Munterconnaught
Munterconnaught () is a civil and ecclesiastical parish of County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland. It is located between the southern shores of Lough Ramor and the county boundary with County Meath. Etymology The name Munterconnaught has often been mistaken as being derived from the Irish Muintir meaning people and Connacht being the western province. However, it actually has nothing to do with this and is named after Choncur, one of the 13 sons of the O'Reilly's of Breffni. The O'Reilly Clan ruled the area of Cavan and Leitrim which was known as Breffni for centuries. Civil parish Munterconnaught consists of drumlin country, lush farmland and lakeshore. It featured in Griffith's Valuation in the 1850s. Lewis' Topographical Dictionary in 1837 wrote of Munterconnaught Townlands Munterconnaught has a total of and made up of the following 14 townlands: Ballaghdorragh, Behernagh, Carrick, Corronagh, Croaghan, Crossafehin, Eighter, Island, Knockaraheen, Knockatemple, Knocknagartan, Knocknaveagh, Lurganboy, Ryefield, Census records Munterconnaught is one of the few locations in Ireland to have early census returns that survive. The destruction of the Public Records Office in the Four Courts in 1922 destroyed all surviving Irish census records from before the 1901 census, and most Church of Ireland records,