the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and, as a result after the end of the war, the Cromwellian Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 confiscated their lands in Killycrin and distributed them as follows- The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the townland as Killecrum with the proprietor being Mr Thomas Worsopp and the tenant being William Lawther, both of whom appear as proprietor and tenant for several other Templeport townlands in the same survey. In the Hearth Money Rolls compiled on 29 September 1663, there were six Hearth Tax payers in Killicreene- Patricke McGowen, Murtagh McGowen, Cahell McGowen, Owen McIlronan, Farrall McCurran and James McCurran. A deed dated 19 May 1736 by Owen Wynne includes the lands of Killycryn. In the Templeport Poll Book of 1761 no resident of Killycrin was registered to vote in the 1761 Irish general election but Christopher Lowther of Lowfield townland, Kilmore parish, County Roscommon voted because he held a freehold in Killycrin and was entitled to two votes. The four election candidates were Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont and Lord Newtownbutler (later Brinsley Butler, 2nd Earl of Lanesborough), both of whom were then elected Member of Parliament for Cavan County. The losing candidates were George Montgomery (MP) of Ballyconnell and Barry Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham. Lowther voted for Newtownbutler and Maxwell. Absence from the poll book either meant a resident did not vote or more likely was not a freeholder entitled to vote, which would mean most of the inhabitants of Killycrin. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the name as Kilkrin. The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list ten tithepayers in the townland. The Killycrin Valuation Office Field books are available for 1839–1840. Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists twenty landholders in the townland. Census In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are eleven families listed in the townland, and in the 1911 census of Ireland, there are only ten families listed in the townland. Antiquities The chief items of historical interest found in the townland are Neolithic flint scrapers and a polished stone axehead. References External links The IreAtlas Townland Data Base Townlands of County Cavan