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The Commonwealth Survey of 1652
The survey as transcribed by William Mooney in 1835 covers the entire of County Cavan and is listed in order of barony. It appears to be a unique document, and no similar survey has been discovered for any other county. The format, purpose and content of this work differentiates it from other surveys from around the same era including the Civil Survey of Ireland 1654-56 and the 1659 Census of Ireland in which both sources, Cavan returns are not found.
In his essay in Common Ground[1] on the evolution of estate properties in South Ulster 1600-1900 P.J. Duffy states that both Cavan and Monaghan counties were reserved for disposal to the Cromwellian army. This essay is very helpful in providing the background and context to the making of the Commonwealth Survey.
The order in which the parishes and townlands are listed in the transcribed document can be difficult to navigate. For instance, the parish of Denn occurs over pages 7, 8, 24 and 50. There are a number of reasons for this. Firstly the parish of Denn straddles three baronies, Loughtee Upper, Castlerahan and Clanmahon. Also, the polls are listed by proprietor and not alphabetically which means the order in which they occur can be confusing. This is further not helped by the subdivision of the portion of each parish in each barony into arable and waste lands.
[1] P.J. Duffy, ‘The Evolution of Estate Properties in South Ulster 1600-1900’ in Common Ground, 1988, p. 99.
On fieldwork assignment for the topographical department of the Ordnance Survey, which began in March 1834, the great scholar John O’Donovan wrote his famous Ordnance letters.[1] These letters relayed his thoughts and requests to headquarters in the Phoenix Park and were dispatched several times a week from wherever he happened to be around the country. In a letter dated 27 May 1836, writing from Cavan to Lieutenant Larcom, he mentions the Commonwealth Survey thus:
I find an authority very frequently quoted in the Cavan Name Books under the title of ‘Commonwealth Survey’ which is amazingly correct in every instance, in fact, the most correct document I ever heard of as far as regards the orthography of names of Townlands (see Cornashesk in the Parish of Lurgan). Can this Survey be had for the county of Leitrim, or does it extend beyond Cavan?
[1] Patricia Boyne, John O’Donovan (1806-1861): a biography (Kilkenny, 1987), p. 13.
Commonwealth Survey Records of 1652
Commonwealth Survey Maps
The Commonwealth Survey of 1652
Bodley’s map of Tullyhunco 1610
Historical Background/Context
After the flight of the earls in 1607 the six escheated (confiscated) counties of Ulster which comprised Armagh, Cavan, Donegal, Fermanagh, Derry and Tyrone came under direct rule of the crown. The process of plantation began in 1608 when plans were drawn up for the granting of these counties to the various entities who were in the favour of King James I. Dealing with the Natives, the selection of suitable candidates to undertake the Plantation and a fear of invasion by the Earl of Tyrone delayed the process for nearly a year.
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The previous survey of 1608[1] comprised of a written description of the lands only and was not deemed adequate for the purposes of Plantation. In order to grant estates it would be necessary to ensure that the polls/townlands making up the various Proportions were allocated in a logical manner. Mapping was deemed to be the only way to guarantee that this was the case and would confirm that the townlands in each proportion were contiguous and created sensible boundaries for the estates which could then be managed with relative ease. The strategic relationship of the boundaries to natural features including rivers, mountains, woodland and bogs was also essential to the smooth management of the newly created estates.
Prior to this time very little in the form of detailed survey maps for the escheated counties existed and what was available lacked any great accuracy or information which would be useful in the process of plantation.
[1] Analecta Hibernica III (1931) pp 151-218
Implementation and appointment of the surveyors.
The survey of the six counties commenced on the 31st July 1609. A military expeditionary force, led by Sir Arthur Chichester, was assembled to carry out the work which included the holding of inquisitions, settling of disagreements regarding estates to be forfeited or otherwise, holding assizes and the actual charting of the lands.
The commissioners agreed to select out of every barony men that were able to nominate, meere, and bound every parish, balliboe, or ballybetagh ; and these were to attend Sir Josias Bodley and the surveyor, William Parsons, who were to make card [chart or map] of every country.” [1]
A very comprehensive description of the entire undertaking is given in ‘The Maps of the Escheated Counties of Ulster, 1609-10’ by J.H. Andrews[2]. I briefly summarise here some of the salient points which are relevant to this article and I highly recommended this paper for further reading on the subject for those interested in the minutiae.
Records show that eight men were appointed specifically as surveyors as part of this expeditionary force. They were:
William Parsons | Irish surveyor-general was paid £100 |
George Sexten | Escheator and clerk of the crown in Ulster was paid £30 |
Sir Josias Bodley | Superintendent of the Castles in Ireland was paid £133 6s. 8d. |
Sidrack Davenport | Transcriptor of the exchequer was paid £26 13s. 4d. |
John Merrick | Junior assistant who was paid £20 |
William Rolls | Deputy to Parsons was paid £30 |
Thomas Raven | Assistant to Parsons who later became one of the most respected cartographers of his time and was paid £30 for his services |
John Rawson | Draughtsman assigned to colouring the maps was paid £10 |
Parsons, Bodley, Davenport, Merrick, Rolls and Raven were employed for the ‘surveying and plotting’ of the six counties and afterwards ‘framing and drawing up the plots and descriptions’[3]. Sexten was chiefly involved in the administration of the effort and Rawson was to colour the maps. At the time both Bodley and Parsons were credited equally with the overseeing of the mapping process but Bodley later claimed that the survey and the maps produced was ‘his invention wholly’[4] This may well be true as Parsons was not well respected by, amongst others, Thomas Raven as having any great skill in this regard and he is not accredited with having ever made a map on his own without technical assistance. Also his professional conduct has been called into question:
‘His then fellow worker, Parsons, had the reputation of doing strange things in his surveys for himself and his friends ; and assuredly some such jobs must have been perpetrated in that survey.’[5]
Progress was good and Armagh had been finished by the 10th of August, Tyrone by the 24th and Coleraine within a day or two of the end of the month. Donegal was complete, or nearly so, by the 12th of September and Fermanagh by the 20th. The commissioners struck camp in Cavan on the last day of the month, and the surveyors were paid up to the 3rd of October. They had mapped nearly 5,700 square miles in sixty-seven days.[6]
[1] Rev. George Hill, An historical account of the Plantation in Ulster at the commencement of the seventeenth century 1608-1620. (Belfast 1877) p.153
[2] J. H. Andrews, The Maps of the Escheated Counties of Ulster, 1609-10. Proceeding of the Royal Irish Academy. Vol 74 (1974)
[3] J. H. Andrews, The Maps of the Escheated Counties of Ulster, 1609-10. Proceeding of the Royal Irish Academy. Vol 74 (1974) p.142
[4] Rolf Loeber, A Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Ireland 1600-1720. (1981) p.23
[5] Rev. George Hill, An historical account of the Plantation in Ulster at the commencement of the seventeenth century 1608-1620. (Belfast 1877) p.194
[6] J. H. Andrews, The Maps of the Escheated Counties of Ulster, 1609-10. Proceeding of the Royal Irish Academy. Vol 74 (1974) p. 142
The Survey of Cavan and allocation of lands
Cavan was the last county of the six to be surveyed. The commissioners, of which there were eleven, began to assemble in Cavan town on the weekend of the 22nd of September. The Inquisition[1] was held on Monday the 25th. Local knowledge was provided to the commissioners by the following jurors:[2]
1. | Garrett Fleminge, Esquire. |
2. | Thomas Kernan. |
3. | Hugh McDonell Brady. |
4. | Thomas Brady. |
5. | Patrick Brady. |
6. | Owen boy O’Ferally. |
7. | Mulmore McCale [Cahill] Reilie. |
8. | Shane O’Gowne |
9. | Donell McFerall Oge McKernan. |
10. | Tirlagh Oge McKernan. |
11. | Felim McGauran. |
12. | Cormock McKernan. |
13. | Shane McCalmoyle Brady. |
14. | Mahowne McOwen Brady. |
The commissioners were fortunate that much of the work on Cavan had already been completed and valuable time was saved:
As to the temporal lands, they had already vested in the Crown by the deaths in quick succession of three chiefs of the O’Reilly’s, viz., Sir John O’Reilly, his brother Philip, and their uncle Edmond, who were all slain fighting on the side of Hugh O’Neill Earl of Tyrone, and whose estates, therefore, fell to the Crown by a law in this country which, under such circumstances, dispensed with the necessity of any legal proceedings. All that had to be done was, simply to ascertain by inquisition whether they had fallen when in actual rebellion, and this fact was sufficiently established by an investigation at Cavan, on the 19th of August, 1606. The commissioners and jurors in 1609 were, therefore, saved any trouble as to the general question of temporal lands ;[3]
While this work was ongoing in Cavan town, Bodley, Parsons and the other surveyors were travelling throughout the county gathering the necessary information for their map making purposes.
At the close of the commissioners’ labours in Cavan, the last county of the six, Davys penned his concluding epistle to Salisbury, evidently in high spirits that his opinion on the subject of the termon lands had been amply borne out by special examination, and that he was about to leave Ulster in profound peace ! “ We are now come to the Cavan,” says he, “ which is the last period of our long progress, and have there performed our several services in the same manner as in the former counties.[4]
On the 3rd of October 1609 they headed back to Dublin in confident mood.
They have left the province of Ulster in more complete peace and obedience than has ever been seen since the Conquest. [5]
Two months, at least, was requested to complete the work on their return to Dublin:
And now although they have ended this journey, for this day their camp is broken up, they have not yet ended their business; for the making up of these inquisitions in form of law, the drawing of the titles into the cases, the engrossing, enrolling, and exemplification thereof, the absolute finishing of the maps, the limiting and setting forth of the parishes, precincts, and proportions, which must be done upon the maps, with divers other real parts of the main service, are to be performed after they return home, which will require extraordinary labour and diligence, and two months’ time at least.[6]
The work was not completed until late February in 1610. It was mid March before their results were finally presented to the King and his ministers. Six bound books of maps, one for each county, were presented along with the written description of their findings.
Among the papers carried by the two Plantation Commissioners, Davys and Ridgeway, to London was the following tabulated form of the numbers, names and quantities of the great precincts (or baronies) in the escheated counties “which may be clearly disposed to undertakers”[7]
1. Loughtee | 12,500 acres |
2. Tulloghgarvy | 7,500 acres |
3. Clanchy | 6,000 acres |
4. Castlerahin | 9,000 acres |
5. Clonmahon | 7,000 acres |
6. Tullochonco | 6,000 acres |
7. Tullagha | 9,000 acres |
Tullyhunco was then subdivided into 6 Small proportions deemed suitable for planting (the proportion of Drong was left in native hands) and in April 1609 the lands were allocated by lot to the Scottish undertakers thus:
Clonkine | 1,000 acres | Sir Alexander Hamilton |
Carrotubber | 1,000 acres | Sir Alexander Hamilton |
Clonyn | 1,000 acres | Sir Claude Hamilton (son of the above) |
Dromheada | 1,000 acres | Alexander Achmootie |
Keylagh | 1,000 acres | John Achmootie |
Corradonan | 1,000 acres | John Browne |
[1] Philip O’Connell, The Cavan Inquisition of 1609 (The Breifny Antiquarian Society’s Journal, Vol III, pp. 361-386 1934)
[2] Rev. George Hill, An historical account of the Plantation in Ulster at the commencement of the seventeenth century 1608-1620. (Belfast 1877) p.185
[3] Ibid., p.187
[4] Ibid., p.188
[5] Ibid., p.189
[6] Ibid., p.189
[7] Ibid., p.201
Parish boundaries
Perhaps overlooked in earlier studies of the Bodley maps is the significance of the large blocks of territories outlined in various tinted colours. From a close examination of the Tullyhunco map it is clear that the 3 areas (from the left) outlined in brown, orange and green represent the parishes of Scrabby, Killeshandra and Kildallan. This is the first time that the ancient Irish parishes have been presented in cartographic format and in such detail thus providing a comprehensive record of the townlands in each parish at that time. Scrabby is shown to comprise 10 townlands, Killeshandra 81 townlands and Kildallan 46 townlands.
Conclusion
Much has been written in numerous articles and publications about the questionable methods used to prepare the maps and the many inaccuracies which are evident throughout the final set of charts as presented to King James I, in March 1610.These criticisms may be fair on one level but I personally cannot overestimate the significance of this monumental achievement which was completed in a very short period of time and with very limited resources. The sheer scale of the task, even in terms of available technologies today, was enormous. The ability to deliver the level of information within the timescale allotted was formidable. What transpired was the implementation of a very creative process of information gathering which was cross-referenced to physical features on the ground resulting in these magnificent groundbreaking maps. It was Bodley’s ability to use his unique skills and in a fashion which had never been attempted before which brought about this stunning set of records and the preservation of ancient townland names which would surely have been lost otherwise. The 1609 maps provide the historian with a unique time-capsule which can be used to trace back and link some of the earliest townland names to their present day counterparts. No set of maps at this scale of detail pre-exists for the counties covered. It is the baseline for the cartographic study of the townlands which were fortunate enough to have been included in the process. Bodley went on to map many other parts of Ireland. His legacy is still with us today and is testament to his skill and ingenuity.
Breiffne Antiquarian and Historical Society Journal
Published between 1920 and 1933 these journals are essential reading and an invaluable source of information pertaining to the Cavan/Breifne region. Available courtesy of Cavan County Council Library Services, who must be commended for this tremendous undertaking. The Journals are set out below in chronological order in flip-book format which should assist in navigating the documents with ease.
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Also see: Guide to the Breiffne Antiquarian and Historical Society Journal by Jonathan A. Smyth in Breifne, 2011.
1920 Vol. 1 No. 1
Sources or Information
Reports of Meetings
The Inaugural Lecture. By F. Bigger, Esq, MRIA,
A Popular Antiquarian Society. By R.V. Walker, Esq., BA.
Historical Notes on Virginia and Lough Ramor. By Philip O’Connell, Esq., M.Sc.
Exhibits at June Meeting
Illustration of Local Seals
The Legend of Conall Cernach. By Miss M.E. Dobbs, FRSAI
Cavan Members in the Irish Parliament 1–Seventeenth Century. By T. S. Smyth Esq.
Exhibits at the November Meeting
The Episcopal Succession in the Diocese of Kiimore, 1356-1560. By Dr. Grattan Flood, KSG.
Books on Leitrim History
A Big Day in Belturbet
The Battle of Cavan
Cromwell in Cavan
Muff and its Fair
Kilgolagh
Tuaim Drecuin
Ancient Crosses in Breifny
Notes on Histories of Families
Breifnian Articles
Two O’Reilly Tombs and a Problem
Book Review
Literary Notes
Obituary Notice
List of Members
Rules of the Society
Statement of Accounts, 1920
Breifne Journal
Volume 1
No.1 (1958)
Early Colonisation of Breifne – Philip O’Connell
Some Cavan Franciscans of the past – Rev. Canice Mooney
A Forgotten Penal Day Church in Kinlough – An t-Athair P. Ó Gallacháir
Theophilus Ó Flynn, Seanchai and Poet – Peadar S. Clancy
Cumhaid Na Cléire – Seamus Ó Mórdha
The Prehistory of the Breifne Region – Thomas J. Barron
Ordnance Survey: Statistical Reports on Parishes – Brian Ó Mórdha
Father Tom Maguire and the Clare Election – Rev. Patrick Brady
1622 Survey of Cavan – An t-Athair P. Ó Gallacháir
MacDorchaidh, Chiefs of Cinel Luacháin – Patrick Logan
No. 2 (1959)
Freemen of the Borough of Cavan – T. S. Smyth
An Irish Ms from Mountnugent – Rev. Canice Mooney
Historical Notices of the parish of Inismagrath – Francis J. MacKiernan
Sources for the life of St Mogue – Philip O’Connell
Cairt Ó Mhaolmhórdha Ó Raighilligh 1588 – Gearóid MacNiocaill
Nettles and Charlock as Famine Food – A. T. Lucas
Churches and Priests of Knockninny – Rev. Terence Small
Rev. Alexander McWhidd – a 17th Century Minister – Thomas J. Barron
Andrew Carney (1794-1864) – Philip O’Connell
Review of The High Crosses of Kells – Rev. A. H. Leaden
Father Edmund Deane (1647-1717) – Patrick McGovern
Review of Genealogical History of the O’Reilly’s – Seamus Ó Mórdha
No. 3 (1960)
Sir John Davies in Cavan in 1606 and 1610 – G.A. Hayes McCoy
Notes on the 1821 Census of Lavey parish – Rev. Terence P. Cunningham
A Crosserlough poet and essayist – Philip O’Connell
Some Kilmore clergy of the 17th & 18th century – Rev. John Brady
Some County Leitrim wills – Philip O’Connell
Penal Crucifix – Ballinamore – Rev. Augustine A. Leaden
A new bronze sword from County Cavan – Joseph Raftery
The Hearth Money rolls for Tullyhunco & Tullyhaw – Rev. Francis J. MacKiernan
The Greville papers – A Co.Cavan estate on the eve of the Famine – Brian Ó Mórdha
Lavagh Latin School – Rev. Nicholas Comey
No.4 (1961)
The origins of the diocese of Kilmore – Rev. Aubrey Gwynn
The Lavey Green walk – Rev. Terence P. Cunningham
Stone axe head from County Cavan – Thomas J. Barron
Some Leitrim Franciscans of the past – Rev. Canice Mooney
The 1766 religious census of Kilmore and Ardagh – Rev. Terence P. Cunningham
Some aspects of the Ireland of 1860 – Rev. Charles J. Travers
The Lurgan epitaphs – Philip O’Connell
Father Michael Smith, Candidate for bishopric of Kilmore – Francis J. MacKiernan
Review of Where Erne & Drowes meet the sea – Francis J. MacKiernan
Father Felix McCabe (c.1750-1816) – Philip O’Connell
Volume II
No. 5 (1962)
The 1826 General Election in Cavan – Rev. Terence P. Cunningham
An Irish manuscript of 1801 – Brian MacGiolla Phádraig
Brian of the Ramparts O’Rourke – Rev. Dan Gallogly
An Ghaeilge i gContae an Chabháin … (1823) – Seamus P. Ó Mórdha
The line of Colonel John O’Reilly – Philip O’Connell
Maynooth matriculation lists – anon
Carrigallen parish in 1821 – Francis J. MacKiernan
Review of Ainmneacha Gaeilge na mBailte Post … – An t-Athair Padraig MacGamhna
Review of The Civil Survey (1654-6) vol. X – Francis J. MacKiernan
Review of Seán Ó Donnabháin & Eoghan Ó Comhraí – Rev. Dan Gallogly
Review of Napper Tandy & the European Crisis 1798-1803 – Rev. Patrick E. Brady
No. 6 (1963)
Life in Cavan 1800-1845 – Brian Ó Mórdha
Brian Oge O’Rourke and the Nine Years War – Rev. Dan Gallogly
An O’Reilly Genealogy – Philip O’Connell
Catholic Rent list from the diocese of Kilmore – Rev. Terence P. Cunningham
Anne Jane Carlile (1775-1864) – Thomas J. Barron
1821 Census – Parish of Drumloman – John P. Wilson
Inscriptions in Magherintemple cemetery – Rev. Dan Gallogly
A County Cavan itinerary circa 1744 – Philip O’Connell
Ballinamore in 1824 – Anon
Review of The Festival of Lughnasa – Caoimhín Ó Danachair
No. 7 (1964)
The birthplace of General Philip Sheridan – Rev. Joseph B. Meehan
A letter from Missouri [1870] – Rev. Bernard Donnelly
General Phil Sheridan – Lt Gen. M.J. Costello
Bibliography from the Library of Congress Washington DC – Anon
A Leitrim victim of the French Revolution – Rev. Canice Mooney
The McBradys – Barons of Loughtee – Seán MacBrádaigh
Some County Cavan links with Montreal – Philip O’Connell
The burning of Ballinagh May 1794 – Seamus Ó Loingsigh
Drumlomman in 1835 – John P. Wilson
The Grattan family and County Cavan – T. S. Smith
Review of Supplement to Irish families – a guide – Rev. Charles J. Travers
Review of Dinnseanchas – Rev. Dan Gallogly
No. 8 (1965)
The Great Famine in County Cavan – Rev. Terence P. Cunningham
Report of Bishop MacDonagh 1741 – Anon
1641 Rebellion in Leitrim – Rev. Dan Gallogly
The Kildrumfertan epitaphs – Philip O’Connell
The will and foundation of Rev.Eugene Brady 1767 – Rev. Terence P. Cunningham
Students of All Hallows College from the diocese of Kilmore – Rev. Kilian Mitchell
Some County Cavan priests in Connecticut – Philip O’Connell
An excursion to County Cavan in 1809 – Seamus Ó Loingsigh
Some County Leitrim wills and leases II – Philip O’Connell
Review of Books & Authors of County Cavan – Rev. Charles J. Travers
Volume III
No. 9 (1966)
Seán MacDiarmada (1883-1916) – Rev. Charles J. Travers
General Philip Sheridan – a ballad – Padraic Colum
A 1798 pike head from Bailieborough – Thomas J. Barron
Rev. Joseph B. Meehan – Francis J. MacKiernan
Sir Frederick Hamilton – Rev. Dan Gallogly
Mining in Cavan – Patrick J. Flanagan
The 1852 General Election in County Cavan – Rev. Terence P. Cunningham
Drumlummon prospector – James P. Galligan
Some County Leitrim wills and leases III – Philip O’Connell
Review of The Cavan and Leitrim Railway – Francis J. MacKiernan
No.10 (1967)
A contribution to the study of Fenianism in Breifne – Seán O Luing
The Burrowes-Hughes by-election – Rev. Terence P. Cunningham
Public transport in County Leitrim – Patrick J. Flanagan
The topography of the Loch Ramor region – Philip O’Connell
Fifty years ago – Rev. Nicholas Comey
Canúint Mhuintir Chionnaith & Clann Fhear-Mhaighe – Stiofáin Ó Ceilleachair
Review of Dinnseanchas – Rev. John Murphy
No.11 (1968)
Canúint Mhuintir Chionnaith & Clann Fhear-Mhaighe – Stiofáin Ó Ceilleachair
Notes on Volunteers, Militia, Yeomanry … of County Cavan – Oliver Snoddy
The changing rural landscape of North Leitrim 1650-1850 – Seamus Grimes
Review of County Louth Archaeological Journal – Rev. Augustine H. Leaden
The Ballinamore and Ballyconnel Canal – Patrick J. Flanagan
A fourteenth century coin find from County Cavan – Michael Dolley
Timothy Godwin, Bishop of Kilmore – Rev. Thomas Halton
The Bailieboro Estate – William G. Coleman
Kilmore clergy list of 1723 – anon
No.12 (1969)
Dr Philip O’Connell [An obituary] – Francis J. MacKiernan
The Cavan Tenant Right meeting of 1850 – Rev. Terence P. Cunningham
The topography of Loch Ramor region II – Philip O’Connell
Kilmore clergy list of 1723 – Rev. Owen Traynor
The Ballinamore and Ballyconnell Canal II – Patrick J. Flanagan
Cavan town in 1838 (Part !) – Terence P. Cunningham
Some Irish MSS with Breifne associations – Padraig de Brún
The Sisters of Mercy in Kilmore – Rev. Augustine H. Leaden
Review of The Fermanagh Story – Francis J. MacKiernan
Volume IV
No.13 (1970)
Hugh O’Reilly (1581-1653): A reforming prelate – Séamus P. Ó Mórdha
An Ulster plantation town – Virginia – R.J. Hunter
Medieval hospital system in Breifne – Patrick Logan
Annál as Breifne – Eamonn de hÓir
Thomas Maguaran OFM (c.1640-1715) – Rev. Anselm Faulkner
Thomas Fitzsimons & the primer of the BVM – Rev. Padraig Ó Suilleabháin
Notes on Patrick Maguire coadjutor Bishop of Kilmore – Rev. Seosamh Ó Dufaigh
Cavan Town in 1838 (Part II) – Rev. Terence P. Cunningham
The Ballinamore and Ballyconnell Canal III – Patrick J. Flanagan
Review of Uber Das Nachleben St Kilians in Irland – Rev. Augustine H. Leaden
No.14 (1971)
More Kilmore clergy lists – Rev. Owen Francis Traynor
Leitrim 1600-41 – Rev. Dan Gallogly
Templeport cemetery inscriptions – T. C. Maguire
Chevalier Terence de Brade – Patrick Logan
Father Tom Maguire 1792-1847 – Raymond McGovern
Cavan town in 1838 III – Rev. Terence P. Cunningham
Tadhg Ó Roddy and two surveys of Co. Leitrim – J. Logan
No.15 (1972)
Dr James Magauran Bishop of Ardagh (1815-29) – Rev. Owen F. Traynor
Hugh O’Reilly (1583? -1653) – A reforming prelate II – Seamus P. Ó Mórdha
Parish priests of Kilmore – Francis J. MacKiernan
Some notes on Leitrim industry – Patrick J. Flanagan
Two Breifne manuscripts – Padraig de Brún
Gustavus Tuite Dalton (1811-1879) Editor of Anglo Celt – Rev. Terence P. Cunningham
Dr Eugene McParlan candidate for the bishopric of Kilmore – Rev. Owen F. Traynor
No.16 (1973-75)
Denis Sheridan and some of his descendants – J. G. Simms
The English undertakers in the plantation of Ulster 1610-41 – R.J. Hunter
Students of Kilmore Academy 1838-74 – Rev. Terence P. Cunningham
The management of the Farnham estates in the 19th century – Eileen McCourt
Ballinamore iron works 1748 – N.W. English
Matthew Gibney (1837-1925) bishop of Perth – Rev. Kilian P. Mitchell
Thomas M. O’Flynn 1881-1964 Leitrim historian – James Foran
Review of St Patrick’s College Cavan, a centenary history – Brian Ó Mórdha
Volume V
No.17 (1976)
The 1841 census of Killeshandra parish – Rev. Gerard Alwill
Students of Kilmore Academy 1838-1874 – Rev. Terence P. Cunningham
Oughteragh in 1826 – a case study of rural sectarianism – John Logan
Megalithic tombs at Tullaghan – Denis Holly
Inscriptions in Crosserlough old cememtery – Macra na Tuaithe club
Teallach Cearbhuill: genealogy of MacBradaigh – Seán MacBradaigh
Stair nuadat Find Fenim and Sliabh nDhe … – Thomas J. Barron
No.18 (1977-78)
Sources for Cavan local history – Sarah Cullen
The muster roll of 1630: Co. Cavan – Robert J. Hunter
The 1852 Leitrim election – Liam McNiffe
A Presbyterian exodus from County Longford in 1729 – Thomas J. Barron
Markets and fairs of the town of Cavan – T. S. Smyth
Tadgh Ó Rodaighe – Padhraic P. Ó Ciardha
Students of Kilmore Academy 1839-1874 – Rev. Terence P. Cunningham
Sliabh Guaire – Liam Ó Ceallaigh
No.19 (1979)
The O’Reillys and the kingdom of East Breifne – Katherine Simms
Philip O’Reilly OFM (c.1600-1660) – Rev. Anselm Faulkner
The Irish College in Paris & Alexander McCabe – Micheline Walsh
Drumlane old cemetery – Rev. Hugh O’Reilly
Phases of the history of Cavan town – T. S. Smyth
Students of Kilmore academy 1838-1874 – Rev. Terence P. Cunningham
Land trouble in Templeport 1855- Rev. Dan Gallogly
No.20 (1980-81)
Leitrim in the Parnellite split – Rev. Dan Gallogly
Some Cavan schools and teachers 1814-31 – Padraig de Brún
Patterns of education in the parish of Oughteragh 1821-71 – Marie Meehan
Students of Kilmore Academy – Rev. Terence P. Cunningham
Leitrim voters in Oughteragh and Cloonclare in 1852 – Liam McNiffe
An eel weir, marriage agreements from Registry of Deeds – Rev. Dan Gallogly
Volume VI
No.21 (1982)
Two historical chalices – Rev. Owen Traynor
Aspects of the literary tradition of Breifne and Fermanagh – Seamus P. Ó Mórdha
The Babingtons of Cavan – Linda J. Holdrege
The Deramfield hoard coin deposited 1641-53 – Michael Kenny
Students of Kilmore Academy – Rev. Terence P. Cunningham
Inscriptions on headstones in Callowhill graveyard – B. Gallagher & J. Cassidy
Swanlinbar and its ironworks from the Registry of Deeds – Rev. Dan Gallogly
No.22 (1983-84)
James Browne Bishop of Kilmore – Rev. Donal Kerr
The Land League in Leitrim 1879-83 – Rev. Dan Gallgogly
Students of Kilmore Academy – Rev. Terence P. Cunningham
A short history of Rosclogher barony 1840-60 – Liam McNiffe
The Farnham Arms Hotel from the Registry of Deeds – Rev. Dan Gallogly
No.23 (1985)
The O’Reillys and the problem of Surrender and Regrant – Ciaran F. Brady
Lisnamaine Castle – Rev. Hugh O’Reilly
Students of the Kilmore Academy – Rev. Terence P. Cunningham
The Molly Maguires in Eastern Pennsylvania 1877-89 – Rev. Gerard Smith
Cavan town and townsmen fro the Registry of Deeds Rev. Dan Gallogly
No.24 (1986)
Dr Terence P. Cunningham [Obituary] – Rev. Dan Gallogly
Brian Ó Mórdha 1918-86 [Obituary] – Rev. Dan Gallogly
Kilmore priests – Francis J. MacKiernan
Charlotte Brooke – her background and achievement – Seamus P. Ó Mórdha
Defenderism in Leitrim in the 1790s – Liam Kelly
The MacBradaigh chiefs of Teallach Cearbhull – Seán MacBradaigh
Saint Máedóc and St Molaise – Charles Doherty
Father John Early: American Jesuit educator – Nicholas Varga
Hugh O’Donnell of Larkfield 1691-1754 – Proinnsíos Ó Duigneáin
The O’Reillys of Annagh – Rev. Hugh O’Reilly
Cemetery inscriptions in Cavan parish – Bríd Cahill, Fr A. Fagan & others
Volume VII
No.25 (1987)
Nicholas Conaty Bishop of Kilmore 1865-86 – Gabriel Kelly
St Bricin of Tomregan – Eugene & John O’Reilly
Hearth Roll money for the barony of Castlerahan 1664 – Rev. Dan Gallogly
Index to Breifne 1959-86 – Rev. Dan Gallogly
No.26 (1988)
Breifne and its chieftains 940-1300 – Rev. Dan Gallogly
The last Lords of Leitrim: the Sons of Teige O’Rourke – Jerrold Casway
An unrecorded Tomregan megalith – John O’Reilly
The true history of Bernard Reilly – Robert Reece
An Elizabethan prelate: John Garvey – 1527-95 – Brian McCabe
Kilsherdany graveyard inscriptions – Brian Ó Mórdha
Volume VIII
No.1 (1989-90)
St Kilian: his Irish background and posthumous influence – Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich
Clogh Oughter Castle – Conleth Manning
Breifne and its chieftains 1300-1560 – Rev. Dan Gallogly
Glangevlin’s Irish College – Seamus P. Ó Mórdha
The importance of the tower house in medieval Breifne – Julian McCarthy
Lavey old graveyard inscriptions – Gerry Tierney
No.2 (1991)
Dr Andrew Boylan: Bishop of Kilmore (1907-1910) – Rev. Anthony Mulvey
The O’Reillys of East Breifne – Kieran Parker
The O’Reillys and McQuaids of Lisdoagh – Francis J. MacKiernan
Glangevlin’s Irish College Ardscoil Bhreifne – Seamus P. Ó Mórdha
The Cavan Inquisitions of 1588, 1590 & 1609 – T. C. Maguire
Proudly Irish: Susan McCarthy of Bawnboy – Patricia Jean Mannion
No.3 (1992-93)
The Cathedral of SS Patrick and Felim, Cavan – Francis Duffy
Dr J.C. McQuaid & Eamon de Valera: insights – Thomas P. O’Neill
The struggle for Irish women for the vote – Marie O’Neill
Early days in the penal colony of Western Australia – Rev. Gerard Cusack
Corn mills of Leitrim – Patrick Mulligan
No.30 (1994)
Kilmore Churches – Rev. Dan Gallogly
Fr Alexander J. McCabe & the Spanish Civil War – Dermot Keogh
The O’Reillys of Corlattylannan and their relations – Francis J. MacKiernan
Inscriptions from Denn old cemetery – Ben Gaffney
No.31 (1995)
Priests and people of Kilmore – Dan Gallogly
Local relief committees in Co. Cavan 1845-47 – James Grant
Two minor septs of medieval Breifne – Ciarán Parker
Education in Cavan 1825-32 – Francis Duffy
Thomas O’Reilly (1830-72) of Lurgan and Atlanta – Rev. Kilian J. Mitchell
Inscriptions in Killeshandra old cemetery – Ursula and Aisling Woods
No.32 (1996)
Patrick Finnegan & the birth of the Irish Free State 1900-23 – Rev. Dan Gallogly
William Bedell Bishop of Kilmore 1629-42 – Rev. R. B. MacCarthy
William Hague F.R.I.A.I. – an architectural appraisal – Fergal Thomas Harron
No.33 (1997)
Denis Maguire OFM Bishop of Kilmore 1770-98 – Francis Duffy
The influence of Freemasonary in east Cavan during 1798 – Larry Conlon
The diocese of Tír Brún (Kilmore) in the middle ages – Ciarán Parker
Inscriptions in Kill cemetery, Kilnaleck – Anon
Volume IX
No.35 (1998)
Agnes O’Farrelly: crusader for a Gaelic Ireland – Madeleine Uí Mhéalóid
1821 Census of the parish of Munterconnaught – Declan Cooney
The Second Education Report for County Cavan 1824-27 – Rev. Francis Duffy
Fr John Farrelly doctor of the Sorbonne (1657-1736) – Rev. Liam Swords
County Cavan Gaol a nineteenth century prison – Noleen O’Connell-Toal
No.35 (1999)
Fr Dan Gallogly: an appreciation and bibliography – Anon
A study of eight townlands in the parish of Killeshandra – Maura Nallen
The Franciscan Friary in Cavan – Rev. Francis J. MacKiernan
Conflict over the rectory of Cinel Luachain … – Joseph Earley & Leonard Boyle
Leitrim plantation papers – Brian MacCuarta
The Irish Colleges in Spain – Monica Henchy
A journey to Cavan & Leitrim in 1849: William Power – Lynn Black
Review of The diocese of Kilmore 1800-1950 – Seán Ó Suilleabháin
No.36 (2000)
Tenant applications to Lord Farnham 1832-60 – Jacqueline Breiden
Richard Brady OFM Bishop of Kilmore 1580-16-7 – Ignatius Fennessy
Religious diversity in Cootehill in the eighteenth century – Patrick Cassidy
William Routledge 1806-76 – Francis J. MacKiernan
Lough Ramor figure – Brian McCabe
A lost headstone – Francis J. MacKiernan
Review of The missionary priests & bishops of Kilmore – Seán Ó Suilleabháin
No.37 (2001)
Early Irish church organization –the case of Drumlease …C. Etchingham & C. Swift
Thomas Fitzsimons (1614-80) – Francis J. MacKiernan
Do Chlann tSiomuinn – Padraig Ó Fiannachta
The Cootes of Cootehill – Patrick Cassidy
The Nugent family and the diocese of Kilmore in the 16th century – Colm Lennon
Convicts from Leitrim & Cavan transported to Botany Bay in the 1790s – Liam Kelly
Matthew Gibney (1837-1925) Bishop of Perth – Rev. Kilian Mitchell
The many missons of Matthew Gibney (part I) – Joan Frances Carney
Old Castlerahan gravestone inscriptions – Anne Marie Smith & Ben Gaffney
Volume X
No.38 (2002)
The growth of Methodism in Cavan & Leitrim 1750-1800 – Liam Kelly
Henry Foxhall and the Arigna ironworks – Jane Donovan
Report on the Arigna coalmines 1942 – Peter Rigney
Diocese of Kilmore 1670-1728 – Francis J. MacKiernan
The many missions of Matthew Gibney II – Joan Frances Carney
The Quakers of Cootehill – Patrick Cassidy
Breifne men in the Hotel Royal des Invalides – Eoghan Ó h-Annracháin
Plaque unveiled to Captain Eoghan O’Reilly – Eugene P. Markey
Cavan County Museum – Eugene P. Markey
No.39 (2003)
The diocese of Kilmore and the priory of Fore: 100-1540 – Rory Masterson
The Moravian Church in County Cavan – Patrick Cassidy
Joseph G. Biggar: Home Rule M.P. for Cavan 1874-90 – Jack Magee
The Saundersons of Castle Saunderson – Winifred Curtin
Brother Potamian O’Reilly (1846-1917): A great Breifne scientist …- Annraoi de Paor
The Celtic Times and the GAA in Cavan (1887) – Brian McCabe
Index to Breifne Journal 1958-2002 – Liam Kelly
No.40 (2004)
A sixteenth century saint’s life: the second life of St Maedoc – Raymond Gillespie 147
The 1641 rising in the plantation town of Belturbet – Brendan Scott
Fr Francis P. Duffy: a very Irish, Catholic, American person – Thomas J. Shelley
The Saunderson family of Clover Hill and their Co. Cavan estate – Jonathan Cherry
Dr James Gallagher Bishop of Raphoe & Kildare & Leighlin – Ciarán MacMurchaidh
The history of the Killegar estate and some documents relating to it – John Godley
The south Ulster borderland as a political frontier in the 1640s – Kevin Forkan
Arigna coal mines and the emergency – Peter Rigney
Volume XI
No. 41 (2005)
Obituary & publications of Dr Francis J. MacKiernan (1926-2005) – Liam Kelly
The Reformaton in 16th century historiography – Brendan Scott
Anatomy of a Belfast surgeon: Sir Peter Reilly O’Connell (1860-1927) – Jack Magee
Trinity Island: a note on its history – Seamus Ó Doláin
The life and collection habits of Theophilus Butler – Sylvia Earley
Pat the Glanman: Patrick McGovern of Tullycrofton townland – Joseph McGovern
Saving the medieval building on Church Island, Garadice – Joseph E. Earley
Evacuations at Farnham House, Farnham, Co. Cavan – Robert M.Chapple
Cavan references in the journals of the RSAI – Brian McCabe
Review of Byrne’s dictionary of Irish local history … – Brendan Scott
Review of Kiltubrid Co. Leitrim: snapshots of a rural parish in the 1890s – J. Cherry
Review of History of the diocese of Clogher – Brendan Scott
Review of A Star Chamber court in Ireland: the court of Castle Chambers – G. Power
Review of Churches of the diocese of Kilmore – Raymond Dunne
Review of Aistí ag iompar. Scéil in ómós do Seamus P. Ó Mórdha –MacDara Colchúin
No.42 (2006)
The Maxwell family of Farnham; an introduction – Jonathan Cherry
A catalogue of Farnham material by Cavan County Museum – Brendan Scott
William Brady: Breifne in the new world – Pat Murphy
The Ulster refuge of the northern army – Jerrold Casway
Séamus Mag Uidhir: a scribe of Breifne and his work – Nollaig Ó Murraile
Surrender & regrant: Brian O’Rourke & Sir Nicholas Malby (1577) – C. Maginn
Edward James Saunderson: Unionism’s first leader – Gordon Lucy
Irish discoid gravemarkers and inscriptional lettering – George Thomson
The failure of the Reformation in sixteenth century Meath – Brendan Scott
The 1733 visitation of Kilmore: window on Church of Ireland diocese – William Roulston
An introduction to Cavan County archive service – Bernie Deasy
Excavations at Farnham House, County Cavan (revisited) – Robert M.Chapple
Breifne Historical Society celebrates its Golden Jubilee – Liam Kelly
Review article: Protestants in Ireland in the 1640s – Kevin Forkan
Review of Red Hugh O’Donnell and the Nine Years War – Christopher Maginn
Review of The planters of Luggacurran, a Protestant community 1879-1927 – Liam Kelly Review of Achill Island tatie-hokers in Scotland and the Kirkintilloch tragedy – L. Kelly
Review of On the edge of the Pale: the rise and fall of Anglo Irish community – B. Scott
Review of The murder of Thomas Douglas Bateson 1851 – Brendan Scott
Review of Sir Robert Gore Booth and his landed estate in Sligo … – Jonathan Cherry
Obituary: Phyllis Faris (1909-2006) – Anon
No.43 (2007)
Cardinal Seán Brady – Liam Kelly
A catalogue of records of the Church of Ireland in Kilmore 1828-2003 – Susan Hood
Kilmore missionary clergy in 19th century America – Tom Sullivan
Relict landscape of the Burren area of North West Cavan – Seamus Ó h-Ultacháin
The establishment of Cootehill branch railway – Jonathan A. Smyth
The limitations of Tudor reform: surrender and regrant and the O’Rourkes – C. Maginn
Cavan Royal School – David John William McCready
The Sheridan family – Don Sheridan
Breifne in nineteenth century Ontario – Pat Murphy
Faithful Teate: Cromwellian poet – Angelina Lynch
Review of Cavan 1609-1653, plantation, war and religion – Liam Kelly
Review of Local government in 19th century county Dublin: the grand jury – B. Scott
Review of Local history studies from the border counties of south Ulster – Brendan Scott
No.44 (2008)
Saints and Manuscripts in sixteenth century Breifne – Raymond Gillespie
The ÓDuibhgeannáin family of historians and the Annals … Bernadette Cunningham
Popular attitudes to formal medical care in 16th century Leitrim – Jennifer Kelly
Patrick Henry O’Rorke: an American Civil War hero – Brian Bennett
Murder in Cavan 1809-1891 – Georgina Laragy
Serving the spiritual needs of the Irish in 19th century America – Tom Sullivan
Robert Henry Johnstone and the United Irish League – William Keaveney
Edward Frederick Clarke: Breifne in Toronto – Pat Murphy
John Richard Darley (1799-1884), bishop, scholar & philanthropist – Jonathan Smyth
The First Sam Maguire All Ireland Final (1928) – Brian McCabe
Inspector John William Nixon 1880-1949 – Tom Canavan
On Shank’s mare: the folklore of feet in County Cavan – Clodagh Doyle
Brendan Coulter [An Obituary] – Anon
Review of Virtues of a wicked Earl, 3rd Earl of Leitrim (1806-78) – Liam Kelly
Review of Photographs & Photography in Irish local history – Jonathan Cherry
Review of Government, war & society in medieval Ireland – Brendan Scott
Review of College Boys, students of St Pat’s College … – R. Dunne & F. MacKiernan
Review of Harvesting, reflections by the advisory panel … – Brendan Scott
Review of Northwest Co. Cavan Survey: an archaelogical survey – Brendan Scott
Review of Clergy of Kilmore, Elphin & Ardagh: biographical succession …– B. Scoott
Volume XII
No. 45 (2009-10)
Jonathan Cherry, ‘The 1610 Cavan town charter: an introduction and transcription’, pp 1-‐12.
Patrick Cassidy, ‘The Quakers of County Cavan, 1655-‐1900’, pp 13-‐22.
Mary Sullivan, ‘Canada convicts and canals: pre-‐famine emigration from County Cavan, 1815-‐1844’, pp 23-‐51.
Pat Murphy, ‘Emily Ferguson Murphy: a strenuous kicker’, pp 52-‐60.
Jonathan A. Smyth, ‘Cemetery inscriptions from Ashfield, Clemenstown and Dernakesh’, pp 61-‐95.
Aiden Reilly, ‘Alleviating hunger in Cavan, 1880: how the Mansion House Fund provided relief in Cavan during the Little Famine’, pp 96-‐123.
Liam Kelly, ‘Suggested reading on the history of photography: a select bibliography’, pp 124-‐130.
Orla Fitzpatrick, ‘The photographic guild: a circle of Cavan photographers in the 1890s’, pp 131-‐141.
Tomás Ó Raghallaigh, ‘Iarsmaí na Gaeilge i dTeanga Tullyhunco’, pp 142-‐145.
Brian McCabe, ‘Cavan’s first trip to Croke Park’, pp 146-‐149.
Seán Mac Brádaigh, ‘The genealogy of Mag Shamhradháin’, pp 150-‐153.
Book Reviews, pp 154-‐159.
No. 46 (2011)
Robert M. Chapple, ‘Cultural continuity and site use: excavations at Gortlaunaght, Swanlinbar, County Cavan’, pp 162-‐202.
Rachel Moss, ‘The old portal and cathedral of Kilmore’, pp 203-‐236.
Benignus Millett, OFM, ‘Patrick O’Helay, OFM, and Conn O’Rourke, OFM: two Irish martyrs’, pp 237-‐ 244.
Lesa Ní Mhunghaile, ‘Charlotte Brooke, her political and literary connections and the genesis of Reliques of Irish poetry (1789)’, pp 245-‐261.
Liam Kelly, ‘The parish of Denn in the early 1800s’, pp 262-‐287.
Pat Murphy, ‘General Phil Sheridan and the American Civil War’, pp 288-‐302.
Miriam Moffitt, ‘The Protestant experience of revolution in County Leitrim, 1911-‐1928’, pp 303-‐323.
Martin McCabe, ‘Corrawallen: local history in a small townland’, pp 324-‐347.
Richard Morgan, ‘Footballing brothers in opposition’, pp 348-‐352.
Jonathan A. Smyth, ‘Guide to the Breifny Antiquarian Society Journal (1920-‐1933)’, pp 353-‐368.
P.J. Dunne, ‘Butlersbridge Irish constabulary barracks’ day book 1851-‐1854’, pp 369-‐376.
Susan Hood, ‘Further records from the Church of Ireland diocese of Kilmore’, pp 377-‐393.
Book Reviews, pp 394-‐402.
Obituary: Séamus Ó Doláin, p. 403.
No. 47 (2012)
Tom Sullivan, ‘John Boylan, an influential nineteenth-‐century Kilmore priest’, pp 406-‐419.
Griffin Murray, ‘The crozier of the O’Bradys’, pp 420-‐440.
Maeve McCormick, ‘The archaeological landscape of Tonymore Lough, County Cavan’, pp 441-‐459.
Tom Smith, ‘The death of Conall Cernach at Ballyconnell, County Cavan’, pp 460-‐475.
Pat Murphy, ‘Breifne’s mountain man’, pp 476-‐485.
Liam Kelly, ‘Maria Cregan’s description of Dublin during the 1916 Rising’, pp 486-‐492.
Brian McCabe, ‘Dervor old graveyard’, pp 493-‐506.
Patrick Cassidy, ‘The origin and growth of the Presbyterian Church in County Cavan’, pp 507-‐515.
Hugh B. O’Brien, ‘The first man on the hill: the life and times of Rev. Patrick O’Connell (1850-‐1923), pp 516-‐549.
Book Reviews, pp 550-‐560.
No. 48 (2013)
Abbreviations, pp 1-‐6
Terry Barry, ‘Introduction’, pp 7-‐9.
Brendan Scott and Linda Shine, ‘Editorial note’, pp 10-‐13.
Oliver Davies, ‘The castles of County Cavan, part I’, pp 14-‐42.
Oliver Davies, ‘The castles of County Cavan, part II’, pp 43-‐89.
Oliver Davies, ‘The churches of County Cavan’, pp 90-‐145.
T.G.F Paterson and Oliver Davies, ‘Ecclesiastical remains in Co. Cavan’, pp 146-‐148.
Oliver Davies, ‘Killinagh church and Crom Cruaich’, pp 149-‐153.
Oliver Davies, ‘Old churches in the parish of Rossinver, Co. Leitrim’, pp 154-‐157.
T.G.F. Paterson, M. Gaffikin and Oliver Davies, ‘Dean Richardson’s further account of Com. Cavan’, pp 158-‐168.
Oliver Davies, ‘Excavation of a crannog at Deredis Upper, in Lough Inchin, Co Cavan’, pp 169-‐186.
Oliver Davies, ‘Contributions to the study of crannogs in south Ulster’, pp 187-‐204.
Oliver Davies, ‘Types of rath in southern Ulster’, pp 205-‐218.
Linda Shine (ed.), ‘Oliver Davies’ field reports on archaeological sites in Clanmahon barony, County Cavan’, pp 219-‐259.
Book Reviews, pp 260-‐269.
Volume XIII
No. 49 (2014)
Johann Farrelly, ‘An archaeological survey of early medieval settlement in the parish of Mullagh, County Cavan; reconstructing the early medieval rural landscape’, pp 272-301.
Raymond Gillespie, ‘Plantation Virginia revisited’, pp 302-314.
Eoghan Moore, ‘Edmund O’Reilly alias Eamonn mac Maol Mordha Ui Raighaillaigh, ‘chief Gentleman of that name’, pp 315-325.
Brendan Scott, ‘An apparition in Redhills 1711’, pp 326-329. Daragh Curran, ‘The Cootehill riot of 1833’, pp 330-337.
Margaret Mortimer and Lil McCormack, ‘Old Church of Ireland graveyard, Drumbannon Bailieborough’, pp 338-353.
Billy Saunderson, ‘Labour accounts of Alexander Faris, Farranseer, 1823-31’, pp 354-362
Declan Cooney, ‘Peter Gallegan 1793-1860: schoolmaster, collector and scribe’, pp 363-387
Raymond Blair, ‘The earl of Leitrim and flax growing in County Leitrim in the 1860s’, pp 388- 393.
Padraig G. Lane, ‘1880s’ Breifne farm labourers: an aspect of the Land War’, pp 394-403.
Liam Kelly, ‘Brother Michael Morgan CSsR (1892-1920): an innocent victim of the Troubles’, pp 404-415.
Brian McCabe, ‘A glimpse of Virginia in the 1920s’, pp 416-425. Book Reviews, pp 426-433
No. 50 (2015)
Brendan Scott, ‘Editorial’, pp 436-438.
Joseph E. Earley and Diarmuid O Seaneachain, ‘The medieval island church in Lough Garadice’, pp 439-469.
J.J. McDermott and Kieran O’Conor, ‘Rosclogher Castle: a Gaelic lordship centre on Lough Melvin County Leitrim’, pp 470-497.
Michael McShane, ‘Bodley’s map of Tullyhunco, 1609’, pp 498-535.
Michael O Droma and Marcella Loughman, ‘Archaeological investigation at the Town Hall, Belturbet, County Cavan’, pp 536-571.
Eoghan Moore, ‘Milmorie Oge O’Reylie, gent.’ alias Maol Mordha Óg Ui Raighaillaigh of Bellanacargy’, pp 572-579.
Conor Curran, ‘Early association football clubs in County Cavan, 1893-1914’, pp 580-588.
P.J. Geraghty, ‘Bound on bonds of iron: the railways of Cavan’, pp 589-624.
Leslie McKeague, ‘Victoria Cross recipients from County Cavan’, pp 625-636.
Donna Gilligan, ‘Excavating a mythological landscape: the 1931 amateur excavation of Sheebeg Cairn in south County Leitrim’, pp 637-650.
Billy Saunderson, ‘A Cork opinion on Cavan, 1949’, pp 651-654.
Patrick J. O’Reilly, ‘Prudentia et Fortitudine in the Tudor period. The O’Reillys: an analysis of annalistic evidence (1100-1600 A.D.)’, pp 655-700.
Book Reviews, pp 701-707.
No. 51 (2016)
Kevin White, ‘The plain of blood – a study of Magh Slecht and County Cavan’, pp 711-748.
Donna Gilligan, ‘A curious crock: a copper alloy vessel from a possible coin hoard discovered at Sheemore Hill, County Leitrim’, pp 749-755.
Michael McShane, ‘Land “parcells” of Tullyhunco from the Ulster inquisitions of 1629’, pp 756-780.
Eoghan Moore, ‘Captain Hugh O’Reilly of Lisgannon’, pp 781-785.
Aine McCarthy, ‘Credible death in Cavan 1641-42 and its social impact’, pp 786-815.
Donald M. Schlegel, ‘The Sheridans untangled’, pp 816-833.
Brendan Scott, ‘An eighteenth-century inventory of Belturbet military barracks’, pp 834-837.
Jonathan A. Smyth, ‘Marriage settlement of Samuel Dundass and Lydia Leadbeater, daughter of Garrett Leadbeater of Cootehill, 20 June 1827’, pp 838-845.
Leslie McKeague, ‘Bailieborough to Esquimalt: Dr James Farrelly R.N., 1837-1866’, pp 846- 850.
Liam Kelly, ‘The making of a revolutionary: Sean MacDiarmada and his County Leitrim background’, pp 851-871.
Daniel Purcell, ‘The experience of the Cavan Loyalists during the Civil War: examining testimony from the Irish Grants Committee’, pp 872-892.
Book Reviews pp 893-897.
Volume XIV
No. 52 (2017)
Obituary: Roisin Lyons, p. 1
Tom Smith, ‘A ninth-century Ui Briuin settlement in County Cavan’, pp 2-13. Eoghan Moore, ‘John O’Reilly of KIlmore’, pp 14-18.
Michael McShane, ‘“A very curious survey of the county of Cavan”. The Commonwealth survey of 1652-53. Part 1, West Cavan’, pp 19-90.
Lyn Franks, ‘The Maxell family, barons and sometimes earls of Farnham, County Cavan – a genealogy’, pp 91-106.
Ian Kenneally, ‘Patrick Donahoe: an Irish-American leader’, pp 106-118.
John Coleman, ‘Charles Coote MP [earl of Bellamont] (1738-1800) and the suppression of the “Oak Boys” in Counties Cavan, Fermanagh and Monaghan, July 1763’, pp 119-149.
Patrick Clarke, ‘East Breifne O’Clearys and their Clarke descendants’, pp 150-156.
Ciaran Reilly, ‘The administration of Famine relief at Rathkenny, County Cavan’, pp 157-165.
Billy Saunderson, ‘The second Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency – a colourful landlord, Farranseer, County Cavan’, pp 166-171.
Ultan McGoohan, ‘An introduction to the parish mission movement 1850-80 and its impact on the diocese of Kilmore’, pp 172-187.
Hugh B. O’Brien, ‘The Cootehill affair: the ‘Black Walk’, 12 August 1931’, pp 188-200.
Donna Gilligan, ‘Enchantment in the walls: the possible use of a concealed bronze spearhead as a protective charm at a house in Corglass, County Leitrim’, pp 201-210.
Mary T. Curran, ‘The gentlemen O’Reillys of the old family’, pp 211-212. Note: ‘Reading Denis Murphy’, p. 213
Book Reviews, pp 214-220
No. 53 (2018)
Cormac Bourke, ‘Early medieval hand-bells from Breifne’, pp 224-243.
Colleen Arulappu, ‘County Cavan prisoners aboard the East London, 1843’, pp 244-255. Eoghan Moore, ‘Myles son of Philip O’Reilly of Dunmurry’, pp 256-260.
Lyn Franks, ‘Bailieborough National District Model School, County Cavan’, pp 261-302. Aisling Lockhart, ‘Letters from a Leitrim Lady’, pp 303-310.
John Donohoe, ‘Cavan in the period leading up to Partition’, pp 311-328.
Michael McShane, ‘“A very curious survey of the county of Cavan”. The Commonwealth survey of 1652-53. Part 2, East Cavan’, pp 329-384.
Brian McCabe, ‘The sporting races of Cavan’, pp 385-387.
Dermot McMonagle, ‘County Cavan and Ireland’s political foundations – Arthur Griffith, M.P./T.D. for east Cavan, 1918-22’, pp 388-406.
Book Reviews, pp 407- 408
No. 54 (2019)
Obituary: Eddie Brady, p. 412.
Brendan Scott, ‘Sir Stephen Butler and other inhabitants of early Plantation Belturbet’, pp 413-426.
Eoghan Moore, ‘Tullyvin Castle and Eoghan Rua (1526) son of Cathal O’Reilly’, pp 427-435.
Michael McShane, ‘Guide to seventeenth-century surveys of Cavan as a source for townland studies’, pp 436-455.
Michael McShane, ‘Robert Craige’s County Cavan tenants, 1703-4: an update’, pp 456-468.
Jonathan Cherry, ‘An anatomy of a south Ulster town: Cavan in 1785’, pp 469-482.
Jonathan A. Smyth, ‘Bailieborough parishioners in the mid-nineteenth century’, pp 483-497.
Phyl Smith, ‘The townland of Killyfana, Redhills’, pp 498-530.
Billy Saunderson, ‘Ravenswood by Francis O’Brien’, pp 531-533. Michael Swords, ‘History of Ballyhaise Estate’, pp 534-556.
Book Reviews, pp 557-559.
Heart of Breifne
Heart of Breifne contents 1978-1987
Heart of Breifne 1978
Contents
Map of Parish.
Réamhra.
Larah Parish: I gCeartlár Sliagh na nDee by Thomas J. Barron.
Priests who worked in Upper Larah by Terence Cunningham.
Matchmaking and marriage in Co. Cavan in the late nineteenth century by Anna Sexton.
Townland names in the parish of Larah by Liam Ó Ceallaigh.
Sean McCarthy memorial by Sean Lee.
“Ten miles from everywhere in the middle of nowhere” by Aileen McEvoy.
Hedge Schools in Larah by Áine Bean Uí Shiadhail.
Father Bernard Donnelly – A pioneer in Kansas City by Vincent Duffy.
The Architecture of Mid-Cavan by Patrick Shaffrey.
The 1833 Arms Register for Co. Cavan by William G. Coleman
The Hackler from Grousehall by Anna Sexton.
Larah, An extract from A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis 1837
Larah P.T.A.A. variety group, photo.
Seachrán by Fiachra Mhic Bhradaigh.
Larah G.F.C. photographs
Heart of Breifne 1979
Contents
Map of Parish.
Réamhra.
Townland names in the Parish of Lavey by Liam Ó Cealaigh.
Thatching – a dying art by Filmín Nic Chionna.
Craftsmanship and artistic expression by Aileen McEvoy.
The stream that flows into Loch Ramor by Thomas Smith.
Pat Dolan and Grousehall by Thomas J. Barron.
Contemporay ballads on Pat Dolan and the Molly Maguires by Thomas J. Barron.
Drumnaveagh National School, Lavey by Terence Cunningham.
An emigrant’s letter.
The Decay of Irish in Tullaghgarvey in the nineteenth century by Brian Ó Mórdha.
Death and burial in Co. Cavan in the late nineteenth century by Anna Sexton.
Filíocht by Bernard McDonagh.
Bailieborough – and echoes from the Year of the French by Thomas J. Barron.
“I remember, I remember” by Áine Bean Uí Shiadhail.
Heart of Breifne 1980
Contents
Map of Larah.
Réamhra.
Fiachra Mac Bradaigh: Poet and scribe of central Cavan by Séamus P. Ó Mórdha.
Burrowes of Stradone House by Terence Cunningham.
The Last Harpers – and Breifne by Liam P. Ó Caithnia.
The exit of Protestant settlers from Co. Cavan in 1642 by Thomas J. Barron.
An Irish farmhouse at the beginning of the century by Anna Sexton.
Townland names in the Parish of Killinkere by Liam Ó’Ceallaigh.
Hearth Money Rolls 1664, Killinkeare parish
The hills of Killinkere.
Bailieborough – and echoes from from the year of the French: a postscript by Thomas J. Barron.
The Old I.R.A.: some Cavan memories
I. Réamhrá
II. The War of Independence: Memories by Dan McDonald
III. Memories of the struggle for Irish freedom by Seán Lee
IV. Eoghan Ó Raghallaigh as An Srath Domhain
V. Cumann Na mBan.
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Map of Larah.
Réamhra.
Fairy legends and beliefs of East Cavan by Bairbre Ni Fhloinn.
The man from Barnagrove by Antóin Mac Gabhann.
Townland names in the parish of Castlerahan and Munterconnaught by Liam Ó Cheallaigh.
Memories of ’47 by Tony Tighe.
The Castle at Ballynacargy by Seamus P. Mórdha.
An old Co. Cavan farmhouse by Filmín Nic Chionna.
Housing conditions in Tullaghgarvey in 1841 by Brian Ó Mórdha.
Poitín by Aine Ní Sheasnain.
Aspects of Cavan’s Postal History by Máiread Reynolds.
William Percy French’s associations with Cavan by T.S. Smyth.
Alexander McWhidd c. 1610-c.1690 by Thomas J. Barron.
Memories by Mrs Jenny Whyte.
Laragh N.S. 1928. photo
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Réamhra.
Wedgwood’s man by Máiréad Reynolds.
On Not keeping up with the Jones’s by W.H. Byers.
Down the village street by Lochlynn Mac Glynn.
Tullyco schoolchildren 1929 or 30 (Photograph).
Sidelights on some Famine Landlords by Terence Cunningham.
Townland names of Crosserlough by Liam Ó Ceallaigh.
Traditions that existed in my grandmother’s house by Padraic Colum.
Kids stuff by Bairbre Uí Floinn.
Eamonn De Valera – his visits to Cavan by Liam Ó Ceallaigh.
Traditional medicine by Aine Ní Sheasnain.
Emigration from Co. Cavan in 19th Century by Thomas J. Barron.
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Réamhra.
Breifne’s twenty five years of glory by Eddie Brady.
Culture: Irish culture by Brian S. Ó Mórdha.
Altbeagh cottage & Ravenswood by Terence Cunningham.
Greaghagaron School c.1947 (Photograph).
An Ghaeilge – Irish words used in the English of Co. Cavan by Pádraig Ó Corbaidh.
Snippets from Drumgoon by Brother Eunan Bannon.
Folklore from Larah by Bairbre Ní Fhloinn.
Father O’Flanagan’s suppressed speech.
List of stockists.
Townland names in parish of Killann by Liam Ó Ceallaigh.
Rats: Palindromes: Symbols by Aine Ní Sheasháin.
Emigration from Co. Cavan in the nineteenth century by Thomas J. Barron.
How Lough Gowna got its name by Frank Columb.
Religious and political agitation in Co. Cavan 1822 – 1829 by Máiréad Nic an Ghoill.
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Réamhra.
Ordnance survey: Statistical reports on parishes: Drumgoon by Brian S. Ó Mórdha.
Historic Knockbride: A May Day visit by Bridie M. Smith-Brady.
Townland names in the parish of Knockbride by Liam Ó Ceallaigh.
Ross Mac Cabe and some of his comtemporaries by S.P. Ó Mórdha.
Markets and fairs in county Cavan by W.H. Crawford.
Some local lore on fairs by Áine Ní Sheasnáin.
Fom Redhills to Lough Sheelin: Two songs with Cavan connections by S.P. Ó Mórdha.
Joseph Biggar, the Honourable Member for Cavan by Fred Heatley.
A German clockmaker by Terence Cunningham.
Religious and political agitation in Co. Cavan 1822-1829 by Máiread Nic an Ghoill.
Dhá Dhán i nGaelige by Pascal Mac Gabhann.
An exile reflects by Jenny Whyte.
Memoir of Owen Peter Mangan, 1838-1924 by Thomas J. Barron.
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Réamhra.
A hiring fair in Cootehill by Harry Bradshaw.
The old hedge school by James Dunnery.
Memoir of Owen Peter Mangan 1838-1924 by Thomas J. Barron.
A county Cavan version of a narrative song by Seamus P. Ó Mórdha.
An early map of County Cavan by Thomas J. Barron.
Haymaking in Ireland by Jonathan Bell.
Haymaking – County Cavan style by Áine Ní Sheasnáin.
Fabrique Ste-Catherine by Pierce Mulroney and Ellen Buckley.
The Canadian Prime Minister: Cavan ancestors! by Áine Ní Sheasnáin.
Townland names in the parish of Lurgan by Liam Ó Ceallaigh.
An old Longfield lease by Terence Cunningham.
The Toomregan carving by Thomas J. Barron.
Matchmaking and marriage revisited by Linda-May Ballard.
From Greaghittiagh and back by Áine Ní Sheasnáin.
Myles the Slasher and the Bridge of Finea by Brian S Ó Mórdha.
The Poem book of the Nugents by Pádraig Ó Fágain.
A Drumgoom story of 1798 by Thomas J. Barron.
A lament for Father Patrick O’Reilly by Seamus P. Ó Mórdha.
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Réamhra.
The water wheel by Padraig Ó Mórdha.
The sale of a mill by Áine Ní Sheasnáin.
The Yellow Cross by Terence Cunningham.
Killeshandra by James Dunnery.
Education in the parish of Drumgoon, 1800-1860 by Úna McGorry.
A Land War incident near Virginia by Brian McCabe.
Ordnance Survey – Statistical Reports on Parishes: Larah by Brian Ó Mórdha.
Working the bogs of Cavan by Áine Ní Sheasnáin.
Coming orange demonstration at Cootehill.
Townland names in the parish of Denn by Liam Ó Ceallaigh.
A decorated stone from a cairn on Beannú (Banagher) mountain in the Denn parish by Thomas J. Barron.
The praises of Breifne by Ríonach Uíógáin.
Joyful things by Mary Moran.
Seán Ó Cléirigh from Drung and his manuscripts Séamus P. Ó Mórdha.
An old medal by Thomas J. Barron.
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Réamhra.
Flax growing in Co. Cavan in the forties by Aine Ní Sheasháin.
Scutching of flax by Peter Smith.
Memories of hard times by Bill Reilly.
Education in the parish of Drumgoon 1800-1860, Part II by Úna McGorry.
William Clarke – the Ballybay piper by Harry Bradshaw.
Reminiscences of Muff fair by Joe Ward.
Townland names in the parish of Urney and Annageliff by Liam Ó Ceallaigh.
Historic Kildrumsherdan by Bridie M. Smith.
Kingscourt and its locality by Thomas J. Barron.
Traditional herbal cures in county Cavan by Beatrice Maloney.
Herbs for Health.
The story of John Longmore.
Signs of rain.
Clonosey graveyard and friary ruins by Jude McGorry.
Postal history by T. S. Smyth.
Bunnoe Mill.
1976 Breifne article by Rev. Gerard Alwill on the 1841 Killeshandra census
Thanks to Brendan Scott, editor Breifne Journal, and Rev. Gerard Alwill for allowing us to reproduce this detailed study and analysis which throws great light on the contents of the 1841 census records.
INTRODUCTION
The 1841 Census was held on the night of 6 June of that year. Return sheets were to be filled in that night by the head of each household. This study of the parish of Killeshandra was based on micro-film copies of the return sheets. Most of the return sheets have been preserved in good condition. From these it is possible to construct an accurate account of social conditions in the parish during the years before the famine. In general we have very little information on social conditions in Co. Cavan for these pre-famine years. I hope that this study will make some small contribution in that regard.
Read moreBrady’s of Killeshandra
A family history over five generations by David Connolly 2019, with thanks to the author for contributing this significant work.