Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Rinneen
Rinín
Rínín
Rinneen By. Surveyors Sketch Map
Rinneen Engraved County Map
Rinneen Mr. John Bell, Barony Constable
Rinneen Rev. Patrick Fallon, P.P.
Description:
Proprietor Walter Rosengrave, Esq.,Gort, no Agent, let to 13 tenants one having a lease and the rest at will. Yearly 32/s per acre. County Cess 3/s per acre. Tithe 1s per acre. Size of farms 2 to 10 acres. Soil rocky and part sandy. Usual crops, wheat, oats and potatoes, no bog. Tenants all Roman Catholics. Prevailing names Burk and Huston. Roseville Cottage stands in this townland. House, offices in good repair, a good orchard here Pooloonogue Spring or large pool and Gort River in this townland. Trout, perch and eel in this river. One fort in this townland. Authority, Mr. Burk, townland Rinneen.
Situation:
In the South East of the parish Kiltartan, Barony of Kiltartan and County Galway, to the East of Gort River and North West and South East of a road leading from Gort to Loughrea.