Griffith’s Valuation for Templeport Parish 1857

What is Griffith's Valuation?
Griffith's Valuation was the first land valuation in Ireland and it lists every landholder and householder for every county in Ireland in the mid 1800s.Templeport Parish was surveyed in 1857.

Why is it important?
Griffith's Valuation is important because there are very few census or other records available for 19th century Ireland. So for anyone who wants to trace their great, great grandparents and find out where they lived, it may be the best source of information available. Only the householder is listed, not the other family members.

The most common family names in Templeport Parish in 1857 (in descending order) were:
McGovern, Kiernan/McKiernan, Reilly, Brady, Donohoe, Dolan, Bannan, Baxter, Smith, Finlay, Johnston, Maguire, Kells, Plunkett, Kelliher, McManus, McDermott, McCaffrey, Murray, Rourke, McTaggert, Shannan, Farrelly, Fee, Flanagan, Magee, McIntyre, McGolrick.

Griffith's Valuation (1857) at a glance for the present-day Parish of Templeport is to be found in list form below.

For a more detailed version and to see the original copy and maps visit the excellent site:
www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml

Templeport was in the Bawnboy Union and is in the barony of Tullyhaw, county of Cavan.

To help you interpret the information in Griffith’s Valuation you might find it useful to read the article to be found at: www.leitrim-roscommon.com/GRIFFITH/Griffiths.PDF

Information supplied by Richard Morgan, Coras Point, Cavan & formerly of Bawnboy