O'Reilly clan, Eoghan na Fésóige mac Seoain, who ruled from 1418–1449. The O’Reilly lands in Moherloob 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 Captain Payne and the tenant as Caffeira O'Dolan. In the Hearth Money Rolls of 1662 there was nobody paying the Hearth Tax in Moherloob. A lease dated 23 December 1720 from Morley Saunders to Thomas Enery of Bawnboy includes the lands of Morherlube. A deed dated 30 April 1740 by Thomas Enery includes: Moherlube. A lease dated 10 December 1774 from William Crookshank to John Enery of Bawnboy includes the lands of Moherlube, as does a further deed dated 13 December 1774. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as Mogher, Loob. In the 1825 Registry of Freeholders for County Cavan there were four freeholders registered in Moherloob- Hugh Donnelly, Terence Farry, Michael Golrake and Farrell King. They were all Forty-shilling freeholders holding a lease for lives from their landlord Mr. Magrath. The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list six tithepayers in the townland. The Moherloob Valuation Office Field books are available for November 1839. In the 1830s Moherloob was owned, along with other lands, by Luke McGrath of Lakeville House, Gartinardress townland, Killeshandra (the High Sheriff of Cavan in 1809), together with his daughter and her husband, Margaret and Richard Young. On 1 November 1833 they mortgaged the lands to Robert Hutton. Luke McGrath died in 1834, having left his share to his daughter Margaret Young. In 1848 Robert Hutton applied to court to sell the lands in order to get the proceeds of his mortgage and on 10 December 1849 a court ordered the sale. The sale took place on 13 December 1850 and maps of the Moherloob land sold are still available. Robert Hutton bought Moherloob at the sale and was still the owner during Griffith's Valuation in 1857. Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists five landholders in the townland. Census In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are five families listed in the townland, and in the 1911 census of Ireland, there are only four families listed in the townland. Antiquities An earthen ringfort. An earthen ringfort. Stepping stones across the stream References External links The IreAtlas Townland Data Base Townlands of County Cavan