People and Places of Galway

Standard Name:

Aughnanure

Irish Form of Name:

Achadh na n-Iubhar

Translation:

field of the yews

Civil Parish:

Kilcummin
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:

Aughnanure
Achadh na n-Iubhar
Aughnanuer, the rock where the palm tree grows
Augnenure Barony Cess Book
Aughnanure Boundary Surveyor
Augheranure County Map
Aghnanure Inq. Temp. Gul. 3
Aghnenewer Inquis. Temp. Car. I
Aghnanewer Inquis. Temp. Jac. I
Aughan - eniore Castell de Aghnenewer Inquis. Temp. Jac. I
Aughrenure Local
Aughrenure Rector of Kilcummin

Comment:

Castr’ et villa Aghinenure in patria coiter vocat o’Flaherties country

Description:

Present Proprietor James O’Hara, Esq. recordes tenants without lease. It contains the ruins of a castle. The soil is good, but very rocky in parts. Contains 244¼ acres about 100 acres of arable land, the remainder is bog, and rough pasture. The road from Galway to Oughterard passes through the southern extremity of this townland. There is an old palm tree growing between two cliffs of the rock overhanging the river from whence that townland and castle takes their name, an old fort near the E.

Situation:

Situate in the Northern extremity of the parish, bounded on the N. and E. by Ardnasillagh and the parish of Killannin, on the W. by Knockkillaree and Moyvoon and on the S. by Bealnalappa and the parish of Killannin.

Information from the Ordnance Survey Letters:

The Ordnance Survey Letters are letters between John O'Donovan and his supervisor, Thomas Larcom, regarding the work of compiling the Field Books. These letters provide further discussion on many of the places listed in the Field Books.

References to this place can be found in the following letters.

Volume 1 page 6
Volume 3 page 145

Area in Acres, Roods and Perches:

A.	R.	P.
244	0	15

Land value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:

£.	s.	d.
82	4	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.
82	4	8

Heads of housholds living in the townland at this time:

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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:

Aughnanure is a townland.

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Aughnanure Castle (castle)

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Aughnanure

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Aughnanure

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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.

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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:

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Aughnanure is in the civil parish of Kilcummin.

Roman Catholic parishes:

This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.

Carraroe
Kilannin
Kilcummin/Oughterard
Rosmuc

Church of Ireland parishes:

This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.

Kilcummin

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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Information about Aughnanure

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