Tomregan
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Tomregan civil parish
straddles the international border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
. The chief town of the parish is Ballyconnell
, County Cavan
. Most of Tomregan's constituent townland
s are situate in County Cavan, with the remainder in County Fermanagh
. The Roman Catholic parish of Tomregan was split up in the early 18th century, with the County Fermanagh townlands being assigned to the parish of Knockninny while the County Cavan townlands were united with the parish of Kildallan. The total area of the civil parish is 10,600 statute acres.
, Carickaleese
, Cloncoohy
, Derrintony
, Derryart
, Garvary
, Gortahurk
, Gortaree
, Gortineddan
, Gortmullan
, Knockadoois
, Knockateggal
, Tonymore
and Ummera
.
The Cavan townlands in Tomregan civil parish are- Agharaskilly
, Aghavoher
, Annagh
, Aughrim
, Berrymount
, Carrigan
, Carrowmore
, Cavanagh
, Clifton
, Cloncollow
, Corranierna
, Cranaghan
, Cullyleenan
, Derryginny
, Doon
, Fartrin
, Gortawee
or Scotchtown, Gortoorlan
, Moher
, Mucklagh
, Mullaghduff
, Mullanacre Lower
, Mullanacre Upper
, Mullynagolman
, Rakeelan
, Slievebrickan
, Snugborough
, Sralahan
(also called "The Common").
The parish was famous in ancient Ireland as the site of the University of Túaim Drecain, also called the College of Masree by Geoffrey Keating
, (Sites number 1641 & 1689, Mullynagolman townland, “Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan”, Patrick O’Donovan, 1995, pp. 195 & 205).
Two saints are associated with the parish, Saint Dallán Forgaill
and Saint Bricín
.
Manus Blake – c.1400 to 1411 (died)
John O’Sheridan – 1411 to 1444
Thomas Colman – 1444 to 1453
Giolla na Naomh Drum – 1453 to c.1460
John MacKiernan – c.1460 to 1475
Bernard O’Farrelly – 1475 to c. 1490
(From c.1620 onwards Tomregan and Kildallan shared the same priests)
Patrick Brady – c.1670 to c.1715
Philip Shenan – c.1715 to 9 Oct. 1742 (died)
Philip O’Reilly – 1742 to 14 Jan. 1748 (died)
Charles Tully – 1748 to c.1760
John O’Reilly – c.1760 to c.1766
Hugh Fitzsimons – c.1768 to c.1771
Thomas Brady – c.1771 to 1789
Michael Gleeson – c.1789 to c.1798
James Fitzpatrick – c.1798 to c.1810
Bryan MacGorrin – c.1810 to 23 July 1837 (died)
Philip Donegan – 1837 to 1843
Peter Magauran – 1843 to 7 Jan. 1867 (died)
Terence Murray – 24 Feb. 1867 to 7 Feb. 1877
Dominick MacBreen – 7 Feb.1877 to 21 Feb. 1879
Hugh Newman – 21 Feb. 1879 to 18 Feb. 1907 (died)
Thomas Masterson – 4 May 1907 to 29 Nov. 1907 (died)
Francis MacKiernan 10 Jan. 1908 to 10 July 1915
Charles Magee – 10 July 1915 to 20 Oct. 1923
Patrick MacManus – 20 Oct. 1923 14 March 1954 (died)
Felix A. MacCabe – 17 April 1954 to 21 Aug. 1982
Thomas A.Tiernan – 21 Aug. 1982 to
Patsy Young
Eamonn Lynch
Curates
Hugh O’Reilly – c.1760 to c.1775
John Maguire – 1829 to 1838
Michael Allwell – 1838 to 15 Aug. 1854 (died)
Michael O’Reilly – 1854 to 1861
Hugh O’Reilly – 1861 to Feb. 1865
Michael Fitzpatrick – 1865 to 14 April 1867
John Gilhooly – 14 April 1867 to Sep. 1868
Luke Smith – Sep. 1868 to 26 Aug. 1872
Luke Carroll – 26 Aug. 1872 to 1879
Patrick Daly – 1879 to 17 Jun. 1887
Matthew O’Reilly – 17 Jun. 1887 to Oct. 1888
Michael O’Rourke – Oct. 1888 to 20 Jul. 1894
Patrick D. Osborne – 20 Jul. 1894 to Jul. 1896
Thomas Packenham – Jul. 1896 to 5 May 1897 (died)
Philip Smith – 11 May 1897 to 23 Mar. 1898
Philip King – 23 Mar. 1898 to 1 Oct. 1898
Michael MacTernan – 1 Oct. 1898 to 16 Oct. 1902
Patrick E. Mallon – 16 Oct. 1902 to 1905
Patrick MacPhillips – 1905 to 30 Oct. 1908
Edward MacCauley – 30 Oct. 1908 to Aug. 1914
Joseph Brady – Aug. 1914 to Aug. 1928
Francis J. Sheils – Aug. 1928 to 23 May 1930
John Gaffney – 23 May 1930 to 11 Jan. 1937
Charles MacGovern – 11 Jan. 1937 to 17 Jan. 1951
James Fay – 17 Jan. 1951 to 21 March 1953
Michael J. Kelly – 21 March 1953 to 7 Aug. 1965
Desmond Flynn – 7 Aug. 1965 to 26 Aug. 1972
Thomas Woods – 26 Aug. 1972 to 21 Aug. 1982
Philip Brady – 21 Aug. 1982 to
Pat Farrelly
Martin Baxter – 1 Nov. 1626 to March 1642 (Died of pestilential fever in March 1642 at Sir James Craig’s besieged castle at Croaghan, Killeshandra)
Alexander Martin – 1661 to 1662
James Spens – 1663 to 1665
John Bird – 1665 to 1669
Robert Robinson – 1669 to 1685
Charles Rossell – 1685 to 1740
George Leslie – 1740 to 1754
Walter Lindsay – 1758 to 1767
Peter Lombard – 1767 to 1773
William Cosby – 1773 to 1783
William Wade – 1783 to 1794
John Wardlaw – 1794 to 1801
Richard Brooke – 1801 to 1818
Joseph Story – 1818 to 1835
Henry Lefroy – 1835 to 1843
John Frith – 1843 to 1850
Henry James Erskine – 1850 to 1856
Decimus William Preston – 1856 to 1866
James Godley – 1866 to 1866
Orange Sterling Kellett – 1866 to 1897
Thomas Ernest Rudd – 1898 to 1900
Charles Sinclair – 1900 to 1902
Henry Gordon – 1902 to 1909
Mervyn Warren Rogers – 1909 to 1916
John Herbert Jackson – 1916 to 1925
George Kirwan Birmingham – 1925 to 1930
Alfred Birch – 1930 to 1940
Hugh Maurice Daunt – 1940 to 1960
Kenneth Edward Ruddock – 1960 to 1968
David Samuel George Godfrey – 1968 to 1972
James Robert Sides – 1973 to 1980
Cyril George Webb – 1983 to 1986
Robert Gordon Keogh – 1990 to 2002
Samuel Godfrey Wilson – 2004 to 2007
Curates
Thomas Sneyd – 1756
Francis Saunderson – 1769
Newcomen Whiteley – 1808
Robert Delap – 1829
Thomas Carson – 1831
Richard Smith – 1840
John Meade Hobson – 1841 to 1843
George Cottingham Griffith – 1889 to 1891
Osborne Chesnutt – 1891 to 1892
Robert Forsyth – 1893 to 1896
George Burrows – 1809
James Craig – 1837
J. Glass – 1838
County Cavan°N date=December 2010°W
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
straddles the international border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
. The chief town of the parish is Ballyconnell
Ballyconnell
Ballyconnell is a town in County Cavan, Ireland. It is situated on the N87 national secondary road at the junction of four townlands Annagh, Cullyleenan, Doon and Derryginny in the parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw. The town has an altitude of 55 metres above sea level...
, County Cavan
Cavan
Cavan is the county town of County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland. The town lies in the north central part of Ireland, near the border with Northern Ireland...
. Most of Tomregan's constituent townland
Townland
A townland or bally is a small geographical division of land used in Ireland. The townland system is of Gaelic origin—most townlands are believed to pre-date the Norman invasion and most have names derived from the Irish language...
s are situate in County Cavan, with the remainder in County Fermanagh
County Fermanagh
Fermanagh District Council is the only one of the 26 district councils in Northern Ireland that contains all of the county it is named after. The district council also contains a small section of County Tyrone in the Dromore and Kilskeery road areas....
. The Roman Catholic parish of Tomregan was split up in the early 18th century, with the County Fermanagh townlands being assigned to the parish of Knockninny while the County Cavan townlands were united with the parish of Kildallan. The total area of the civil parish is 10,600 statute acres.
The townlands
The Fermanagh townlands in Tomregan civil parish are- AghindisertAghindisert
Aghindisert is a townland in the Civil Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Knockninny, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Achadh an Dísirt” which means ‘The Field of the Hermitage’. The oldest surviving mention of the name is in a grant...
, Carickaleese
Carickaleese
Carickaleese is a townland in the Civil Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Knockninny, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Cairrig a Lios” which means ‘The Rock of the Fort’. The oldest surviving mention of the name is in a grant dated...
, Cloncoohy
Cloncoohy
Cloncoohy is a townland in the Civil Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Knockninny, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Cluain Cuaiche” which means ‘The Meadow of the Cuckoo’....
, Derrintony
Derrintony
Derrintony is a townland in the Civil Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Knockninny, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Doire an Tonnaigh” which means ‘The Oakwood of the Rampart’. The oldest surviving mention of the name is in a grant...
, Derryart
Derryart
Derryart is a townland in the Civil Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Knockninny, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Doire Airt” which means ‘Art’s Oakwood’....
, Garvary
Garvary
Garvary is a townland in the Civil Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Knockninny, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Garbh Aire” which means ‘Rough Land’. The oldest surviving mention of the name is in a grant dated 14 October 1612 where...
, Gortahurk
Gortahurk
Gortahurk is a townland in the Civil Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Knockninny, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Gort-a'-Choirce” which means ‘Field of the Oats’. The oldest surviving mention of the name is in a grant dated 1620 where...
, Gortaree
Gortaree
Gortaree is a townland in the Civil Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Knockninny, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Gort a Righ” which means ‘The Field of the King’. The oldest surviving mention of the name is in a grant dated 14 October...
, Gortineddan
Gortineddan
Gortineddan is a townland in the Civil Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Knockninny, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Gort an Fheadáin” which means ‘The Field of the Stream’...
, Gortmullan
Gortmullan
Gortmullan is a townland in the Civil Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Knockninny, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Gort Mhaoláin” which means ‘Maolán's Field’. It might also mean ‘The Field of the Mill’. The oldest surviving mention...
, Knockadoois
Knockadoois
Knockadoois is a townland in the Civil Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Knockninny, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Cnoc a Duais” which means ‘Hill of the Reward’....
, Knockateggal
Knockateggal
Knockateggal is a townland in the Civil Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Knockninny, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Cnoc-a'-tSeagail” which means ‘Hill of the Rye’. The oldest surviving mention of the name is in a grant dated 14...
, Tonymore
Tonymore
Tonymore is a townland in the Civil Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Knockninny, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Tamhnaigh Mór” which means ‘The Big Pasture’. Another meaning which has been suggested is “Tonnaigh Mór” which means ‘The...
and Ummera
Ummera
Ummera is a townland in the Civil Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Knockninny, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Iomaire” which means ‘The Hill-Ridge’....
.
The Cavan townlands in Tomregan civil parish are- Agharaskilly
Agharaskilly
Agharaskilly is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Loughtee Lower, County Cavan, Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename Achadh Ros Choille which means "Field of the Grove of Trees"...
, Aghavoher
Aghavoher
Aghavoher is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Loughtee Lower, County Cavan and Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename ‘Achadh A’Mothar’ which means “Field of the Tree-Clusters”. An alternative meaning that has been suggested is ‘Field of the Road’...
, Annagh
Annagh
Annagh is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. On the 1609 Ulster Plantation map it is split into two townlands named Shannaontra and Shannaititr...
, Aughrim
Aughrim, County Cavan
Aughrim is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Each Druim” which means ‘Horse Hill’. The oldest surviving mention of the name is in the Fiants of Queen Elizabeth I dated 19 January 1586...
, Berrymount
Berrymount
Berrymount is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Loughtee Lower, County Cavan, Ireland. The townland name means ‘The Hill of Thomas Berry”, who bought the property at the end of the 18th century and erected a mansion there...
, Carrigan
Carrigan
Carrigan is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Loughtee Lower, County Cavan, Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Cairrig-ín” which means ‘A little rock or a rocky surface’...
, Carrowmore
Carrowmore, County Cavan
Carrowmore, County Cavan is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Ceathrú Mhór” which means ‘The Great Quarter’...
, Cavanagh
Cavanagh townland
Cavanagh is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Cabhanach” which means ‘Abounding in hollows’. It derives its name from the low-lying areas between its drumlin hills...
, Clifton
Clifton, County Cavan
Clifton is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Loughtee Lower, County Cavan, Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Clochán” which means ‘A small beehive-shaped stone house”. It is bounded on the north & east by Aghavoher townland, on the south by...
, Cloncollow
Cloncollow
Cloncollow is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Loughtee Lower, County Cavan, Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Cluain Colbhaigh” which means ‘Calva’s Meadow’. An alternative meaning which has been suggested is ‘The border meadow’...
, Corranierna
Corranierna
Corranierna is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Cor an Iarna” which means ‘The Hill of the Skein ’, which derived its name from the weavers who lived there...
, Cranaghan
Cranaghan
Cranaghan is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Loughtee Lower, County Cavan, Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Crannachan” which means ‘Woodland’. The earliest surviving mention of the townland is on the 1609 Ulster Plantation map of the Barony of...
, Cullyleenan
Cullyleenan
Cullyleenan is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan and Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename ‘Coill Uí Lionáin’ which means “O’Lenan’s Wood”, which possibly belonged to a member of the Uí Lionán family who were a bardic family from...
, Derryginny
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...
, Doon
Doon, County Cavan
Doon is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Dún” which means ‘A fort’. The oldest surviving mention of the name is in the 1609 Ulster Plantation map where it is spelled ‘Doone’. At the time...
, Fartrin
Fartrin
Fartrin is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Loughtee Lower, County Cavan, Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Far Druim” which means ‘The Outer or External Hill or Ridge”. Alternative meanings which have been suggested are “The Grave point or...
, Gortawee
Gortawee
Gortawee is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, in the 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...
or Scotchtown, Gortoorlan
Gortoorlan
Gortoorlan 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 Urlainn” which means ‘The Field of the Spear-Shaft’. An alternative meaning which has been suggested is ‘Field of the Forecourt’...
, Moher
Moher
Moher is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Mothar” which means ‘A cluster of trees’...
, Mucklagh
Mucklagh
Mucklagh is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Muc Lach” which means ‘A place where pigs feed’. The oldest surviving mention of the name is in the 1609 Ulster Plantation map where it is...
, Mullaghduff
Mullaghduff
Mullaghduff is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan and Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename ‘Mullach Dubh’ which means “The Black Hilltop”, which possibly derives from the blackish soil which covers the hill...
, Mullanacre Lower
Mullanacre Lower
Mullanacre Lower is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Mullagh an Acre” which means ‘The acre of the summit’...
, Mullanacre Upper
Mullanacre Upper
Mullanacre Upper is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Mullagh an Acre” which means ‘The acre of the summit’...
, Mullynagolman
Mullynagolman
Mullynagolman is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Loughtee Lower, County Cavan, Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Mullach na gColman” which means ‘Summit of the Pigeons’...
, Rakeelan
Rakeelan
Rakeelan is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Rath Caolain” which means ‘Keelan’s Fort’...
, Slievebrickan
Slievebrickan
Slievebrickan is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Loughtee Lower, County Cavan, Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Sliabh Bricín” which means ‘The Mountain of Saint Bricín'. It derives its name from St. Bricín who was the abbot of Tomregan...
, Snugborough
Snugborough
Snugborough is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. The older Irish name of the townland was ‘Kealloge’ which was an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename ‘Coill Og’, which means ‘"The New or Little Wood" and it is depicted with this name on the 1609...
, Sralahan
Sralahan
Sralahan or The Common is a townland in the Civil Parish of Tomregan but Roman Catholic Parish of Templeport, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. The townland name Sralahan is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Srath Leathan,” which means ‘Broad River-meadow’...
(also called "The Common").
History
The earliest mention of the name in the annals of Ireland is in the Annals of the Four Masters for 1342 B.C.-"These were the battles that were fought, and the plains that were cleared, by Eochaidh Faebharghlas: the battle of Luachair Deadhadh; the battle of Fosadh Da Ghort; the battle of Comar Tri nUisge; the battle of Tuaim Drecon, in Ui Briuin Breifne; the battle of Druim Liathain. These are the plains: Magh Smeathrach, in Ui Failghe; Magh nAidhne, Magh Luirg, in Connaught; Magh Leamhna, Magh nInir, Magh Fubhna,and Magh Da Ghabhar, in Oirghialla."The parish was famous in ancient Ireland as the site of the University of Túaim Drecain, also called the College of Masree by Geoffrey Keating
Geoffrey Keating
Seathrún Céitinn, known in English as Geoffrey Keating, was a 17th century Irish Roman Catholic priest, poet and historian. He was born in County Tipperary c. 1569, and died c. 1644...
, (Sites number 1641 & 1689, Mullynagolman townland, “Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan”, Patrick O’Donovan, 1995, pp. 195 & 205).
Two saints are associated with the parish, Saint Dallán Forgaill
Dallan Forgaill
Saint Dallán Forgaill —also Dallán Forchella; Dallán of Cluain Dalláin; born Eochaid Forchella—was an early Christian Irish poet best known as the writer of the Amra Choluim Chille and the early Irish poem Rop tú mo baile, the basis of the modern English hymn Be Thou My Vision.-Personal...
and Saint Bricín
Bricín
Bricín , Irish Abbot of Tuaim Dreccon, c.590 - 650.-Túaim Dreccon:The history of Bricín centres around the abbey of Tuaim Drecconin, in Breifne , which flourished in the 7th century A.D.Tomregan got its name in pre-Christian times from the burial mound of Dreacon, a pagan chieftain ruling the...
.
Etymology of the name
The name Tomregan is a corruption of the original gaelic name Túaim Drecain, which means literally "tumulus/hill/mound/tomb of (a) dragon", similar to Loch Bel Dracon now Lough Muskry in the Galtees, County Tipperary (The lake of the dragon's mouth). P.W.Joyce in 'Irish Local Names Explained' suggests that in this particular case it means a man's name or nickname "Drecon's burial mound". Drecain is also the plural of dracon and is used to figuratively mean 'warriors', similar to the French language where 'dragon' also means a cavalry soldier which passed into English as 'dragoons'. So Tomregan means either "The burial mound of Drecon" or "The burial mound of the warriors". Edmund Hogan's Onomasticon Goedelicum give the following variants of the name which occur in old Irish manuscripts- "Tuaim Dracon (al. T. Drecon): Ll. 360; ¶ in Ui Briúin Breifne, Sb. 4 a, Lec. 63; ¶ al. Tuaim Dreccon; ¶ Tuaim Drecon in Uí Briúin Breifne, Lg. 91, Mi., Mr., Fg., Tp.; ¶ T. Drecain, Ls., F., Fg., Tp., Mm.; ¶ in breifne Ui Raghallaig, Md.; ¶ Tuaim Dreagain, K. 131 b; ¶ now Tomregan p., which is in cc. Cavan and Ferm., in which there is a schoolhouse at Tomregan, Pgi. iii. 376.". The 'D' is aspirated and the medial "c" in "drecain" is pronounced /g/ which gives its present pronunciation 'Toom Regan'. Alternatively the Metrical Dindshenchas states that the name Tuaim Drecain is derived from the grave of Regan the Formorian- "Tell me the famous cause whence Tuaim Regain is named. Brefne, daughter of Beoan mac Bethaig, a brave soldier-woman, fell in conflict for that land with the Children of Ham, with their evil power. Regan of the Children of impious Ham, from the army of strong-smiting Balar, was a warrior of prowess and exploits, whom none could face in equal battle. Regan it was, dangerous beyond dispute, that engaged the combat; he was leader of the retinue of red-armed Oengus mac ind Oc, with all his army. The warrior went his way in good sooth, when he had slain the soldier-woman, to demand an unjust tribute from the hosts of the Gael, though an unrighteous claim. There met him, face to face, unaided, the king's son of the Gael; they fought a stern fight, hard by the rock of Asual's son. The spot where the Fomoir's head was struck off—it was a doughty deed—is called after him Tuaim Regain: I hide not from thee the cause of the name."Provisional list of the Roman Catholic Parish Priests and Curates of Tomregan
Parish PriestsManus Blake – c.1400 to 1411 (died)
John O’Sheridan – 1411 to 1444
Thomas Colman – 1444 to 1453
Giolla na Naomh Drum – 1453 to c.1460
John MacKiernan – c.1460 to 1475
Bernard O’Farrelly – 1475 to c. 1490
(From c.1620 onwards Tomregan and Kildallan shared the same priests)
Patrick Brady – c.1670 to c.1715
Philip Shenan – c.1715 to 9 Oct. 1742 (died)
Philip O’Reilly – 1742 to 14 Jan. 1748 (died)
Charles Tully – 1748 to c.1760
John O’Reilly – c.1760 to c.1766
Hugh Fitzsimons – c.1768 to c.1771
Thomas Brady – c.1771 to 1789
Michael Gleeson – c.1789 to c.1798
James Fitzpatrick – c.1798 to c.1810
Bryan MacGorrin – c.1810 to 23 July 1837 (died)
Philip Donegan – 1837 to 1843
Peter Magauran – 1843 to 7 Jan. 1867 (died)
Terence Murray – 24 Feb. 1867 to 7 Feb. 1877
Dominick MacBreen – 7 Feb.1877 to 21 Feb. 1879
Hugh Newman – 21 Feb. 1879 to 18 Feb. 1907 (died)
Thomas Masterson – 4 May 1907 to 29 Nov. 1907 (died)
Francis MacKiernan 10 Jan. 1908 to 10 July 1915
Charles Magee – 10 July 1915 to 20 Oct. 1923
Patrick MacManus – 20 Oct. 1923 14 March 1954 (died)
Felix A. MacCabe – 17 April 1954 to 21 Aug. 1982
Thomas A.Tiernan – 21 Aug. 1982 to
Patsy Young
Eamonn Lynch
Curates
Hugh O’Reilly – c.1760 to c.1775
John Maguire – 1829 to 1838
Michael Allwell – 1838 to 15 Aug. 1854 (died)
Michael O’Reilly – 1854 to 1861
Hugh O’Reilly – 1861 to Feb. 1865
Michael Fitzpatrick – 1865 to 14 April 1867
John Gilhooly – 14 April 1867 to Sep. 1868
Luke Smith – Sep. 1868 to 26 Aug. 1872
Luke Carroll – 26 Aug. 1872 to 1879
Patrick Daly – 1879 to 17 Jun. 1887
Matthew O’Reilly – 17 Jun. 1887 to Oct. 1888
Michael O’Rourke – Oct. 1888 to 20 Jul. 1894
Patrick D. Osborne – 20 Jul. 1894 to Jul. 1896
Thomas Packenham – Jul. 1896 to 5 May 1897 (died)
Philip Smith – 11 May 1897 to 23 Mar. 1898
Philip King – 23 Mar. 1898 to 1 Oct. 1898
Michael MacTernan – 1 Oct. 1898 to 16 Oct. 1902
Patrick E. Mallon – 16 Oct. 1902 to 1905
Patrick MacPhillips – 1905 to 30 Oct. 1908
Edward MacCauley – 30 Oct. 1908 to Aug. 1914
Joseph Brady – Aug. 1914 to Aug. 1928
Francis J. Sheils – Aug. 1928 to 23 May 1930
John Gaffney – 23 May 1930 to 11 Jan. 1937
Charles MacGovern – 11 Jan. 1937 to 17 Jan. 1951
James Fay – 17 Jan. 1951 to 21 March 1953
Michael J. Kelly – 21 March 1953 to 7 Aug. 1965
Desmond Flynn – 7 Aug. 1965 to 26 Aug. 1972
Thomas Woods – 26 Aug. 1972 to 21 Aug. 1982
Philip Brady – 21 Aug. 1982 to
Pat Farrelly
Provisional list of Church of Ireland Clergy of Tomregan
Rectors & VicarsMartin Baxter – 1 Nov. 1626 to March 1642 (Died of pestilential fever in March 1642 at Sir James Craig’s besieged castle at Croaghan, Killeshandra)
Alexander Martin – 1661 to 1662
James Spens – 1663 to 1665
John Bird – 1665 to 1669
Robert Robinson – 1669 to 1685
Charles Rossell – 1685 to 1740
George Leslie – 1740 to 1754
Walter Lindsay – 1758 to 1767
Peter Lombard – 1767 to 1773
William Cosby – 1773 to 1783
William Wade – 1783 to 1794
John Wardlaw – 1794 to 1801
Richard Brooke – 1801 to 1818
Joseph Story – 1818 to 1835
Henry Lefroy – 1835 to 1843
John Frith – 1843 to 1850
Henry James Erskine – 1850 to 1856
Decimus William Preston – 1856 to 1866
James Godley – 1866 to 1866
Orange Sterling Kellett – 1866 to 1897
Thomas Ernest Rudd – 1898 to 1900
Charles Sinclair – 1900 to 1902
Henry Gordon – 1902 to 1909
Mervyn Warren Rogers – 1909 to 1916
John Herbert Jackson – 1916 to 1925
George Kirwan Birmingham – 1925 to 1930
Alfred Birch – 1930 to 1940
Hugh Maurice Daunt – 1940 to 1960
Kenneth Edward Ruddock – 1960 to 1968
David Samuel George Godfrey – 1968 to 1972
James Robert Sides – 1973 to 1980
Cyril George Webb – 1983 to 1986
Robert Gordon Keogh – 1990 to 2002
Samuel Godfrey Wilson – 2004 to 2007
Curates
Thomas Sneyd – 1756
Francis Saunderson – 1769
Newcomen Whiteley – 1808
Robert Delap – 1829
Thomas Carson – 1831
Richard Smith – 1840
John Meade Hobson – 1841 to 1843
George Cottingham Griffith – 1889 to 1891
Osborne Chesnutt – 1891 to 1892
Robert Forsyth – 1893 to 1896
Provisional list of the Wesleyan Methodist Ministers of Tomregan
William Crook Senior – 1804George Burrows – 1809
James Craig – 1837
J. Glass – 1838
External links
- A map of Tomregan townlands in Co.Cavan
- A map of Tomregan townlands in Co.Fermanagh
- Old Tomregan maps & Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/21729974@N08/?saved=1
- The Tidy Towns of Ireland "Celebrating 50 years"
- Tomregan Genealogy Records
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