Corran, County Cavan
Corran (from Irish Corrán, meaning 'a reaping hook, anything bent or crooked or serrated') is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland.
[1] In medieval times the McGovern tuath 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'.
The original purpose was to enable the farmer, who controlled the baile, to provide hospitality for those who needed it, such as poor people and travellers.
[6][7][failed verification] From medieval times until 1606, Corran formed part of the lands owned by the McGovern (name) clan.
He was the son of the previous chief, Hugh Duff O'Sheridan of Togher town, Kilmore parish, and County Cavan.
Hugh Duff O'Sheridan had been attainted on 12 January 1604, at a point in his life when he simultaneously held the lands of Togher, Derrevoyny, and Inche.
William died sometime before 1638, leaving two sons, Owen (of Mullaghmore, Tullyhunco) and Patrick (of Raleagh townland, Kildallan parish).
Owen Sheridan succeeded to his father's lands, confirmed by a grant of Curran, given to him by Charles I of England and dated 6 March 1637.
He later converted to Protestantism, and on 10 June 1634, William Bedell, the Protestant Bishop of Kilmore, ordained him as a Minister of the Church of Ireland.
The Sheridan lands in Corran were confiscated in the Cromwellian Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 and were distributed as follows: The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the proprietor as Walter Jooneen.
When King Charles II of England wrote a grant to James Thornton dated 30 January 1668, he described 98 acres, 3 roods, and 24 perches in Corren.
[14] In the Templeport Poll Book of 1761, there were only three people registered to vote in Corron in the 1761 Irish general election:[15] Michael Banagher, Robert Johnston, and Thomas Jones.
[18] In less than seventy years, the Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 listed twenty four tithepayers in the townland, a notable increase from the previously recognized three people of Corran.
[20] Griffith's Valuation of 1857, which incorporated more precise surveying methods than previous records, lists twenty one landholders in the townland.
