Summary
Tullyhunco (Irish: Teallach Dhúnchadha)[1] is a barony in County Cavan, Ireland. It comprises the civil parishes of Kildallan, Killeshandra and Scrabby.[2]
Tullyhunco
Teallach Dhúnchadha (Irish) | |
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 Barony map of County Cavan, 1900; Tullyhunco is in the west, coloured green. | |
  Tullyhunco | |
| Coordinates: 54°0′N 7°33′W / 54.000°N 7.550°W | |
| Sovereign state | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | Cavan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 160.35 km2 (61.91 sq mi) |
Location edit
Tullyhunco is located in western County Cavan. It borders County Leitrim to the west and County Longford to the south. At 165.5 km2 (40,872 acres), Tullyhunco is the second smallest of Cavan's eight baronies after Loughtee Lower.
History edit
The territory was historically known as Teallach Dhúnchadha and was ruled by clan Mág Tighearnán. Another name for it was Clonballykernan [Source?]. For centuries it was part of the Kingdom of Breifne, a loose union of chiefdoms that the O'Rourkes ruled as overlords. Following the dissolution of the kingdom, the area was still in the orbit of the O'Rourke kingdom of West Breifne until the early 1500s, when the Mág Tighearnáns switched allegiance to the O'Reilly of East Breifne. In 1579 the area was subsumed into the newly formed county of Cavan. In 1584 the barony of Tullyhunco was officially demarcated and granted to clan Mág Tighearnán by the Kingdom of Ireland.[3]
List of settlements edit
Settlements in Tullyhunco include:
- Arvagh
- Killeshandra
- Cornafean
Further reading edit
- C. Parker, "Two minor septs of late medieval Breifne", in Breifne Journal, Vol. VIII, No. 31 (1995), pp. 566–586.
- M. Nallen, 'A study of eight townlands in the parish of Killeshandra', in Breifne Journal, Vol. IX, No. 35 (1999), pp. 5-85
- M. McShane, 'Land "parcells" of Tullyhunco from the Ulster inquisitions of 1629', in Breifne Journal, Vol. XIII, No. 51 (2016), pp. 756–781.
- M.V. Duignan (1934), "The Uí Briúin Bréifni genealogies", pp. 90–137, in JRSAI Vol. 4, No. 1, 30 Jun. 1934.
- J. Devereux Kernan, 'The Utica Kernans: descendants of Bryan Kernan, gentleman, of the townland of Ned in the parish of Killeshandra, barony of Tullyhunco, county of Cavan, Province of Ulster, Kingdom of Ireland.'
- J. Devereux Kernan, 'Supplement to The Utica Kernans: descendants of Bryan Kernan, gentleman, of the townland of Ned in the parish of Killeshandra, Barony of tullyhunco, County of Cavan, Province of Ulster, Kingdom of Ireland, 1968-1993'
References edit
External links edit
- Plantation of Ulster 1611 map - Tullyhunco Land Grants