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Kilmurry-Negaul
Kilmurry-Negaul ( ga, Cill Mhuire na nGall) is a civil parish and a village in County Clare, Ireland. Location Kilmurry-Negaul is a civil parish containing a village with the name Kilmurry. It was within the barony of Tulla Upper, but as of 1845 had recently been transferred to the barony of Bunratty Lower. It is and covers . The village of Kilmurry-Negaul is north of Sixmilebridge on the road to Quin. There is a large tract of fine arable country of a light limestone where the parishes of Quinn, Clonlea and Kilmurry-Negral meet. Antiquity The name Kilmurry means "Church of the Virgin Mary", but originally the parish may have been dedicated to an Irish saint. A holy well near the old church is dedicated to Saint Tobar Faoile. The castle of Rossroe, well-preserved in 1897, belonged to Fineen, son of Loghlen MacNamara, in 1580. The castle of Drumullan was in 1580 the property of Covea, son of Mahone MacNamara. The parish lay in MacNamara territory, and the families of this pow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilfinaghty
Kilfinaghta ( ga, Cill Fhionnachta) is a civil parish of County Clare, Ireland, located to the east of Sixmilebridge and northeast of Shannon. Geography The civil parish of Kilfinaghta lies in the barony of Bunratty Lower. It is in the southeastern part of the county and is bordered by Clonlea to the northeast, O'Brien's Bridge to the east, St. Munchin's to the southeast, Killeely to the southeast, Kilfintinan to the south, Feenagh to the southwest and Kilmurry to the northwest. It is divided into 31 townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origi ...s: *Ardmaclancy *Ballycullen *Ballymulcashel *Ballynevan *Ballyroe *Ballysheen Beg *Ballysheen More *Bunnabinnia North *Bunnabinnia South *Cappaghcastle *Cappaghlodge *Cappagh North *Cappagh South *Cappanal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunratty Lower
Bunratty Lower is a barony located in County Clare, Ireland. - Barony of Bunratty Lower This ancient unit of land division is in turn divided into fourteen . Legal context Baronies were created after the as divisions of and were used the administration of justice and the raising of revenue. While baronies continue to be officia ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixmilebridge
Sixmilebridge (), is a large village in County Clare, Ireland. Located midway between Ennis and Limerick city, the village is a short distance away from the main N18 road. Sixmilebridge partly serves as a dormitory village for workers in the Limerick city, Ennis and Shannon region, with a number of modern housing developments having been built to accommodate demand. History Evidence of prehistorical settlement in the area dates to the Bronze Age, and a number of ringforts, mounds, enclosures and wedge tombs are located in the parish. In antiquity, the name of the village was Cappagh (that name still present in local townlands), chiefly on the west side of the river, and Ballyarilla on the east. The name Cappagh is an anglicized form of an Irish word meaning a cultivated field, while Ballyarilla is named after the castle that once stood before Mount Ievers Court was built. An ancient name of the river appears to be Raite, today anglicised into Ratty; as the river flows past ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Ireland
Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. Around 2.1 million of the country's population of 5.13 million people resides in the Greater Dublin Area. The sovereign state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the Celtic Sea to the south, St George's Channel to the south-east, and the Irish Sea to the east. It is a unitary, parliamentary republic. The legislature, the , consists of a lower house, ; an upper house, ; and an elected President () who serves as the largely ceremonial head of state, but with some important powers and duties. The head of government is the (Prime Minister, literally 'Chief', a title not used in English), who is elected by the Dáil and appointed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilseily
Kilseily ( ga, Cill tSíle) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. The main settlement is the village of Broadford. Location Kilseily lies in the barony of Tulla Lower, County Clare. It is to the southwest of Killaloe on the road to Ennis. As of 1837 it had as applotted under the tithe act. Some of the land was suitable for cultivation while the rest was mountain pasture or bog. The parish had slate quarries. Lough Doon is on the northwest boundary. The parish contains the town of Broadford. It is , covering a total of . In 1841 it had 4,153 people in 662 houses. History Clonlea, Kilseily and part of O'Brien's Bridge (Trúgh) used to comprise the district of Ui Floinn, the land of the O'Flynns. This sept is little known, but there is a mention in MacGrath's ''Wars of Thormond'' of the battle of Magh Duine around 953 in which Lachtna, uncle of Brian Boroimhe, slew three of the O'Flynns. Part of Killokennedy was amalgamated with Kilseily to form what is now the pari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Townland
A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origin, pre-dating the Norman invasion, and most have names of Irish origin. However, some townland names and boundaries come from Norman manors, plantation divisions, or later creations of the Ordnance Survey.Connolly, S. J., ''The Oxford Companion to Irish History, page 577. Oxford University Press, 2002. ''Maxwell, Ian, ''How to Trace Your Irish Ancestors'', page 16. howtobooks, 2009. The total number of inhabited townlands in Ireland was 60,679 in 1911. The total number recognised by the Irish Place Names database as of 2014 was 61,098, including uninhabited townlands, mainly small islands. Background In Ireland a townland is generally the smallest administrative division of land, though a few large townlands are further divided into h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of Ireland
The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the second largest Christian church on the island after the Roman Catholic Church. Like other Anglican churches, it has retained elements of pre-Reformation practice, notably its episcopal polity, while rejecting the primacy of the Pope. In theological and liturgical matters, it incorporates many principles of the Reformation, particularly those of the English Reformation, but self-identifies as being both Reformed and Catholic, in that it sees itself as the inheritor of a continuous tradition going back to the founding of Christianity in Ireland. As with other members of the global Anglican communion, individual parishes accommodate different approaches to the level of ritual and formality, variously referred to as High and Low Church. Overvie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomfinlough
Tomfinlough ( ga, Tuaim Fhionnlocha) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. A Christian establishment was first made here around 540 AD. The parish lands were often raided by Irish, Viking, Norman and English forces in the years that followed. The church was allowed to fall into ruins during the period when the Catholic Church was penalized in Ireland. Location The ruined parish church stands at the northern end of the lake named Finn Lough or Fenloe. The name "Tomfinlough" means Tomb or Tumulus of the Fair Lake. It is in the barony of Bunratty Lower in County Clare, about northwest of the village of Six-Mile-Bridge. The parish contains the village of Ardsallis. The parish contains the following townlands: Ayleacotty, Ballycar, Boheraroan, Caherkine, Caherscooby, Carrowmeer, Carrownakilly, Finlough, Granaghan, Granaghan Beg, Granaghan More, Kilnacrandy, Langough, Mausnarylaan, Mooghaun North, Mooghaun South, Muckanagh (Butler), Muckanagh (Studdert), Muckanagh (Vandeleu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilnoe
Kilnoe ( ga, An Chill Nua) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It is a rural area, part of the Roman Catholic parish of Bodyke. Location Kilnoe parish lies in the barony of Tulla Upper, southwest of Scarriff. It is and covers . The land in the east and center of the parish is mountainous, moorish, and boggy. The west is more suitable for farming. It contains Loughs Annilloon, St. Bridget, Derrymore, and Kilgory. In 1837 there were the ruins of the castle of Coolreath near the southern shore of Lough O’Grady and a ruined castle at Ballynahince. Neither of these castles are mentioned in the list of castles of 1580, perhaps because they had not been built at that time. As of 1841 the population was 3,482 in 574 houses. Townlands The parish contains the townlands of Annaghneal, Ballydonaghan, Ballynahinch, Caherhurley, Clogher, Clonmoner, Coolready, Coolreagh, Coolreagh Beg, Coolreagh More, Drummond, Inchalughoge, Kilgory, Kilnoe and Lisbarreen. Church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killuran
Killuran ( ga, Cill Úráin) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It contains the village of O'Callaghans Mills. It is united with the civil parish of Kilkishen in the Catholic parish of O'Callaghans Mills. Location The parish is in the barony of Tulla Lower, and is north of Broadford, County Clare. It is and covers . The parish is hilly. Lough Doon lies on the southwest boundary. The rivulet of Ougarnee forms the west border. There is some mountain pasture and bog but most of the land is suitable for farming. The parish contains the village of O'Callaghans Mills. The road from Killaloe to Ennis crosses the southwest of the parish, running through O'Callaghans Mills. In 1841 the population was 3,058 in 480 houses. Of these, 2,727 lived in the rural districts in 422 houses. As of 1845 the parish was united to Kilkishen. Antiquities In ''MacNamara’s Rental'' the name of the parish is given as ''Cill Lobhrain'', meaning the church of Saint Uran. There are no reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilconry Kilconry ( ga, Cill Chomhraí) is a civil parish of County Clare, Ireland, located about northwest of Limerick, west of Shannon on the estuary of the River Shannon. The main village in the area is Ballycalla/Ballcally and it contains the Shannon Golf Course and Shannon Airport. Geography The civil parish of Kilconry lies in the barony of Bunratty Lower. It is in the southern part of the county and is bordered by Kilmaleery to the north and Clonloghan to the east and the River Shannon to the south and west. It is divided into 9 townlands: *Ballycally *Ballyhennessy *Carrigerry *Feenish *Garrynamona *Inishmacnaghtan *Rineanna North *Rineanna South *Stonehall See also *List of townlands of County Clare This is a sortable list of townlands of County Clare, Ireland. Retrieved: 2010-09-01. Duplicate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finogh
Feenagh, or Finogh, Phinagh ( ga, Fíonach) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. Location Feenagh lies on the east border of the barony of Lower Bunratty. The name means a plain overgrown with brushwood. Feenagh is to the northwest of Sixmilebridge. The parish has an area of , about half of it craggy and the other half fertile. In 1837 there were 2,632 statute acres as applotted under the tithe act. The parish contains the townlands of Ardkyle, Carrownalegaun, Cloghlea, Deerpark, Donnybrook, Feenagh (Moloney), Feenagh (Wilson), Newpark, Rath Beg, Rath More, Rossmanagher, Seersha and Springfield. There is a holy well at Rathmore, dedicated to Saint Mochuille. There are the ruins of an old castle at Rossmanagher. History In 1580 the castle of Rosmanagher was owned by the Earl of Thomond Earl of Thomond was an hereditary title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created twice for the O'Brien dynasty which is an ancient Irish sept native to north Munster. History and ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
