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词条 Moherloob
释义

  1. Geography

  2. History

  3. Antiquities

  4. References

  5. External links

Moherloob ({{Irish derived place name|Mothar Lúib meaning 'Thicket of the Riverbend'}}) 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

Moherloob is bounded on the north by Gortmore and Moherreagh townlands, on the west by Gortullaghan townland and on the south and east by Mullaghlea townland. Its chief geographical features are a stream, forestry plantations and dug wells.

Moherloob is traversed by minor roads and rural lanes.

The townland covers 111 statute acres.

History

The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the name as Moherloob.

The 1665 Down Survey map depicts it as Maghaloroby.[1]

In the Plantation of Ulster by grant dated 24 February 1614, King James VI and I granted, inter alia, one pole of Monenoure and Mogherlooby to Phelim McHugh O'Reyly, Bryan McHugh O'Reyly and Cahir McHugh O'Reyly, the sons of Hugh Reyly, late of Ballaghaneo, County Cavan. Ballaghaneo is now the townland of Ballaghanea in Lurgan Parish, County Cavan, on the shores of Lough Ramor, so the O'Reillys were removed a long way from their home by the Plantation. Hugh Reyly was the great-grandnephew of the chief of the O'Reilly clan, Eoghan na Fésóige mac Seoain, who ruled from 1418–1449. The O’Reilly lands in Moherloob were confiscated in the Cromwellian Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 and were distributed as follows-

The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the proprietor as Captain Payne and the tenant as Caffeira O'Dolan.

In the Hearth Money Rolls of 1662 there was nobody paying the Hearth Tax in Moherloob.

A lease dated 23 December 1720 from Morley Saunders to Thomas Enery of Bawnboy includes the lands of Morherlube.[2]

A lease dated 10 December 1774 from William Crookshank to John Enery of Bawnboy includes the lands of Moherlube.[3]

The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as Mogher, Loob.[4]

In the 1825 Registry of Freeholders for County Cavan there were four freeholders registered in Moherloob- Hugh Donnelly, Terence Farry, Michael Golrake and Farrell King. They were all Forty-shilling freeholders holding a lease for lives from their landlord Mr. Magrath. 

The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list six tithepayers in the townland.[5] [6] [7]

In 1841 the population of the townland was 55, being 24 males and 31 females. There were eleven houses in the townland, all were inhabited.[8]

In 1851 the population of the townland was 27, being 15 males and 12 females, the reduction being due to the Great Famine (Ireland). There were five houses in the townland, all inhabited.[9]

Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists five landholders in the townland.[10]

In 1861 the population of the townland was 19, being 9 males and 10 females. There were six houses in the townland, one of which was uninhabited.[11]

In 1871 the population of the townland was 25, being 12 males and 13 females. There were six houses in the townland and all were inhabited. (page 296 of census)[12]

In 1881 the population of the townland was 27, being 13 males and 14 females. There were six houses in the townland, all were inhabited.[13]

In 1891 the population of the townland was 21, being 13 males and 8 females. There were six houses in the townland, all were inhabited.[14]

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are five families listed in the townland,

[15] and in the 1911 census of Ireland, there are only four families listed in the townland.[16]

Antiquities

  1. An earthen ringfort.&91;17&93;
  2. An earthen ringfort.&91;18&93;
  3. Stepping stones across the stream

References

1. ^Trinity College Dublin: The Down Survey of Ireland.
2. ^[https://irishdeedsindex.net/mem.php?memorial=17746]
3. ^[https://irishdeedsindex.net/mem.php?memorial=203802]
4. ^ 
5. ^ 
6. ^ 
7. ^ 
8. ^[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=96RbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA95&dq=leitra+cavan+-lyrics&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjIiq76x9rZAhXLDewKHexcCA0Q6AEIPjAE#v=onepage&q=leitra%20&f=false]
9. ^[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=96RbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA95&dq=leitra+cavan+-lyrics&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjIiq76x9rZAhXLDewKHexcCA0Q6AEIPjAE#v=onepage&q=leitra%20&f=false]
10. ^ 
11. ^[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951p00771975o;view=1up;seq=109;size=200]
12. ^[https://ia800200.us.archive.org/3/items/op1250167-1001/op1250167-1001.pdf]
13. ^[https://archive.org/stream/op1251357-1001#page/n297/mode/2up]
14. ^ 
15. ^ 
16. ^Census of Ireland 1911
17. ^Site number 989 in “Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan”, Patrick O’Donovan, 1995, where it is described as- Raised subcircular area (int dims 42.7m NE-SW; 38m NW-SE) enclosed by two substantial earthen banks with intervening wide, deep fosse. Outer bank survives only from SW-W-NNW and has been replaced elsewhere by field boundaries. Stone-lined break in internal bank with accompanying causeway at NE represents original entrance.
18. ^Site number 990 in “Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan”, Patrick O’Donovan, 1995, where it is described as- Raised oval area (int. dims. 47.3m NE-SW; 28.4m NW-SE) enclosed by a substantially modified earthen bank incorporated into the field boundary, and a fosse best preserved from E-S-W. Narrow break in bank at S with accompanying causeway may represent original entrance.

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External links

  • The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
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1 : Townlands of County Cavan

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