Information about Truska

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Truska
Irish Form of Name:
Trusca
Translation:
cod-like hill
Civil Parish:
Ballindoon
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Truska
Trusca
Trusk By. Surveyors Sketch Map
Trusky C. C. Collector
Trusky road Co. Map
Trusky Local
Trusk Meresman
Trusky Rental
Trusky Rev. Peter Fitzmorris, P.P.
Comment:
A road by the name of Trusky in this land
Description:
Proprietor Agustus John O’Neil, Esq., late Lieut 13th light Dragoon, Bunowen Castle. Agent John R. Bewick, Esq., Ballinahinchor Dublin. Held under lease for the bulked rent of £80 per year. Soil very rocky with a piece of green pasture towards the beach. Produces good crops of potatoes and oats. Co. Cess 20¼d. paid for each of 10 acres half yearly. Truskey village. Lough of Truskey touches Manningmore and Manningbeg townlands, Foachothcriving, Ocean, Doogh sandy.
Situation:
In the North side of the parish. Bounded on the North by the townlands of Manninbeg and Knock, West by the Atlantic Ocean and townland Keerhaun South, South by Keerhaun South and Emlogharran and on the East by Manninmore and Manninbeg. In the Barony of Ballinahinch and County of Galway.

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:
Trusk, a component of names, generally of mountains, of frequent occurrence : Irish Trosc, a codfish, as to which meaning there is no mistake. In some cases the intelligent old Irish speakers believe that the mountain is so called from a fancied resemblance to a cod's back, which is likely true (like Muckish, pig's back). But in many cases the name is given simply from the abundance of the fish in the adjacent sea. Each name with Trusk must be interpreted according to the circumstances of the case. Hence we have Trusk in Donegal, Truska and Trusky in Galway, places abounding in codfish.

Information From Griffith's Valution

Area in Acres, Roods and Perches:
A.R.P.
415 0 19
Land value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
65 3 9
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.
65 3 9
Heads of housholds living in the townland at this time:
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Townland Information

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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:
Truska is a townland.
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Information From Maps

Original OS map of this area.
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Truska
Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website.
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Truska
Information from the Down Survey Website.
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Information from the National Monuments Service.
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Neighbouring Townlands

List of townlands that share a border with this townland:
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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.)
Truska is in the civil parish of Ballindoon.
Roman Catholic parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.
  • Ballyconneely
  • Clifden
Church of Ireland parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.
  • Ballindoon
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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