Information about Kilmurry

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Kilmurry
Irish Form of Name:
Cill Mhuire
Translation:
Mary's Church
Civil Parish:
Cargin
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Cill Mhuire
Kilmurry
Kilmurry By. Surveyors Sketch Map
Kilmurry County Cess Collector
Killmurry Inq. Temp. Car. I.
Killmurriv Inq. Temp. Iac. I
Kilmurry Local
Kilmurry Mearsman
Kilmurry Rental
Kilmurry Revd. Richard Walsh, P.P.
Kilmurry Tithe Ledger
Description:
Proprietor P. T. Manser St. George, Esqr., Headford. Agent John O*Hara, Galway. Rent 28 shillings per acre. Soil all good pasture. Farms about 37 acres. County Cess 14D paid per acre half yearly. No leases of this townland. No antiquities.
Situation:
A central townland. Bounded on the North by the townlands of Balrickard and Ballinakellough. On the West by Ballycunlough. On the South by Cahergal and Culleen and on the East by Culleen and Balrickard. In the Barony of Clare and County of Galway.

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:
Kill alone is the name of more than a score of places in various counties: in most cases it stands for cill, a church: but in some it is for coill, a wood.

Information From Griffith's Valution

Area in Acres, Roods and Perches:
A.R.P.
113 0 14
Land value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
70 5 6
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.
70 5 6
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:
Kilmurry is in Mary's Church townland.

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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Kilmurry
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.

Other Sources

Information from the Logainm database.
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