Place | What is it | Description |
[no name] | stream | A stream running between Cahergal and Bookaun townlands, continues its course to Petersbourgh old castle. The stream has no name given to it. |
Aillbunaviscaun | precipice | A precipice. |
Aillnaveagh | precipice | A precipice in which ravens used to build and breed. |
America | village | A village. |
Assballyweeaun | waterfall | A water fall near Tober Beanaighe. |
Ballard | village | A village. |
Ballinknockaun | village | A village. |
Bally Doolough | village | A village. |
Bally new | village | A village. |
Ballydoolough | townland | Proprietor Sir Valentine Blake, Esq., Minlow near Galway. Agent Mr. Michael Higgins, Fairhil. All held under lease. Rent £67.0s. 0d. bulked per year. Soil some steep mountain in the greatest part spent arable mountain having some bog and swamps, crops of oats and potatoes near the houses are middling but in general are not good and part totally failed. Co. Cess 11¼d. paid per acre half yearly for 135 acres. Villages [crossed out] and other detached houses, Binlavy mountain. No antiquities. |
Ballydoolough Lough | lake | A Lough sending a small stream to work the old Mill of Teerannee. |
Ballydoolough Lough | lake | A Lough sending a small stream to work the old Mill of Teerannee. |
Ballynonagh | village | A village. |
Ballyveeane | village | A village. |
Ballyveeawn River | river | Several streams from the mountain form a river through Ballyveeawn townland. It joins the stream coming from Lough Coolin by Kelbeg Upper Mill and soon falls in Pulnagan in Kilbeg Upper. |
Ballyweeaun | townland | Proprietor Richard Levacy, Esq., Cuslough near Ballinrobe. No agent held under lease. Rent - bulked yearly. Soil all mountain. A small part steep being part f Binlavey and the greatest part is spent arable mountain with bog and swamp having a few fields of oats tolerably good with some gardens of potatoes, and in other parts crops are very poor. Co. Cess 11 ¼ d. paid per acre half yearly for 168 acres. Villages Ballyveeaun, [Derryfada, Farbrega crossed out] and antiquity a holy well Tubbervening. Wallyveaun streams from the mountain form a R. run through Ballyveeaun, falls in Pulnagan Kilbeg Upper. |
Barnarinnia | part of a townland | A part of the townland having a wood and shepherds house and some arable land also coarse pasture and bog. |
Barrack | barracks | Police Barrick. |
Bauracummer | mountain | A mountain. |
Baurreevaugh | village | A small village of 3 or 4 houses with ruins of village. |
Baurrevagh | townland | Proprietor Provost Trinity College Dublin. Agent Alexander Nesbitt, Esq., Jnr., 96 Stephens Green, South Dublin, all held by Robert Fair, Esq., of Carravilla near Kilonan under a lease of 21 years. Rent £45 per year. Soil all mountain steep heathy and rough pasture with some coarse pasture and arable mountain atthe valley called Glantreag, a herds house and ruins of village, River Shruffaunagreeve merers between Baurreewagh and Cammanagh and runs into Lough.Mask. Co. Cess paid for 100 acred held by Robert Fair. |
Baurslievenaroy | mountain | Steep mountain. |
Baurslievenaroy | townland | Proprietor Provost Trinity College Dublin. Agent Alexander Nesbitt, Esq., Jnr., 96 Stephens Green South, Dublin. All held under lease by Pat Maley. Rent – per year. Soil all mountain part steep and rocky and part rough heathy pasture with some coarse pasture at valley. Co. Cess 11¼d. paid per acre for 24 acres. No antiquities. |
Bealanabrack | river | A river meres between Derreen and Maumgauvnagh townlands. |
Béalatnaiev | strait | A strait or narrow part of Loughmask being a ferry. |
Bealnakilly | village | A village. |
Benbeg | precipice | A precipice of Cammanagh mountain. |
Benbrin | village | A village. |
Bencorragh | mountain | A steep mountain having a rocky brow. |
Benlevy | mountain | A mountain. |
Benlevy | mountain | A mountain forming part of the townland of many a denomination. |
Billew | graveyard | A burying place for children. |
Bohaun | townland | Proprietor James Gildea, Esq., Clooncormack near Hollymount. Agent Thomas Fair, Esquire, Roundfort. All held under lease by tenants. Rent £40 yearly. Soil part steep mountain heathy mixed and pasturable with a great part sloping from the steep mountain towards Lough Mask mostly spent and arable mountain. Crop of oats middling but some of the potatoes are totally failed. Co. Cess 11¼d. per acre for 30 acres. A straggling village Illaun na Kellew. Doneen. |
Bohaun | village | A village. |
Boocaun | townland | Proprietor Earl of Leitrim and Charlemont, Rosshil or Dublin and Agent Mr. James Fair, Fairhil, all held under by tenants. Rent £30.14s. 1½d. per year. Soil all mountain heathy and mixed pasture a great part sloping and swampy with arable and tillage. Crops middling considering the soil in some parts and most miserable in other parts. Co. Cess 11¼d. paid per acre half yearly for 19 acres. No antiquities and village. |
Bookawn | mountain | A steep mountain. |
Bookawn | village | A village. |
Breenaun | townland | Proprietor Earl of Leitrim and Charlemont, Rosshil or Dublin. Agent Mr.James Fair, Fairhil, Ross Parish, this townland and Kilmilkin are held under one lease. The rent of both is £149.15s. 2d. yearly. All mountain. Rent of this townland - . Co. Cess 11½d. paid per acre half yearly for 77 acres. Soil all green pasturable mountain. Rent of this townland and of Kilmilkin together is about £149. 15s. 2d. Co. Cess 11¼d. paid per acre for 77 acres half yearly. Antiquities old abbey in ruins and Burying Ground Killnamreenaun. Breenaun Bridge, ruins of small village. |
Breenaun | village | A village with ruins of do. |
Breenaun Bridge | bridge | A bridge conveying a mountain stream across the public road. |
Bridge | bridge | A bridge conveyin? a mountain meres between Muntherowen Middle and Muntherowen West townland. |
Bridge | bridge | A bridge between Teernakil North and Teernakil South through which Teernakil River passes. |
Bunaviskaun River [crossed out] | river | |
Bunaviskawn | house | A herd’s house. |
Bunawuckaun | village | A village. |
Bunnaviskaun | townland | Proprietor Thomas Martin, Esq., M.P. Ballynahinch or London Agent. -. Soil steep heathy and rough pasture with some coarse mixed pasture and arable mountain at valley. Rent £92. 0s. 0d. per year. Co. Cess 11¼d. paid per acre for 28 acres. Cnuck-wun-a-viskaun mountain. No antiquities. |
Cahergal | townland | Proprietor Earl of Leitrim and Charlemont, Rosshil or Dublin and Agent Mr. James Fair, Fairhil, Ross Parish, held under lease by tenants. Rent £84. 4s. 8d. per year. Soil all mountain being heathy and mixed pasture. The remainder arable, mountain with some tillage. Crops of oats and potatoes. Middling in some parts, but the potatoes in some places are poor. County Cess 11¼d. per acre half yearly for 38 acres. Village in 2 clusters each having stunted trees. Stream from mountain, no name. |
Cahergal | village | A village in 2 clusters each having stunted trees near it. |
Cammanagh | house | A herd’s house. |
Cammanagh | townland | Proprietor Provost Trinity College Dublin. Agent Alexander Nesbitt, Esq., Junior, 96 Stephen’s Green South, Dublin. All held under lease by Robert Fair, Esq., Carravilla near Kilmain. Soil all mountain some steep heathy rough pasture with coarse mix ? with some arable mountain and a little tillage at the valley. There is a herds house, a holywell Tubberfeeheen and burying place for children called Billew, a small plantation . Co. Cess 11 ¼ d. paid for 34 acres. |
Cangarrow | townland | Provost land held under lease by John Fair, Esq., Rathmines, Dublin. Agent -. Soil mountain some steep heathy and rocky part arable part mixed and heathy pasture with some arable mountain. No village but a shepherd’s house. Rent £- Per year. Co. Cess 11¼d paid per acre half yearly for 60 acres. This townland takes its name from its appearance and quality. No antiquities. |
Canroe | village | A village. |
Cappaghnagapple or Petersburgh | townland | Proprietor Charles Lynch, Esq., of Petersbourgh. No agent . a great held by proprietor as a Demesne. Soil good pasture and part let to tenants. Soil not good attached to Ballynonagh village. Rent bulked for £- yearly. No lease. Produces light crops of oats and potatoes. Co. Cess 14 ¼ d. paid per acre for 235 acres. There is a Police Barrick, Peter’s Bourgh House and an old castle and small river, s steep mountain. Village Clodthagh. |
Cappantoor | village | A village. |
Carraigín a Mhuc Fhada | island | A small island in Lough Mask. |
Carrigeen Maumtrasna | island | A small island in Loughmask. |
Carrigeenachunna | island | A small island in Loughmask. |
Carrigeenbaralena | island | A small island in Loughmask. |
Carrigeenbunnahown | island | A small island in Loughmask. |
Carrigeenduff | island | A small island in Loughmask. |
Carrigeenliamaphota | island | A small island in Loughmask. |
Carrigeennakeeba | island | A small island in Loughmask. |
Carrigeens of Illaunbeg | island | 2 small islands in Loughmask. |
Chapel | church | A Roman Catholic chapel having a thatched roof. |
Claddagh | part of the sea shore | The part of this townland bordering on Loughmask and Cloughbrack Lower consisting of various qualities of bog and arable. |
Cloghbrack Lower | townland | Proprietor Earl of Leitrim and Charlemont, Dublin. Agent Mr. James Fair, Fairhil, Ross Parish. Held under a lease of lives bulked rent £71. 06s. 5d. yearly. Soil all mountain some heathy and mixed pasture also some arable mountain with some tillage. Crops of oats middling a small part of the potatoes middling and some very bad. Co. Cess 11¼d. paid per acre of – acres. Several streams from the mountain form a river in rainy weather, runs through this village into Lough Mask. A fort called Derranacorragh in which children are buried. |
Cloghbrack Middle | townland | Proprietor Earls of Leitrim and Charlemont, Dublin. Agent Mr. James Fair, Fairhil, all held a lease of lives for the bulked rent of £28. 01s. 9d. yearly all mostly light soil being reclaimed mountain and is all light poor soil with some pasture towards Lough Mask. This village is called America. There is a burying place for children called Cnuckaun . Trigl. Station, Illauna-dtheewore. Co. Cess paid for 304 acres for the 3 Cloghbracks. |
Cloghbrack Upper | townland | Proprietor Earl of Leitrim and Charlemont. Agent Mr. James Fair, Fairhil, Ross Parish. All held under lease by tenants. Rent £98.07s. 9d. per year. Soil all mountain being heathy mixed and pasturable mountain having spent and arable mountain about the villages crops of oats and potatoes not good this year. County Cess 11¼d. paid per acre half yearly. Village names [crossed out]. |
Cloonbur | townland | Proprietor Earls of Leitrim and Charlemont. Agent Mr. James Fair, Fairhil part held under lease and parts held yearly. Rent from 10s. to 15 shillings per acre. Soil light. Farms from a rood to 4 acres produces middling crops of wheat and potatoes. The village of Fairhil stands on this townland also a Dispensary, a R.C. Chapel in which a school in kept. Fairhil pound. Co. Cess 12½d. paid per acre for 42 acres weekly markets on Saturdays and Fairs 17th March and 1st of February. No antiquities. |
Cloughbrack Lower | village | A village. |
Cnuck a chur | mountain | A mountain. |
Cnuckaunbrack | village | A village. |
Cnuckbrack | village | A village. |
Cong Road | road | Public road leading from Cong to Fairhil. |
Coolin | townland | Proprietors Earl of Leitrim and Charlemont. Agent Mr James Fair, Fairhil, Ross Parish. Held by tenants for a bulked rent of £20. 4s. and 5d. Soil all mountain some of the steep heathy green and pasturable with some swamp, some arable mountain with tillage attached to the small village of Coolin. Crops of oats and potatoes middling considering such soil. Lough, Village and mountain of Coolin. Co. Cess 11¼d. paid half yearly for 19 acres. No antiquities. |
Coolin | village | A village. |
Corthon Beg | village | A village. |
Corthoor | village | A small village. |
Crimlin | village | A village. |
Crimlin River | river | A river formed by several streams in rainy weather in the valley of Crimlin townland; it runs to meet Doughta land and runs through said land after that it joins a stream coming from Ballydooloug Lough by the old mill of Teerinee and runs through Curnamona Bridge. |
Crimlin West | townland | Proprietor Provist Trinity College, Dublin. Agent Allexander Nesbitt, Esq., Jnr. 96 Stephens Green South, Dublin. Held under lease by Toby Butler, Gurthru, Failhil. Rent £36 per year. Soil all mountain heathy mixed and pasturable with some swamp and arable mountain. Co. Cess 11¼d. paid per acre for 59 acres. Ruins of a village. Crumlin River. Antiquities. |
Crimlin West | village | Village ruins. |
Crobreedia | well | A holywell. |
Crumlin | townland | Proprietor Sir Valentine Blake, Esq., Minlow near Galway. All held under lease by Domnick Blake, Esq., Tuam. Agent Mr. Thomas Joyce, Tullymore. All sublet to tenants for the bulked rent of £17. 10s. yearly. Soil steep mountain about the village it is heathy and mixed pasture with some arable and reclaimed mountain at the valley crops of oats and potatoes not good. Co. Cess 12 ½ d. paid per acre for 59 acres and some straggling houses, a river. |
Culliagh | townland | Proprietor Provost Trinity College Dublin. Agent Allexander Nesbitt, Esq., Junior, 96 Stephens Greeen South, Dublin held under different leases part held by Mr. William Fair, Fairhil and part by Mr. John Joyce. Soil all mountain some heathy and pasturable with 1/3 of this townland is the property of Edward Brown, Esq., of Cooloo near Tuam. Rent of Mr. B rowns 1/3 is £18. 12s. per year and rent of the Provosts 2/3 is only £8. 0. 0d. yearly. Co Cess paid for 32 acres Soil very coarse mountain. Rent is not a good guide. Ultheebegga a burying place for children. Culliaghmore, Culliaghbeg villages. |
Culliaghbeg | townland | A village on Edward Brown, Esq., part. |
Cummer | townland | Proprietor Earls of Leitrim and Charlemont, Rosshil and Dublin. Agent Mr. James Fair, Fairhil in this parish. No lease. Rent £26. 9s. 4d. per year. Soil all mountain some heathy mixed and pasturable mountain with some arable mountain and tillage. Co. Cess 11¼d. per acre half yearly for 103 acres for this townland and Finny together, 2 villages. Antiquity a burying place for children. |
Cummer Eighter | village | A village. |
Cur | townland | Proprietor Earl of Leitrim and Charlemont, Rosshil and Agent Mr. James Fair Fairhil, Ross Parish. Rent £50. 06s. 0d. Soil some steep rough and heathy pasturable mountain with coarse mixed pasture at the valley and arable mountain with some tillage crops of oats appear middling but potatoes not good. Co. Cess 11¼d. paid per acre half yearly for 25 acres here stands a compact village. No antiquities. |
Cur | village | A village. |
Curanure | village | A village. |
Curhoor | village | A small village having some arable soil about it near Loughmask. |
Curraghreevagh | village | A village in 2 clusters. |
Currarevagh | townland | Proprietor Provost Trinity College Dublin. Agent Allexander Nesbitt, Esq., Junr. 96 Stephens Green South, Dublin. All let to tenants under lease. Rent – per year. Soil some step rough and heathy pasturable mountain with coarse mixed do at the valley with some tillage and arable mountain. Crops of oats middling potatoes not good. Co. cess 11¼d. paid per acre half yearly for 31 acres, 2 villages under one name Curraghreewagh and mountain. |
Dasruffaun | village | A village. |
Derrawaucummaun [crossed out] | village | A village [crossed out]. |
Derreen | townland | Proprietor Provost Trinity College, Dublin. Agent Allexander Nesbitt, Esq., Junior, 96 Stephen’s Green South, Dublin. Rent £19. 9s. per year. Soil all mountain part steep heathy rough and pasturable and some arable do. and tillage and coarse mixed pasture. Crops of oats middling potatoes part middling and some very bad. Co. Cess £19. 9s. paid per acre half yearly for 14 acres. Derreen village. No antiquities. |
Derreen | village | A village. |
Derreennabreena | graveyard | A burying place for children. |
Derryadda | village | A village. |
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