part of the McGovern chief's personal demesne for several hundred years before this and it was just a Surrender and regrant confirming the existing title to the then chief. This is confirmed in a visitation by George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes in autumn 1611 when he states that Magauran had his own land given him on this division. An Inquisition of King Charles I of England held in Cavan town on 4 October 1626 stated that the aforesaid Phelim Magawrane died on 20 January 1622 and his lands, including one poll of Killmoriertagh, went to his son, the McGovern chief Brian Magauran who was aged 30 (born 1592) and married. The McGovern lands in Killymoriarty were confiscated in the Cromwellian Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 and were distributed as follows- The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the proprietor as Sargeant John Davis. In the Hearth Money Rolls compiled on 29 September 1663 there was one Hearth Tax payer in Kilmurty- John Davies, i.e. the same person named in the 1652 survey. A grant dated 30 January 1668 was made from King Charles II of England to the aforementioned John Davies of two cartrons in Killmoreta being 35 acres profitable and 9 acres 1 rood and 6 perches unprofitable. A deed dated 24 February 1757 was made between William Rutledge, John Rutledge and Robert Rutledge, all of Ballymagirrell, Co. Cavan, farmers and John Johnston of Killimority, Co. Cavan, farmer regarding lands of Ballymagirrell and Greangh. Names mentioned in the Deed were George Kirkwood, Lowther Kirkwood and Andrew Hamilton of Ballymagirrell. Witnessed by Thomas Blashford of Ballymagirrell, William Johnston, the son of John Johnston and Frances Bowen of Belturbet. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as Kilmurty''. The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list thirteen tithepayers in the townland. The Killymoriarty Valuation Office Field books are available for November 1839. Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists twenty one landholders in the townland. Census In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are six families listed in the townland, and in the 1911 census of Ireland, there are still six families listed in the townland. Antiquities The chief structures of historical interest in the townland are: A Neolithic dual court tomb. A Bronze Age stone row. An earthen ringfort. References External links The IreAtlas Townland Data Base Townlands of County Cavan