Irish Form of Name:
Dubh-Ros
Translation:
black point or wood
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Doorus
Doorus By. Surveyors Sketch Map
Duras Carlisles Topl. Dictionary
Duris Engraved County Map
Duras Inq. Temp. Car. I
Dawras Inq. Temp. Jac. I
Dowras Inq. Temp. Jac. I
Dourus Mr. John Bell, Barony Constable
Dourus and Durus Printed Townland List
Doorus Rev. John Burke, Rector
Doorus Rev. Michael Fahy, P.P.
Description:
Proprietor James De Basterot, Esq., Doorus House, Kinvarra. Not any agent. Let to 9 occupying tenants at will, farms in divisions. No stipulated no. of acres in each, and the rent paid in one sum conjointly – from 15 to 20 acres is supposed to be the size of farms. County Cess 2s. 11d? per acre; Tithe by composition 8d. per acre. Soil rocky and sandy. Usual crops wheat and potatoes. Prevailing names Connolies and Cavanagh, Tobberbracken Holy Well – stations performed formerly, but none at present. Authority Mr. John Burk, Dooris House.
Situation:
In the Northern extremity of the parish of Doorus, Barony of Kiltartan and County Galway, South of Doorus point and ?agh and Bragnagh Island, South of Galway, and East of Kinvarra Bay.
Information from the Ordnance Survey Letters:
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Building value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
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