Killymoriarty () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Killymoriarty is bounded on the north by Ray, Templeport townland, on the west by Gortaclogher townland, on the south by Killywillin townland and on the east by Porturlan townland. Its chief geographical features are Templeport Lough, Killywillin Lough, a stream, spring wells and dug wells. Killywillin is traversed by minor roads, rural lanes and the disused Cavan and Leitrim Railway. The townland covers 161 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. Killymoriarty was located in the ballybetagh of Ballymagauran. The historical spellings of the ballybetagh are Ballymackgawran & Ballimacgawran (Irish = Baile Mhic Shamhráin = McGovern's Town). The 1609 Baronial Map depicts the townland as Kilmuriertagh. The Ulster Plantation grants of 1611 & 1627 spell it as Killmuriertagh and Killmoriertagh. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the name as Kilmorierty. The 1665 Down Survey map depicts it as Killymoreat. William Petty's 1685 map depicts it as Killneratt. In the grants of the early 1600s, Killymoriarty was split into two poles of land, one went to the Church of Ireland and one to the McGovern family. On 25 January 1627 a grant was made of- one pole of Killmoriertagh to Thomas Groves, the Rector or Vicar of the parish of Templepurt to hold as glebe land of Templeport Church. The said Thomas Groves was the Anglican rector of Templeport parish from 1626 to 1632. In the Plantation of Ulster by grant dated 29 April 1611, along with other lands, King James VI and I granted one poll of Killmuriertagh to the McGovern Chief, Feidhlimidh Mág Samhradháin. The townland had been