Eshveagh

 ( Townlands Of County Cavan ) 

The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the name as Essbehagh and gives the owners as Mr. Thomas Worsopp and others.

The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as Ishveagh.http://www.cavanlibrary.ie/file/Local-Studies/Library-Scanned-Docs/The-Carvaghs-A-List-Of-The-Several-Baronies-And-Parishes-in-the-County-Of-Cavan.pdf

The 1821 Census of Ireland spells the name as Eshvaugh and states- Eshvaugh containing 60 acres of green pasture and 250 of black bog & mountain.http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/c19/007246490/007246490_00425.pdf

The 1825 Tithe Applotment Books spell the name as Ishveagh.http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/reels/tab//004625688/004625688_00054.pdf

The Ordnance Survey Name Books for 1836 give the following description of the townland- The soil is light, being reclaimed mountain, and the crops in general poor.

Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists thirteen landholders in the townland.http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&PlaceID=220711&county=Cavan&barony=Tullyhaw&parish=Kinawley&townland=%3Cb%3EEshveagh%3C/b%3E - Griffith's Valuation

In the 19th century the landlord of Eshveagh was Leonard Dobbin.

There is a poem about a faction fight between the Dolans and the McGoverns at Gub and Eshveagh. Supplement. Seanchas Ghleann Ghaibhle: Glangevlin Folk-Lore, by Éamonn Ó Tuathail, in Béaloideas Iml. 4, Uimh 4 (1934), pp. i, iii-v, vii-xxxviii, pages 42 & 52.

In the 1821 census of Ireland, there are sixteen families listed in the townland.http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1821/Cavan/Kennawley/Eshvaugh/ Census of Ireland 1821

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

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

1. A stone boundary cairn. The 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Site No. 146) describes it as- Not marked on OS 1836 or 1876 eds. Situated on the border between counties Cavan and Fermanagh. Small, low, circular cairn of stones (diam. c. 15m; H 0.6m). Rising from the cairn are four piles of stones, two of which are narrow, steep-sided and tapering to a point (Wth 0.6m; H 1.3m) and apparently constructed from original cairn material. The other two are lower, wider and less well defined. The authors of The Kingdom of Glan (Glangevlin Guild ICA 1983, 42) refer to the site as 'Lacht an Phelim' from Phelim O'Dolan who was an ancient proprietor of Gleann Gaibhle who owned the townland of Gub, and stated that 'it was erected some centuries ago' .
2. The Bush Hotel

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