Country Republic of Ireland Area 165.5 km² | County Cavan | |
Tullyhunco is a barony in County Cavan, Ireland.
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Location
Tullyhunco is located in western County Cavan. It borders County Leitrim to the west and County Longford to the south. At 165.5 km2 (40,872 acres), Tullyhunco is the second smallest of Cavan's eight baronies after Loughtee Lower.
History
The territory was historically known as Teallach Dunchadha and was ruled by clan Mág Tighearnán. Another name for it was Clonballykernan. For centuries it was part of the Kingdom of Breifne, a loose union of chiefdoms that the O'Rourkes ruled as overlords. Following the dissolution of the kingdom, the area was still in the orbit of the O'Rourke kingdom of West Breifne until the early 1500s, when the Mág Tighearnáns switched allegiance to the O'Reilly of East Breifne. In 1579 the area was subsumed into the newly formed county of Cavan. In 1584 the barony of Tullyhunco was officially demarcated and granted to clan Mág Tighearnán by the Kingdom of Ireland.
List of settlements
Below is a list of settlements in Tullyhunco: