 The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list thirty two tithepayers in the townland.The Killywillin Valuation Office Field books are available for October 1839.On 3 November 1844 a threatening notice was posted on the house of Peter Kiernan of Killywillin ordering him, in the name of Captain Smart, to deliver up possession of his holdings from which the former tenants were ejected for non-payment of rent.