Loughtee Lower

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Loughtee Lower

Lucht Tí Íochtarach (Irish)
Barony
Centre of Milltown, County Cavan
Barony map of County Cavan, 1900; Loughtee Lower is in the north, coloured pale yellow.
Barony map of County Cavan, 1900; Loughtee Lower is in the north, coloured pale yellow.
Sovereign stateRepublic of Ireland
ProvinceUlster
CountyCavan
Area
 • Total114.28 km2 (44.13 sq mi)

Loughtee Lower (Irish: Lucht Tí Íochtarach), or Lower Loughtee, is a barony in County Cavan, Republic of Ireland.[1][2][3] Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units.[4] They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.[5]

Etymology[]

Loughtee Lower takes its name from the Irish Lucht Tí, Early Modern Irish lucht tighe Még Mathghamhna (Annals of the Four Masters), "people of the household of Mac Mahon"; presumably the land was allocated to the vassals of the McMahon tribe.[6][7][8]

Geography[]

Loughtee Lower is located in the north of County Cavan, on the River Erne and south of the Woodford River.[9]

History[]

Map of Breifne in AD 700; Lr. Loughtee Lower is seen near to the Masraige territory.

The Ó Faircheallaigh (Farrelly) and MacGaghrans (Magaherans) were ruling Gaelic Irish tribes in the area; they were hereditary coarbs and erenachs of , located near here.[10]

The barony of Loughtee was created by 1609 in the Plantation of Ulster, and was archaically spelled Loughty.[11] Its alluvial soil was recognised as the best in Cavan, and it was originally allocated to the Crown, then later to undertakers.[12]

It was split into Lower and Upper parts in 1821.[13]

List of settlements[]

Below is a list of settlements in Loughtee Lower:

References[]

  1. ^ "The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland: Adapted to the New Poor-law, Franchise, Municipal and Ecclesiastical Arrangements, and Compiled with a Special Reference to the Lines of Railroad and Canal Communication, as Existing in 1814-45". A. Fullarton and Company. 5 March 1846 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (5 March 1876). "Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons". Ordered to be printed – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Drumlane - Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)". www.libraryireland.com.
  4. ^ "Griffith Lodge, ARTONAGH (LOWER LOUGHTEE BY.), CAVAN". Buildings of Ireland.
  5. ^ General Register Office of Ireland (1904). "Alphabetical index to the baronies of Ireland". Census of Ireland 1901: General topographical index. Command papers. Cd. 2071. HMSO. pp. 966–978.
  6. ^ "Lucht Tí Íochtarach/Loughtee Lower". Logainm.ie.
  7. ^ "Part 3 of Annals of the Four Masters". celt.ucc.ie.
  8. ^ "Part 3 of Annals of the Four Masters". celt.ucc.ie.
  9. ^ http://www.public-library.uk/dailyebook/Atlas%20and%20cyclopedia%20of%20Ireland%20Volume%201%20(1905).pdf
  10. ^ "The Baronies of Ireland - History". sites.rootsweb.com.
  11. ^ https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100680118
  12. ^ http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/1627/1/PDuffyCavan.pdf
  13. ^ "Census 1821 - County Cavan, IrelandGenWeb". sites.google.com.
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