Bunnagippaun

Townlands of Oughterard

By Paul Gibbons

Townland of Bunnagippaun highlighted in yellow

Anglicized from Irish: Bun na gCeapán

Translates to: “Bottom of the tree stumps”

Etymology:

Ireland was once covered extensively in forests; however, with the development of agriculture and later industry large areas of woodland began to be cleared to create pasture for livestock, tillage for crops, for use in industry (charcoal), for fuel and for copperage and shipbuilding. This process happened so quickly that Ireland which was almost entirely covered in forests pre-1600 was nearly devoid of them by 1800. This vast felling could have taken place on such a large scale in the townland that at some time in the it’s history the area became an expanse of tree stumps. The term ‘bottom’ may refer to the fact that Bunnagippaun is located at the start of a region of mountainous land and is lower in elevation than the land futher west which may have all been felled roughly at the same time.

Size: 331 acres , 2 rods , 29 perchs

Siting:

Situated in the southern part of Kilcummin parish. Bounded on the north-west by Cloosh (Clooshgereen), on the north-east by Magheramore, and on the south by Killannin Parish.

Description:

Wet and mountainous land of very bad quality. Contains 331½ acres, about 60 acres of which are under tillage and pasture, the remainder is mountain pasture. There is 7 acres of water included in this area, a by-road passes through it.

Placenames within townland:

Bunnagippaun Lough (lake) – A small lake on the boundary of Magheramore and Bunnagippaun.

Lough Tawny (lake) – Translates to ‘lake of the field’. A small lake on the boundary of Cloosh (Clooshgereen) and Bunnagippaun.

Previous proprietor/landlord:

Earl of Clanrickard (1641)

Walter Blake (1670)

Thomas B. Martin of Ballinahinch Castle (c. 1850)

Land Value (1857): £ 15 s. 7 d. 0

Buildings Value (1857): £ 0 s. 0 d. 0

Surnames attached to the townland (1857-1911):

Walsh, Conneely, Hopkins

This page was added on 13/03/2013.

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