paid off. Deed dated 1st October, 1763, whereby a term of years was created to raise £3,000, which was subsequently appointed to one Catherine Enery. Deed dated 21st December, 1771, being a Mortgage for £1,975 16s., by John Enery to George Tandy. Dated 29th day of April, 1853 Henry Carey, Secretary. {seal} John Collum, Solicitor, having carriage of the proceedings, 70, Talbot-street, Dublin. Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists seven landholders in the townland. The landlords of Tircahan in the 1850s were William Magee and Robert Hutton. On 17 March 1909 Thomas McGovern of Tircahan was murdered on St. Patrick's night. He was returning home with a few of his neighbours and they had some drink taken. It was supposed that they had an argument with the result that one of his companions stabbed him with his knife and he died about a week later. Tircahan National School, Roll No. 7,769, was not actually in Tircahan townland. It was situated first in Drumbar (Kinawley) townland and later in Cullion (Kinawley) townland. Census In the 1821 Census of Ireland there were twenty-two households listed in the townland. In the 1901 census of Ireland, there were ten families listed in the townland. In the 1911 census of Ireland, there were six families listed in the townland. Antiquities Tircahan Lodge. The 1836 Ordnance Survey Namesbooks state- There is a large house on east side of the old road from Swanlinbar to Bawnboy which passes through the west end of the townland called 'The Lodge'. It is in a decayed state, occupied by the herd. It was later rebuilt as the website 'www.buildingsofireland.ie' states- Detached T-plan two-storey three-bay house, built c.1890, with projecting centre bay having entrance to side, single-bay side elevations with single-storey canted bay windows, double-pile two-storey two-bay return to west with projecting entrance bay at inner corner to north and lean-to to rear. Now disused. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles and projecting eaves having cast-iron rainwater goods on ashlar sandstone cornice. Rendered brick chimneystacks flanking centre bay, further central stacks to ridges of return, all with decorative octagonal pots. Lead-roll ridges to bay windows. Artificial stale roof to return with aluminium rainwater goods. Ruled-and-lined rendered walls with string courses to main block forming frieze below cornice and at eaves level of bay windows, bevelled rendered plinth course. Square-headed window openings, painted sandstone sills and two-over-two sash windows. One-over-one sash windows