Information about Turlough

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Turlough
Irish Form of Name:
Translation:
Civil Parish:
Killeely
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Turlough A F. St. George Esq.
Turlogh Beauford’s Map of Ireland
Turlough Clerk of the Peace
Thurlough County Map
Turlogh High Constable for the Barony
Turlough Sketch Map
Comment:
This Turlough which was given as a townland on the sketch map is now allocated to the adjoining townlands see alteration on sketch map by Mr. Buck, Boundary Surveyor, Dated 9th June 1838. (The information in Orthography and Authority was scribbled out but

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.

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:
Turlough is in Roevehagh townland.
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