This lease was renewed to his descendant John Copeland Jones on 20 May 1843. In the 1860s the holder of the lease was David Fielding Jones.[1]

Ambrose Leet's 1814 Directory spells the name as Berry-mount with the resident being James Berry, Esq..[2]

The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list only one tithepayer in the townland- James Berry.[3] An affidavit dated 29 January 1827 signed by him in his role as Commissioner of Tithes for Tomregan parish can be viewed at-[4]

The Ordnance Survey Name Books for 1836 give the following description of the townland- Lies in South-East of the parish. Protestant Bishop's land belonging to the See of Kilmore. Held on lease by J.C. Jones. Land Agent is Mr. Knipe. Rent per arable acre is 5 shilings & 6 pence to the bishop and 5 shillings to Jones. The soil is good and produces wheat, oats, barley and potatoes. The inhabitants are in good circumstances. Berrymount House is the residence of Mr. Berry. A neat house with planting.

A deed dated 28 December 1839 now in the Cavan Archives Service (ref P017/0050) is described as-

Assignment made between Thomas Berry, Rockfield, County Cavan, esquire, and Alexander Berry, Drumany, County Cavan, esquire. Thomas Berry, in consideration of James Berry, his father, having conveyed to him his interest in the lands of Rockfield, Corramahon and Loughnafin, assigns to his brother, Alexander Berry, his interest in the lands of Berrymount otherwise Guberishan, all in the parish of Tomregan, County Cavan. Lands to be held by Alexander Berry from the death of his father forever in pursuance of covenant for perpetual renewal in the original lease for the lands under the see of Kilmore. He covenants to pay to Mary Anne Berry, otherwise Lahy, out of the lands of Berrymount the sum of £10 sterling yearly during her life. Assignment begins by reciting ownership of the property from Thomas Berry, formerly of Rockfield, County Cavan, grandfather to the parties hereto. It is noted that a memorial of the deed was entered at the Registry Office, city of Dublin, on 8 December 1844 in book 20, number 88.

In 1841 the population of the townland was 9, being 5 males and 4 females. There was one house in the townland and it was inhabited.[5]

In 1851 the population of the townland was 15, being 7 males and 8 females. There were three houses in the townland, all were inhabited.[5]

Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists the landlords of the townland as Jones and Berry & the tenants as Berry, Prophet and McKiernan.[6]

In 1861 the population of the townland was 15, being 7 males and 8 females. There were three houses in the townland, all were inhabited.[7]

In 1871 the population of the townland was 13, being 7 males and 6 females. There were two houses in the townland, all were inhabited (page 279 of census).[8]

In 1881 the population of the townland was 10, being 5 males and 5 females. There were two houses in the townland, all were inhabited.[9]

In 1891 the population of the townland was 6, being 5 males and 1 female. There were two houses in the townland, all were inhabited.[10]

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are four families listed in the townland.[11]

In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are four families listed in the townland.[12]

Antiquities

The only historic site in the townland is Berrymount House.

References

  1. ↑ "Irish chancery reports : being a series of reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery and the Rolls Court in Ireland. v.15". HathiTrust.
  2. ↑ Leet, Ambrose (12 April 2018). "A Directory to the Market Towns: Villages, Gentlemen's Seats, and Other Noted Places in Ireland ... to which is Added a General Index of Persons Names ... Together with Lists of the Post Towns and Present Rates of Postage Throughout the Empire". B. Smith – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Tithe Applotment Books 1827
  4. ↑ "Document" (PDF). titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie.
  5. 1 2 Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (12 April 2018). "Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons". Ordered to be printed – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ Griffith’s Valuation 1857
  7. ↑ "The census of Ireland for the year 1861". handle.net. Dublin,.
  8. ↑ "Census of Ireland 1871 : Part I, Area, Population, and Number of Houses; Occupations, Religion and Education volume III, Province of Ulster; Summary Tables, Indexes" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  9. ↑ "Census of Ireland 1881 : Area, Population and Number of Houses; Occupations, Religion and Education volume III, Province of Ulster". HMSO. 12 April 1882 – via Internet Archive.
  10. ↑ info@histpop.org. "HISTPOP.ORG - Browse > Census > Ireland > 1891 > Area, houses, and population, Vol. III, Ireland, 1891 Page 279". www.histpop.org.
  11. ↑ Census of Ireland 1901
  12. ↑ Census of Ireland 1911

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