Corranierna
Corranierna is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. (Disambiguation see also- Corranierna (Corlough) townland, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland.)
Etymology
The townland name is an anglicisation of either (1) Cor an Iarna, meaning ‘The Hill of the Skein (of thread)’, which derived its name from the weavers who lived there. In the Dúchas Schools' Collection at [1] there is an account of a flax mill in Corranierna. or (2) The local pronunciation however is Corrnernyah which seems to indicate a different meaning Cor na nAirchinneach, meaning 'The Hill of the Erenagh'. On the 1609 Ulster Plantation map it is named Claghan (Gaelic ‘Clochán’ meaning a small beehive-shaped stone house).[2] In the Commonwealth Survey of 1652 it was named as Clioghan. By the Down Survey of 1655 it was merged into Mullaghduff townland where the combined townland was called ‘Mullaghduffe alias Cloghane alias Cornerin’. By 1687 Corranierna again existed as a separate townland.
Geography
It is bounded on the north & west by Annagh townland, on the east by Killywilly townland and on the south by Mullaghduff townland. Its chief geographical features are Annagh Lough, Killywilly Lough, two chalybeate wells and some drumlin hills reaching an altitude of 234 feet (71 m) above sea-level. The townland is traversed by the L1505 Yellow Road, Killywilly Lane, some minor lanes and the disused Cavan and Leitrim Railway. Corranierna covers an area of 180 statute acres, including 26 acres (110,000 m2) of water.
History
It formed part of the Manor of Calva which was granted to Walter Talbot in 1610 as part of the Plantation of Ulster. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the townland as belonging to Captain Gwilliams (i.e. the landlord of Ballyconnell, Captain Thomas Gwyllym).
The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list the following tithepayers in the townland-Garvey, Fitzpatrick, Reilly, McCormick, Grimes.[3]
In 1829 a Sunday school was kept in the townland, funded by the Hibernian Sunday School Society.[4]
The 1836 Ordnance Survey Namebooks describe it as- Soil white gravelly clay of middling quality. About 45 acres of bog and 23 acres of water.
The 1841 Census of Ireland gives a population of 160 in Corranierna, of which 79 were males and 81 were females, with 29 houses.
The 1851 Census of Ireland gives a population of 113, a decrease of 47 on the 1841 figure, due to the intervening Irish Famine of 1845–47, of which 58 were males and 55 were females, with 23 houses. A rare surviving page from the 1851 Census of Ireland lists the household of Michael Reilly of Corranierna.[5]
Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists the landlord of the townland as the Roe Estate & the tenants as Fitzpatrick, Roe, Reilly, Sheridan, Lomus, Cochrane, McGarvey, Smith, Kennedy, McCormack, Cassidy and Graham.[6]
In 1861 the population of the townland was 88, being 48 males and 40 females. There were twenty-two houses in the townland, all were inhabited.[7]
In 1871 the population of the townland was 86, being 49 males and 37 females. There were twenty-one houses in the townland, all were inhabited (page 297 of census).[8]
In 1881 the population of the townland was 76, being 42 males and 34 females. There were twenty-three houses in the townland, all were inhabited apart from one in the course of erection.[9]
In 1891 the population of the townland was 70, being 36 males and 34 females. There were twenty houses in the townland, all were inhabited.[10]
In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are sixteen families listed in the townland.[11]
In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are seventeen families listed in the townland.[12]
Antiquities
The only historic site in the townland is the disused Cavan and Leitrim Railway.
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