Loughtee Lower

Loughtee Lower (Irish: Lucht Tí Íochtarach), or Lower Loughtee, is a barony in County Cavan, Ireland.^[1][2][3] Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units.^[4] They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.^[5]

Loughtee Lower Lucht Tí Íochtarach (Irish)
Barony
Centre of Milltown, County Cavan
Barony map of County Cavan, 1900; Loughtee Lower is in the north, coloured pale yellow.
Sovereign state	Ireland
Province	Ulster
County	Cavan
Area
• Total	114.28 km2 (44.13 sq mi)

Etymology

Loughtee Lower takes its name from the Irish Lucht Tí, Early Modern Irish lucht tighe Még Mathghamhna (Annals of the Four Masters), "people of the household of Mac Mahon"; presumably the land was allocated to the vassals of the McMahon tribe.^[6][7][8]

Geography

Loughtee Lower is located in the north of County Cavan, on the River Erne and south of the Woodford River.^[9]

History

Map of Breifne in AD 700; Lr. Loughtee Lower is seen near to the Masraige territory.

The Ó Faircheallaigh (Farrelly) and MacGaghrans (Magaherans) were ruling Gaelic Irish tribes in the area; they were hereditary coarbs and erenachs of Drumlane Abbey, located near here.^[10]

The barony of Loughtee was created by 1609 in the Plantation of Ulster, and was archaically spelled Loughty.^[11] Its alluvial soil was recognised as the best in Cavan, and it was originally allocated to the Crown, then later to undertakers.^[12]

It was split into Lower and Upper parts in 1821.^[13]

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Loughtee Lower:

• Belturbet
• Milltown

References

1. "The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland: Adapted to the New Poor-law, Franchise, Municipal and Ecclesiastical Arrangements, and Compiled with a Special Reference to the Lines of Railroad and Canal Communication, as Existing in 1814-45". A. Fullarton and Company. 5 March 1846 – via Google Books.
2. Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (5 March 1876). "Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons". Ordered to be printed – via Google Books.
3. "Drumlane - Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)". www.libraryireland.com.
4. "Griffith Lodge, ARTONAGH (LOWER LOUGHTEE BY.), CAVAN". Buildings of Ireland.
5. General Register Office of Ireland (1904). "Alphabetical index to the baronies of Ireland". Census of Ireland 1901: General topographical index. Command papers. Vol. Cd. 2071. HMSO. pp. 966–978.
6. "Lucht Tí Íochtarach/Loughtee Lower". Logainm.ie.
7. "Part 3 of Annals of the Four Masters". celt.ucc.ie.
8. "Part 3 of Annals of the Four Masters". celt.ucc.ie.
9. http://www.public-library.uk/dailyebook/Atlas%20and%20cyclopedia%20of%20Ireland%20Volume%201%20(1905).pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
10. "The Baronies of Ireland - History". sites.rootsweb.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
11. Inquisitionum in officio rotulorum cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum, repertorium ...: Printed by command of His Majesty King George IV. In pursuance of an address of the House of commons of Great Britain.
12. http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/1627/1/PDuffyCavan.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
13. "Census 1821 - County Cavan, IrelandGenWeb". sites.google.com.