Cavan

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Towns and Parishes

Drung

Drung, a parish, in the barony of Tullaghgarvey, county of Cavan, and province of Ulster, 5 miles (E. N. E.) from Cavan, on the road from that place to Cootehill 3 containing 6015 inhabitants. According to the Ordnance survey it comprises 11,475 statute acres, including 78 of water. Here are several quarries of good building stone, and it is supposed that various minerals exist but no mines have been worked. The principal seats are Rakenny, the residence of T. S. Clements, Esq., and Fort Lodge, of J. Smith, Esq.
[From Lewis' Topographical Dictionary (1837)]

Biography

• Mórdha, S.P.Ó. " Seán Ó Cléirigh From Drung and his Manuscripts", Heart of Breifne, 1986, pp. 105-112.

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Cemeteries

• Drung Churchyard
• Magheny
• Magherintemple Cemetery, Breifne v. 2 No. 6 1963
• Griffiths Valuation
  • Graveyard, Drung
  • Graveyard, Magherintemple

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Census

• 1821 Census LDS Film 0597156

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Church Records

• "A Census of Protestant Children in the Parishes of Drung and Larah, Co. Cavan in 1814", Irish Ancestor, v. 10, No. 1, 1978 , p. 33-37
• Hillman, Carol D. M., Index to the parish register of Drung & Larah, Diocese of Kilmore, County Cavan, Ireland Spring Green, NY, KINFO, 1995.
• IGI: Drung and Larah
  • Baptisms, 1735-1827, Batch No. C700461
  • Marriages, 1786-1827, Batch No. M700461

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History

• Day, A. and McWilliams, P. (Editors) Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland, v40, Counties of South Ulster, 1834-38, The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queens University of Belfast, 1998.

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Land and Property

• Auction Poster. Highly Important Auction of Fee Simple Lands Subscribers have been instructed by Miss Beatrice Lucas Clements, to sell by Public Auction, on the Premises, on thursday, 27th of feb., 1919 at the hour of one o'clock, all the estate and interest in the lands of Nutfield.
  National Library of Ireland
• The Annesley Papers

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Maps

• Townland Map

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Military Records

• Snodaigh, P.O. Irish Volunteers 1715-1793, Irish Academic Press, Dublin, 1995
  • Rakenny Volunteers - 1780-1783
  • Rakenny Independents, Rakenny True Blues, Rakenny, Rakenny True Blue Independent Volunteers, Raykenny Independent Volunteers

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Names, Geographical

• Townland Listing from 1851 Census - IreAtlas Townland Database
  • Aghnadaraghan
  • Ballyhally, Bellanacargy, Bracklagh, Bunnoe
  • Cavanarainy, Corcovety, Corcraff, Corglass, Cornabaste, Cornacarrow, Cornagall, Cornagarrow, Cornakill, Corragvoy, Corrakeeran, Corravahan, Corravohy, Corraweelis, Corrinshigo, Cortrasna, Cullentragh
  • Devally, Doocassan, Drumacachon, Drumacleeskin, Drumauna, Drumbrollisk, Drumchoe, Drumcor, Drumgallon, Drumherriff North, Drumherriff South, Drumhillagh, Drumnasreane, Drumrane, Drumskelt, Drung, Duncollog, Dungonnan, Dunmurry
  • Edergole, Edrans
  • Gortskeagh, Greaghcrottagh
  • Killymullin, Killyrue, Kilmacnoran, Kilnacross
  • Lappanbane, Lappanduff, Lattacapple, Lisarney, Lisboduff, Lisbree, Lisgannon, Lisinigan, Lislin, Longfield, Loughlinnan
  • Magherintemple
  • Nutfield
  • Pottle East, Pottle West
  • Rahoran, Rakenny, Ronard
  • See
  • Tullavally, Tullyart, Tullybrick, Tullynacross

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Schools

• Cusack, G., Bunnoe its Schools and People, Bunnoe Schools Reunion Committee, 2003.

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Town Records

• Bellanacargy

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[Last updated: 04 October 2004 - Colin Ferguson ]