Rosehill, Templeport

Rosehill
Townland
Rosehill Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°5′8″N7°39′43″W / 54.08556°N 7.66194°W / 54.08556; -7.66194 [1]
Country	Ireland
County	Cavan
Civil parish	Templeport
Area [1]
• Total	0.2364 km2 (0.0913 sq mi)

Rosehill is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw.

Geography

Rosehill is bounded on the north by Ray, Templeport and Cloneary townlands, on the west by Porturlan townland, on the south by Camagh townland, and on the east by Gortnaleck townland. Its chief geographical features are Gortnaleck Lough, a pond, a stream, and a wood. ^[2] Rosehill is traversed by the national secondary R205 road (Ireland), minor public roads, and rural lanes. The townland covers 56 statute acres. ^[3]

History

In medieval times the McGovern barony of Tullyhaw was divided into economic taxation areas called ballibetoes, from the Irish Baile Biataigh (Anglicized as 'Ballybetagh'), 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 erenagh in charge of church lands. There were seven ballibetoes in the parish of Templeport. Rosehill was located in the ballybetagh of Ballymagauran. The historical spellings of the ballybetagh are Ballymackgawran & Ballimacgawran (Irish = Baile Mhic Shamhráin = McGovern's Town).

The 1609 Baronial Map depicts the townland as part of Kilcrooghan (Irish 'Coill Cruachán' meaning The Wood of the Round Hill (the other part of Kilcrooghan is now the modern townland of Gortnaleck). ^{[4] [5] [6]}

The 1665 Down Survey map depicts it as part of Killerachan. ^[7]

William Petty's 1685 map depicts it as part of Killracan. ^[8]

An 1809 map of ecclesiastical lands in Templeport depicts it as Bellacrohaw (from Irish: Bél Átha Cruachán, meaning The Entrance to the Ford of the Round Hill), which was probably its old Irish name before it was changed to Rosehill in the 19th century. ^[9]

The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the proprietor of Killecrooghan as John Boyd.

In the Hearth Money Rolls compiled on 29 September 1663, ^[10] there were two people paying the Hearth Tax in Killecrohean- John Bride and Robert Grige

The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as Kilnecroghill. ^[11]

Ambrose Leet's 1814 Directory spells the name as Rose-hill with the resident being Rev. Joseph S. Noble (Joseph Story Noble was the Church of Ireland curate of Templeport from 1802 to 1830). This seems to be the earliest mention of Rosehill. ^[12]

Affidavits by Francis Finlay and John Roycroft of Rosehill from 1825 show the church tithes of Templeport parish. ^{[13] [14]}

The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list three tithepayers in the townland. ^[15]

The Rosehill Valuation Office Field books are available for November 1839. ^[16]

Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists one landholder in the townland. ^[17]

Census

Year	Population	Males	Females	Total Houses	Uninhabited
1841	7	3	4	1	0
1851	7	4	3	1	0
1861	2	1	1	2	1
1871	6	3	3	1	0
1881	5	0	5	1	0
1891	4	1	3	2	1

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are two families listed in the townland. ^[18]

In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are no residents listed in the townland.

Antiquities

• An earthen ringfort. ^[19] The 1836 Ordnance Survey Namebooks state- There is an old Danish fort near the south side of the townland and a respectable farmhouse near the centre from whence the townland is named.

References

1. "Rosehill Townland, Co. Cavan". townlands.ie. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
2. "Shop.osi.ie Mapviewer". Ordnance Survey Ireland. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
3. "Townland Database". IreAtlas. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
4. "4.25. The Baronie of Tollagh Aghe" (Map). Maps of the escheated counties of Ireland, 1609. Southampton : Ordnance Survey, 1861. 1609. p. 29 – via Queen's University Belfast Digital Special Collections and Archives.
5. The Baronie of Tollagh Aghe (PDF), 1609 – via The National Archives (United Kingdom) Catalog record at "County Cavan: Tullyhaw. Map of 'The Baronie of Tollagh Aghe', showing bog and woodland,..." nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
6. "1609 Baronial-Map". Templeport Development Association. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
7. "Tullaghhagh". The Down Survey of Ireland. Trinity College Dublin. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
8. "Cavan". The Down Survey of Ireland. Trinity College Dublin. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
9. "1809 Templeport map". Templeport Development Association. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
10. Rev. Francis J. McKiernan, ed. (1960). "The Hearth Money Rolls for the Baronies of Tullyhunco and Tullyhaw, County Cavan". Breifne Journal. I (3): 247–263. ISSN   0068-0877.
11. "List of the Several Baronies and Parishes, In the County of Cavan, with all the Denominations of Land in each Parish, Alphabetically Arranged; Together, with the Carvaghs Contained in each Denomination; Carefully extracted from an Original Manuscript" (PDF). 1709. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2016 – via cavanlibrary.ie.
12. Leet, Ambrose (11 April 1814). A Directory to the Market Towns: Villages, Gentlemen's Seats, and Other Noted Places in Ireland ... to which is Added a General Index of Persons Names ... Together with Lists of the Post Towns and Present Rates of Postage Throughout the Empire. B. Smith – via Google Books.
13. Finlay, Francis (31 October 1825). "Tithe Applotment Books" (PDF). National Archives of Ireland. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
14. Roycroft, John; Finlay, Francis (31 October 1825). "Tithe Applotment Books" (PDF). National Archives of Ireland. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
15. "The Tithe Applotment Books, 1823-37". titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie.
16. "Towland of Rosehill" (PDF). National Archives of Ireland. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
17. "Griffith's Valuation". Home. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
18. "Census of Ireland 1901". National Archives. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
19. Site number 1097 in "Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan", Patrick O’Donovan, 1995, where it is described as- Raised circular area (int. diam. 31.2m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a wide, deep, waterlogged fosse. An earlier report (OPW 1969) noted an entrance feature at E.

External links

• The IreAtlas Townland Data Base