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Townlands Of County Roscommon
This is a sortable table of the approximately 2,060 townlands in County Roscommon, Ireland. Retrieved: 2010-09-10. Duplicate names occur where there is more than one townland with the same name in the county. Names marked in bold typeface are towns and villages, and the word ''Town'' appears for those entries in the Acres column. Townland list References {{reflist |
Townland
A townland (; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a traditional small land division used in Ireland and in the Western Isles of Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of medieval Gaelic origin, predating the Norman invasion, and most have Irish-derived names. 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. Townlands cover the whole island of Ireland, and the total number of inhabited townlands in Ireland was 60,679 in 1911. The total number recognised by the Placenames Database of Ireland as of 2014 was 61,098, including uninhabited townlands. Etymology The term "townland" in English is derived from the Old English word ''tūn'', denoting an enclosure. The term describes the smallest unit of land di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creeve
Creeve is a civil parish and townland in County Roscommon County Roscommon () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is part of the province of Connacht and the Northern and Western Region. It is the List of Irish counties by area, 11th largest Irish county by area and Li ..., Ireland. According to Samuel Lewis' ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland'', published in 1837, it then had a population of 3,159. Formation Creeve contains 22 townlands: Assaun, Attiaghygrana, Ballyhollaghan, Ballysundrivan, Boherroe, Carrownamaddy, Cartron, Castletown, Corbally East, Corbally Middle, Corbally West, Corgarve, Creevolan, Erriblagh, Lecarrow, Lismageevoge, Martry, Moheedian, Portobello, Rathardeagher, Runnateggal / Ryefield, and Turlagh. References Civil parishes of County Roscommon Townlands of County Roscommon Church of Ireland parishes in the Republic of Ireland {{Roscommon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Townlands Of Ireland
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of '' The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Townlands Of County Roscommon
This is a sortable table of the approximately 2,060 townlands in County Roscommon, Ireland. Retrieved: 2010-09-10. Duplicate names occur where there is more than one townland with the same name in the county. Names marked in bold typeface are towns and villages, and the word ''Town'' appears for those entries in the Acres column. Townland list References {{reflist |
Tulrush
Tulrush is a small townland on the River Suck near Ballinasloe, Ireland. It is approximately in area and located in the historical barony of Moycarn in County Roscommon. As of the 2011 census, Tulrush townland had a population of 16 people. As it is on the eastern bank of the River Suck, Tulrush is a part of County Roscommon. It is a part of civil parish of Creagh, which spans into County Galway. Tulrush was listed alongside Galway townlands in ''Griffith's valuation'' of 1868. Tulrush is bounded on one side by the River Suck, main tributary to the River Shannon which it joins approx further on at Shannonbridge. Two River Suck fords (one at Pollboy and the other named "Riley's") were local crossing points. These fords were used in 1691 during the Williamite War in Ireland by the army of the Jacobite general Marquis de St Ruth, moving from the Siege of Athlone to take part in the Battle of Aughrim, where he was defeated by the Williamite general Godert de Ginkell. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrun
Portrun or Portrunny () is a lakeside townland, located on the bank of Lough Ree on the River Shannon in County Roscommon. It is in area. It has mooring facilities for boats, a children's playground and picnic tables; and is a tourist destination in the summer months. St. Diarmuid's holy well, associated with Diarmaid the Just, is located here. It is said that he often stopped in Portrun here on the way to the sanctuary of Inchcleraun Inchcleraun (), also called Quaker Island, is an island situated in Lough Ree on the River Shannon, in central Ireland. The island is home to the ruins of St. Diarmaid's Monastery, a monastery founded by Diarmaid the Just in AD 560. These build ... (Quaker Island), where the ruins of seven churches can still be seen. References {{County Roscommon Townlands of County Roscommon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knockcroghery
Knockcroghery () is a village and townland in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located on the N61 road (Ireland), N61 road between Athlone and Roscommon, Roscommon town, near Lough Ree on the River Shannon. The townland of Knockcroghery is in the civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Killinvoy and the barony (Ireland), historical barony of Athlone North. Knockcroghery developed as a largely linear settlement close to Galey Castle, a 14th-century tower house overlooking Galey Bay. By the 18th century, the village comprised a number of small houses, shops, blacksmith, mill, church and a village green, fair green. For a number of centuries, the village economy was focused on the making of Tobacco pipe#Clay, clay tobacco pipes, with eight kilns employing approximately 100 people by the 19th century. In the early 20th century, much of the village was burnt in a reprisal attack by the Black and Tans during the Irish War of Independence, and a number of buildings in the village ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knockadalteen
Killukin (), sometimes known as Killucan, is a civil parish in the barony of Boyle, County Roscommon in Ireland. It overlaps with parts of the town of Carrick-on-Shannon, to which it is connected via a bridge over the River Shannon. Much of the parish is located along the road from Carrick-on-Shannon to Elphin. It is bounded on the north by the parish of Toomna, on the west by the parishes of Eastersnow and Ardcarne, on the south by the parish of Killummond, and on the east by the River Shannon. Name Killukin, which derives from Cill-ibhicin in Irish and is pronounced Kill-Evickeen, relates to a church (or ''cill'') and a saint or person associated with that church. The saint seems to be the person whom the catalogue of the churches of the Diocese of Elphin calls Lunecharia and asserts to be venerated on 7 June in a certain chapel of the same diocese called Kill Lunechair which lies near the Episcopal See. The place possibly began as a hermitage in times soon after Saint Patri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gubbarudda
Gubbarudda, formerly Gubberudda () is a townland in County Roscommon, Ireland about 4.5 kilometres north-west from the village of Arigna. Gubbarudda is a very rural area composed of 432 acres with only two residences. Much of the northern parts of the townland encompasses Coillte woodlands, while its southern areas are situated on the 'Kilronan Mountain Bog Natural Heritage Area'. The population of Gubbarudda as of 2012 totaled eight people. Gubbarudda borders County Sligo to the west, and the tripoint of counties Leithrim, Roscommon, and Sligo on the river Arigna is less than a kilometre away from its northern border. Neighbouring townlands are Greaghacorra to the north-east where the river Arigna forms the border, Aughabehy to the east, Greaghnageeragh and Cashel to the south, Rover, County Sligo to the west, and Glen, County Sligo to the west and north. The name is composed of ''gubba'', which is a corruption of ''ghob'', the Irish for 'beak', describing the pointed shape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drumlion
Drumlion (') is a townland in north County Roscommon in the parish of Killukin and the barony of Boyle. It is within the former Gaelic territory of Magh Luirg, also known as Síol Muireadhaigh. The surrounding countryside is dotted with many historical monuments such as ring forts (''ráthanna'') and fairy forts (''liosanna''). Drumlins are a prominent feature of the terrain along with many small streams feeding into the River Shannon. The name of the townland is associated with the Táin Bó Cúailnge. As Queen Medbh assembled her forces for her invasion of Ulster a group of men coming to join her army from the province of Leinster camped on the highest ridge in the townland. It was from this action that Drumlion received its Irish name, as Droim Laighean translates into the "Ridge of the men of Leinster". Drumlion has an area of . Located in the townland is St. Michael's Church and Drumlion Graveyard. The area is sparsely populated. See also * Boyle, County Roscommon Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
