Information about Srahaunananta

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Srahaunananta
Irish Form of Name:
Srathán na Neantá
Translation:
little holm of the nettles
Civil Parish:
Kilteskill
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Srathán na Neantá
Shraghananantha
Srahaunananta
Shraghananantha
Shraghananantha Boundary Sketch
Shraghananantha Charles Farrell, Esq.
Shraghananantha Inhabitants
Shraghananantha James Smyth, Esq.
Description:
The name given to a hamlet.
Situation:
Townland of Shraghananantha.
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 2 page 24

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:
Srahaunananta in Galway; holm of the nettles (neannta).

Information From Griffith's Valution

Area in Acres, Roods and Perches:
A.R.P.
203 0 28
Land value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
56 7 0
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.
56 7 0
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:
Srahaunananta is a townland.

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.)
Srahaunananta is in the civil parish of Kilteskill.
Roman Catholic parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.
  • Killeenadeema & Aille
Church of Ireland parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.
  • Kilteskil
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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