poll of Bealaghlynan. He died 1 January 1634 and his son Hugh O'Reily had reached his majority and was married. The O'Reilly lands in Bellaleenan were confiscated in the Cromwellian Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 and were distributed as follows- In the Hearth Money Rolls compiled on 29 September 1663 there was one person paying the Hearth Tax in Ballylenan- Phelemy McKelagher The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the townland (spelled Balleleanan) as belonging to Lieutenant-Colonel Tristam Beresford and a further confirming grant dated 3 November 1666 was made by King Charles II of England to the aforementioned Sir Tristram Beresford, 1st Baronet which included, inter alia, 96 acres-2 roods-32 perches of land in Gortnegloigh or Gorteengloigh alias Ballymagough or Ballynegough. By grant dated 11 September 1670 from King Charles II of England to said Sir Tristram Beresford, the said lands of Gortnegleigh or Ballymagough were included in the creation of a new Manor of Beresford. On 10 April 1716, Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone the son of the aforesaid Sir Tristram Beresford, granted a lease for lives of certain lands, including Ballylenan, to James Kirkwood of Owen Gally (Owengallees). In a marriage settlement made 18 Oct 1718 with his wife Katherine (née Lowther), the said James Kirkwood settled the lands, including Ballilenam, on his children. Katherine Lowther's sister-in-law, Jane Lowther (née Beresford), was the daughter of the aforesaid Sir Tristram Beresford, which is probably how the lease came about. James Kirkwood was son of Reverend James Kirkwood, Chaplain to King William III of England, Prebendary of Kilskeery and Rector of Magheracross parishes in County Fermanagh from 1693. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the townland name as Bellalinan. Lowther Kirkwood of Mullinagrave, parish of Templeport, Co. Cavan, gentleman made the following will- The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list eighteen tithepayers in the townland. The Bellaleenan Valuation Office Field books are available for October 1839. Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists thirteen landholders in the townland. On 6 July 1857 the Incumbered Estates Commission published the following notice In the Matter of the Estate of James Brien, Geo. Brien, Edward Brien and Francis Brien, Owners. Exparte by Isabella Crummer, Petitioner. The commissioners having ordered a Sale of the Lands of Shanadaragh and Curnagunlogh, Cullegh, Drumlohgher, Drumledin, Sananaragh, and Drumledin, and Corlough, situate in the Barony of Tullyhaw, and County of Cavan, held under lease dated the 10th April,