Information about Pollnabanny

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Pollnabanny
Irish Form of Name:
Poll na Bainigh
Translation:
hole of the white cow
Civil Parish:
Killora
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Poll na Bainigh
Pollnabanny
Poulnabauny Clerk of the Peace for the Town of Galway
Poulnabauny County Map
Poulnabally County Registry 1820
Poulnabanny County Registry 1820
Polnabauny High Constable for the Barony
Poulnabanny Rent Ledger of Marquis Clanricarde
Poulnabauny Sketch Map
Description:
R. Rathborne. Proprietor, Marquis of Clanricard, Portumna Castle. Agent, Robert Aroy[Unable to read.], Woodville. This townland is farmed by 13 tenants, and 2 cotters under them, having well looking housees, built of stone, and rent from 15s. per acre. No. tenure. Soil light poor [Unable to read.] dry clay, producing potatoes, wheat, oats [Unable to read.]. The last Co. Cess 1s. 41/2d. per acre. A great portion of it flooded, with some lime stone interspersed. Nothing remarkable on it.
Situation:
North of the parish. Bounded on the North by Shevrooa, on E. by the parish of Kilconeran, on S. by townlands Ballywinna and Tampulmartin, and on W. by the parish of Killeeneen.

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:
Poll or Poul, a hole in the ground or river or bog, an excavation, a cavern : sometimes made Pollach, like smolach, from Smol: see vol. ii. p. 5.

Information From Griffith's Valution

Area in Acres, Roods and Perches:
A.R.P.
278 0 9
Land value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
75 13 5
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.
75 13 5
Heads of housholds living in the townland at this time:
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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:
Pollnabanny is a townland.
Other placesnames in this townland:
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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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Pollnabanny
Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website.
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Pollnabanny
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).
Down Survey Website
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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.)
Pollnabanny is in the civil parish of Killora.
Roman Catholic parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.
  • Killora and Killogilleen (Craughwell)
Church of Ireland parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.
  • Killora
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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