Derrymony

Road at Derrymony townland, Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland, heading NNW towards Brackley Lough.

Derrymony (from Irish: Doire Móna meaning ‘The Oakwood of the Bog’) 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

Derrymony is bounded on the north by Prospect, Corlough townland, on the west by Tirnawannagh townland in Corlough parish, on the south by Erraran townland and on the east by Killyneary and Brackley, Templeport townlands. Its chief geographical features are Brackley Lough, streams, forestry plantations and dug wells.

Derrymony is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes.

The townland covers 254 statute acres.[1]

History

The 1609 Baronial Map depicts the townland as part of Gortanill.[2][3]

The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the name as Diremony.

The 1665 Down Survey map depicts it as Derrymony.[4]

William Petty's 1685 map depicts it as Deremony.

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 no people paying the Hearth Tax in the townland.

The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list ten tithepayers in the townland.[5]

In 1841 the population of the townland was 80, being 40 males and 49 females. There were sixteen houses in the townland, all of which were inhabited.[6]

In 1851 the population of the townland was 71, being 36 males and 35 females, the reduction being due to the Great Famine (Ireland). There were ten houses in the townland, two of which were uninhabited.[7]

Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists seventeen landholders in the townland.[8]

In 1861 the population of the townland was 55, being 31 males and 24 females. There were ten houses in the townland and all were inhabited.[9]

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are seven families listed in the townland.[10]

In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are only five families listed in the townland.[11]

A folktale about Derrymony in the 1600s is available at-[12]

Antiquities

There do not seem to be any structures of historical interest in the townland.

References

  1. ↑ "IreAtlas". Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  2. ↑ National Archives Dublin
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ Trinity College Dublin: The Down Survey of Ireland.
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  10. ↑ Census of Ireland 1901
  11. ↑ Census of Ireland 1911
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