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Searching Tithe Applotment Books

Searching Tithe Applotment Books

Michael

Guide to the location and navigation of the digitised images on the FamilySearch (LDS) website.

The lists of tenant names which we provide on this website have been scraped from the National Archives website. Unfortunately the indexation and classification of the records for this particular dataset on the NAI site are notoriously misleading and incorrect on a number of levels. Prior to the mapping of the country by the Ordnance Survey (Cavan was first mapped over the years 1835-1836) there was no standardised and approved list of townland names. Even a slight variation in spelling will turn up a negative result and a significant number of townland names were either transcribed incorrectly or the names do not match the approved accepted version. We suspect about 75% of the records are concealed due to these errors. What we present in our tables is a listing of tenant names which we have re-indexed by parish and townland. We believe this is correct to about 95% accuracy for townlands which were surveyed. Note the parish of Drung has not been transcribed and is missing from this dataset. We have not checked each individual surname entry and the only way to ensure accuracy is to view the original photographed TAB pages which can be viewed on the FamilySearch website. Access here requires signing up for an account but this is free. These images also provide details on the tenants landholdings and the taxation valuations which were applied to each plot.

It should also be pointed out that, although it only applies to a few parishes, some of the records are duplicated or triplicated as the survey was updated every few years. These books, which were typically an exact copy of the previous year, ended up being transcribed and added to the collection. Thus in the parish of Annagelliff you will find entries for four years, although this is an exception. In some instances the same individual has been given an alternate spelling of surname so checking the original photographs is crucial in avoiding errors. In rare instances we have found changes in leaseholder due to death or other cause and this can be a very interesting find for the genealogical fraternity.

The table below provides an index to the images of the original TAB which can be viewed on the LDS FamilySearch website. Searching directly by Cavan on this website results in the same flawed outcome achieved using the NAI site but the list below which we have prepared will guide the uninitiated to the core images which represent the true archive which is available, albeit well concealed. You will find some entries indexed under counties Meath, Down, Cork, Fermanagh, Leitrim and Mayo so the limitations are obvious. Also, a number of parishes have been grouped into one record and these are listed below. The FamilySearch website is the best place to view the images as the search facility by image on the NAI site is very cumbersome and limited to pdf files only. The FamilySearch website provides thumbnail images of the original pages as photographed and these are relatively easy to navigate with the index provided in the table which we have summarised below:

ParishListed in CountyYears listedRecords on image nos.Index on Page No.
AnnagelliffCavan1826/8/9/35Mixed7
AnnaghCavan1824/5All 182 148
BailieboroughMeathMixed3,30
BallintempleCavan1825/81497740
BallymachughCavan1824All 139
CastlerahanCavan1831All 10081-84
CastleterraCavan1826All 35
CrosserloughCavan1828All 4334-36
DennCavan1827All 3829-30
Drumgoon*
(see Drumgooland)		Down1833 +2Mixed
52-213		53,117, 184
Drumlane*
(see Drumgoon)		Cavan1828/298-97 of 142 total images
DrumlummanCavan1824All 2416
DrumreillyLeitrim1833Mixed
DrungMissing
EnniskeenMeath182738-100 of 140136
Kilbride/CastlecorMeath1825439525
KildallanMeath1835All 7765-68
Kildrumsherdan/
Killsherdeny		Cavan1832/33 +1All 11949-51,
60,101
KillashandraCavan1832All 704-7
KillinaghCavan1833All 39No
KillinkereCavan1833All (mixed)No
KilmoreMayo183113547
KinawleyFermanagh/Cavan1825Index only8-26
KnockbrideCavan1827All 4032-33
LarahCavan1833/34 +2All
LaveyCavan1833All 74
Loughan/
Castlekeeran		Castlekyran, Co. Cork1829All 2220
LurganCavan182441640
(map 21)		3-4
Moybolgue*
(see Bailieborough)		Meath183454-9189
Mullagh*
(see Killinkere)		Cavan1833All (mixed)No
Munterconnaught*
(see Lurgan)		Cavan182415-1815
ScrabbyCavan?All 1311
ShercockCavan1825All 2515
TempleportCavan1825 +1All 412189, 400
TomreganFermanagh1827All 47
Urney* (see Annagelliff also: 95-108. Index 81)Cavan1828All 2724
Index to FamilySearch images

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Breiffne Antiquarian and Historical Society Journal

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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.

Click on image below for full list of contents:

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

Heart of Breifne

Heart of Breifne

Michael

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.

View Lavey Name Book records

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.

View Killinkere Name Book records

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.

Heart of Breifne 1981

Contents        

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.

View Munterconnaught Name Book records
View Castlerahan Name Book records

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

Heart of Breifne 1982

Contents        

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.

View Crosserlough Name Book records

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.

Heart of Breifne 1983

Contents        

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.

View Bailieborough Name Book records
View Shercock Name Book records

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.

Heart of Breifne 1984

Contents        

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.

View Knockbride Name Book records

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.

Heart of Breifne 1985

Contents        

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.

Heart of Breifne 1986

Contents        

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.

View Denn Name Book records

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.

Heart of Breifne 1987

Contents        

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

1976 Breifne article by Rev. Gerard Alwill on the 1841 Killeshandra census

Michael
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Brady’s of Killeshandra

Brady’s of Killeshandra

Michael

A family history over five generations by David Connolly 2019, with thanks to the author for contributing this significant work.