Mullaghmullan

Mullaghmullan (Irish derived place name, Mullach Maoiláin meaning either ‘The Summit of the Hillock’ or ‘The Summit of Maolán’[1]) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland.

An Inquisition held at Ballyconnell on 2 November 1629 stated that Sir James Craig owned the four polls of Craghan which contained, inter alia, a sub-division named Mullaghnemullin.

[3] Sir James Craig met his demise during the siege of Croaghan Castle on 8 April 1642.

In the Cavan Poll Book of 1761, there was one person registered to vote in Mullaghnamullen in the Irish general election, 1761[5] - Reverend George Carson who resided in Crohan and was entitled to cast two votes.

[6] The four election candidates in 1761 were Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont and Lord Newtownbutler (later Brinsley Butler, 2nd Earl of Lanesborough), both of whom were then elected Member of Parliament for Cavan County.

The losing candidates were George Montgomery (MP) of Ballyconnell and Barry Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham.