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List Of Townlands In County Galway
This is a sortable table of the approximately 4,556 townlands in County Galway , Ireland. Retrieved: 2010-09-08. Duplicate names occur where there is more than one townland with the same name in the county. Names marked in bold typeface are Towns (not Townlands) and villages, and the word ''Town'' appears for those entries in the Acres column. Townland list References {{reflist |
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] |
Inchagoill
Inchagoill is an island in Lough Corrib, Ireland. Its Christian ruins constitute an Irish National Monument. The island name means "Island of the devout foreigner." Location Inchagoill is an island of located in the northwest part of Lough Corrib. It lies halfway between Oughterard and Cong. Burr Island () lies immediately to the north. Ruins and monuments St. Patrick's Church Also called Templepatrick (''Teampall Phádraig''), its construction was traditionally attributed to Saint Patrick and his nephew Lugnad, who is credited with bringing him to Ireland by boat; it is more likely to date to the 6th or 7th century AD. Lugnad's stone This stone, of Silurian grit and shaped like a rudder, bears the inscription ''Lia Lugnaedon Macc Limenueh'' ("Stone of Lugnad son of Limenueh", the latter being Patrick's sister Liamain; there are many variant readings). It is the oldest inscription in Ireland in the Latin alphabet (all earlier inscriptions are in Ogham). The pillar is k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Townlands Of Ireland
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Townlands Of County Galway
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 hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lissavruggy
Lissavruggy (Irish form of a name: ''Lios a Bhrugaidh'') is a townland in the parish of Killian and Killeroan. It is located in northeastern Galway, in the west of Ireland. There is some dispute over the origin of its name. According to O'Donovan's Field Name Books, Lisavruggy gets its name from the Ringfort, a ''bhrogaidh'', meaning that it is the fort of the brooee, or farmer. Older generations pronounce it ''Liosaruaig''. This has been anglicized to ''Lissavruggy'' meaning "the routed fort", which leads historian Larry Kilcommins to believe that the ''ruggy'' part comes from the Irish word ''ruaig'', which means frightened or routed (after a battle). Two lios (ringforts) are located in the eastern part of the village, the largest being 330 links in diameter. According to the OSI maps, a number of forts are arranged in a straight line from eastern Lissavruggy to Blainaloosh.https://www.webcitation.org/5wTLzA2Lj?url=http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,572744,753894,5 (OSI ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lettermuckoo
Lettermuckoo () is a townland in County Galway, Ireland. It lies in an Irish-speaking (''Gaeltacht'') area, close to the villages of Screeb and Casla (Costelloe). The townland of Lettermuckoo has an area of approximately , and had a population of 55 residents as of the 2011 census. The local national (primary) school, ''Scoil Naisiunta Leitir Mucú'', closed in 2015 due to a lack of students. Sport The stallion Lettermuckoo Lad is a Connemara pony born in 2001 in Lettermuckoo. Lettermuckoo Lad won a number of showjumping competitions, and finished 3rd in the "Performance Hunter for Connemara Ponies 8-15 years" category at the 2013 Dublin Horse Show The Royal Dublin Society (RDS) ( ga, Cumann Ríoga Bhaile Átha Cliath) is an Irish philanthropic organisation and members club which was founded as the 'Dublin Society' on 25 June 1731 with the aim to see Ireland thrive culturally and economi .... References {{coord, 53.3193, -9.5498, region:IE, display=title Townlands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omey Island
Omey Island ( ga, Iomaidh) is a tidal island situated near Claddaghduff on the western edge of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. From the mainland the island is almost hidden. It is possible to drive or walk across a large sandy strand to the island by following the arrowed signs. At high tide, the water is deep enough to cover a car. History Monastic heritage In the early-to-mid-1990s a team of archaeologists from University College Dublin began to study the monastic heritage of the island, long known for being the site of a monastery and settlement reportedly founded by St Feichin. In fact, its name derives from the Irish ''Iomaidh Feichín'' meaning ''Feichín's bed or seat''. The excavation gave new insights into the life of early Christianity in Ireland and included one of the few known burials of a woman within a monastic burial ground. The site is believed to date from the early 6th century. The island of Omey remains a place of devotion to Saint Feichín to thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inishturk South
Inishturk (''Inis Toirc'' in Irish, meaning ''Wild Boar Island'') is a small island and a townland of County Galway, in Ireland. The island is also referred as Inishturk South ( Irish: ''Inis Toirc Theas'') in order to tell it apart from the Inishturk island located in County Mayo. Geography Inisturk lies off the Irish coast not faraway from Clifden and Cleggan. It is located between Turbot (or ''Inishturbot'', South) and Omey Island (North). On the hill topping the island stands a radio-TV mast. The easiest place to land on Inishturk is the SE part of the island. History A small community used to live on the island up to the mid-20th century, but it later become uninhabited. At the end of the 20th century some old buildings were transformed into holiday houses. Demographics The table below shows data on Inisturk's population taken from ''Discover the Islands of Ireland'' (Alex Ritsema, Collins Press, 1999) and the Census of Ireland. See also * List of islands of Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloghastookeen
Clostoken or Cloghastookeen is a small townland in the civil parish of Kilconickny, near the town of Loughrea in County Galway, Ireland. It takes its name from an old ruined castle. Name According to ''O'Donovan's Field Name Books'' (1862), the Irish language form of the name is Cloch stúincín, meaning "stone of the little prominence". Other forms include Clostoken, Closetaken, Cloghstockin, Cloghastockin, Cloghstokin, Cloghastookeen and Clostaken. Joyce (1910) writes "Near Loughrea in Galway, is a townland called Cloghastookeen, the stone fortress of the little pinnacle, which received its name from a castle of the Burkes, the ruins of which still remain. The townland gives its name to Clostoken & Kilconieran parish. There were three ecclesiastical parishes in the Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Galway
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Leitrim (County Galway Barony)
Leitrim (Irish: ''Liatroim'') is a barony in Ireland that lies partly in County Galway and partly in County Clare. It is located in the south-eastern corner of County Galway and the north-eastern corner of County Clare. Prior to 1898, the entire barony was contained in County Galway. The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 split the barony: part of the barony was transferred to County Clare. Leitrim is bounded, clockwise from the southwest, by the Clare baronies of Tulla Upper and Tulla Lower; the Galway baronies of Loughrea to the west, Kilconnell to the north, and Longford to the east; and by Lough Derg to the south and southeast. It measures from north to south and from east to west. Geography The highest peak in the barony is the Scalp (380m), part of the Slieve Aughty range. Lough Derg forms the barony's eastern boundary. Three rivers flow in an easterly direction to the Lough; from north to south they are the Cappagh, the Woodford, and the Coos. The mines at Tynagh we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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