Tullybrack

Tullybrack (from Irish: Tulaigh Bhreac, meaning "Speckled Hillock") is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw.

Tullybrack is bounded on the north by Tullyloughfin townland, on the west by Owencam townland, on the south by Tullywaum and Tullytrasna townlands and on the east by Eaglehill and Corracholia More townlands. Its chief geographical features are a mountain stream and a gravel pit. Tullybrack is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 192 statute acres,.

In earlier times the townland was probably uninhabited as it consists mainly of bog and poor clay soils. It was not seized by the English during the Plantation of Ulster in 1610 or in the Cromwellian Settlement of the 1660s so some dispossessed Irish families moved there and began to clear and farm the land.

The Tithe Applotment Books for 1826 list the following tithepayers in the townland- Darcy, Finlay, Magauran, McGoldrick.

The Ordnance Survey Name Books for 1836 give the following description of the townland- "Tullybrack. Contains 192 acres, of which 79 are cultivated boggy pasture and 4 are bog...The townland is bounded on the N. by a large mountain stream."."

In 1841 there were 10 houses in the townland, of which 2 were uninhabited. The population was 51, 25 males and 26 females.

In 1851 there were 12 houses in the townland, of which 2 were uninhabited. The population was 68, 40 males and 28 females. So the Great Famine (Ireland) did not seem to have an effect on the population.

Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists thirteen landholders in the townland.

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are fifteen families listed in the townland.

In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are thirteen families listed in the townland.

The chief structure of historical interest in the townland is the site of the old Tullybrack National School. The book "Bawnboy and Templeport History Heritage Folklore" by Chris Maguire gives the following description of the school-

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