Tonaloy

Tonaloy (Irish derived place name, Tóin na Láí meaning 'The Low-Lying Meadow of the Spades'.

[1]) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland.

An 1853 Report from the Board of Public Works, Ireland states- The improvement of the Laheen River has been completed up to the limit of the district at Longfield Bridge, and one stone accommodation bridge, and two wooden passes erected across the cut; a branch stream from Tonaloy Marsh has also been deepened, and a gullet built across it on the public road at Drumcrow.

Its chief geographical features are Tonaloy Hill which reaches to 313 feet, the Laheen river, small streams, a quarry, spring wells and forestry plantations.

On 1 May 1611 James Craig leased, inter alia, 1 poll of Toneloy to Briene bane McKernan.

[6] The said Brian Bán Mág Tighearnán was chief of the McKiernan clan from 1588 until his death on 4 September 1622.

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.