Occupiers/Owners of Corcoran Farm, Drumbarry, Co. Cavan

Starting with the Griffith's Valuation

Griffith's Valuation, 1857

and following parcel number 15 through the Valuation Revision/Cancellation Books, the occupiers/owners of parcel 15 in the townland of Drumbarry have been:

1857 - Griffith's Valuation - Combined parcels 15 a&b total: 22 Irish Acres; 2roods; 27perches.
15a: Thomas Corcoran, Immediate Lessor: Richard Saunders
15b: Thomas Corcoran, Immediate Lessor: Richard Saunders

Valuation List/Cancellation Books
1857-1863
15a: Thomas Corcoran, Immediate Lessor: Richard Saunders
15b: Michael Corcoran, Immediate Lessor: Richard Saunders

1863-1878
15a: Thomas Corcoran, Immediate Lessor: Richard Saunders
15b: Michael Corcoran, Immediate Lessor: Richard Saunders

1879-1887
15a: Thomas Corcoran, Immediate Lessor: Richard Saunders
15b: James Corcoran, Immediate Lessor: Richard Saunders

1886-1898
15a: Thomas Corcoran, changed to Bridget Corcoran in 1892; Immediate Lessor: Richard Saunders changed to Edward Saunders in 1887
15b: James Corcoran, Immediate Lessor: Richard Saunders changed to Edward Saunders in 1887
Valuation for the two parcels separated in 1889

1898-1918
15a: Bridget Corcoran, Immediate Lessor Edward Saunders; after 1906, property owned outright by Bridget Corcoran
15b: James Corcoran, Immediate Lessor Edward Saunders; after 1906, property owned outright by James Corcoran?, in 1908 the name Michael Corcoran returns to the Valuation list, but it is then struck and the name James McEvoy appears in 1918.

1919-1939
15a: Bridget Corcoran
15b: Michael Corcoran's name is struck; James McEvoy 1918; John McEvoy, 1922

1939-1988
15a: Bridget Corcoran's name is struck; Michael Smith, 1946; Mary Bridget Smith, 1977; John Monaghan, 1980; Adjoins lot of 15b, 1982.
15b: John McEvoy's name is struck; "Old house, no value, 1954; Patrick McKiernan, 1956; Mary McKiernan, 1973; Sean McKiernan, 1982
15: It is assumed that Sean McKiernan has both 15a and 15b, renamed parcel 15 for tax purposes in 1982.  ED A4488.

Total size of property in 1982 for which the rateable annual valuation is recorded: 22 Irish acres; 2 roods; 27 perches -- the same measurement as in 1857.

It is not known if the McEvoys or the McKiernans  are in anyway related to the Corcorans.

Note: a statue (Irish) acre = 4840 square yards; a rood was one-quarter of an acre or 1210 square yards; and a perche was one fortieth of a rood containing thirty square yards.  So 22 a, 2 r, 27 p would equal: 106,480 sq yds + 2,420 sq yds + 810 sq. yds = 109,710 sq yds.  Since one acre equals 4,840 sq. yds, then  parcels 15 a&b constituted 22.67 acres.

Sources: Valuation Lists, No. 17, Co. Cavan, ED Denn, RD Cavan
1857-1862, page 46
1863-1878, page 41
1879-1887, page 57
1886-1898, page 62
1898-1918, page 71
1919-1939, page 64
1939-c1988, page 74
Valuation Office, Dublin, Ireland, viewed and copied July 19, 2011
The dates attributed to each sheet reflect the dates found written in the right hand column of each Valuation Sheet (now Cancellation Book).