Stranadarragh

Road at Stranadarragh townland, Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland, heading north-west.

Stranadarragh (from Irish: Srath na Darach meaning 'The River-Meadow of the Oaktree') 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

Stranadarragh is bounded on the north by Drumlougher townland, on the west by Bellaleenan and Ballymagirril townlands, on the south by Cornagunleog and Boley townlands and on the east by Owengallees townland. Its chief geographical features are the River Blackwater, marshes and dug wells.

Stranadarragh is traversed by minor roads and rural lanes.

The townland covers 155 statute acres.^[1]

History

Until the late 18th century, the modern townland of Cornagunleog formed part of Stranadarragh.

The 1665 Down Survey map depicts it as Shanderagh.^[2]

William Petty's 1685 map depicts it as Shanderagh.

In the Hearth Money Rolls of 1662 there were no taxpayers paying the Hearth Tax in Stranadarragh.

A grant dated 3 November 1666 was made by King Charles II of England to Sir Tristram Beresford, 1st Baronet which included, inter alia, the lands of Shranadanagh. By grant dated 11 September 1670 from King Charles II of England to said Sir Tristram Beresford, the said lands of Shranadanagh were included in the creation of a new Manor of Beresford.

Lowther Kirkwood of Mullinagrave, parish of Templeport, Co. Cavan, gentleman made the following will-

2 July 1804. To his grandnephew Lowther Brien, city of Dublin, attorney, and his heirs his lands of Awengallis, Ballylenan, Ballymagirill, Stranadarragh, Carnagimlie, Cullagh, Drumleden, Leitry [Leitra], Corlagh, Lananleragh [Lannanerriagh], Gowlanlea and Drumlogher, Co. Cavan, held under lease from the Beresford family. He had begun a suit in Chancery, Ireland, against John Brien, late of Salvon, Co. Fermanagh, deceased, for setting aside a fradulent deed obtained by said John Brien, which suit against the representatives is to be continued by said Lowther Brien, his sole exor. Witnesses: John Johnston and Andrew Rutledge, both of Ballymagiril, and Thos. Stephenson, Drumleaden, Co. Cavan, gent. Memorial witnessed by: said Andrew Rutledge, and John Balfour, city of Dublin, attorney.^[3]

The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list eleven tithepayers in the townland.^[4][5][6]

Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists seventeen 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 only eight families listed in the townland.^[9]

Antiquities

The chief structures of historical interest in the townland are

1. Two earthen ring-forts^[10]
2. Stepping stones over the River Blackwater

References

1. "IreAtlas". Retrieved 29 February 2012.
2. Trinity College Dublin: The Down Survey of Ireland.
3. Registry of Deeds (Ireland); Eustace, P.B.; Ellis, E.; Irish Manuscripts Commission (1984). Abstracts of Wills: 1785-1832. Stationery Office. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
4. "The Tithe Applotment Books, 1823-37". titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
5. "The Tithe Applotment Books, 1823-37". titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
6. "The Tithe Applotment Books, 1823-37". titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
7. "Griffith's Valuation". askaboutireland.ie. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
8. "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911". census.nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
9. "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911". census.nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
10. Site numbers 1116 and 1117 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