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Clonkeen (Irish-derived place name, Cluain Caoin meaning 'The Beautiful Meadow'[1]) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland.

Road at Clonkeen (geograph 2914435)

Geography

Clonkeen is bounded on the west by

Kildallan townland. Its chief geographical features are Clonkeen Hill which rises to 351 feet, small streams and spring wells. Clonkeen is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 193 acres.[2]
A sub-division of the townland is called Lismonly (Irish derived place name, Lios Muinlighe meaning Fort of the Puddle).

History

From medieval times up to the early 1600s, the townland belonged to the McKiernan Clan. Their lands were divided into units called a ballybetagh. A survey conducted in 1608 stated that one of these was named Ballyclonekyne containing 16 polls or townlands, which was centered on Clonkeen townland.[3]

The 1609 Plantation of Ulster Map depicts the townland as Clonkine.[4] A grant of 1610 spells the name as Clonkeine. A lease of 1611 spells the name as Clonkenie. An inquisition of 1629 spells the name as Clonkin. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells it as Cloonkeen.

In the

Dring townland, Killygorman, Kiltynaskellan and Mullaghdoo, Cavan went to his nearest relatives. The most likely inheritors being Cahill, son of Owen McKiernan; Brian, son of Turlough McKiernan and Farrell, son of Phelim McKiernan, all aged over 21 and married.[8]

An Inquisition held at Ballyconnell on 2 November 1629 stated that the poll of Clonkin contained nine sub-divisions named Honemore, Tonnaghard, Ternotonefleigh, Reaghin, Couleneulthie, Knockedenclonyn, Mohor-Cargyn, Attinanowle and Conla.[9]

In the Irish Rebellion of 1641 the rebels occupied Clonkeen. Sir James Craig died in the siege of Croaghan Castle on 8 April 1642. His land was inherited by his brother John Craig of Craig Castle, County Cavan and of Craigston, County Leitrim, who was chief doctor to both King James I and Charles I. Sir James Craig died in the siege of Croaghan Castle on 8 April 1642. His land was inherited by his brother John Craig of Craig Castle, County Cavan and of Craigston, County Leitrim, who was chief doctor to both King James I and Charles I.

After the Irish Rebellion of 1641 concluded, the rebels vacated the land and the 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the townland as belonging to Lewis Craig. It lists Lismoonly as also belonging to Lewis Craig. In the Hearth Money Rolls compiled on 29 September 1663[10] there were four Hearth Tax payers in Clankin- William Cranston, William Liddle, John Mophett and Thomas Mageeah. Thomas Mageeah had two hearths, which indicates a larger house than the rest who had one hearth each.

In the Cavan Poll Book of 1761, there were two people registered to vote in Clonkeen in the

George Montgomery (MP) of Ballyconnell and Barry Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham
. 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 Clonkeen.

The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the townland name as Clonkeen.[12]

In the 19th century the townland belonged to the Farnham Estate of Cavan. The estate papers are now in the National Library of Ireland and those papers mentioning Clonkeen are at reference numbers MS 41,131/5 21. F. 118.[13]

In the 1825 Registry of Freeholders for County Cavan there was one freeholder registered in Clonkeene: Thomas Reilly. He was a Forty-shilling freeholders holding a lease for lives from his landlord, Lord Farnham.[1] Archived 15 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine

The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list seven tithepayers in the townland.[14]

The Clonkeen Valuation Office books are available for April 1838.[15][16]

Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists twelve landholders in the townland.[17]

Census

Year Population Males Females Total Houses Uninhabited
1841 62 25 37 13 1
1851 51 26 25 8 1
1861 46 22 24 8 0
1871 49 21 28 8 0
1881 45 20 25 8 0
1891 48 24 24 8 0

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are fifteen families listed in the townland.[18]

In the

1911 census of Ireland, there are ten families listed in the townland.[19]

Antiquities

  1. Clonkeen hedge-school. The Second Report of the Commissioners of Irish Education Inquiry of 1826 states that Thomas McLoughlin, a Roman Catholic, ran a pay school in Clonkeen in a clay house valued at £12, for 71 pupils (39 boys and 32 girls), of which 36 were Roman Catholic, 26 Church of Ireland and 16 Presbyterian. The teacher’s pay was £12 per annum.

References

  1. ^ "Placenames Database of Ireland - Clonkeen". Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  2. ^ "IreAtlas". Retrieved 29 February 2012.
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  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Chancery, Ireland (1800). "Calendar of the Patent Rolls of the Chancery of Ireland".
  6. ^ "Calendar of the Carew manuscripts, preserved in the archi-episcopal library at Lambeth".
  7. ^ "Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae Asservatarum Repertorium". 1829.
  8. ^ "Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae Asservatarum Repertorium". 1829.
  9. ^ "Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae Asservatarum Repertorium". 1829.
  10. ^ The Hearth Money Rolls for the Baronies of Tullyhunco and Tullyhaw, County Cavan, edited by Rev. Francis J. McKiernan, in Breifne Journal. Vol. I, No. 3 (1960), pp. 247-263
  11. ^ "1761 Co Cavan Poll Book | PDF".
  12. ^ A list of the several baronies and parishes in the county of Cavan Archived 6 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ "Farnham Papers" (PDF). nli.ie. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  14. ^ "The Tithe Applotment Books, 1823-37". titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  15. ^ Census National Archives
  16. ^ Census National Archives
  17. ^ "Griffith's Valuation". askaboutireland.ie. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  18. ^ "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1901". Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  19. ^ "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911". Retrieved 19 October 2016.

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