CULLAVILLE

Location Cullaville is a village and townland of 145 statute acres 2 roods and 25 perches (including 2 acres water) about 2 miles east of Crossmaglen. It is bounded on the north by Cornahove, on the east by Monaguillagh and Creevekeeran, on the south by Glasdrummonaghy and Annaghgad, and on the east by Carrickamone and Ballynacarry. The townland does not appear in the Tithe Applotment and may have been incorporated in Monaguillagh. Name of Townland The name of the townland means "McCulla's Town". There is no other townland of that name in Ireland. Sources of Information Information about the townland was extracted from the following sources - Census of Creggan 1766 Townland Valuation 1837 Griffiths Valuation 1864 Census of Ireland 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911, 1926, 1937, 1951 First Northern Ireland General Revaluation 1935 Second Revaluation 1957 Valuation Annual Rateable Valuation of Townland Year 1837 1851 1864 1935 1957 1970 Valuation £119-4-8 £143-5-0 £107-0-0 £238-10-0 £491-10-0 £827-15-0 The increase in rateable value in 1970 was due to the construction of 32 public authority houses in the townland in the 1960s. The 1837 Townland Valuation recorded only houses worth £5 or more a year. There were four such houses in the townland - Terence Hanaway John Monaghan Catherine O'Callaghan Hugh O'Callaghan The Third Revaluation (1975) did not identify property by townlands. Instead, it used the new Post Office system of road names and postcodes. It can therefore not be used to continue this series of household, land and property censuses. To get as close as possible to the present, the position in the townland at the date of the last recorded revision of the Second Revaluation is presented. Griffiths Valuation records the owner of the most of the land as the representatives of John Reed. Of the 13 land holdings, 8 were of less than 10 acres, three between 10 and 20 acres and 2 of 20 or more ares. James Geraghty is recorded as having a forge. In the 1935 Revaluation the distribution of the (still 13) land holdings were hardly changed - 8 less than 10 acres, 4 between 10 and 20 acres and 1 over 20 acres. The forge was owned by James Sammon. Census of Ireland 1901 The Census enumerated 81 people in 14 households. Excluding Patrick Cunningham- with 8 rooms and 16 people - the other 13 households comprised 65 people; a ratio of five people per household. These households occupied a total of 31 rooms, a ratio of 2.4 people per room. Three of these households, totalling eight people, lived in single room accommodation; seven lived in two rooms, and three had 4 or more rooms. Native Irish Speakers Of the 14 households enumerated in the Census, four contained at least one native Irish speaker - 5 in all. Since theirs was the last generation to have been born into a predominently Irish speaking environment, their names, occupations and ages are recorded here. All were born in Co. Armagh, with the exception of Norah Ruddy, born Co. Monaghan. Thomas Watters, father of James Watters, retired farmer, 76 Patrick Donnelly, farmer, 46 and his aunt Mary McArdle, retired domestic servant, 83 Norah Ruddy, governess in house of Patrick Cunningham, 17 Ann Meehan, retired domestic servant, 70 Population Decline The following table sets out the number of houses and population enumerated in the townland in each of the 11 Censuses held between 1841 and 1951.   1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911 1926 1937 1951 Houses 18 18 20 24 17 15 14 11 12 16 14 People 103 77 84 115 67 66 81 79 63 71 65 People per house 5.7 4.3 4.2 4.8 3.9 4.4 5.8 7.2 5.3 4.4 4.6 The population of the townland declined between 1841 and 1861 - following the pattern of most others. However, by 1871 the population was higher than in 1841. This surge, the reason for which is not known, did not last and from 1881 the population fluctuated without further decline. By 1970 the development of public housing had dramatically increased the habitation and population. Names of House and land Holders All the Valuations since Griffiths identified those with houses in the townland and those who while living elsewhere leased or owned land there. The Census of Ireland enumerated only households in the townland. The following table uses this approach. Although the data is not strictly comparable since the information was gathered for different purposes and used varying criteria, it provides a comparison of the names listed in the townland at the different periods. While we can not discern the direct lines of descent it is clear that many are from the same families.