Stranadarragh


Stranadarragh is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw.

Geography

Stranadarragh is bounded on the north by Drumlougher townland, on the west by Bellaleenan and Ballymagirril townlands, on the south by Cornagunleog and Boley townlands and on the east by Owengallees townland. Its chief geographical features are the River Blackwater, County Cavan, marshes and dug wells. Stranadarragh is traversed by minor roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 155 statute acres.

History

Until the late 18th century, the modern townland of Cornagunleog formed part of Stranadarragh.
The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the name as Srahnedaragh. The 1665 Down Survey map depicts it as Shanderagh. William Petty's 1685 map depicts it as Shanderagh.
The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the proprietor as Lieutenant-Colonel Tristram Beresford, who also appears as proprietor of other townlands in the survey. In the Hearth Money Rolls of 1662 there were no taxpayers paying the Hearth Tax in Stranadarragh.
A grant dated 3 November 1666 was made by King Charles II of England to Sir Tristram Beresford, 1st Baronet which included, inter alia, the lands of Shranadanagh. By grant dated 11 September 1670 from King Charles II of England to said Sir Tristram Beresford, the said lands of Shranadanagh were included in the creation of a new Manor of Beresford.
The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the townland name as Sranedaragh.
Lowther Kirkwood of Mullinagrave, parish of Templeport, Co. Cavan, gentleman made the following will:
The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list eleven tithepayers in the townland.
The Stranadarragh Valuation Office Field books are available for October 1839.
Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists seventeen landholders in the townland.
On 6 July 1857 the Incumbered Estates Commission published the following notice:

Census

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are ten families listed in the townland,
and in the 1911 census of Ireland, there are only eight families listed in the townland.

Antiquities

  1. An earthen ringfort
  2. An earthen ringfort
  3. Stepping stones over the River Blackwater