Derryginny

Derryginny is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland.

The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Doire Goinimhe” which means the ‘Oakwood of the Sand’, which possibly derives either from the sandbanks which form along the rivers running through it or from the large quarry on its northwest boundary. The 1609 Ulster Plantation map spells the name as ‘Dirrigonie’ and the 1659 Down Survey map spells it as ‘Derygenny’.

It is bounded on the north by Doon townland, on the west by Snugborough and Carrowmore, County Cavan townlands, on the south by Lecharrownahone townland and on the east by Cullyleenan townland. Its chief geographical features are the Shannon-Erne Waterway which flows north along its eastern boundary, the Crooked River, the Tanyard Stream which exits into the canal beside Ballyconnell Bridge and a central drumlin hill of blue sandy clay which rises over 200 feet above sea level. Derryginny is traversed by Church Street, Bridge Street, the R200 road (Ireland), the R205 road (Ireland), Derryginny lane, Carrowmore lane and by the disused Cavan & Leitrim Railway.

The townland covers 126 statute acres, including three acres of water.

It formed part of the Manor of Calva which was granted to Walter Talbot in 1610 as part of the Plantation of Ulster. The only recorded inhabitant of the townland in the 1664 Hearth Money Rolls was Richard Harrison.

The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list the following tithepayers in the townland- Moore, Sturdy, Netterfield, Flood, Gwynne, Hannon, Cochrane.

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