Lecharrownahone

Lecharrownahone (from Irish: Leathcheathrú na hAbhann, meaning 'The half-quarterland of the river' - Local pronunciation is 'Lahernahone') 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

Lecharrownahone is bounded on the north by Carrowmore and Derryginny townlands in Tomregan parish and by Drumane townland, on the west by Killynaff and Crossmakelagher townlands, on the south by Cormeen townland in Kildallan parish and on the east by Agharaskilly townland in Tomregan parish. Its chief geographical features are the Shannon-Erne Waterway and the Crooked River. Lecharrownahone is traversed by the regional R205 road, several rural lanes and the disused Cavan and Leitrim Railway.

The townland covers 314 statute acres.^[1]

History

The Plantation of Ulster 1609 Baronial Map depicts the townland as Nahowen.^{[2] [3]} The 1665 Down Survey map depicts it as Lackaneaghone.^[4] William Petty's map of 1685 depicts it as Lakanhon.

In the Plantation of Ulster by grant dated 23 June 1610, along with other lands forming the Manor of Calva, King James VI and I granted two polls of Nahownee to Hugh Culme. In the same year Culme surrendered his interest to Walter Talbot of Ballyconnell. Walter Talbot died on 26 June 1625 at Ballyconnell and his son James Talbot succeeded to the Ballyconnell estate aged just 10 years. An Inquisition held in Cavan on 20 September 1630 found that James Talbot was seized of two polls of Nationna, along with other lands. James Talbot married Helen Calvert, the daughter of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore of Maryland, USA, in 1635. In the aftermath of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 James Talbot's estate was confiscated because he was a Catholic and he was granted an estate in 1655 at Castle Rubey, County Roscommon instead. He died in 1687. Talbot's land in Lecharrownahone was distributed as follows-

In the Hearth Money Rolls of 1662 there were four people paying the Hearth Tax in Lecarrownehawna- Brian O Relly, Teige O Clery, William McMurphy and Owen McMurphy.

A grant dated 11 August 1666 from King Charles II of England to Thomas Guyllym of Ballyconnell included 200 acres 3 roods and 8 perches in Lacaranehane, alias Nahone, alias Lackanehone.

In the Templeport Poll Book of 1761 there were only three people registered to vote in Lecharrownahone in the Irish general election, 1761^[5] - William Chambers, Simon Fisher and William Taylor. They were entitled to two votes each. All three voted for Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont who was elected Member of Parliament for Cavan County and for George Montgomery (MP) of Ballyconnell, who lost the election. It was no surprise they voted for Montgomery as he was their landlord. 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 Lecharrownahone.

The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list twenty six tithepayers in the townland.^[6]

Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists thirty six landholders in the townland.^[7]

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are ten families listed in the townland,^[8] and in the 1911 census of Ireland, there are eleven families listed in the townland.^[9]

Antiquities

The chief structures of historical interest in the townland are:

1. Two earthen ringforts.^[10] Site 847 contains the foundations of a rectangular stone hut.

References

1. "IreAtlas". Retrieved 29 February 2012.
2. National Archives Dublin:
4. Trinity College Dublin: The Down Survey of Ireland.
6. and , in the Tithe Applotment Books 1827
8. Census of Ireland 1901
9. Census of Ireland 1911
10. Site number 846 and 847 in “Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan”, Patrick O’Donovan, 1995

External links

• The IreAtlas Townland Data Base

Coordinates: 54°04′31″N 7°48′37″W / 54.07514°N 7.810271°W