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arony of Tolcha :* Killnelynagh,f 2 polls, 3s. 4d. ; Killaghduffe,$1 poll, Is. ; Templeport,§ 6 polls, 10s. and 3 part of a beef, and outof the two polls adjoining the chapel of Kilfertll in the parish ofTempleport, 1s. ; and in the same barony are the followingparishes : Killnelynagh parish, containing 3 ballibetaghs, inLarginfi 19 ballibetaghs and in Dubbally** 19 ballibetaghs, thevicar is collative and the tithes are paid in kind, 6 to the vicar, +* Tullyhaw ; s~metimes known as the Barony of Lissanover from thcMacGauran stronghold in the townland of that name.t Killinagh. " Killeynagh, 1 poll "-1590 Inquis. " Killeyne contayninge2 polls "-Rawltnson MS.f ~ifiaghaduff, now a townland near Swanlinbar and in Kinawley Parish.The 1590 Inquis has "Tem ledowa," which is also the form given by Archdall(Mon. Hib.) in his list of the Cavan Hospitals. " Killadough contayning1 polle lyeing neere the parish church of Killadough, the rectory is appropriateto the said Abbey of Kels [Xells; "--Rawtwson MS. In the lists of churchesand rectories in Co. Cavan belonging to the Abbey of Ceanannus, or Kells,and enumerated in the various Inpuzsztions of James I., are specified, rntrr alin,Killin [Xillann], Knockbride, Castlerahan, Templeport, Killinagh, andCrodragh. I take it that Crodragh is identical with Killaghaduff, that is,with the Cavan section of the present Parish of Kinawley. Kinawleywhichlies wholly in Co. Fermanagh-and Killaghaduff mere distinct Parishesin the early 17th century. The church of Killaghaduff is now ruinous.5 " Templeport, 4 polls "-lE90 Inquis. In Papal documents of the 15thcentury the parish is called Ini$rechiruigy alias Tempullapuyrt "-DeAnnatrs Hzbemim, sub anno 1426. Templeporte contayning 6 polls lyeingneere the parish church of Templeporte the rectory is apprcpriate to the saidAbbay [i.e. Abbey] of Kells "--Hawtinson MS. The parish of Templeportwas originally the most extensive in the Diocese of Kilmore. St. Yogue wasborn here circa 658.11 Kilnavert in Templeport parish. " Kilfert, 2 polls "-1690 Inqziis." Killfeart containing 2 polls lyeinge near the chapple of Killkart which belongethto the church of Templeporte "-Rawtinson MS. The present parishchurch (Catholic) of Templeport is at Kilnavert and, as has been shown elsewhere,without doubt occupies the site of the original church of Magh Sleachtfounded by St. Patrick. St. Mogue's church was on his native island inTempleport Lake, but this was later on abandoned in favour of a more convenientsite on the mainland and beside which the Protestant church ofTempleport now stands. It may be accepted that Kilnavert is the earliestchurch site in Co. Cavan.7 Largin, or Largy--Ze~r5ard, i.e, a hillside-was the older name of thetownland around the present village of Blacklion. Rev. Dr. Hogan (Onom.G0ed.j incorrectly equates Ltvgs with Redliotr .** Dubally-?)uG bacte i.e. the black townland-is uo longer in use as a&tinct townland name, but is still appiied to the district besidc the villageof Dowra in Killinagh parish. Iron was mined here in the 17th century.@ate in his Ireland's Nnlural History, chap. 1 G, givcs an account of thevarious iron-works then in operation in Ireland, that is, in the period 1 GIO-'50." The third sort of Iron-mine," he states, " is digged out of the mountains,in several parts of the Kingdome ; in Ulster . . . . in the County of Cavan,in n place called Douballie, in a drie mountain." Probably the districtreceived its name from the colour of the crude ore. This district is rich iniron, as Boate further observes : in the " Count) of Leitrim, on the East sideof the said Lough [Allen], where the mountains are so full of this metall,that thereof it hath got in Irish tne nameof Slew Neron [Sliabh-an-Iaraind],that is, Mountain of Iron." As the present time attempts are being madeto redevelop the great mineral wealth cf the mountains around Loch Allen.