Information about Sellerna

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Sellerna
Irish Form of Name:
Sailearna, Salicetum
Translation:
place of sallows
Civil Parish:
Omey
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Sellerna
Sailearna, Salicetum
Sailearna
Sellerne Inhabitants
Description:
Partly cultivated and partly mountain.
Situation:
Situated in the N.W. corner of the parish. It is bounded N. by Cleggan Bay, W. by the Atlantic and Aughrisbeg and by Aughrismore, Cladaghdhu and Curtoor and E. by part of the parish of Ballinakill and by Treen townland.

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:
Sellerna is in Moorneen townland.
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