Information about Treanbaun

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Treanbaun
Irish Form of Name:
Trian bán
Translation:
white third
Civil Parish:
Belclare
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Trian bán
Treanbaun
Tranbaun Boundary Surveyors Sketch Map
Treenbawn County Cess Collector
Trienbane Inq. Temp. Jac. I
Treenbawn Local
Treenbawn Rental
Description:
Proprietor Michael Brown, Esqr., Moyne, Co. Galway. Agent Charles Cromie, Esqr. Annefield, Co. Mayo. Rent 21 shillings per acre. Soil not good. Part light. Part moor. Farms from 1 to 10 acres. Produces Middling crops of wheat and potatoes and some oats. Co. Cess 14d. paid per acre half yearly. No leases.
Situation:
This townland lies to the North of the parish of Killower. Bounded on the North by the parish of Kilconly and townland Sylaun, East by Sylaun, South by the parish of Killower and townland Cloon[Unable to read.] and on the West by Cloonmore. In the Barony of Clare and County of Galway.

Information From Griffith's Valution

Area in Acres, Roods and Perches:
A.R.P.
140 1 0
Land value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
40 2 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 2 8
Heads of housholds living in the townland at this time:
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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:
Treanbaun is a townland.
Other placesnames in this townland:
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Information From Maps

Original OS map of this area.
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Ireland was first mapped in the 1840s. These original maps are available online.
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Treanbaun
Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website.
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Treanbaun
Information from the Down Survey Website.
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The Down Survey website will tell you who owned this townland in 1641 (pre Cromwell) and in 1671 (post Cromwell).
Down Survey Website
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Information from Google Maps.
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Information from the National Monuments Service.
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Archaeological map from the National Monuments Service

Neighbouring Townlands

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

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.)
Treanbaun is in the civil parish of Belclare.
Roman Catholic parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.
  • Cummer
Church of Ireland parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.
  • Belclare
In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.

Other Sources

Information from the Logainm database.
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