Cloncoohy

Cloncoohy is a townland in the Civil Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Knockninny, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

Etymology

The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Cluain Cuaiche” which means ‘The Meadow of the Cuckoo’.[1]

Geography

It is bounded on the north by Carickaleese and Dernagore townlands and on the east, south & west by the international border with County Cavan and the Republic of Ireland. Its chief geographical features are Cloncoohy Lough, the Shannon-Erne Waterway and a drumlin hill reaching to 60 metres above sea-level.

The townland is traversed by Cloncoohy Lane.

Cloncoohy covers an area of 105 statute acres.

History

The townland formed part of the ballybethagh of Calvagh in medieval times. At the beginning of the 17th century it was owned jointly by Bryan McPhilip O’Reyly and Edward Rutlidge but was confiscated by the Crown in the 1609 Ulster Plantation and it formed part of the half-territory of Aughrin which was granted to Sir Hugh Culme in 1610. Culme later relinquished his claim to the Crown, perhaps because there was confusion at the time as to whether the townland formed part of County Fermanagh or County Cavan. By an order of the Lord Deputy dated 14 October 1612 the townland was granted, inter alia, to Lady Margaret O’Neill, the widow of Sir Hugh Maguire deceased. In 1641 and also in 1670 it was owned by Sir William Balfour (general).[2]

The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list the following tithepayers in the townland- Murphy, McKenna, Reilly.[3]

In 1841 the population of the townland was 83, being 39 males and 44 females. There were thirteen houses in the townland, all were inhabited.[4]

In 1851 the population of the townland was 80, being 38 males and 42 females, the reduction being due to the Great Famine (Ireland). There were eleven houses in the townland, all were inhabited.[5]

Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists ten occupiers in the townland.[6]

In 1861 the population of the townland was 50, being 23 males and 27 females. There were nine houses in the townland and all were inhabited.[7]

In 1871 the population of the townland was 36, being 18 males and 18 females. There were eight houses in the townland and all were inhabited.(page 606 of census)[8]

In 1881 the population of the townland was 35, being 16 males and 19 females. There were eight houses in the townland, all were inhabited.[9]

In 1891 the population of the townland was 30, being 14 males and 16 females. There were eight houses in the townland, all were inhabited.[10]

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

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

Antiquities

The only historic site in the townland is Cloncoohy Bridge.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.placenamesni.org/historicforms.php?getPnameId=13888
  2. ↑ Settlement on a Plantation Estate, the Balfour Rentals of 1632 and 1636 by John Johnston, in Clogher Record Vol. 12, No. 1 (1985), pp. 92-109
  3. ↑ Tithe Applotment Books 1827
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  6. ↑ CloncoohyGriffith’s Valuation 1857
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  11. ↑ Census of Ireland 1901
  12. ↑ Census of Ireland 1911

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