Information about Carra Island or Illaunacanna

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Carra Island or Illaunacanna
Irish Form of Name:
Carra
Translation:
a weir
Civil Parish:
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Carra
Carra Island or Illaunacanna Trigonometrical Department
Situation:
On the sea shore, N.E. of Minish Island

Information From Griffith's Valution

Area in Acres, Roods and Perches:
A.R.P.
2 1 6
Land value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
1 0 6
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.
1 0 6
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:
Carra Island or Illaunacanna 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.
  • 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.)
Carra Island or Illaunacanna is in the civil parish of Moyrus.
Roman Catholic parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.
  • Carna
  • Roundstone
Church of Ireland parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.
  • Roundstone, Moyrus and Beauchamp
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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