Tircahan (Irish derived place name, either Tír Chatháin, meaning 'The Country of O'Cahan' or Tír na Cáin, meaning 'The Taxed Land') is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. It is also known as Rockwood. Geography Tircahan is bounded on the north by Gortlaunaght townland, on the west by Borim (Kinawley), Gorteen (Kinawley), Gortnaleg, and Killaghaduff townlands and on the east by Drumbar (Kinawley) and Newtown (Kinawley) townlands. Its chief geographical features are the Blackwater river which later flows into the River Cladagh (Swanlinbar), mountain streams, woods, a pool, water sink-holes, spring wells and a gravel pit. Tircahan is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 173 statute acres. History The present day townland of Newtown (Kinawley) formed part of Tircahan until the 19th century. In medieval times Tircahan was owned by the McGovern Clan and formed part of a ballybetagh spelled (variously) Aghycloony, Aghcloone, Nacloone, Naclone and Noclone (Irish derived place name Áth Chluain, meaning 'The Ford of the Meadow'). The 1609 Baronial Map depicts the ballybetagh as Naclone. In the Plantation of Ulster by grant dated 26 June 1615, King James VI and I granted, inter alia, The precinct or parcel of Nacloone otherwise Aghcloone to Sir George Graeme and Sir Richard Graeme to form part of the Manor of Greame. A history of Richard and George Graham is viewable online. The Grahams took part in the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and after the war their lands were confiscated under the Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the name as Teerkahan and gives the owner as Mr Thomas Worshipp and the tenants as William Graham & others, so the Grahams had been reduced to tenant status. In a deed dated 2 August 1714 Morley Saunders granted to Richard Hassard, inter alia,- the land of Teercahin. A deed by Thomas Enery dated 29 Jan 1735 includes the lands of Teercan. In a deed dated 13 August 1738 John Enery conveyed to Richard Hassard, inter alia, the lands of Tercahan. A deed dated 13 December 1774 by John Enery spells the townland as Teercana otherwise Teercan. In the Cavan Poll Book of 1761, there were two people registered to vote in Tircahan in the Irish general election, 1761 - William Johnston and John Johnston, both of Tircahan. They were each entitled to cast