Cullyleenan (, ) is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Etymology The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename 'Coill Uí Lionáin' which means "O’Lenan’s Wood", which possibly belonged to a member of the Uí Lionán family who were a bardic family from County Fermanagh. Alternative meanings that have been suggested are 'Wood of the Fishing-bank' or Coill an Líonáin meaning 'The Wood of the Gorge'. The 1609 Ulster Plantation map spells the name as Colelenan. A 1610 grant spells it Cowlynan. A 1630 Inquisition spells it Cowlynan. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells it as Coolelenan and the 1659 Down Survey map spells it as Colelolan. A 1666 grant spells it Coolonenan alias Colelonan. William Petty's 1685 map spells it as Cololan. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as Cullelinan. Geography It is bounded on the north by Annagh townland, on the west by Derryginny townland, on the south by Agharaskilly townland and on the east by Mullaghduff townland. Its chief geographical features are the Shannon-Erne Waterway which flows north along its western boundary and a central drumlin hill which rises over 200 feet above sea level. Cullyleenan is traversed by Bridge Street, the N87 road (Ireland), the Agharaskilly road, the Chapel Road and by the disused Cavan & Leitrim Railway. The townland covers 62 statute acres, including two acres of water. History The earliest surviving reference to the townland is in an account of the death of the Ulster hero Conall Cernach, who is killed c.1 AD when he attempts to cross the ford called Ath na Mianna over the Woodford River to the opposite townland of Derryginny. In the Plantation of Ulster by grant dated 23 June 1610, along with other lands, King James VI and I granted one poll of Cowlynan to Hugh Culme, esquire, as part of the Manor of Calva. Culme then surrendered his interest in Cullyleenan to Walter Talbot of Ballyconnell. Walter Talbot died on 26 June 1625 at Ballyconnell and his son James Talbot succeeded to the Cullyleenan lands aged just 10 years. An Inquisition held in Cavan Town on 20 September 1630 stated that Walter Talbot's lands included one poll in Cowlynan. James Talbot married Helen Calvert, the daughter of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore of Maryland, USA, in 1635 and had a son Colonel George Talbot who owned an estate