Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Craghalan Little
Craghalan Little By. Sketch Map
Craghalan Little Co. Book
Craghalan Little County Map
Craghalan Little H. C. Sur. And Val. Report
Craghalan Little Mr. Hardy, Agent to – West, Esq.
Comment:
(vide supra)
Description:
An island all arable.
Situation:
Bounded by the Shannon.
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:
Craghalan Little is a townland.
Population and Census Information
People who lived here:
You can retrieve a list of people who lived in this townland from 1827 to 1911. This list is compiled from the following resources.
Church records of births, deaths and marriages are available online at http://www.rootsireland.ie. To search these records you will need to know the 'church parish' rather than the 'civil parish'. (The civil parish is the pre-reformation parish and was frequently used as a unit of administration in the past.)
Craghalan Little is in the civil parish of Clonfert.
Roman Catholic parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.
Clonfert, Meelick & Eyrecourt
Church of Ireland parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.
Clonfert
In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.
Other Sources
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