Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Otters Island
Otter Island Edward Kelly, Esqr.
Otters Island Mr. O'Rourke, The inhabitants
Description:
An island in the river (the eastern boundary of this parish) it does not represent any peculiar appearance and only a place where the otter makes use of its pray otherwise a station for resting while fishing.
Situation:
On the east extremity of the townland of Duinna East about 1/2 a mile South of Kelly's Mills, Parish of Teena, Barony of Leitrim.
Information From Griffith's Valution
Area in Acres, Roods and Perches:
A.
R.
P.
0
0
21
Land value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.
s.
d.
0
0
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.
0
0
0
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:
Otters Island is a 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.
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.)
Otters Island is in the civil parish of Tynagh.
Roman Catholic parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.
Tynagh
Church of Ireland parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.
Tynagh
In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.