Berrymount

Berrymount is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Loughtee Lower, County Cavan, Ireland.

The townland name means 'The Hill of James Berry', who took a lease of the land in 1753 and erected a mansion there.

[1][2] The older Irish name of the townland was Guberishan which was an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename Gub ar Ros-in, which means 'Headland or Point of the Little Wood'.

A marriage settlement dated 15 September 1762 is witnessed by James Barry of Goberrushing and Elizabeth Berry of Goberushin.

Its chief geographical features area drumlin hill reaching to 200 feet above sea-level and the Rag River.

He covenants to pay to Mary Anne Berry, otherwise Lahy, out of the lands of Berrymount the sum of £10 sterling yearly during her life.

Assignment begins by reciting ownership of the property from Thomas Berry, formerly of Rockfield, County Cavan, grandfather to the parties hereto.

It is noted that a memorial of the deed was entered at the Registry Office, city of Dublin, on 8 December 1844 in book 20, number 88.