200:. James Talbot married Helen Calvert, the daughter of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore of Maryland, USA, in 1635 and had a son Colonel George Talbot who owned an estate in Cecil County, Maryland which he named Ballyconnell in honour of his native town in Cavan. George Talbot was appointed Surveyor-General of Maryland in 1683. In the aftermath of the Irish Rebellion of 1641, James Talbot's estate in Ballyconnell was confiscated in the Cromwellian Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 because he was a Catholic and he was granted an estate in 1655 at Castle Rubey, County Roscommon instead. He died in 1687.
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By 1652 the Irish rebels in the
Ballyconnell area had been defeated and the area was put under the control of the Cromwellian captain Thomas Gwyllym. He was a native of Glenavy, County Antrim where his father, Rev. Meredith Gwyllym, was vicar of the parishes of Glenavy, Camlin, Tullyrusk, Ballinderry
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to Hugh Culme, esquire, as part of the Manor of Calva. Culme then surrendered his interest in
Mucklagh to Walter Talbot of Ballyconnell. Walter Talbot died on 26 June 1625 at Ballyconnell and his son James Talbot succeeded to the Mucklagh lands aged just 10 years. An Inquisition held in Cavan Town on
216:, all of whom had one hearth. After the restoration of King Charles II to the throne in 1660, James Talbot tried to have the Ballyconnell estate restored to him but a final grant was made to Thomas Gwyllym in August 1666, which included 207 acres-2 roods-16 perches in
212:). Gwyllym was also a Cavan Commissioner in the 1660 Hearth Money Ordinances and in the 1664 Hearth Money Rolls he has five hearths in Ballyconnell. In the Hearth Money Rolls compiled on 29 September 1663, there were four Hearth Tax payers in
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Muclach, 'a place where pigs feed; a stye, a piggery'. North of parish. Property of
Montgomery. Rent 16 shillings to ÂŁ1 per arable acre. 50 acres of mountain and pasture. A large limestone quarry, a gravelly soil resting on limestone. No
220:. Thomas Gwyllym died in 1681 and his son Colonel Meredith Gwyllym inherited the Ballyconnell estate, including Mucklagh. Colonel Meredith Gwyllym died in 1711 and the Ballyconnell estate passed to his eldest son, Meredith Gwyllym.
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of 1857 lists the landlords of the townland as the
Annesley Estate and Latimer & the tenants as Cosgrove, McTeague, Curry, Drum, Latimer, Hewitt, Lawrence, McCaffrey, McKenna, Kane, Fitzpatrick, McMullen and Seaton.
204:& Magheragall from 1622 until sometime after 1634. Gwyllym's name first appears in the area as the owner in the 1652 Commonwealth Survey, which lists the townland as belonging to Captain Gwilliams and the tenant as
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Mucklagh, was split up among different purchasers and maps & details of previous leases of the sold parts are still available.
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311:. Absence from the poll book either meant a resident did not vote or, more likely, was not a freeholder entitled to vote, which would mean most of the inhabitants of Mucklagh.
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The Tithe
Applotment Books for 1827 list the following tithepayers in the townland- McKenna, Fitzpatrick, Clements, McCorry, McDonnell, Latimer, McCusker, Curry, McCaffrey.
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from 1765 to 1768 and for County Cavan from 1770 to 1787, when he died and left the
Ballyconnell estate to his son George Montgomery, whose estate was administered by the
672:. command of his majesty King George IV. In pursuance of an address of the house of Commons of Great Britain (an Ireland). 11 April 1829 – via Google Books.
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mountain, on whose south-eastern slope it lies, reaching an altitude of 300 meters above sea-level. The townland is traversed by
Mucklagh Lane. According to the
171:. In the same collection is a description of Mucklagh in 1938. Mucklagh covers an area of 212 hectares. A grouping of local houses in the townland was called
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In the
Fermanagh Poll of Electors 1788 there was one Mucklagh resident, Robert Hewitt, who was entitled to vote as he owned land in Gortineddan townland.
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http://www.cavanlibrary.ie/file/Local-Studies/Library-Scanned-Docs/The-Carvaghs-A-List-Of-The-Several-Baronies-And-Parishes-in-the-County-Of-Cavan.pdf
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Montgomery died in 1729 and left the Ballyconnell estate to his nephew George Leslie, who then assumed the name of
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School's Collection the lane was made as part of the public works carried out in the 1840s as a result of the
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The Pursuit of the Heiress: Aristocratic Marriage in Ireland 1740-1840 By A. P. W. Malcomson
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The Ordnance Survey Name Books for 1836 give the following description of the townland-
283:: Alexander Hewit. He was entitled to cast two votes. The four election candidates were
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http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/vob/IRE_CENSUS_1821-51_007246947_00432.pdf
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The Hearth Money Rolls for the Baronies of Tullyhunco and Tullyhaw, County Cavan
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20 September 1630 stated that Walter Talbot's lands included one poll each in
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75:(which is Gaelic for "The Whitethorn Bush"). A 1610 grant spells the names as
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http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cavan/Ballyconnell/Mucklagh/
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The Mucklagh Valuation Office Field books are available for February 1840.
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The Gwyllym estate was sold for ÂŁ8,000 in 1724 to Colonel
656:"Calendar of the Patent Rolls of the Chancery of Ireland"
637:"BĂ©al Ătha Conaill (2) | The Schools' Collection"
619:"BĂ©al Ătha Conaill (2) | The Schools' Collection"
490:, there are thirteen families listed in the townland.
742:"Memorial extract â Registry of Deeds Index Project"
728:"Memorial extract â Registry of Deeds Index Project"
716:. HMSO. 11 April 1825 – via Internet Archive.
123:. Ambrose Leet's 1814 Directory spells the name as
119:. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as
573:"Down Survey Maps | The Down Survey Project"
555:"Down Survey Maps | The Down Survey Project"
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91:. In the 1652 Commonwealth Survey it is spelled
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658:. A. Thom – via Google Books.
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527:"4.25. The Baronie of Tollagh Aghe"
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543:. 14 May 2018 – via Flickr.
67:Baronial map where it is spelled
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794:"1761 Co Cavan Poll Book"
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506:An old limestone quarry.
250:George Leslie Montgomery
21:Mucklagh, County Offaly
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169:Great Famine (Ireland)
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