Arderry
Arderry () 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. Geography. Arderry is bounded on the north by Moneynure townland, on the west by Derryconnessy and Muineal townlands, on the south by Teeboy townland and on the east by Tirnawannagh townland. Its chief geographical features are Bunerky Lough (Irish = Loch Bun Adhairc = The Lake of the Butt of the Horn), small streams, dug wells and spring wells. Arderry is traversed by minor roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 209 statute  acres. History. In medieval times the McGovern barony of Tullyhaw was divided into economic taxation areas called ballibetoes, from the Irish "Baile Biataigh" (Anglicized as 'Ballybetagh'), meaning 'A Provisioner's Town or Settlement'. The original purpose was to enable the farmer, who controlled the baile, to provide hospitality for those who needed it, such as poor people and travellers. The ballybetagh was further divided into townlands farmed by individual families who paid a tribute or tax to the head of the ballybetagh, who in turn paid a similar tribute to the clan chief. The steward of the ballybetagh would have  been the secular equivalent of the erenagh in charge of church lands. There were seven ballibetoes in the parish of Templeport. Arderry was located in the ballybetagh of Ballymackgonghan (Irish = "Baile Mac Eochagain", meaning 'McEoghan's Town'). The 1614 Ulster Plantation grants list the townland as "Tardirry". The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the name as "Ardirry". In the Plantation of Ulster by grant dated 24 February 1614, King James VI and I granted, inter alia, "one pole of Tardirry to Phelim McHugh O'Reyly, Bryan McHugh O'Reyly and Cahir McHugh O'Reyly, the sons of Hugh Reyly, late of Ballaghaneo, County  Cavan." Ballaghaneo is now the townland of Ballaghanea in Lurgan Parish, County Cavan, on the shores of Lough Ramor, so the O'Reillys were removed a long way from their home by the Plantation. Hugh Reyly was the great-grandnephew of the chief of the O'Reilly clan, Eoghan na Fésóige mac Seoain, who ruled from 1418–1449. The O’Reilly lands in Arderry were confiscated in the Cromwellian Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 and were distributed as follows- The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the proprietor as "Captain Payne" and the tenant as "Cormuck McBrian". In the Hearth Money Rolls compiled on  29 September 1663, there were four people listed as paying the tax- "Hugh Mageaghan of Arderry, Hugh McDermond of the same, Donell McConnell of the same and Tirlagh McBrien of the same". A lease dated 31 January 1718 from Morley Saunders to John Enery of Bawnboy includes the lands of "Arderry". A deed by Thomas Enery dated 29 Jan 1735 includes the lands of "Ardery". A lease dated 10 December 1774 from William Crookshank to John Enery of Bawnboy includes the lands of "Ardery". A further deed by John Enery dated 13 December 1774 includes the lands of "Ardery otherwise  Ardrey otherwise Arderry". The 1790 list of Cavan Carvaghs spells it as "Arderry". A lease dated 17 September 1816 John Enery of Bawnboy includes "Ardera otherwise Ardry otherwise the two Arderas". The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list forty-four tithepayers in the townland. The 1836 Ordnance Survey Namebooks describe the townland as- "The soil is light intermixed with lime & sandstone ...There is a Roman Catholic chapel at the east side of the townland capable of holding 250 persons." The Arderry Valuation Office Field books are available for 1839–1840. In 1841 the population of the townland was 124, being 66  males and 58 females. There were nineteen houses in the townland, all of which were inhabited. In 1851 the population of the townland was 100, being 45 males and 55 females, the reduction being due to the Great Famine (Ireland). There were eighteen houses in the townland and all were inhabited. Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists thirty landholders in the townland. In 1861 the population of the townland was 86, being 39 males and 47 females. There were seventeen houses in the townland and all were inhabited. In 1871 the population of the townland was 72, being 38 males  and 34 females. There were fifteen houses in the townland, all were inhabited. In 1881 the population of the townland was 74, being 38 males and 36 females. There were fifteen houses in the townland, one of which was uninhabited. In 1891 the population of the townland was 61, being 29 males and 32 females. There were fifteen houses in the townland, one of which was uninhabited. In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are fourteen families listed in the townland, Folk tales relating to Arderry can be found at Antiquities. The chief structures of historical interest in the townland  are