Aghakinnigh

Aghakinnigh (Irish derived place name, Achadh an Chinn Eich, meaning 'The Field of the Horse’s Head') is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland.[1] A sub-division is called Mullach Bán (Irish place name, meaning 'The White Summit'). The 1938 Dúchas folklore collection states- Mullac ban- A name given to a hill in Aughakinnagh, Swanlinbar. It is locally supposed there is a white sand stone quarry under it.[2]

Aghakinnigh, Kinawley County Cavan, Ireland

Geography

Aghakinnigh is bounded on the north by Drumersee townland, on the south by Cullion (Kinawley) townland, on the west by Drumbar (Kinawley) and Newtown (Kinawley) townlands and on the east by Aghnacally, Legavreagra and Mullanacre Upper townlands. It forms part of the Slieve Rushen Bog Natural Heritage Area.[3][4] Its chief geographical features are Slieve Rushen mountain on whose north-western slope it lies, reaching a height of 1,280 feet; mountain streams; waterfalls; forestry plantations; spring wells and dug wells. Aghakinnigh is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 460 statute acres.[5]

History

In medieval times Aghakinnigh was owned by the McGovern Clan and formed part of a ballybetagh spelled (variously) Aghycloony, Aghcloone, Nacloone, Naclone and Noclone (Irish derived place name Áth Chluain, meaning the ‘Ford of the Meadow’). The 1609 Baronial Map depicts the ballybetagh as Naclone.[6]

In the Plantation of Ulster by grant dated 26 June 1615, King James VI and I granted, inter alia, The precinct or parcel of Nacloone otherwise Aghcloone to Sir George Graeme and Sir Richard Graeme to form part of the Manor of Greame.[7] A history of Richard and George Graham is viewable online.[8] The Grahams took part in the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and after the war their lands were confiscated under the Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652.

The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the name as Aghakiney and lists the proprietor as Mr Thomas Worshipp and the tenant as Edmund Magwire.

The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as Aghukmeigh.[9]

The 1821 Census of Ireland spells the name as Aughakinih and Aughakinagh and Aughakenigh.[10][11][12]

The Tithe Applotment Books 1834 spell the name as Aghakinigh Lower and Aghkinigh Upper.[13]

Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists nineteen landholders in the townland.[14]

The landlord of Aghakinnigh in the 1850s was Singleton Crawford.

Folklore from Aghakinnigh can be found in the 1938 Dúchas collection.[15][16]

Census
Year Population Males Females Total Houses Uninhabited
18411487573241
18511306763200
1861954946170
1871934548180
18811115853180
1891925042170

In the 1821 census of Ireland there were fourteen households listed in the townland.[17][18][19][20]

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there were eighteen families listed in the townland.[21]

In the 1911 census of Ireland, there were eighteen families listed in the townland.[22]

Antiquities
  1. Lime-kilns.
  2. A foot-bridge across the river.
  3. Stone bridges across the rivers.
  4. Aghakinnigh 19th century Hedge-School. The 1938 Dúchas Collection states- There was another hedge school in Aughakinnigh just on the Crocán below Pee Peters (Pee McGuire). A man named McGuire taught here and then a man named McHugh. Both are dead and gone and all belonging to them too. They went to America.[23]
gollark: Analog TV got shut down here ages ago.
gollark: So I guess if you consider license costs our terrestrial TV is *not* free and costs a bit more than Netflix and stuff. Oops.
gollark: - it funds the BBC, but you have to pay it if you watch *any* live TV, or watch BBC content online- it's per property, not per person, so if you have a license, and go somewhere without a license, and watch TV on some of your stuff, you are breaking the law (unless your thing is running entirely on battery power and not mains-connected?)- it costs about twice as much as online subscription service things- there are still black and white licenses which cost a third of the priceBut the enforcement of it is even weirder than that:- there are "TV detector vans". The BBC refuses to explain how they actually work in much detail. With modern TVs I don't think this is actually possible, and they probably can't detect iPlayer use, unless you're stupid enough to sign up with your postcode (they started requiring accounts some years ago).- enforcement is apparently done by some organization with almost no actual legal power (they can visit you and complain, but not *do* anything without a search warrant, which is hard to get)- so they make up for it by sending threatening and misleading letters to try and get people to pay money
gollark: Hold on, I wrote a summary ages ago.
gollark: TV licenses aren't EXACTLY that, they're weirder.

References
  1. "Placenames Database of Ireland". Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  5. "IreAtlas". Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  6. The National Archives (30 September 2009). "Map of Tullyhaw, County Cavan (MPF 1/58) – Example of an early Irish map from State Papers c. 1558 – c. 1610" (PDF). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  7. Calendar of the Patent Rolls of the Chancery of Ireland. - (Dublin 1800.) (angl.) 372 S. 1800. p. 310. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  8. Lloyd D. Graham (9 November 2015). "The Grahams of the 16-17th century Anglo-Scottish Border and their descendants in Rossadown, Co. Laois, Ireland" (PDF). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  13. "004625688/004625688_00049.pdf" (PDF). 4 July 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  14. "Griffith's Valuation". askaboutireland.ie. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  21. "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1901". census.nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  22. "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911". census.nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

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