Killywaum
Killywaum (from Irish: Coill an Mháma meaning ‘Wood of the Chasm) 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
Killywaum is bounded on the north by Corneen and Gowlagh North townlands, on the west by Killycrin and Kilsallagh townlands and on the southwest by Munlough North townland. Its chief geographical features are a stream and cow pastures. The Ordnance Survey Namebooks for 1836 state- There is a light soil intermixed with boulders of free stone.
Killywaum is traversed by the national secondary N87 road (Ireland), minor roads and rural lanes.
The townland covers 102 statute acres.[1]
History
The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the townland as Kilmame, 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 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as Kilvome.[2]
The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list seventeen tithepayers in the townland.[3]
In 1841 the population of the townland was 57, being 33 males and 24 females. There were 8 houses in the townland, of which all were inhabited.[4]
In 1851 the population of the townland was 48, being 29 males and 19 females, the reduction being due to the Great Famine (Ireland). There were seven houses in the townland, of which all were inhabited.[5]
Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists fourteen landholders in the townland.[6]
In 1861 the population of the townland was 44, being 23 males and 21 females. There were nine houses in the townland and all were inhabited.[7]
In 1871 the population of the townland was 27, being 12 males and 15 females. There were six houses in the townland and all were inhabited.[8]
In 1881 the population of the townland was 29, being 13 males and 16 females. There were five houses in the townland, all were inhabited.[9]
In 1891 the population of the townland was 16, being 8 males and 8 females. There were three houses in the townland, all were inhabited.[10]
In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are three families listed in the townland, [11] and in the 1911 census of Ireland, there are only two families listed in the townland.[12]
Antiquities
There don't seem to be any structures of historical interest in the townland.
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