Cormeen

Cormeen (from Irish Cor Mín, meaning 'The Smooth Round Hill'[2]) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, County Cavan, Ireland.

One would expect Cormeen to belong to both Templeport parish and Tullyhaw barony, as do the other surrounding townlands which lie on the west bank of the Shannon-Erne Waterway.

However, in medieval times when the parish and barony boundaries were fixed, the river was at a much higher level than today and it ran north through the valley between the two hills in the townland until it reached the present day R205 road (Ireland).

The river level fell in modern times due to drainage and canalisation which caused it to divert along its current course, thus placing part of Cormeen on the west bank.

[9] Its chief geographical features are the Shannon-Erne Waterway which flows north along its southern and eastern boundaries, and several small drumlin hills reaching to an altitude of 265 feet above sea-level.

[9] In medieval times the McGovern barony of Tullyhaw was divided into economic taxation areas called ballibetoes, from the Irish Baile Biataigh (Anglicized as 'Ballybetagh'), meaning 'A Provisioner's Town or Settlement'.

In an inquisition of King Charles I held at Cavan on 20 September 1630[13] it stated that James Talbott of Beallaconnell owned the townland of Cormyny alias Ardagh, containing one poll, having received it as part of the Ballyconnell estate on the death of his father Walter Talbot on 26 June 1625.

[18] The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list the following tithepayers in the townland: Finnegan, Albert, Freehill, Reilly, Bows, Creighton, Pennell, Veitch.