Scotchtown, County Cavan
Gortawee (also called Scotchtown) is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland.
The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Gort Aodh Bhuide” which means ‘Hugh Boy’s Field’. The oldest surviving mention of the name is in the 1609 Ulster Plantation map where it is spelled as ‘Gortewey’. Its modern name ‘Scotchtown’ is supposedly derived from some Scottish soldiers who settled there.
It is bounded on the north by Aughrim townland and by the international border with Fermanagh and Northern Ireland, on the east by Annagh townland, on the south by Rakeelan townland and on the west by Mucklagh townland. Its chief geographical features are the Shannon-Erne Waterway which flows north along its eastern boundary, some tree plantations and a foothill of Slieve Rushen mountain reaching to 203 feet (62 m) above sea-level.
Gortawee is traversed by the regional R205 road (Ireland), Aughrim lane and Featherbed lane.
The townland covers 135 statute acres, including 1-acre (4,000 m2) 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 Hearth Money Rolls of 1664 list the occupiers of Scotstown as John Gilmur, Cohonatt O’Skallon and Patricke O’Scallon.
The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list the following tithepayers in the townland- Mitten, Reilly, Fitzsimons, Bedell, Curry.
The Ordnance Survey Name Books for 1836 give the following description of the townland- "Gort Aodha Bhuídhe, 'Hugh Boy's field'. North-east of parish. Property of Montgomery. Rent 16 shillings to £1 per arable acre. Gravelly soil. 16 acres of pasture. A road passes through it. The tenants are poor farmers."
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