People and Places of Galway

Standard Name:

Barna House

Irish Form of Name:

Translation:

Civil Parish:

Rahoon
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:

Barna House Popular name

Description:

This is the only house of any note in this part of the parish. It is the residence of Mr. Lynch, Esq. of the Barna Estate. There is a pretty large demesne attached and forming a pleasing contrast to the ? of the surrounding Country. The house is pleasantly situated overlooking the Bay of Galway on the opposite side of which the Clare Mountains appear. About 6 chains S. E. of the house is the site of Barna Old Castle.

Situation:

S. of the parish in Barna townland. Close to Galway Bay about 4 miles from Galway Town.

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:

Barna House is in Barna townland.

Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website.
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This link is not a link to the townland that you are currently researching; however, if you follow this link, you will see a search box near the top of the page which you can use to search for your townland.

Having followed this link, you will see several expandable links - each link has a plus sign on its left - on the top left of the page. Expand 'Base Information and Mapping'. Now it is possible to select the maps that you wish to view by clicking on the checkbox that is on the left of each map; this list includes the original Ordnance Survey maps.

You can select more than one map and you can use a slider to make one map more transparent than another. This allows you to view what features were present or absent at different points in time.
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Barna House

Information from the National Monuments Service.
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Archaeological map from the National Monuments Service

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.

Barna

Information about Barna House

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Townland Information

Information From Maps

Information From The Landed Estates Database