Standard Name:
Kilmacduagh
Irish Form of Name:
Cill Mic Duach
Translation:
church of the son of Duach
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Kilmacduagh
Kilmacdooagh By. Surveyors Sketch Map
Kilmacduagh Carlisle’s Topl. Dictionary
Kilmackdugh Engraved County Map
KillmaKough Inq. Temp. Car. II
Kilmacdough Inq. Temp. Car. III
Killmacowgh Inq. Temp. Jac
Kilmacduagh Lord Gort’s Agent, J. Slator, Esq.
Klmacdouagh Mr. John Bell, By. Constable
Kilmacdoagh and Printed Townland List
Kilmacdough Printed Townland List
Kilmacduagh Rev. Michael Neagle, P.P.
Comment:
In Kilmacduagh townland are: Ruins of 7 Churches, a Grave Yard and Round Tower, 107 feet in height and its base 60 feet in circumference, it is in good preservation; except a little of the coping near the top which is loosened by storms. It leans 2½ feet
Description:
Proprietor General Taylor, Castle Taylor. Post Town Ardrahan. Mr. George Cuppage, Galway (Agent) Let to 8 tenants. Belonging to the townland of Teernevin immediately adjoining Kilmacduach at £1. 2. 6 per acre yearly rent. County Cess 3s. per acre. Tithe 1s. per acre. Farms in divisions. Soil rocky and part gravely and sandy. Usual crops wheat, oats and potatoes. Bog scarce. Prevailing names Gehegan and Greelish. Lough Dawv on the North boundary and Loughawaita the West boundary of this townland. Perch and eel in these lakes. Kilmacduagh Holy Well to the south of the graveyard, on the right of the road leading from the grave yard of Kilmacdouagh to the village of Toberigh-an-dony . Stations performed at this well. Kilmacdouagh Grave Yard, ruins of 7 churches and Round Tower 107 feet high all in this townland. Authority for Descriptive Remarks Patt. Connell of Tavnagh.
Situation:
In the South West of the parish Kilmacdooagh, Barony of Kiltartan and County Galway. West of a road leading from Kilmacdooagh Tower to Gort, East of Loughawaita and North of Loughdubh.
Information from the Ordnance Survey Letters:
The Ordnance Survey Letters are letters between John O'Donovan and his supervisor, Thomas Larcom, regarding the work of compiling the Field Books. These letters provide further discussion on many of the places listed in the Field Books.
References to this place can be found in the following letters.
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Volume
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155
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156
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164
Area in Acres, Roods and Perches:
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