{{Short description|Townland in County Cavan, Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=March 2021}} '''Killygowan''' (Irish derived place name, Coill Uí Ghabhann meaning either ‘The Wood of O’Gowan’ or ‘The Wood of the Blacksmith’.<ref name="Logainm"/>) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland.

==Geography==

Killygowan is bounded on the north by Druminiskill townland, on the west by Drumbinnis and Drumgoohy townlands, on the south by Aghabane, Coolnashinny and Disert, Tullyhunco townlands and on the east by Mullaghmullan townland. Its chief geographical features are Aghabane Lough,<ref name="fisheriesireland">{{cite web|url=https://www.fisheriesireland.ie/documents/994-guide-to-coarse-angling-in-the-erne-and-south-donegal/file.html|website=fisheriesireland.ie|title=documents/994-guide-to-coarse-angling-in-the-erne-and-south-donegal/file|accessdate=20 August 2018|archive-date=20 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820234826/https://www.fisheriesireland.ie/documents/994-guide-to-coarse-angling-in-the-erne-and-south-donegal/file.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> small streams and a wood. Killygowan is traversed by the regional R199 road (Ireland), minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 121 acres.<ref name="IreAtlas"/>

==History==

From medieval times up to the early 1600s, the land belonged to the McKiernan Clan. Up until the 1650s, Killygowan formed part of Coolnashinny or Croaghan townland and its history is the same until then.

An inquisition of 1629 spells the name as ''Killegowne''.

An Inquisition held at Ballyconnell on 2 November 1629 stated that Sir James Craig owned the four polls of ''Craghan'' which contained, inter alia, a sub-division named ''Killegowne''.<ref name="google3">{{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&pg=RA5-PA6|pages=5–6|accessdate=20 August 2018}}</ref> Sir James Craig died in the siege of Croaghan Castle on 8 April 1642. His land was inherited by his brother John Craig of Craig Castle, County Cavan and of Craigston, County Leitrim, who was chief doctor to both King James I and Charles I.

Lord John Carmichael (1710–1787), the 4th Earl of Hyndford of Castle Craig, County Cavan, inherited the lands from the Craig estate. In 1758 Carmichael sold the lands to the Farnham Estate of Cavan. The estate papers are now in the National Library of Ireland.<ref name="nli">{{cite web|url=http://www.nli.ie/pdfs/mss%20lists/farnham2.pdf|date=12 September 2005|author=Peter Kenny|title=Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann |accessdate=20 August 2018}}</ref> The documents mentioning Killygowan are at reference numbers MS 41,114 /7 and MS 41,114 /17.

In the Cavan Poll Book of 1761, there was one person registered to vote in ''Killygowan'' in the Irish general election, 1761<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.scribd.com/document/95728514/1761-Co-Cavan-Poll-Book | title=1761 Co Cavan Poll Book &#124; PDF }}</ref> - Thomas Burrows, who was entitled to cast two votes. The four election candidates were Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont and Lord Newtownbutler (later Brinsley Butler, 2nd Earl of Lanesborough), both of whom were then elected Member of Parliament for Cavan County. The losing candidates were George Montgomery (MP) of Ballyconnell and Barry Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham. Absence from the poll book either meant a resident did not vote or more likely was not a freeholder entitled to vote, which would mean most of the inhabitants of Killygowan.

The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the townland name as ''Killigown''.<ref name="cavanlibrary">{{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}}</ref>

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

The Killygowan Valuation Office books are available for April 1838.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Townland of Killygowan | url=http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/vob/IRE_CENSUS_1821-51_007246947_00468.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006142943/http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/vob/IRE_CENSUS_1821-51_007246947_00468.pdf | archive-date=2019-10-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title=Townland of Killygowan | url=http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/vob/IRE_CENSUS_1821-51_007246947_00469.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006142944/http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/vob/IRE_CENSUS_1821-51_007246947_00469.pdf | archive-date=2019-10-06}}</ref>

Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists thirteen landholders in the townland.<ref name="askaboutireland">{{cite web|url=http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&PlaceID=193718&county=Cavan&barony=Tullyhunco&parish=Kildallan&townland=%3Cb%3EKillygowan%3C/b%3E|website=askaboutireland.ie|title=Griffith's Valuation|accessdate=20 August 2018}}</ref>

In the 19th century the landlord of most of Killygowan was Richard Carson.

==Census==

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Population ! Males ! Females ! Total Houses ! Uninhabited |- | 1841 || 83 || 42 || 41 || 17 || 1 |- | 1851 || 52 || 25 || 27 || 11 || 1 |- | 1861 || 26 || 15 || 11 || 9 || 1 |- | 1871 || 19 || 10 || 9 || 7 || 0 |- | 1881 || 16 || 7 || 9 || 7 || 1 |- | 1891 || 20 || 10 || 10 || 6 || 0

|}

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

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

==References== <references>

<ref name="Logainm">{{Cite web |url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/5082|title=Placenames Database of Ireland - Killygowan|accessdate=29 February 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="IreAtlas">{{Cite web |url=http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/ |title=IreAtlas |accessdate=29 February 2012}}</ref>

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==External links== * [http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/ The IreAtlas Townland Data Base]

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Category:Townlands of County Cavan