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Town of BAWNBOY

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"Kilsub, or Bawnboy, a village, in the parish of Templeport, barony of Tullaghagh, County Of Cavan, and province of Ulster, 3 miles (N. W.) from Ballyconnell, on the road to Swanlinbar; containing 24 houses and 60 inhabitants. A fair is held here on the First Monday, and petty sessions on the second Monday, in every month. Near Bawnboy is the seat of F. Hasard, Esq., in a well-planted demesne; and there is a small boulting-mill." [From Lewis' Topographical Dictionary (1837)]

"BAWNBOY, (or Kilsub), a village in the parish of Templeport, and barony of Tullyhau, in the county of Cavan, province of Ulster, Ireland, 6 miles to the S. of Swanlinbar. It is situated near Lough Brackley." [Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2018]

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Biography

Manion, P. J. "Proudly Irish: Susan Carty of Bawnboy", Brefine, V. 3 No. 2 1991, pp. 292-301.

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Gazetteers

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Maps

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Military Records

  • Snodaigh, P.O. Irish Volunteers 1715-1793, Irish Academic Press, Dublin, 1995
    • Banboy Volunteers - 1780, 1783
    • Bawnboy Corps of Rangers, Banboy Company, Bawnboy
    • Bombay Rangers - 1779
      • Listed by Westropp but probably an error for Banboy Volunteers.
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Poor Houses, Poor Law