Information about Knocknacreeva

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Knocknacreeva
Irish Form of Name:
Cnoc na craoibhe
Translation:
hill of the bush or wide spreading tree
Civil Parish:
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Knocknacreeva
Cnoc na craoibhe
Knocknacreeva B. S. Sketch Map
Description:
It is the property of Mr. Lambert, containing 228 statute acres, 2/3 rds. of which is arable, the remainder dry heathy pasture. In the centre of the townland there is a Trgl. Station 237 feet above the level of sea, and 11½ chains N. of the station is a stone circle 10 chains N.E. of which is a second circle. A bye road bounds the South extremity of the townland.
Situation:
It is situated 3 miles N.W.of Athenry, bounded on the N. by Poulagooal, West by Moore and Caherbriskaun, South by Cauraundhu and East by Castlelambert.

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:
Knocknacreeva in Galway; Cnoc-na-craoibhe, hill of the branch or branchy tree. See Craebh, vol. i.p. 501 [reproduced below].
Craebh [crave] signifies either a branch or a large wide-spreading tree. The name like bile, was given to large trees, under whose shadows games or religious rites were celebrated, or chiefs inaugurated; and we may conclude that one of these trees formerly grew wherever we find the word perpetuated in a name. Creeve, the most usual modern form, is the name of a great many places. In several cases, the bh is represented by w, changing the word to Crew, which is the name of ten or twelve places in the northern counties. Crewhill in Kildare, is merely the phonetic representation of Craobh-choill, branchy-wood, or a wood of branchy trees; Loughcrew, a small lake in Meath, giving name to a parish, is called in Irish, Loch-craeibhe, the lake of the branchy tree, and the village of Mullacrew in Louth is Mullach-craeibhe, the hill of the tree. There are more than thirty townlands called Creevagh, i.e. branchy or bushy land. The name of the parish of Cruagh at the base of the mountains south of Dublin city, has the same original form, for we find it written "Creuaghe" and "Crevaghe" in several old documents; and Creevy, which is a modification of the same word, is the name of about twenty others: in Monaghan and Tyrone we find some places called Derrycreevy, which signifies branchy derry or oak-wood. Near the town of Antrim, is a townland called Crevary; both of which are from the Irish Craeghaire, a branchy place.

Information From Griffith's Valution

Area in Acres, Roods and Perches:
A.R.P.
228 0 32
Land value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
43 10 8
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.
43 10 8
Heads of housholds living in the townland at this time:

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:
Knocknacreeva is a townland.

Information From Maps

Original OS map of this area.
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Knocknacreeva
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Neighbouring Townlands

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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.
  • The Tithe Applotment Books
  • Griffith's Valuation
  • 1901 Census
  • 1911 Census
List of nineteenth century and early twentieth century inhabitants of this townland.
Church records of births, deaths and marriages:
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.)
Knocknacreeva is in the civil parish of Athenry Parish.
Roman Catholic parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.
  • Athenry
Church of Ireland parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.
  • Athenry
In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.

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