Information about Lickerrig

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Lickerrig
Irish Form of Name:
Lic Dheirg
Translation:
red flag on flat surfaced rock
Civil Parish:
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Lickerrig
Lic Dheirg
Lickerrig B.S.
Lickrig Beaufort’s Map
Lickerigg Carlisle’s Topl. Dict.
Lickerrig County Map
Lickrick Down Survey 1655
Lickerrig Printed townland List
Lickerrig Rev. R. P. Graham, Curate
Description:
Burton Persse, Esq., Proprietor. Ruins of the old church of Lickerrig with a burying ground attached. This townland contains 257 acres, - of which are cultivated, 199 uncultivated and 58 bog. Some of it with Gammaher Cottage at £3 p. acre, no lease, the remainder is in the proprietor’s possession. County Cess 1/4¼ p. acre half yearly, 6 or 7 acres of this townland is Glebe. The church was unroofed about 150 years ago, the walls are entire except a little of the South gable. The soil gravelly. Produce potatoes, corn and flax. The rock limestone.
Situation:
Situated on the N. boundary of the parish. It is bounded N. by the parish of Kilconeeron, and the townland of Lecarhoo, E. by Carhoonagower, S. by Saint Clerans, Derryhoylebeg and Coolraugh and W. by part of the last townland.
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 letter.
  • Volume 1 page 450 to page 451

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:
Lickerrig in Galway; Leac-dherg, red flagstone surface : and truly descriptive.

Information From Griffith's Valution

Area in Acres, Roods and Perches:
A.R.P.
265 0 25
Land value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
145 3 8
Building value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
7 8 0
Total value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
149 0 4
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:
Lickerrig 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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Lickerrig
Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website.
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Lickerrig
Information from the Down Survey Website.
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The Down Survey website will tell you who owned this townland in 1641 (pre Cromwell) and in 1671 (post Cromwell).
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Information from Google Maps.
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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.)
Lickerrig is in the civil parish of Lickerrig.
Roman Catholic parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.
  • Carrabane (Kilconickney, Kilconieran & Lickerrig)
Church of Ireland parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.
  • Lickerrig
In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.

Information From The Landed Estates Database

Information from the Landed Estates Database.
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The following is a list of those houses in this townland which are discussed in the Landed Estates Database.

Other Sources

Information from the Logainm database.
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