1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Uragh (B.)

School: Uragh (B.)

Location:
Uragh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Ó Connachtáin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0968, Page 205

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0968, Page 205

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Uragh (B.)
  2. XML Page 205
  3. XML “History of the McGovern Clan during the Plantation of Ulster”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. History of the McGovern Clan during the Plantation of Ulster

    Share Share Post
    Those who received lands in Teallach Eochaidh during the plantation of Ulster were Captain Cuilme, Walter Talbot, Sir Richard Grimes, George Grimes and William Parsons.
    The following McGoverns received lands :-
    Felim McGovern (chief) 1000 acres at a rent of £ 10..s 13..d 4
    Cormac McGovern 175 acres at a rent of £ 1..s 17..d 6
    Donagh McGovern 75 acres at a rent of s 16..d 0
    Hugh Óge MacManus McGovern 150 acres at a rent of £ 1..s 12..d 0
    Brian Óze McGovern 200 acres at a rent of £ 2..s 2..d 8
    In 1641 many of the clan regained these lands by joining in the rebellion were :- Coll McGovern, Gildernan McGovern, Tarlogh McGovern, Domhnall McGovern, Philip Ó
    e McGovern and Richard Graham. A number of the McGoverns fought on the side of Owen Roe at Benburb in 1646 a.d.
    Books relating to the clan McGovern :-
    (i) An Irish Sept - J.H. McGovern
    (ii) History of their clan - J.H. McGovern
    (iii) '' Plearáca na Ruanach ''
    O Rourke's feast, by Hugh Óge McGovern and translated into English by Dean Swift
    '' Our honour and our stainless swords - Our old ancestors names, alone are ours, all else is lost.''
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English