Information about Coolsrahra

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Coolsrahra
Irish Form of Name:
Cul Srathra
Translation:
hill of stream
Civil Parish:
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Coolsrahra
Coolsraghra Clerk of the Peace
Coolrahy 2 qrs. County Book
Coolraragh County Map
Coolrahy High Constable or the Barony
Cowlrahir 2 qrs. Inq. Temp. Jac. I
Coolsranghra Sketch Map
Comment:
Portion of the parish of Ballynacortia insulated by the parish of Stradbally
Description:
This townland is the property of Andrew Blake, Esq., a minor residing in Dublin. Agent Mr. Patrick O’Connor of Innfield in the County of Roscommon. It is leased to 9 farmers who pay 15s. p. acre. Soil a light sandy clay in parts rocky. There is about 50 acres cultivated. The remainder is moor or bog. There is a great deal of limestone rocky through the townland, houses stone, pretty neat. The road from Galway to Gort is E. of townland.
Situation:
North of the parish. Bounded on the East and N.W. by the parish of Oranmore, on E. by Moyweela townland, on S. by Coolsranghra in Stradbally parish and on W. by Cloghalahard and part of Oranmore parish.

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:
Coolsrahra in Galway — better Coolsruhra ; Cúl-sruthra, hill-back of the sruthair or stream. See Sruthair in vol. i. p. 457.
Sruthair [sruhar], a derivative from sruth, is in still more general use, and signifies also a stream it undergoes various modern modifications, of which the commonest is the change of the final r to l (see p. 48). Abbeyshrule in Longford was anciently called Sruthair, i.e. the stream, and it took its present name from a monastery founded there by one of the O'Farrells. Abbeystrowry in Cork is the same name, and it was so called from the stream that also gives name to Bealnashrura (ford-mouth of the stream), a village situated at an ancient ford. Struell near Downpatrick is written Strohill in the Taxation of 1306, showing that the change from r to l took place before that early period; but the r is retained in a grant of about the year of 1178, in which the place is called Tirestruther, the land of the streamlet. The celebrated wells of St. Patrick are situated here, which in former times were frequented by persons from all quarters; and the stream flowing from them must have given the place its name (see Reeves's Eccl. Ant., pp. 42, 43). The change of r to l appears also in Sroolane and Sroleen, which are often applied to little streams in the south, and which are the names of some townlands.

Information From Griffith's Valution

Area in Acres, Roods and Perches:
A.R.P.
131 0 12
Land value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
36 9 0
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.
36 9 0
Heads of housholds living in the townland at this time:

Townland Information

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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:
Coolsrahra is a townland.

Information From Maps

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Coolsrahra
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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.
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  • 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:
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Coolsrahra is in the civil parish of Stradbally.
Roman Catholic parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.
  • Kilcornan
  • Clarinbridge
Church of Ireland parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.
  • Stradbally
In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.

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