Kilsallagh () 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 Kilsallagh is bounded on the north by Killycrin townland, on the west by Muinaghan and Port, Templeport townlands, on the south by Cor, Templeport townland and on the east by Keenagh, Templeport, Munlough North and Killywaum townlands. Its chief geographical features are two streams, some spring wells and dug wells. The Ordnance Survey Namebooks for 1836 state- The soil is of a light yellow clay, intermixed with boulders of freestone. Kilsallagh is traversed by the regional N87 road (Ireland), minor roads and rural lanes. The crossroads named Father Terence's Cross was named after the nearby residence of the local Roman Catholic curate at the time, Terence Magauran, who was curate of Templeport parish from 1849 to 1877 and later parish priest from 1877 to 1896. The townland covers 169 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. Kilsallagh was located in the ballybetagh of "Balleagheboynagh" (alias 'Ballyoghnemoynagh'). The original Irish is Baile Na Muighe Eanach, meaning 'The Town of the Marshy Plain'). The ballybetagh was also called "Aghawenagh", the original Irish is Achadh an Bhuí Eanaigh, meaning 'The Field of the Yellow Bog'). Until after the Cromwellian Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 the modern townland of Killywaum formed a sub-division of Kilsallagh. The 1609 Ulster Plantation Baronial Map depicts the townland as Kilsallagh. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the townland as Kilsallagh. An 1809 map of the ecclesiastical lands in Templeport depicts it as Kilsoldagh, with a sub-division on the north-east entitled Gortinawaghey. On 19 January 1586 Queen Elizabeth I of England granted a pardon (No. 4813)