Killycrin
Killycrin (from Irish: Coill an Chrainn meaning 'The Wood of the Tree') 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
Killycrin is bounded on the north by Gowlagh North and Ballynamaddoo townlands, on the west by Corrasmongan townland, on the south by Muinaghan and Kilsallagh townlands and on the east by Killywaum townland. Its chief geographical features are a gravel pit, a stream, a dug well and a spring well.
Killycrin is traversed by the regional N87 road (Ireland), minor roads and rural lanes.
The townland covers 166 statute acres.[1]
History
On 12 November 1590 Queen Elizabeth I of England granted a pardon (No. 5489) to Patrick O Doylane, husbandman of Killecrynn for fighting against the Queen's forces.[2]
The 1609 Baronial Map depicts the townland as Kilcrine.[3]
In the Plantation of Ulster Killycrin was granted to the Graham family of Scotland. By grant dated 26 June 1615, King James VI and I granted, inter alia, one poll in Killchrine to Sir George Graeme and Sir Richard Graeme to form part of the Manor of Greame. An Inquisition held at Cavan Town on 31 October 1627 found that Sir Richard Greames of Corrasmongan died on 7 November 1625 seized of, inter alia, one poll in Kilkryne. His son and heir Thomas Greames was aged 40 (born 1585) and married.
The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the townland as Killecrum with the proprietor being Mr Thomas Worsopp and the tenant being William Lawther, both of whom appear as proprietor and tenant for several other Templeport townlands in the same survey.
The 1662 Hearth Money Rolls show six Hearth Tax payers in Killicreene- Patricke McGowen, Murtagh McGowen, Cahell McGowen, Owen McIlronan, Farrall McCurran and James McCurran.
In the Templeport Poll Book of 1761 no resident of Killycrin was registered to vote in the Irish general election, 1761[4] but Christopher Lowther of Lowfield townland, Kilmore parish, County Roscommon voted because he held a freehold in Killycrin and was entitled to two votes. The four election candidates were Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont and Lord Newtownbutler (later Brinsley Butler, 2nd Earl of Lanesborough), both of whom were then elected Member of Parliament for Cavan County. The losing candidates were George Montgomery (MP) of Ballyconnell and Barry Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham. Lowther voted for Newtownbutler and Maxwell. Absence from the poll book either meant a resident did not vote or more likely was not a freeholder entitled to vote, which would mean most of the inhabitants of Killycrin.
The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as Kilkrin.[5]
The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list ten tithepayers in the townland.[6]
In 1841 the population of the townland was 95, being 50 males and 45 females. There were twenty-three houses in the townland, all of which were inhabited.[7]
In 1851 the population of the townland was 70, being 37 males and 33 females, the reduction being due to the Great Famine (Ireland). There were seventeen houses in the townland, one of which was uninhabited.[8]
Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists twenty landholders in the townland.[9]
In 1861 the population of the townland was 62, being 36 males and 26 females. There were thirteen houses in the townland, of which one was uninhabited.[10]
In 1871 the population of the townland was 53, being 32 males and 21 females. There were nine houses in the townland, all were inhabited.[11]
In 1881 the population of the townland was 57, being 34 males and 23 females. There were sixteen houses in the townland, of which six were uninhabited.[12]
In 1891 the population of the townland was 42, being 21 males and 21 females. There were eight houses in the townland, all were inhabited.[13]
In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are eleven families listed in the townland, [14] and in the 1911 census of Ireland, there are only ten families listed in the townland.[15]
Antiquities
The chief items of historical interest found in the townland are Neolithic flint scrapers and a polished stone axehead.[16] [17]
