Mullaghdoo, Cavan

Mullaghdoo (Irish derived place name, Mullach Dubh meaning 'The Black Summit'[1]) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland.

James Craige is their deputy for five years, who has brought 4 artificers of divers sorts with their wives and families and 2 other servants.

Stone raised for building a mill and trees felled, a walled house with a smith's forge built, 4 horses and mares upon the grounds with competent arms.

[7] On 1 May 1611 the aforesaid James Craig leased, inter alia, 1 poll of Nullaghdow to Corhonogho McKernan.

[8] Corhonogho McKernan must have sold his leasehold interest to his chief Brian McKiernan as on 14 March 1630, an Inquisition of King Charles I of England held in Cavan Town stated that Brian bane McKiernan (Brian Bán Mág Tighearnán, the chief of the McKiernan clan from 1588 to 1622) died on September 4, 1622, and his lands (probably a leasehold rather than the freehold) comprising seven poles and three pottles in Clonkeen, Clontygrigny, Cornacrum, Derrinlester, Dring, Killygorman, Kiltynaskellan and Mullaghdoo, Cavan went to his nearest relatives.

In the 1641 Rebellion Depositions for County Cavan, Thomas Jones of Drumminnion townland and his son William Jones gave the names of rebel leaders in the Cavan Irish Rebellion of 1641, including, Farrell Og McKiernan of Mullaighduffe, Turlogh McFarrell McKiernan of same, Owen McFarrell McKiernan of same, Patrick McIlmartin of same and Hugh McIlmartin of same.

After the Irish Rebellion of 1641 concluded, the rebels vacated the land and the 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the townland as belonging to Lewis Craig.

[1] Archived 15 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list nine tithepayers in the townland.