26-645: The Killycluggin Stone is a decorated stone, found near the town of Killycluggin , County Cavan , in Ireland . Roughly cone-shaped and covered in Iron Age La Tène designs, it was discovered broken in several pieces, partly buried close to a Bronze Age stone circle, inside which it probably once stood. The stone is now housed in the Cavan County Museum , while an imperfect replica stands near
52-568: A Major) and daughters Mary and Frances. Major William Blachford was born in 1658 and died at Lissanover on 28 March 1727. The Blachford family gravestones in Templeport Church read as follows- This monument was erected by MAJOR WILLIAM / BLASHFORD of Lisnover in 1721 to the memory of / his father, JOHN BLASHFORD, late of the same Esqr. but / from Dorchester in Dorsetshire, the place of his / nativity, who in his lifetime chose this for
78-745: A burying / place, for himself and family, but died in Dublin / was buried in St. Orvins Church but his wife, MARY / RENALD of a Devonsheire family is buried here / as also three sons and two daughters, viz JOHN / AMBROSE AND THOMAS; MARY AND FRANCES / Here likewise lies buried two wives of MAJOR WILLIAM BLASHFORD, son to the said JOHN BLASHFORD viz / MARY MAGHEE of an ancient Family in Lincolnsheire. CORNET CHIDLEY BLACHFORD, son to MAJOR WILLIAM BLACHFORD, leys buried here who dyed August ye 29th, 1722. This aboue MAJOR WILLIAM BLACHFORD. / That erected this monument, died
104-585: A lease of one acre in Killycluggin was given by the landlord William Blackford to the Anglican Rector of Templeport, Rev. William Bushe, for the purpose of setting up a school for Church of Ireland children. It was still in operation in August 1860 as the then rector, Rev. John Brougham, wrote a letter to his archbishop stating- Two schools in his Parish, one partly and the other wholly, supported by
130-513: A poem which states that Crom was situated at Kilnavert beside the road and that the local women used to tremble in fear as they passed by. There is still a local tradition in the area that the Killycluggin stone is the Crom stone. The Killycluggin Stone has been interpreted by some as the cult image of the pre-Christian native god Crom Cruach . O'Kelly , however, refers to this image as Crom Dubh . When excavated and placed upright on its flat base, it
156-515: Is bounded on the north by Tonyhallagh townland, on the west by Lissanover townland, on the east by Tonyrevan townland and on the south by Bellaheady townland in Kildallan parish and by Kilnavert and Corran, County Cavan townlands. Killycluggin's chief geographical features are a stream, a stone quarry and a gravel pit. Killycluggin is traversed by the R205 road , minor roads, rural lanes and
182-668: Is given by: 54°05′33″N 7°38′09″W / 54.0924°N 7.6359°W / 54.0924; -7.6359 Killycluggin Killycluggin (from Irish 'Coil a Chlogáin', meaning "the Wood of the Bell-Shaped Stone" ) is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport , County Cavan , Ireland . It lies in the Roman Catholic parish area of Templeport and the barony of Tullyhaw . Killycluggin
208-464: The 1911 census of Ireland , there were only nine families listed in the townland. 54°04′31″N 7°48′37″W / 54.07514°N 7.810271°W / 54.07514; -7.810271 Erenagh The medieval Irish office of erenagh ( Old Irish : airchinnech , Modern Irish : airchinneach , Latin : princeps ) was responsible for receiving parish revenue from tithes and rents, building and maintaining church property and overseeing
234-633: The Dissolution of the Monasteries the role of erenagh became subsumed in the responsibilities of the parson in each parish. The common surname McInerney is derived from the Irish, Mac an Airchinnigh (son of the erenagh). As may be supposed, this surname arose in various areas in Ireland leading to numerous unrelated bearers of the name. The most prominent group of the family were associated with
260-585: The termonn lands that generated parish income. Thus he had a prebendary role. The erenagh originally had a tonsure but took no other holy orders; he had a voice in the Chapter when they consulted about revenues, paid a yearly rent to the Bishop and a fine on the marriage of each daughter. The role usually passed down from generation to generation in certain families in each parish. After the Reformation and
286-551: The 28th of March 1727, aged 69 years. A deed dated 10 May 1744 spells the name as Killiclogan . The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as Kilclogan . The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list four tithe payers in the townland. The Killycluggin Valuation Office Field books are available for 1839–1841. Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists sixteen landholders in the townland. In 1833
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#1732793210800312-548: The Archbishop. These are in poor repair and have no supplies of maps, books, etc. The teachers are both good but are getting discouraged at the lack of materials and the poor state of the schools. Asks for financial assistance . Killycluggin school came under the auspices of the Irish Church Education Society. In the 1901 census of Ireland , there were ten families listed in the townland, and in
338-710: The County of Clare since at least the late 13th century when they were first recorded in the annals of the county and are still numerous in that county today. This sept was subordinate to the McNamaras and it was from them that the family originally derived. The McInerneys in County Clare were based in the Barony of Lower Bunratty on their ancestral estates in and around the present day townlands of Ballysallagh, Ballynacragga and Dromoland (parish of Kilnasoolagh ). Members of
364-743: The Hearth Money Rolls compiled on 29 September 1663 there were three Hearth Tax payers in- Kilclagan- Dorby Don, John Reade and Thomas Teddy . Gwyllym later sold the land to John Blachford who was born in 1598 in Ashmore, Dorset, England, the son of Richard and Frances Blachford. He became a merchant in Dorchester, Dorset but fled to France in 1633 when facing a warrant from the Exchequer for not paying customs. He married Mary Renald from Devon and died at Lissanover, County Cavan in 1661 and
390-794: The Plantation of Ulster by grant dated 23 June 1610, along with other lands, King James VI and I granted two polls of Kilclogen to Hugh Culme, esquire, as part of the Manor of Calva. Culme then surrendered his interest in Killycluggin to Walter Talbot of Ballyconnell. Walter Talbot died on 26 June 1625 at Ballyconnell and his son James Talbot succeeded to the Killycluggin lands aged just 10 years. An Inquisition held in Cavan Town on 20 September 1630 stated that Walter Talbot's lands included two polls in Kilcloghan . James Talbot married Helen Calvert,
416-593: The Settlement of Ireland 1652 because he was a Catholic and he was granted an estate in 1655 at Castle Rubey, County Roscommon instead. He died in 1687. The Talbot lands in Killycluggin were distributed as follows- The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the townland as belonging to Captain Gwilliams (i.e. the landlord of Ballyconnell, Captain Thomas Gwyllym) and the tenants as Edward Rely & Others . In
442-726: The daughter of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore of Maryland, USA, in 1635 and had a son Colonel George Talbot who owned an estate in Cecil County, Maryland which he named Ballyconnell in honour of his native town in Cavan. George Talbot was appointed Surveyor-General of Maryland in 1683. In the aftermath of the Irish Rebellion of 1641, James Talbot's estate in Ballyconnell was confiscated in the Cromwellian Act for
468-528: The disused Cavan and Leitrim Railway . The townland covers 76 statute acres. The nearest town is Ballyconnell , 4 km to the north-east. In medieval times the McGovern tuath 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
494-543: The family held substantial property there until the Cromwellian confiscations of the 1650s, whereby several members of the family were transplanted to other areas of the County, in part due to their involvement in the 1641 rebellion. Today the name is numerous in County Clare, Limerick and Dublin, and can be found in the United States, Canada, Australia, England and New Zealand. This Irish history article
520-460: The farmer, who controlled the baile, to provide hospitality for those who needed it, such as poor people and travellers. The ballybetagh was further divided into townlands farmed by individual families who paid a tribute or tax to the head of the ballybetagh, who in turn paid a similar tribute to the clan chief. The steward of the ballybetagh would have been the secular equivalent of the erenagh in charge of church lands. There were seven ballibetoes in
546-501: The parish of Templeport. Killycluggin was located in the ballybetagh of Bally Cooleigie (alias 'Bally Cowleg'). In Irish this was Baile Cúl Ó nGuaire meaning "The Town of Guaire's Corner", or possibly Baile Cúl Ó Gabhair , meaning "The Town of the Goats' Corner". Until the 1652 Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland, the modern townland of Tonyrevan formed part of the townland of Killycluggin. The 1609 Ulster Plantation Baronial Map depicts
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#1732793210800572-421: The road about 300 metres from the original site. Although now much damaged, the stone can be reconstructed from the different surviving pieces. It was at least 6 feet high. At the base of the stone there were four rectangular adjoining panels measuring 90 cm each in width giving a circumference of 3 m 60 cm when it was first carved. The height of each panel was about 75 cm. The stone
598-483: The townland as Killcloggin . A 1610 grant spells it as Kilclogen . A 1630 Inquisition spells it as Kilcloghan . The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the name as Killerluggin . The 1665 Down Survey map depicts it as Killycraggan . Killycluggin was the site of the pre-Christian pagan god of Ireland Crom Cruach , the Killycluggin Stone , situated in a stone circle on Bannon's farm in the townland. In
624-467: Was buried at St. Orvins in Dublin (probably St. Audoen's Church, Dublin (Church of Ireland) ), despite wishing to be buried back in Dorchester. His will was published on 9 January 1665 leaving his son John Blachford as his sole heir. An Inquisition held in Cavan on 21 May 1667 found that his widow Mary Blachford and his heir John were seized of, inter alia, the land of Killeclogine alias Killecragan . He had sons John, Thomas, Ambrose and William (who became
650-504: Was found in 1921 at Killycluggin , County Cavan . The site has several associations with St. Patrick. Nearby is Tobar Padraig (St. Patrick's Well), and Kilnavert Church, which is said to have been founded by Patrick. The current town of Kilnavert was originally called Fossa Slécht or Rath Slécht , from which the wider area called Magh Slécht was named. The 14th century Book of McGovern , written in Magh Slécht, contains
676-538: Was found to lean obliquely from the vertical, perhaps explaining the name Crom , "bent, crooked". The top of the stone has a hair-motif which is found on other La Tène sculptures, such as the Celtic hero head from Mšecké Žehrovice in the Czech Republic . The inference is that the Killycluggin stone was an anthropomorphic figure with a human face, which was the part that was smashed to pieces. Support for this
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