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Curraunboy
Curraunboy ( Irish: ''An Corrán Buí''; also known as ''Cornboy'', meaning "yellow crescent") is a Gaeltacht village and townland in northwest County Mayo, Ireland. It is situated in the barony of Erris and civil parish of Kilcommon. Curraunboy townland has an area of approximately 2844 acres (11.51 km²) and, as of 2011, had a population of 76 people. History Remains of potential Iron Age settlement is recorded in an area known as the Sandhills. Thomas Johnson Westropp, who investigated the Sandhills settlement in 1912, reported that locals claimed it had been uncovered by a storm, likely the 1839 Night of the Big Wind. The sand buried the huts again until they were revealed by another storm in 1903. This settlement, northwest of the pier included numerous buildings and middens containing cockles and periwrinkles. Fr. Sean Noone in ''Where The Sun Sets'' notes that William Bald's 1812 map shows a small group of eight houses, originally the residents lived closer to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Townlands Of Kilcommon
The civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Kilcommon in Erris, northern County Mayo, Ireland has a total of 37 townlands: small geographic divisions of land in Ireland and Scotland's Outer Hebrides. Townlands originated in Gaelic Ireland, and predate the late-12th-century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland, Anglo-Norman invasion. However, some townland names (and boundaries) are derived from British Plantations of Ireland, plantations and Normans in Ireland, Norman manors. Aughoose Aughoose () is on the Dún Chiortáin peninsula overlooking the lower reaches of Sruwaddacon Bay (Sruth Fada Conn), and has an area of . There was a small chapel along the stream at Lenamore during the 18th century, a rare sight due to the contemporary Penal Laws against Irish Catholics, Penal Laws. Until the 1950s, Aughoose had a dance hall. A lace school was organised by the Congested Districts Board for Ireland, Congested Districts Board; The schools were at their peak during the World Wars (when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
