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Denn Parish

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"Denn, a parish, partly in the barony of Castlerahan, and partly in that of Clonmahon, but chiefly in the barony of Upper Loughtee, county of Cavan, on the road to Ballyjamesduff, containing 5915 inhabitants. It comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 11,600 acres of which 7774 are in Upper Loughtee, 2113 in Clonmahon and 1712 in Castlerahan; 11,237 are applotted under the tithe act. Within the last few years, five townlands have been separated from it, forming, together with portions of three other parishes, the benefice and perpetual curacy of Ballyjamesduff."
[From Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)]

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Church Records

  • List of Inhabitants of Castlerahan Barony c. 1851 With Killinkere Catholic Parish Registers. NLI Pos. 5349
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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

The transcription for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.

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History

  • Sullivan, T. (Ed.), Drumkilly - From Ardkill Mountain to Kilderry Hill, Drumkilly History Committee, 2000, ISBN 0 9539374 0 2
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Land & Property

  • Auction Poster. Valuable Freehold Property For Sale. I am favoured with instructions from the reps. of the late Mr. James Fegan to sell by Public Auction, on the premises, on wednesday, 1st August, 1894 ... in the townland of Dennmore.
    National Library of Ireland
  • The Annesley Papers
  • Denn's fortified history
  • James O'Reilly: Rentals, 1815-16, NAI M.6962
  • Farnham Estate
  • The Massereene papers

You can see maps centred on OSI grid reference N4731996474 (Lat/Lon: 53.915597, -7.28063), Denn Parish which are provided by:

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Memorial Inscriptions

  • Clarke, E. "Epitaphs in Denn Graveyard", Breifny Antiquarian Society Journal V. 2 No. 2, p. 236-237, 1924
  • Gaffney, B. "Inscriptions from Denn old cemetery", Breifne, v. 8, No.3, 1994, p. 497-512.]
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Military Records

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Newspapers

  • The Armagh Guardian, March 11,1845, Married: On the 4th inst., in St. George's Church, Dublin, by the Rev. Gibson Black, the Rev. Joseph Druit, incumbent of Clope, County Meath, only son of the late Rev. Joseph Druit, Vicar of Denn, County Cavan, to Jane Anne, eldest daughter of Charles Thorp, Esq., of Nelson-street, Dublin.
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Taxation

  • "1664 Hearth Money Roll for Barony of Castlerahan", Breifne, v.7 No. 25, 1987, p.489-497