Information about Loughnashask

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Loughnashask
Irish Form of Name:
Loch na Seisce
Translation:
lake of the sedge
Civil Parish:
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Loch na Seisce
Lough na Shask
Alias Sedge Lough
Loughnashask
Lough na Shask Inhabitants
Description:
In this parish it is apportioned to the aforesaid townland and [Unable to read.], Parish of Clonbern. This Lough contains nothing remarkable.
Situation:
Lough-na-Shask is situated on the boundary between the parish of Bweeounagh and Clonbern, Barony of Ballymoe, and on the S.W. boundary of the townland of Eskeromweelakaun.

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:
Loughnashask is in Eskeromullacaun townland.

Information From Maps

Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website.
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Loughnashask
Information from the National Monuments Service.
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Archaeological map from the National Monuments Service