Mullaghmore, Templeport

Mullaghmore (from Irish Mullach Mór meaning 'Great Summit') is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland.

[1] In medieval times the McGovern barony 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.

Mullaghmore was located in the ballybetagh of Bally Gortnekargie (Irish "Gort na Carraige", meaning 'The Field of the Rock').

Up until the late 18th century Mullaghmore was included in the modern townland of Cloncurkney as a subdivision, so its history is the same until then.

The strip of land separating Bellaboy Lough from Lakefield Lough was known as Rus or Roscoo (from Irish either Ros Cunga meaning 'The Wood of the Narrow Strip of Land' or Ros Cú meaning 'The Wood of the Hound').

To my granddaughter Isabella Simpson twenty pounds to be paid by her uncle William Betty when she marries or comes of age.

The bequest to my wife also includes the peninsula of Rus and Francis McTaggart’s houses to enable her to support my daughters to whom I bequeath an additional £200 each.