Killycluggin

Killycluggin (from Irish 'Coil a Chlogáin', meaning "the Wood of the Bell-Shaped Stone") is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland.

Killycluggin's chief geographical features are a stream, a stone quarry and a gravel pit.

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.

In Irish this was Baile Cúl Ó nGuaire meaning "The Town of Guaire's Corner", or possibly Baile Cúl Ó Gabhair, meaning "The Town of the Goats' Corner".

An Inquisition held in Cavan Town on 20 September 1630 stated that Walter Talbot's lands included two polls in Kilcloghan.

[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.

He became a merchant in Dorchester, Dorset but fled to France in 1633 when facing a warrant from the Exchequer for not paying customs.

He married Mary Renald from Devon and died at Lissanover, County Cavan in 1661 and was buried at St. Orvins in Dublin (probably St. Audoen's Church, Dublin (Church of Ireland)), despite wishing to be buried back in Dorchester.

[9] He had sons John, Thomas, Ambrose and William (who became a Major) and daughters Mary and Frances.

[15] In 1833 a lease of one acre in Killycluggin was given by the landlord William Blackford to the Anglican Rector of Templeport, Rev.