Loughtee Lower

Loughtee Lower
Lucht Tí Íochtarach (Irish)
Barony
Centre of Milltown, County Cavan
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 stateIreland
ProvinceUlster
CountyCavan
Area
 • Total
114.28 km2 (44.12 sq mi)

Loughtee Lower (Irish: Lucht Tí Íochtarach), or Lower Loughtee, is a barony in County Cavan, 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administrative units.[4] They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.[5]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 Loch an Tí (Lake of the House), which was named after Lough Tee lake in Drumlane parish.[6][7] 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.[8][9][10]

Geography

Loughtee Lower is located in the north of County Cavan, on the River Erne and south of the Woodford River.[11]

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 Drumlane Abbey, located near here.[12]

The barony of Loughtee was created by 1609 in the Plantation of Ulster, and was archaically spelled Loughty.[13] Its alluvial soil was recognised as the best in Cavan, and it was originally allocated to the Crown, then later to undertakers.[14]

It was split into Lower and Upper parts in 1821.[15]

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. Vol. Cd. 2071. HMSO. pp. 966–978.
  6. ↑
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ "Lucht Tí Íochtarach/Loughtee Lower". Logainm.ie.
  9. ↑ "Part 3 of Annals of the Four Masters". celt.ucc.ie.
  10. ↑ "Part 3 of Annals of the Four Masters". celt.ucc.ie.
  11. ↑ "Atlas and Cyclopia of Ireland" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2022.
  12. ↑ "The Baronies of Ireland - History". sites.rootsweb.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  13. ↑ Inquisitionum in officio rotulorum cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum, repertorium ...: Printed by command of His Majesty King George IV. In pursuance of an address of the House of commons of Great Britain.
  14. ↑ "Perspectives on the Making of the Cavan Landscape" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2020.
  15. ↑ "Census 1821 - County Cavan, IrelandGenWeb". sites.google.com.
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