Tullybrack
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Tullybrack (from Irish Tulaigh Bhreac, meaning 'Speckled Hillock') is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw.[1]
Tullybrack is bounded on the north by Tullyloughfin townland, on the west by Owencam townland, on the south by Tullywaum and Tullytrasna townlands and on the east by Eaglehill and Corracholia More townlands. Its chief geographical features are a mountain stream and a gravel pit. Tullybrack is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 192 statute acres.[2]
History
In earlier times the townland was probably uninhabited as it consists mainly of bog and poor clay soils. It was not seized by the English during the Plantation of Ulster in 1610 or in the Cromwellian Settlement of the 1660s so some dispossessed Irish families moved there and began to clear and farm the land.
A lease dated 17 September 1816 John Enery of Bawnboy includes Tullybrack.[3]
The Tithe Applotment Books for 1826 list the following tithepayers in the townland- Darcy, Finlay, Magauran, McGoldrick.[4]
The Ordnance Survey Name Books for 1836 give the following description of the townland- Tullybrack. Contains 192 acres, of which 79 are cultivated boggy pasture and 4 are bog...The townland is bounded on the N. by a large mountain stream.
The Tullybrack Valuation Office Field books are available for September 1839.[5][6]
In 1841 there were 10 houses in the townland, of which 2 were uninhabited. The population was 51, 25 males and 26 females.
In 1851 there were 12 houses in the townland, of which 2 were uninhabited. The population was 68, 40 males and 28 females. So the Great Famine (Ireland) did not seem to have an effect on the population.
Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists thirteen landholders in the townland.[7]
In 1861 the population of the townland was 72, being 40 males and 32 females. There were twelve houses in the townland, of which two were uninhabited.[8]
In 1871 the population of the townland was 59, being 33 males and 26 females. There were thirteen houses in the townland and all were inhabited.(page 296 of census)[9]
In 1881 the population of the townland was 70, being 39 males and 31 females. There were fourteen houses in the townland, one of which was uninhabited.[10]
In 1891 the population of the townland was 87, being 40 males and 47 females. There were fifteen houses in the townland, all were inhabited.[11]
In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are fifteen families listed in the townland.[12]
In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are thirteen families listed in the townland.[13]
