{{short description|Townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland}} {{other uses}} {{Use British English|date=October 2011}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} '''Garvary''' is a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is in the civil parish of Tomregan, barony of Knockninny. It is on the outskirts of Enniskillen.
==Etymology==
The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename "Garbh Aire" which means 'rough land'. The oldest surviving mention of the name is in a grant dated 15 October 1610 where it is spelled 'Garvore'. Spellings in later grants are- 1612 Garwarry; 1629 Garvore and 1630 Garrywarrye.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.placenamesni.org/historicforms.php?getPnameId=13852|title=Place Names NI - Home|access-date=16 July 2013|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305070638/http://www.placenamesni.org/historicforms.php?getPnameId=13852|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Geography==
It is bounded on the north by Derrintony and Derryart townlands, on the east by Derrylaney and Derryhooly townlands, on the south by Kiltycrose townland and on the west by Aghindisert & Drumderg townlands. Its chief geographical features are Drumderg Lough, the Duvoge River, Moninea Bog<ref>https://www.pik-potsdam.de/news/public-events/archiv/alter-net/former-ss/2007/07-09.2007/sutton/literature/moninea_bog_site_report_10may07.pdfand {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> and a drumlin hill reaching to 60 metres above sea-level. The townland is traversed by the C431 Teemore Road and some minor lanes. Garvary covers an area of 249 statute acres.
==History==
The townland formed part of the ballybethagh of Calvagh in medieval times. As it was a border townland the ownership was contested between the McGovern and Maguire clans. At the time of the 1609 Ulster Plantation the townland was overlooked and does not appear on the Plantation Baronial maps. The map for Knockninny barony stops on the east bank of the stream entering the Woodford river between the townlands of Derryhooly and Corry townlands,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/proni/28065757076/in/photostream/|title = Parte of the Baronie of Knockninnie|date = 14 May 2018}}</ref> while the Tullyhaw barony map stops where the Irish border is now,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/proni/27485995744/in/photostream/|title = The Baronie of Tollagh Aghe|date = 14 May 2018}}</ref> thus omitting that part of Tomregan parish which lies in County Fermanagh. The mapping of Fermanagh and Cavan only took about 10 days each, which was insufficient time to make a proper survey. A different surveyor was sent into each barony to draw up his own map so the error probably arose because the surveyor who drew the Knockninny map assumed the omitted townlands were in County Cavan and the Tullyhaw surveyor, who was probably a different man, then assumed the lands were in County Fermanagh. This confusion lasted a few years. Firstly a grant was made to Thomas Monepeny on 15 October 1610 of the ''Manor of Aghalane'', which included ''one tate of Garvore''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6voNAwAAQBAJ&q=garvore&pg=PA301|title = An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the Seventeenth Century, 1608-1620|isbn = 9785876338280|last1 = Hill|first1 = George| date=1970 | publisher=Рипол Классик }}</ref> By 1611 Monepeny had not appeared to take up possession, according to Carew, the King's commissioner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/genealogyofearls00stee/page/24/mode/|title=Genealogy of the earls of Erne|year=1910}}</ref> Taking advantage of this, Lady Margaret O’Neill, the widow of Hugh Maguire (Lord of Fermanagh) claimed the land. An order of the Lord Deputy dated 14 October 1612 states- ''Wheras The Lady Margrett ny Neale, wyddowe, late wyfe to Sir Hugh Maguyre knight deceased, hath discovered the parcells of land beinge eight tates, and doe lye betweene Knockneny in the County of Fermanagh and Tollagh in the County of Cavan and not within anie Undertakers portion who have since enjoyed the same as it hath been certified by the Surveyors ... we enact that the said Lady Margrett shall receive the next Hallowtyde rent due out of the said eight tates and thence forth until his Majesty decides otherwise''. The eight tates included one tate of ''Derrintory, Garwarry and Dromdeye''.<ref>'Ulster Plantation Papers' by T.W. Moody, in "Analecta Hibernica", 1938, Volume 8, pp. 269-270.</ref> Lady Margaret then seems to have left the scene because, on 31 July 1613, Thomas Monepeny sold the Manor of Aghalane to Thomas Creighton.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/genealogyofearls00stee/page/90/|title = Genealogy of the earls of Erne|year = 1910}}</ref> Thomas Creighton then died in 1618, and his widow Katherine married George Adwick.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/genealogyofearls00stee/page/32/mode/|title=Genealogy of the earls of Erne|year=1910}}</ref> The estate descended to Thomas Creighton's son, David Creighton. He was a minor at his father's death so his mother and George Adwick administered the estate on his behalf.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/anhistoricalacc00hillgoog/page/n487/mode/2up|title = An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the Seventeenth Century|year = 1877|publisher = M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr}}</ref> An Inquisition held at Castlecoote on 5 November 1629 stated that David Creighton owned, inter alia, ''1 tate of Garvore''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WUepqE-K4PAC&q=corie+caffery+gwier+fermanagh&pg=RA1-PA65|title=Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae Asservatarum Repertorium|year=1829}}</ref> However, there seems to have been some dispute with Sir Stephen Butler, who owned the adjoining manor, as an Inquisition held at Netownbutler on 20 January 1630 stated that Sir Stephen Butler owned, inter alia, the lands of ''Garrywarrye''.
In July 1751 no residents were entitled to vote in the townland.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/fermanagh/xmisc/1747-1768-Freeholders.txt |title= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024174220/http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/fermanagh/xmisc/1747-1768-Freeholders.txt |archive-date=24 October 2020}}</ref>
The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 (which spell it as ''Gorwira'') list the following tithepayers in the townland- McGuire, Drum, McKernan, Whittendale.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?surname=&firstname=&county=Fermanagh&townland=Gorwira&parish=Tomregan&search=Search&sort=&pageSize=&pager.offset=0|title = The Tithe Applotment Books, 1823-37}}</ref>
The Garvary Valuation Office Field books are available for May 1836.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://census.nationalarchives.ie/search/vob/results.jsp?surname=&firstname=&year_from=&year_to=&dd_dd=&dd_mm=&dd_yyyy=&book=&county=fermanagh&barony=&parish=&townland=garvary&last_name_other_or_lessor=&first_name_other_or_lessor=&search=Search|title=Valuation Office Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title=Houses in Townland of Garvary | url=http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/vob/IRE_CENSUS_1821-51_007250680_00733.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015191356/http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/vob/IRE_CENSUS_1821-51_007250680_00733.pdf | archive-date=2019-10-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title=Townland of Garvary | url=http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/vob/IRE_CENSUS_1821-51_007250680_00726.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016160533/http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/vob/IRE_CENSUS_1821-51_007250680_00726.pdf | archive-date=2019-10-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title=Townland of Garvary | url=http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/vob/IRE_CENSUS_1821-51_007250680_00742.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016164443/http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/vob/IRE_CENSUS_1821-51_007250680_00742.pdf | archive-date=2019-10-16}}</ref>
Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists twenty occupiers in the townland.<ref>http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&PlaceID=1612726&county=Fermanagh&barony=Knockninny&parish=Tomregan&townland='''Garvary''' ''Griffith’s Valuation 1857''</ref> The landlord of Garvary in the 1850s was Robert Collins.
==Census==
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Population ! Males ! Females ! Total Houses ! Uninhabited |- | 1841 || 86 || 42 || 44 || 20 || 0 |- | 1851 || 55 || 25 || 30 || 14 || 2 |- | 1861 || 61 || 30 || 31 || 13 || 1 |- | 1871 || 66 || 30 || 36 || 11 || 0 |- | 1881 || 49 || 23 || 26 || 11 || 0 |- | 1891 || 48 || 22 || 26 || 12 || 0
|}
In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are fourteen families listed in the townland.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Fermanagh/Aghyoule/Garvary/ | title=National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911 }}</ref>
In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are eleven families listed in the townland.<ref>[http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Fermanagh/Ashyoule/Garvary/''Census of Ireland 1911''.]</ref>
==Antiquities==
The historic sites in the townland are a medieval crannóg in Drumderg Lough and Garvary Lodge, the home of Robert Collins M.D., who was the landlord of most of the surrounding townlands in the 1850s
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== *[http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/ The IreAtlas Townland Data Base]
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Category:Townlands of County Fermanagh