Information about Crummagh

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Crummagh
Irish Form of Name:
Cromach
Translation:
inclining land
Civil Parish:
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Crumanagh
Cromach
recte Cromagh
Crummagh
Crummagh
Crummagh Boundary Sketch Map
Carrumeenagh Co. Alph. List
Crummagh J. Lambert, Esqr.
Crummagh Revd. W. Collis
Crummagh Thos. Birmingham, Esq.
Crummagh William French, Esqr.
Description:
This townland belongs to William French, Esqr. Who holds it under a deed for ever the land is of a middling quality roads and houses are in good repair. This townland is situated about 4½ miles West of Ahascragh. The number of acres are 81a. 0r. 25p. For the last half year 4th Oct. 1837 the amount of County Cess is £11. 16s. 9½d.
Situation:
Is situated in the eastern side of this parish, bounded by Moneenraher, Carramana, Lissard, Ellagh, Glebe of Ballanderry and Abbey Field townlands.

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:
Crummagh in Galway, and Crummy in Fermanagh and Leitrim; Cromach, sloping land. See Crom, vol. ii. p. 422 [reproduced below].
Bends and Slopes. Crom means bent, inclined, stooped, or crooked. It is a term of very common occurrence in local names, but many of those of which it forms a part have been already examined. In anglicised names it usually takes the forms crom and crum, and occasionally crim. One of the peaks of the Mourne range is called Bencrom, stooped mountain. Macroom in Cork is written in the Irish authorities Magh-cromtha [Macromha]; the latter part is the genitive of the participial form cromadh; and the whole name means the sloped or inclining field or plain; which accurately describes the spot on which the town stands, for it is a slope at the base fo Sleveen hill. The name corresponds with that of Cromaghy, a place near the village of Rosslea in Fermanagh - sloping field. Cromane and Cromoge, two diminutives, signify anything sloping or bending, and give names to many places; whether they are applied to glens, hills, fields etc., must be determined by the character of the particular spot in each case. Sometimes they are applied to streams, as in the case of the Crummoge, a rivulet a little south of Borrisoleigh in Tipperary, which, like Loobagh, (p. 424) received its name from its sinuous course.

Information From Griffith's Valution

Area in Acres, Roods and Perches:
A.R.P.
81 0 25
Land value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
40 1 8
Building value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
0 0 0
Total value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
40 1 8
Heads of housholds living in the townland at this time:

Townland Information

What is a townland?:
A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169
Townland:
Crummagh is a townland.

Information From Maps

Original OS map of this area.
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Crummagh
Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website.
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Crummagh
Information from the Down Survey Website.
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Neighbouring Townlands

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Population and Census Information

People who lived here:
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:
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.)
Crummagh is in the civil parish of Kilconnell.
Roman Catholic parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.
Church of Ireland parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.
  • Kilconnell
In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.

Other Sources

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