Coragh

Coragh is bounded on the north by Drumgoohy townland, on the west by Laheen and Makief townlands and on the east by Aghabane, Derreskit and Derrindrehid townlands. Its chief geographical features are Coragh Hill which reaches to a height of 269 feet, Patterson’s Lough (which is named after John Patterson of Hill House who owned the townland of Makief in the early 19th century), small streams and a spring well. Coragh is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 128 acres.

Up until the 1650s, Coragh formed part of the townland of Disert, Tullyhunco and its history is the same until then. A 1629 Inquisition spells the name as Corrach and Disert-Corrogh. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the name as Corgagh.

From medieval times up to the early 1600s, the land belonged to the McKiernan Clan.

An Inquisition held at Cavan on 10 June 1629 stated that the poll of Disert, owned by Sir Alexander Hamilton, contained two sub-divisions, one of which was named Corrach. It also described the boundary of Disert as- {{lang|en-emodeng|half a pole meered all upon the southe and east by the logh and river, and upon the north, boundinge upon the Croghin, by a boge betwixt the river and the logh on the west, and from that logh over to the logh and river upon the west side, by an edge betwixt Tachubane, Disert-Corrogh and Corredomahe; the other half pole of Disert bounding to the Rushskein and Leachin, on the south, thorowe a boge to a logh, and bounding upon the west to Machie thorowe a woode on drye grounde to Tachabane, on the north and east meered by a boge and runninge brooke into the river, belowe the foorde of Bellaghinfin}}.{{cite book|title=Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae Asservatarum Repertorium|date=1829|publisher=command of his majesty King George IV. In pursuance of an address of the house of Commons of Great Britain (an Ireland)|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=WUepqE-K4PAC&dq=disert&pg=PR120|pages=5–6|accessdate=20 August 2018}}

The 1652 Commonwealth Survey states the owner was Sir Francis Hamilton.

In the Hearth Money Rolls compiled on 29 September 1663The Hearth Money Rolls for the Baronies of Tullyhunco and Tullyhaw, County Cavan, edited by Rev. Francis J. McKiernan, in Breifne Journal. Vol. I, No. 3 (1960), pp. 247-263 there was one Hearth Tax payer in Coragh- Mortagh McKeny.

The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the townland name as Coragh.{{cite web|url=http://www.cavanlibrary.ie/file/Local-Studies/Library-Scanned-Docs/The-Carvaghs-A-List-Of-The-Several-Baronies-And-Parishes-in-the-County-Of-Cavan.pdf|date=7 October 2011|title=The Carvaghs|accessdate=20 August 2018|archive-date=6 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406193619/http://www.cavanlibrary.ie/file/Local-Studies/Library-Scanned-Docs/The-Carvaghs-A-List-Of-The-Several-Baronies-And-Parishes-in-the-County-Of-Cavan.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Ambrose Leet's 1814 Directory spells the name as Coragh.{{cite book|author=Ambrose Leet|title=A Directory to the Market Towns: Villages, Gentlemen's Seats, and Other Noted Places in Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YV0_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA131|year=1814|publisher=B. Smith|page=131}}

The 1825 Tithe Applotment Books list seven tithepayers in the townland.{{cite web|url= http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?county=Meath&parish=Kildallan&townland=Coragh&search=Search|website=titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie|title=The Tithe Applotment Books, 1823-37|accessdate=20 August 2018}}

The Coragh Valuation Office books are available for April 1838.{{cite web | url=http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/vob/IRE_CENSUS_1821-51_007246947_00473.pdf | title=Townland of Coragh | publisher=nationalarchives.ie | accessdate=21 December 2019}}

Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists six landholders in the townland.{{cite web|url= http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&PlaceID=193577&county=Cavan&barony=Tullyhunco&parish=Kildallan&townland=%3Cb%3ECoragh%3C/b%3E|website=askaboutireland.ie|title=Griffith's Valuation|accessdate=20 August 2018}}

The landlord of Coragh in the 19th century was Hugh Wallace.

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are five families listed in the townland.{{cite web|url= http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cavan/Killeshandra/Coragh_Lower/|title=National Archives: Census of Ireland 1901|author=|date=|publisher=|accessdate=19 October 2016}}

In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are four families listed in the townland.{{cite web|url= http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Cavan/Killashandra/Coragh/|title=National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911|author=|date=|publisher=|accessdate=19 October 2016}}

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