Cullyleenan

Cullyleenan (Irish: Coill Uí Lionáin, IPA: [ˌkəil̠ʲˈ iː ˈl̠ʲɪnˠaːnʲ]) is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland.

Its chief geographical features are the Shannon-Erne Waterway which flows north along its western boundary and a central drumlin hill which rises over 200 feet above sea level.

An Inquisition held in Cavan Town on 20 September 1630 stated that Walter Talbot's lands included one poll in Cowlynan.

[7] James Talbot married Helen Calvert, the daughter of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore of Maryland, USA, in 1635 and had a son Colonel George Talbot who owned an estate in Cecil County, Maryland which he named Ballyconnell in honour of his native town in Cavan.

After the restoration of King Charles II to the throne in 1660, James Talbot tried to have the Ballyconnell estate restored to him but a final grant was made to Thomas Gwyllym in August 1666,[9] which included 66 acres-16 perches of profitable land and 252 acres-1 rood of unprofitable land in Coolonenan alias Colelonan.

A deed dated 2 May 1724 by the aforesaid Meredith Gwyllym includes the townland as Coolonenan alias Colenonan.

[10] The Gwyllym estate was sold for £8,000 in 1724 to Colonel Alexander Montgomery (1686–1729) of Convoy House, County Donegal, M.P.

In 1856 they sold the estate to take advantage of its increased value owing to the opening of the Woodford Canal through the town in the same year.

[13] In the Fermanagh Poll of Electors 1788 there was one Cullyleenan resident, John Graham, who was entitled to vote as he owned land in Drumany Beg townland in Kinawley parish.

The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list the following tithepayers in the townland- Keon, Grimes, Wynne, Clark, McLaughlin, Sturdy, Hanna, Donahy, Montgomery, Answell, Reilly, Brady, Sheridan, McGraugh, Benison, Gallagher, Murdy, Enery.

[16] The Ordnance Survey Name Books for 1836 give the following description of the townland- Coill Uí Lionáin, 'O'Lenen's wood'.

[17][18][19] Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists the landlords of the townland as Kane, Webb and Wilson and the tenants as Webb, McDermott, Donohoe, Rourke, Brady, Reilly, Maguire, McGaghran, Kelly, Flynn, Sullivan, Kane, Griffin, Roe, Gallaher, Roman Catholic Chapel, Gileese, Benson, Thompson and Wilson.