Tullyhaw

Tullyhaw (Irish: Teallach Eathach) (which means 'The Territory of Eochaidh', an ancestor of the McGoverns, who lived c. 700 AD) is a Barony in County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland. The area has been in constant occupation since pre-4000 BC

In 1579, East Breifne, then part of Connacht, was made a shire. The shire was named County Cavan (Irish: An Cabhán) after Cavan, the area's main town. The administration remained in the control of the local Irish dynasty and subject to the Brehon and Canon Law.

In 1584, Sir John Perrot formed the shire into a county in Ulster. It was subdivided into seven baronies:[1]

  • two of which were assigned to Sir John O'Reilly and[1]
  • three to other members of the family;[1]
  • two remaining, possessed by the septs of[1]

The last one, Tullyhaw, encompassed the mountains bordering on O'Rourke's country, and was left subject to the ancient tenures and exactions of their Irish lord.[1]

Civil parishes

People

References
  1. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cavan" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 572.


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