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Dublin / was buried in St. Orvins Church but his wife, MARY / RENALD of a
Devonsheire family is buried here / as also three sons and two daughters, viz JOHN / AMBROSE AND THOMAS; MARY AND FRANCES / Here likewise lies buried two wives of MAJOR WILLIAM BLASHFORD, son to the said JOHN BLASHFORD viz / MARY MAGHEE of an ancient Family in Lincolnsheire. CORNET CHIDLEY BLACHFORD, son to MAJOR WILLIAM BLACHFORD, leys buried here who dyed August ye 29th, 1722. This aboue MAJOR WILLIAM BLACHFORD. / That erected this monument, died the 28th of March 1727, aged 69 years.
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134:), meaning 'A Provisioner's Town or Settlement'. The original purpose was to enable the farmer, who controlled the baile, to provide hospitality for those who needed it, such as poor people and travellers. The ballybetagh was further divided into townlands farmed by individual families who paid a tribute or tax to the head of the ballybetagh, who in turn paid a similar tribute to the clan chief. The steward of the ballybetagh would have been the secular equivalent of the
253:
This monument was erected by MAJOR WILLIAM / BLASHFORD of
Lisnover in 1721 to the memory of / his father, JOHN BLASHFORD, late of the same Esqr. but / from Dorchester in Dorsetshire, the place of his / nativity, who in his lifetime chose this for a burying / place, for himself and family, but died in
247:) despite wishing to be buried back in Dorchester. His will was published on 9 January 1665 leaving his son John Blachford as his sole heir. An Inquisition held in Cavan on 21 May 1667 found that his widow, Mary Blachford, and his heir John, were seized of, inter alia, the land of
251:. He had four sons: John, Thomas, Ambrose and William (who became a Major) and two daughters, Mary and Frances. Major William Blachford was born in 1658 and died at Lissanover on 28 March 1727. The Blachford family gravestones in Templeport Church read as follows-
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235:, who also appears as proprietor of several other Templeport townlands in the same survey. John Blachford was born in 1598 in Ashmore, Dorset, England, the son of Richard and Frances Blachford. He became a merchant in
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who died on 26 June 1625 and his son James Talbot succeeded to the
Ballyconnell estate aged just 10 years. An Inquisition held in Cavan on 20 September 1630 found that James Talbot was seized of one poll of
228:, Talbot's estate was confiscated because he was a Catholic and he was granted an estate in 1655 at Castle Rubey, County Roscommon instead. He died in 1687. Talbot's land in Urhannagh was redistributed.
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in charge of church lands. There were seven ballibetoes in the parish of
Templeport. Urhannagh was located in the ballybetagh of "Ballen Tulchoe" (alias 'Bally Tullagh'). The original Irish is
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184:, who reigned as chief of the McGovern clan from 1584. A schedule, dated 31 July 1610, of the lands Tyrrell owned in Tullyhaw prior to the Ulster Plantation included:
601:. 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.
519:. 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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townlands. Its chief geographical features are a small stream and cow pastures. Urhannagh is traversed by rural lanes. The townland covers 68 statute acres.
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556:"Calendar of the state papers, relating to Ireland, of the reign of James I. 1603-1625. Preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office, and elsewhere"
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In the 1901 census of
Ireland, there are three families listed in the townland, and in the
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216:, along with other lands. In 1635, James Talbot married Helen Calvert, the daughter of
180:, purchased the townland circa 1606 from Cormack McGovern, who was probably the son of
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599:"Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae Asservatarum Repertorium"
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where he lived at the time. In a grant dated 23 June 1610, along with other lands,
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From medieval times until 1606, the townland formed part of the lands owned by the
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The
Urhannagh Valuation Office Field books are available for December 1839.
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The Tithe
Applotment Books for 1827 list four tithepayers in the townland.
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652:"List of the several Baronies and Parishes in the County of Cavan"
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There seem to be no sites of historical interest in the townland.
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Townland in the civil parish of
Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland
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The 1609 Ulster
Plantation Baronial Map depicts the townland as
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The Kells family lived in the townland for about 200 years.
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The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the proprietor as being
207:. Shane McCabe then sold the townland to Walter Talbot of
585:"Calendar of the Patent Rolls of the Chancery of Ireland"
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Uaránach, meaning 'Abounding in wells or cold springs'
627:"Memorial extract — Registry of Deeds Index Project"
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262:. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as
153:. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the name as
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280:(1857) lists three landholders in the townland.
188:(a cartron was about 30 acres of arable land).
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258:A deed dated 10 May 1744 spells the name as
249:Urhunaght alias Unshonagh alias Doorhawnaght
205:Doorhawraght, 1 poll, to Shane McCabee, gent
785:"National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911"
767:"National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911"
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226:Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652
142:, meaning 'The Town of the Hillock')
98:Urhannagh is bounded on the north by
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486:"4.25. The Baronie of Tollagh Aghe"
218:George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore
1121:Category:Geography of County Cavan
570:"Correspondence: Irish Government"
182:Tomas Óg mac Brian Mág Samhradháin
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1108:List of townlands of County Cavan
806:The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
149:. A 1630 Inquisition spells it
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683:'Tithe Applotment Books 1827
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500:"National Archives Dublin"
233:Lieutenant John Blackforde
1174:Townlands of County Cavan
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696:"Townland of Urhannagh"
186:Nwrhavnagh, one cartron
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746:"Kells family history"
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852:County town
470:29 February
443:Antiquities
297:Population
197:Tullygarvey
191:During the
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237:Dorchester
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