Information about Cushmaigmore

Cushmaigmore ; great step or pace or narrow pass. Coismeig, same as coisceim : vol. ii. p. 385 [reproduced below].

Pass. The word céim [caim], which literally means a step, is often applied topographically to a narrow pass or roadway between rocks or hills. In this sense it has given name to Caim near Enniscorthy in Wexford and to Keam in the parish of O'Brennan in Kerry, north-east of Tralee. There is a very high mountain called Camaderry rising over the north side of Glendalough in Wicklow, which has taken its name from a pass at its base: - Céim-a'-doire, the pass of the derry or oak-grove. This word, as used in local names, is often joined with cos to form the compound cois-céim, meaning literally foot-step, but still applied to a narrow road or pass. This term has given name to the hamlet of Kishkeam in the parish of Kilmeen in Cork; to Cushcam near Dungarvan in Waterford; and to the river Kishkeam which joins the Feale in its upper course near the meeting point of Cork, Kerry, and Limerick. South-east of the Twelve Pins in Galway there is a lake called Cushkeamatinny, the step or pass of the fox (sionnach: see Coolashinny in 1st Vol.).

Some other placenames in or near this townland are...

• Ballynakuit W. (village)
• Cushmaigmore Village (village)
• Marino (point)
• Marino Cottage (house)
• Murrino Pt. (point)
• Pullahurragha Stream (village)

Ireland was first mapped in the 1840s. These original maps are available online.
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Cushmaigmore

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Cushmaigmore

The Down Survey website will tell you who owned this townland in 1641 (pre Cromwell) and in 1671 (post Cromwell).

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This is a list of townlands that share a border with this townland.

• Furboghgarriff
• Knockanavaddy
• Polleeny

You can retrieve a list of people who lived in this townland from 1827 to 1911. This list is compiled from the following resources.

• The Tithe Applotment Books
• Griffith's Valuation
• 1901 Census
• 1911 Census

List of nineteenth century and early twentieth century inhabitants of this townland.

Church records of births, deaths and marriages are available online at http://www.rootsireland.ie. To search these records you will need to know the 'church parish' rather than the 'civil parish'. (The civil parish is the pre-reformation parish and was frequently used as a unit of administration in the past.)

Cushmaigmore is in the civil parish of Rahoon.

This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.

• Rahoon

This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.

• Rahoon

In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.