Drumcanon

Drumcanon (Irish derived place name, Droim Ceann Fhionn meaning 'The Hill-Ridge of the White Top'. ^[1] ) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland.

Road at Drumcanon (geograph 2915454)

Geography

Drumcanon is bounded on the north by Claraghpottle Glebe townland, on the west by Claragh and Keilagh townlands, on the south by Druminiskill townland and on the east by Bocade Glebe and Drumcartagh townlands. Its chief geographical features are small streams and spring wells. Drumcanon is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 81 acres. ^[2]

History

From medieval times up to the early 1600s, the land belonged to the McKiernan Clan. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the name as Dromchanon.

Up until the 1650s Drumcanon formed part of the modern-day townland of Drumcartagh and its history is the same till then.

Sir James Craig received the lands as part of his estate in the Plantation of Ulster and he died in the siege of Croaghan Castle on 8 April 1642. His land was inherited by his brother John Craig of Craig Castle, County Cavan and of Craigston, County Leitrim, who was chief doctor to both King James I and Charles I. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the owner as Lewis Craig. In the Hearth Money Rolls compiled on 29 September 1663 ^[3] there was one Hearth Tax payer in Dromcanan- James Anderson.

Lord John Carmichael (1710–1787), the 4th Earl of Hyndford of Castle Craig, County Cavan, inherited the lands from the Craig estate. In 1758 Carmichael sold the lands to the Farnham Estate of Cavan. The estate papers are now in the National Library of Ireland and those mentioning Drumcanon are listed under reference MS 41,114 /7 and MS 41,114 /17. ^[4]

A marriage settlement dated 7 March 1750 relates to the Faris family with lands in Drumcommon etc. ^[5]

The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the townland name as Dromcannon. ^[6]

The 1825 Tithe Applotment Books list five tithepayers in the townland. ^[7]

The Drumcanon Valuation Office books are available for April 1838. ^{[8] [9]}

On 13 November 1851 the following decision was made by the Incumbered Estates Court- The Chief Commissioner sat in the Court, Henrietta-street, Dublin, to-day, for the purpose of selling incumbered property. In the matter of the estates of Williams James Thomas GALBRAITH, owner. Ex parte Morgan CROFTON, petitioner. Lot 1, the house and demesne of Macken, and Drumbinnis, Keilagh, Druminisdill, Drumcartagh, and Drumcannon, county of Cavan, containing £74. 0r. 15p. state measure, held in fee farm, producing a gross annual rental of £484, 11s, 10d., subject to two fee farm rents, one of £131, 18s. 6d., and the other of £62, 6s. 2d. The biddings proceeded from £4000 to £5390, at which sum Mrs. Elizabeth GALBRAITH became the purchaser. Lot 2, the fee simple lands of EVLAGHMORE, containing 140s. 1. 39p. statute measure, and producing an annual rental of £76, 11s, 8d. The first offer was £700., and Mr. W. Galbraith (the owner) was the purchaser for £1000. ^[10]

Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists six landholders in the townland. ^[11]

The landlord of most of Drumcanon in the 19th century was Captain John Johnston.

Census

Year	Population	Males	Females	Total Houses	Uninhabited
1841	24	13	11	5	0
1851	43	18	25	7	0
1861	34	17	17	5	0
1871	26	16	10	4	0
1881	21	13	8	4	0
1891	18	10	8	4	0

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there were five families listed in the townland. ^[12]

In the 1911 census of Ireland, there were five families listed in the townland. ^[13]

References

1. "Placenames Database of Ireland - Drumcanon" . Retrieved 29 February 2012.
2. "IreAtlas" . Retrieved 29 February 2012.
3. The Hearth Money Rolls for the Baronies of Tullyhunco and Tullyhaw, County Cavan, edited by Rev. Francis J. McKiernan, in Breifne Journal. Vol. I, No. 3 (1960), pp. 247-263
4. Peter Kenny (12 September 2005). "Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann" (PDF). Retrieved 20 August 2018.
5. "Memorial extract — Registry of Deeds Index Project".
6. "The Carvaghs" (PDF). 7 October 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
7. "The Tithe Applotment Books, 1823-37". titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
8. http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/vob/IRE_CENSUS_1821-51_007246947_00493.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
9. http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/vob/IRE_CENSUS_1821-51_007246947_00494.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
10. http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/1851/NOV.html
11. "Griffith's Valuation". askaboutireland.ie. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
12. "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1901" . Retrieved 19 October 2016.
13. "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911" . Retrieved 19 October 2016.

External links

• The IreAtlas Townland Data Base