Cloncurkney
Cloncurkney (from Irish: Cluain Chúircne meaning Cuircne's Meadow') 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
Cloncurkney is bounded on the north by Mullaghmore, Templeport and Kildoagh townlands, on the west by Gowlagh South townland, on the south by Gortaclogher townland and on the east by Corboy Glebe townland. Its chief geographical features are Bellaboy Lough (Irish = Loch Béal Átha Buí = The Lake of the Entrance to the Yellow Ford), a stream, a wood and a spring well. Cloncurkney is traversed by minor roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 151 statute acres.[1]
History
Up until the 19th century Cloncurkney also included the modern townland of Mullaghmore, Templeport as a subdivision.
The 1609 Baronial Map depicts the townland as Clonquirkin.[2]
The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the townland as Clooncuirkny.
The 1665 Down Survey map depicts it as Clonquirke.[3]
William Petty's 1685 map depicts it as Clonquirk.
In the Plantation of Ulster by grant dated 27 February 1610, King James VI and I granted one poll of Clonkurke to Donell Mc Owen O'Reyly, gentleman.
The O'Reilly lands in Cloncurkney were confiscated in the Cromwellian Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 and were distributed as follows:
The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the proprietor as Lieutenant Arthur Newborogh and the tenant as John Trench, both of whom appear in other Templeport townlands in the same survey.
In the Hearth Money Rolls of 1662 there were three people paying the Hearth Tax in Clankuirke- Patricke O Loghan, Shane O Loghan and Donogh McManus
A grant dated 7 July 1669 from King Charles II of England to John Skeffington, the 2nd Viscount Massereene included, inter alia, lands of Clounequirke containing 23 acres 1 rood and 36 perches profitable land and 15 acres of unprofitable land.
The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as Cloncurkne.[4]
The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list four tithepayers in the townland.[5]
In 1841 the population of the townland was 62, being 31 males and 31 females. There were eight houses in the townland, all of which were inhabited.[6]
In 1851 the population of the townland was 48, being 27 males and 21 females, the reduction being due to the Great Famine (Ireland). There were eight houses in the townland, all inhabited.[7]
Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists twenty eight landholders in the townland.[8]
In 1861 the population of the townland was 38, being 19 males and 19 females. There were seven houses in the townland and all were inhabited.[9]
In 1871 the population of the townland was 32, being 18 males and 14 females. There were six houses in the townland, all were inhabited.[10]
In 1881 the population of the townland was 23, being 12 males and 11 females. There were four houses in the townland, all were inhabited.[11]
In 1891 the population of the townland was 17, being 10 males and 7 females. There were four houses in the townland, all were inhabited.[12]
In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are seven families listed in the townland,[13] and in the 1911 census of Ireland, there are eight families listed in the townland.[14]
Antiquities
The only structures of historical interest in the townland are footbridges over the stream.
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