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Canovee | |
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Coordinates: 51°53′21″N8°51′19″W / 51.8892°N 8.8553°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Munster |
County | County Cork |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Canovee is the name of a rural region and a village nucleus in the Lee valley in County Cork, Ireland. The toponym 'Canovee' is synonymous with the official version Cannaway (as in the civil parish of Cannaway), [1] and the electoral division of Cannaway. [2]
"Island" of Canavoy
Canovee has sometimes been referred to as an 'island', [3] because most of the parish's boundaries are formed by bodies of water. For example, the River Lee constituting its north-eastern, northern and north-western borders, the Kame River and one of its tributaries lie to the east, and the Aghthying Stream is to the west.
Civil parish of Cannaway
The civil parish of Cannaway corresponds to the 'Island of Canavoy'. Civil parishes were ecclesiastical units of territory based on Gaelic tuatha, [4] or early Christian and monastic settlements from the 12th century. They were later adopted by the Church of Ireland, and subsequently became civil administrative areas.
The official names of the constituent townlands of the civil parish of Cannaway, as per the Placenames (County Cork) Order 2012 include: [5]
Mahallagh is translated as Maigh Shalach, even though it is mentioned in Mac Carthaigh's Book in the year 1262 as Magh Oiligh [6] ('Oiligh' being the genitive of 'Oileach', a word for stony, or a stone building- and 'Oileach' as spoken in Munster Irish matching local pronunciation of the name as closely as 'Shalach').
Electoral division of Cannaway
The electoral division of Cannaway, number 18201, includes the 16 townlands of the civil parish of Cannaway, as well as Rooves Beg (An Rú Beag), which is a constituent townland of the neighbouring civil parish of Aglish. [7] [5] [8]
As per the CSO, the population of the Cannaway Electoral Division (21.6km2) in 2011 was 595, with 293 males and 302 females. There was an increase of 13.8% since 2006. [9]
Mac Carthaigh's Book
Mac Carthaigh's Book (published in the 17th century) records that in 1262[sic], the Norman De Cogan castle of Magh Oiligh (Mahallagh) was destroyed by Fínghin Reanna Róin Mac Carthaigh, King of Desmond, and the people of Desmond. [6] Finghín's forces defeated the Norman FitzGeralds of Munster at the Battle of Callan in 1261, curtailing Geraldine influence in Desmond.
Annals Of Innisfallen
The Annals of Inisfallen record that, in 1317, "warfare breaks out between some of the Cogans and the Barrys, and the lands of Dáuíd de Cócán from Loch Mu-Choba to Bern na hEile are laid waste and burned by the Barrys and some of the Roches. After Candlemas a further prey is taken by them against the same Cogans; and in the course of this raid J[ohn ?], son of Godfrey, is despoiled, his court being burned, and the castle of Mag Oilig (Mahallagh) is destroyed" (once again). [10]
Civil Survey Of The Barony Of Muskerry (1656) [3]
The Civil Survey was a cadastral survey of landholdings in Ireland by the Cromwellian administration, showing proprietors and property as they stood at the outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641. It was organised by parish, barony and county and identified proprietors by religion, in preparation for redistribution of forfeited estates to establish a new social and political order in Ireland. [11]
Canavoy Parish, consisting of 'ten Plowlands and an half' is said to be "mear'd & bounded on the East with the Parish of Aglish, and distinguish'd from it by a small Brook running into the River Lee, on the South with the Parish of Moviddy, on West with the Parish of Kilmurry, and on the North West, & North with the River Lee, the said Parish is in Length from Carrigadrohid on the North, to the little ford call'd Ahanaboy on the South two Miles & in Breadth from the Lands of Rooves on the East, to the Lands of Ballytrasny in the West one Mile & half. For the Generality of the Soyl it's Cold and Indifferent good for tillage, if Manur'd with Lyme or sea sand, which lyeth remote from it. Here are some Timber Wood & Coppices...
Here is the Parochial Church of the said Parish, standing about the bottom of the said Island of Canavoy near the River Lee. Nothing remains thereof but ye Walls, And on the North side near the same standeth the Walls of a large Ancient House, Which belongeth to the Chief Proprietor of the said Island, being the Famely of the Longs."
To the north in the neighbouring village of Carrigadrohid, the castle 'Situated on a rock in the midst of the River Lee' was valued at £100, the bridge across the Lee was made of timber and although out of repair, was passable on foot. There were six small houses and Cabbins and gardens- not valuable.
Compleat Irish Traveller- 'Irish Traveller' (1788)
"At Mahallagh, five miles east from Macroomp, is a pleasant seat on the south bank of the Lee. Four miles east by south from Macroomp, in the parish of Canaboy, is a pleasant seat, graced with an handsome house, good gardens, large orchards, fish ponds, and a great number of trees planted. In the same parish is Shandangan, a mile south- west of the former, another pretty seat; the gardens lie to the west of the house, and are formed out of a drained bog, which is now cut into pleasant ponds; here are good orchards, and a deer park." [12]
Topographical Dictionary Of Ireland (1810) N. Carlisle
Connoway, or Canaboy, in the Barony of Muskerry, County Cork is mentioned. It is described as having neither church, nor Glebe House. In 1806, the vicar was one James Bentley Gordon, who resided in the Diocese of Ferns and 'occasional duties' were performed by a curate residing in an adjoining parish 'at a salary of 10'. [13]
Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland (1833) John Gorton
The parish of Cannaway, or Canaboy, in the barony of Muskerry upon the River Lee in County Cork was named as one of the five Established Church parishes that constituted the Union of Killaspugmullane. The population was 1470 and the parish had an annual value of £230. [14]
Longs
In M.C. O'Laughlin's Families Of County Cork, Ireland, the Longs are mentioned as having been erenaghs for Cannaway, or Canovee. The author goes on to mention that in the Civil Survey of the 1650s, the Longs are given as proprietors of Cannaway Island, and the remains of a large house of theirs was found on the north side of the River Lee. [15]
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