Information about Cormeelick South

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Cormeelick South
Irish Form of Name:
Cor Mhiliuc
Translation:
round hill of the meelick or insulated spot of land
Civil Parish:
Addergoole
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Cormeelick
Cor Mhiliuc
Cormeelick South
Coweelick South By. S. S. Map
Coweelick North By. S. S. Map
Carmeelick South Larkin’s Co Map of Galway
Carmeelick North Larkin’s Co. Map
Description:
The property of Francis Dillon, Esq., Corveelick, County of Galway. It contains 105½ acres statute measure including 40 acres of water.
Situation:
In the N. extremity of the parish, bounded on the N. by the parish of Dunmore, on the S. by Corveelick South, on the E. by the parish of Dunmore and Corveelick South and on the W. by the townland of Coolecknaleagh.

Information From Griffith's Valution

Area in Acres, Roods and Perches:
A.R.P.
105 0 25
Land value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
35 18 11
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.
35 18 11
Heads of housholds living in the townland at this time:
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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:
Cormeelick South is a townland.

Information From Maps

Original OS map of this area.
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Ireland was first mapped in the 1840s. These original maps are available online.
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Cormeelick South
Information from the National Monuments Service.
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Archaeological map from the National Monuments Service

Neighbouring Townlands

List of townlands that share a border with this townland:
This is a list of townlands that share a border with this 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.
  • 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.)
Cormeelick South is in the civil parish of Addergoole.
Roman Catholic parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.
  • Miltown
Church of Ireland parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.
  • Addergoole
In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.

Other Sources

Information from the Logainm database.
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