Information about Ardrahan Glebe House or Caherkelly Glebe House

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Ardrahan Glebe House or Caherkelly Glebe House
Irish Form of Name:
Ard rathain
Translation:
Ardrahan means] hill of the ferns
Civil Parish:
Ardrahan
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Ardrahan Glebe House or Caherkelly Glebe House Rev. G. Dwyer, Rector of Ardrahan
Description:
The residence of the Rev. George Dwyer, Rector of Ardrahan Parish. A handsome Glebe House here; built under the superintendence of the Rector and finished in 1820. Neat office house and about 3 English acres of a plantation and ornamental ground. A new garden in a progressive state of being shortly walled in and completed, an orchard and some fruit trees.
Situation:
In the townland Caherkelly, Barony of Dunkellin and County Galway, ¼ statute miles South West of the village of Ardrahan.

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:
Ardrahan Glebe House or Caherkelly Glebe House is in Caherkelly townland.

Information From Maps

Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website.
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Ardrahan Glebe House or Caherkelly Glebe House
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