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Altshallan either Alt Sealáin, meaning The Gorge of the Water Channel or Alt Sealán meaning the Height of the Gallows (probably the former), is a in the civil parish of , , Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of and barony of .

Geography
Altshallon is bounded on the north by townland, on the west by Carntullagh and townlands, on the east by , and townlands and on the south by Slievenakilla townland. Its chief geographical features are Altshallan Lough (also called Loch na bFroganna meaning 'Lake of the Frogs'), the Lough Nambrack (Loch na mBreac meaning either the Speckled Lake or The Lake of the Trout), mountain streams, waterfalls, forestry plantations, rocky outcrops and spring wells. Altshallon is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 290 statute acres.

History
In earlier times the townland was probably uninhabited as it consists mainly of bog and poor clay soils. It was not seized by the English during the Plantation of Ulster in 1610 or in the Cromwellian Settlement of the 1660s so some dispossessed Irish families moved there and began to clear and farm the land.

A deed by Thomas Enery dated 29 Jan 1735 includes the lands of Ardshallam.

A deed by John Enery dated 13 December 1774 includes the lands of Ardshellam in Glangevlin.

The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as Altshallan. The Carvaghs. A List of the Several Baronies and Parishes in the County of Cavan Cavan Library

The Tithe Applotment Books for 1826 list four tithepayers in the townland. Search results Search results Search results Search results Tithe Applotment Books 1826

The Ordnance Survey Name Books for 1836 give the following description of the townland- There is abundance of lime & freestone in the townland but they are not quarried nor used for any purpose whatever...There is a small lake on the east side and a large one on the south boundary.

The Altshallan Valuation Office Field books are available for August 1839. Census data National Archives Census data National Archives

Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists twenty landholders in the townland.http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&PlaceID=220771&county=Cavan&barony=Tullyhaw&parish=Templeport&townland=%3Cb%3EAltshallan%3C/b%3E - Griffith's Valuation

In the 19th century the landlords of Altshallon were the Annesley and Hassard Estates. In 1875 the Hassard Estate was sold to James Bracken.

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In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are six families listed in the townland.http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cavan/Dunmakeever/Altshallan/ Census of Ireland 1901

In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are seven families listed in the townland.http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Cavan/Dunmakeever/Altshallan/ Census of Ireland 1911

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