Kiltynaskellan

Kiltynaskellan (Irish derived place name, Coillte na Sceallán meaning 'The Wood of the Small Acorns'.

4d., to Bryan McKearnan, gentleman, comprising the modern-day townlands of Clontygrigny, Cornacrum, Cornahaia, Derrinlester, Dring, Drumlarah, Ardlougher and Kiltynaskellan.

In a visitation by George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes in autumn 1611, it was recorded, McKyernan removed to his proportion and is about building a house.

[7] On 14 March 1630, an Inquisition of King Charles I of England held in Cavan Town stated that Brian bane McKiernan died on 4 September 1622, and his lands comprising seven poles and three pottles in Clonkeen, Clontygrigny, Cornacrum, Derrinlester, Dring townland, Killygorman, Kiltynaskellan and Mullaghdoo, Cavan went to his nearest relatives.

[10] After the rebellion concluded, the land was confiscated in the Cromwellian Settlement and the 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the townland (described therein as wasteland) as belonging to Lewis Craig.

Lord John Carmichael (b.1710- d.1787), the 4th Earl of Hyndford of Castle Craig, County Cavan, inherited the lands from the Craig estate and by lease dated June 1732 he leased Kiltynaskellan to James Thornton of Aghaweenagh, Tullyhunco, County Cavan at a rent of eighteen pounds sterling per annum.

The next place in the ascent demanding particular notice is Skeeland ford or shoal; here the river is of great width, and the depth trifling; its course is very tortuous, and numerous small islands divide the stream into several channels.

The river is crossed by two lines of stepping-stones, and the materials composing its bed are sand, gravel, and clay, and towards the upper end of the shoal, near Coologue Lough, masses of detached limestone abound.

[19] In 1863 Kiltynaskellan formed part of the lands being sold at auction belonging to the estate of Perrot Thornton, deceased of Greenville, County Cavan.