Corracholia Beg
townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland
Corracholia Beg (from Irish Corr an Chuaille Beag meaning 'The Little Hill of the Pole (or tall branchless tree)) 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. Local pronunciation is Corachuaille.
Geography
Corracholia Beg is bounded on the north by Tullandreen townland, on the west by Corracholia More townland, on the south by Clarbally townland and on the east by Derryvella (Corlough) and Gubnagree townlands. Its chief geographical features are forestry plantations, small streams, and dug wells. Corracholia Beg is traversed by minor roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 85 statute acres.
History
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.
A lease dated 17 September 1816 John Enery of Bawnboy includes Corrhollys otherwise Corrihollys otherwise Corraholies otherwise the Correholies.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Corracholia Beg” is townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Corracholia, townland and civil, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 26, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q48817654. Authority coordinates are 54.138, -7.753. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1610 and 1816.
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