Tullyhunco ()[ townlands.ie - Tullyhunco]
Location
Tullyhunco is located in western County Cavan. It borders
County Leitrim to the west and
County Longford to the south. At 165.5 km2 (40,872 acres), Tullyhunco is the second smallest of Cavan's eight baronies after
Loughtee Lower.
History
The territory was historically known as Teallach Dhúnchadha and was ruled by clan
McKiernan Clan. Another name for it was Clonballykernan. For centuries it was part of the Kingdom of Breifne, a loose union of
Chiefdom that the O'Rourkes ruled as overlords. Following the dissolution of the kingdom, the area was still in the orbit of the O'Rourke kingdom of
West Breifne until the early 1500s, when the Mág Tighearnáns switched allegiance to the O'Reilly of
East Breifne. In 1579 the area was subsumed into the newly formed county of Cavan. In 1584 the barony of Tullyhunco was officially demarcated and granted to clan Mág Tighearnán by the Kingdom of Ireland.
[ Baronies of Ireland]
List of settlements
Settlements in Tullyhunco include:
Further reading
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C. Parker, "Two minor septs of late medieval Breifne", in Breifne Journal, Vol. VIII, No. 31 (1995), pp. 566–586.
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M. Nallen, 'A study of eight townlands in the parish of Killeshandra', in Breifne Journal, Vol. IX, No. 35 (1999), pp. 5-85
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M. McShane, 'Land "parcells" of Tullyhunco from the Ulster inquisitions of 1629', in Breifne Journal, Vol. XIII, No. 51 (2016), pp. 756–781.
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M.V. Duignan (1934), "The Uí Briúin Bréifni genealogies", pp. 90–137, in JRSAI Vol. 4, No. 1, 30 Jun. 1934.
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J. Devereux Kernan, 'The Utica Kernans: descendants of Bryan Kernan, gentleman, of the townland of Ned in the parish of Killeshandra, barony of Tullyhunco, county of Cavan, Province of Ulster, Kingdom of Ireland.'
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J. Devereux Kernan, 'Supplement to The Utica Kernans: descendants of Bryan Kernan, gentleman, of the townland of Ned in the parish of Killeshandra, Barony of tullyhunco, County of Cavan, Province of Ulster, Kingdom of Ireland, 1968-1993'
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