Loughtee Lower (Irish: Lucht Tí Íochtarach), or Lower Loughtee, is a barony in County Cavan, Ireland.^[1][2][3] Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units.^[4] They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.^[5]

Loughtee Lower takes its name from the Irish Lucht Tí, Early Modern Irish lucht tighe Még Mathghamhna (Annals of the Four Masters), "people of the household of Mac Mahon"; presumably the land was allocated to the vassals of the McMahon tribe.^[6][7][8]

Loughtee Lower is located in the north of County Cavan, on the River Erne and south of the Woodford River.^[9]

The Ó Faircheallaigh (Farrelly) and MacGaghrans (Magaherans) were ruling Gaelic Irish tribes in the area; they were hereditary coarbs and erenachs of Drumlane Abbey, located near here.^[10]

The barony of Loughtee was created by 1609 in the Plantation of Ulster, and was archaically spelled Loughty.^[11] Its alluvial soil was recognised as the best in Cavan, and it was originally allocated to the Crown, then later to undertakers.^[12]

It was split into Lower and Upper parts in 1821.^[13]

Below is a list of settlements in Loughtee Lower:

• Belturbet
• Milltown