Gortnaleck

Gortnaleck (from Irish: Gort na Leac meaning ‘The Small Field of the Flagstones’) is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw.

Gortnaleck is bounded on the north by Cloneary townland, on the west by Rosehill, Templeport townland, on the south by Camagh townland and on the east by Kilnavert townland. Its chief geographical features are Gortnaleck Lough, dug wells and a stone quarry. The 1836 Ordnance Survey Namebooks state-The soil is intermixed with limestone.

Gortnaleck is traversed by the national secondary R205 road (Ireland), minor public roads and rural lanes.

The townland covers 95 statute acres.

The 1609 Baronial Map depicts the townland as part of Kilcrooghan.

The 1665 Down Survey map depicts it as Gortneleck.

William Petty's 1685 map depicts it as Gortneleak.

In the Plantation of Ulster by grant dated 29 April 1611, along with other lands, King James VI and I granted one poll of Gortneleck to the McGovern Chief, Phelim Magawran, but it is probable that the lands had been in the possession of the McGovern clan for several hundred years before this and it was just a Surrender and regrant confirming the existing title to the McGoverns.

An Inquisition of King Charles I held in Cavan town on 4 October 1626 stated that the aforesaid Phelim Magawrane died on 20 January 1622 and his lands including one poll of Gortnaleck went to his son Brian who was aged 30 (born 1592) and married.

In the Irish Rebellion of 1641 William Reynolds of Lisnaore made a deposition about the rebellion in Lissanover which referred to two rebels from Gortneleck, Daniel McGowran and his son Edmund McGowran, as follows-

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