Gowlan

Gowlan (from Irish Gabhlán, meaning 'little fork between two streams') is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport and the electoral division of ​Benbrack in County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw.[citation needed]

Geography

Gowlan is bounded on the west by Tullyveela, Derrynananta Upper and Derrynananta Lower townlands and on the east by Altcrock, Owencam and Tullynaconspod townlands. Its chief geographical features are Derrynananta Lough,[failed verification] forestry plantations, waterfalls, gravel pits and mountain streams.[citation needed] Gowlan is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 926 statute acres.[failed verification]

History

In earlier times, the townland was largely uninhabited and mainly consisted of bog and poor clay soils.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]

Lowther Kirkwood, a "gentleman" of Mullinagrave, parish of Templeport, County Cavan, made the following will:

"2 July 1804. To his grandnephew Lowther Brien, city of Dublin, attorney, and his heirs his lands of Awengallis, Ballylenan, Ballymagirill, Stranadarragh, Carnagimlie, Cullagh, Drumleden, Leitry, Corlagh, Lananleragh, Gowlanlea and Drumlogher, Co. Cavan, held under lease from the Beresford family. He had begun a suit in Chancery, Ireland, against John Brien, late of Salvon, Co. Fermanagh, deceased, for setting aside a fraudulent deed obtained by said John Brien, which suit against the representatives is to be continued by said Lowther Brien, his sole exor. Witnesses: John Johnston and Andrew Rutledge, both of Ballymagiril, and Thos. Stephenson, Drumleaden, Co. Cavan, gent. Memorial witnessed by: said Andrew Rutledge, and John Balfour, city of Dublin, attorney."

The Tithe Applotment Books for 1826 list five tithepayers in the townland.

The 1836 Ordnance Survey Namebooks state:

"There is a large mountain stream through the centre of the townland. It generally overflows its banks in winter and floods the low parts of the townland during the winter months. The soil is consequently cold and light, yielding poor crops of oats & potatoes. There is no county cess levied, as the townland is considered as mountain."

The Gowlan Valuation Office Field books are available for August 1839.

In 1841, the population of the townland was 13, being 8 males and 5 females. There were two houses in the townland, both of which were inhabited.

In 1851, the population of the townland was 9, being 7 males and 2 females, the reduction being due to the Great Famine (Ireland). There were two houses in the townland, one of which was uninhabited.

Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists four landholders in the townland.

In 1861, the population of the townland was 20, being 8 males and 12 females. There were four houses in the townland and all were inhabited.

In 1871, the population of the townland was 33, being 15 males and 18 females. There were four houses in the townland, and all were inhabited.

In 1881, the population of the townland was 33, being 15 males and 18 females. There were four houses in the townland, all were inhabited.

In 1891, the population of the townland was 22, being 9 males and 13 females. There were four houses in the townland, all were inhabited.

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are five families listed in the townland.

In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are five families listed in the townland.

Antiquities

Antiquities recorded in the townland include a prehistoric cairn on the northern townland border with Altcrock. It is marked on the Ordnance survey 25" map as a "pile of stones", reused as a boundary marker during the introduction of townland divisions, or it may be contemporaneous with this development. (It is marked as site number 120 in the Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan by Patrick O'Donovan, 1995)

Other features include a ford and stepping stones over a stream.[citation needed]

References

  1. ↑ "Gowlan". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 13 October 2026.
  2. ↑ "'A nice bit of trekking for you'". anglocelt.ie. 4 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "IreAtlas". Retrieved 29 February 2012.[not specific enough to verify]
  4. ↑ (Ireland), Registry of Deeds (1984). Abstracts of Wills: 1785-1832.
  5. ↑ "The Tithe Applotment Books, 1823-37". titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie.
  6. ↑ "Townland of Gowlan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "Townland of Gowlan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2019.
  8. 1 2 Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons. 1853.
  9. ↑ "Griffith's Valuation". www.askaboutireland.ie.
  10. ↑ The census of Ireland for the year 1861. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty. Pt.1:v.3. Printed by A. Thom for H.M. Stationery Off.
  11. ↑ "Census of Ireland 1871 : Part I, Area, Population, and Number of Houses; Occupations, Religion and Education volume III, Province of Ulster; Summary Tables, Indexes". 1874.
  12. ↑ "Census of Ireland 1881 : Area, Population and Number of Houses; Occupations, Religion and Education volume III, Province of Ulster". 1882.
  13. ↑ "Browse > Census > Ireland > 1891 > Area, houses, and population, Vol. III, Ireland, 1891 Page 294". Histpop.Org. 1 July 2004. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  14. ↑ "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911". www.census.nationalarchives.ie.
  15. ↑ "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911". www.census.nationalarchives.ie.
  16. ↑ Cavanheritage.com record Archived 31 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine

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