in the plantation of ulster by grant dated 29 april 1611, along with other lands, king james i granted the two polls of "sroogagh" to the mcgovern chief, feidhlimidh mág samhradháin, but it is probable that the lands had been in the possession of the mcgovern clan for several hundred years before this and it was just a surrender and regrant confirming the existing title to the mcgoverns.