Kilsob () 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 Kilsob is bounded on the north by Erraran and Bawnboy townlands, on the west by Newtown, Lakefield and Mullaghmore, Templeport townlands, on the south by Kildoagh townland and on the east by Muinaghan and Corrasmongan townlands. The town of Bawnboy is partly situate in the north part of the townland and was sometimes referred to as Kilsob in the past, rather than Bawnboy. Its chief geographical features are Bellaboy Lough (Irish = Loch Béal Átha Buí = The Lake of the Entrance to the Yellow Ford), the Bawnboy River, a stone quarry and dug wells. Kilsob is traversed by the national secondary N87 road (Ireland), the L1037 road, minor roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 348 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. Kilsob 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'). A subdivision of the townland is named Rossilk or Ruserk. The 1609 Ulster Plantation Baronial Map depicts the townland as Kilsobb. In the Plantation of Ulster by grant dated 26 June 1615, King James VI and I granted, inter alia, four polls in Killsobb to Sir George Graeme and Sir Richard Graeme to form part of the Manor of Greame. An Inquisition held at Cavan Town on 31 October 1627 found that Sir Richard Greames of Corrasmongan died on 7 November 1625 seized of, inter alia, four polls