Tithe Applotment 1828

The townland of Crosserlough (Kilnaleck, Cavan) had a large amount of residents in 1828 but only one Rudden, namely John Rudden

GRiffith’s Valuation Map

Griffith’s Valuation

1901 Census

Residents of house 23 in Crosserlough (Kilnaleck, Cavan)

Surname	Forename	Age	Sex	Relation to head	Religion
Rudden	Patrick	40	Male	Head of Family	R C
Rudden	Catherine	39	Female	Wife	R C
Rudden	Susan	12	Female	Daughter	R C
Rudden	Michael	9	Male	Son	R C

1911 Census

Residents of house 7 in Crosserlough (Kilnaleck, Cavan)

Surname	Forename	Age	Sex	Relation to head	Religion
Rudden	Patrick	62	Male	Head of Family	R Catholic
Rudden	Kathern	60	Female	Wife	R Catholic
Rudden	Michael	20	Male	Son	R Catholic

Notes: The Schools Collection

The following excerpt has been taken from the Schools Collection which is essentially a gathering of local folklore that Irish school children were asked to compile during the 1930’s. The following story describes the townland of Crosserlough in great detail.

Transcribed from the above story.

‘My home district is Crosserlough. It is in the parish of Crosserlough and in the County Cavan. It is a fairly large townland and there are about twenty five families in it. There are about one hundred and forty people living in it. The Cusack name is the most common family name in this townland. The houses are nearly all thatched and most of them are built of stone.

Long ago there was a chapel on a hill over a lake in this district and there was a high Cross on the chapel. The Cross was partly over the lake and it got its name from the Cross over the lake or Cross-Ar-loc. There is about eight old people living in it but they do not know any Irish.

It is fairly hilly land but it is good ground for growing corn and potatoes. There is a river dividing the townland from Dumseridian. The river is unimportant but it drains the surface water from the land around it and flows south towards Loc Sheelin’.

Written by Thomas Smith, 14 years old, Crosserlough, Co. Cavan.

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