Information about Barnacurra

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Barnacurra
Irish Form of Name:
Bar na curra
Translation:
town of the weir
Civil Parish:
Killian
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Barnacurra
Bar na curra
Barnacurra
Bar na corra
Barnacurra By. Sketch Map
Ballynecoure Co. Alph. List
Part of Cloonascarberry Denis H. Kelly, Esq.
Barnacurra Honble. Martin Ffrench
Barnacurra John Cheevers, Esq.
Bournacurra Larkin’s Co. Map
Barnacurra Netterville Davis, Esq.
Barnacora Rev. Francis Irwin
Description:
This townland is the property of the Honourable Martin French who holds it under a deed for ever. There is a portion of it under bog. The remainder is arable and pasture of a good quality. The village of Barnacurra is situated near the centre of it. The arable content is a. r. p. Amount of County Cess is £3. 13. 9.
Situation:
Lies in the eastern extremity of the parish is bounded by Shanballybeg. Tohergar, Cloonascarberry South and Cloonascarberry North in this parish and by Drynaun and Shanballymore in the parish of Killeroran and barony of Killian.

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:
Barnacurra and Baracurragh in Cork and Galway; Bearna-curraigh, gap of the curragh or marsh; see vol. i. p. 463 [below].
Cuirreach, or as it is written in modern Irish, currach, has two meanings, a racecourse, and a morass. In its first sense it gives name to the Curragh of Kildare, which has been used as a racecourse from the most remote ages. (See Mr. Hennessy's interesting paper "On the Curragh of Kildare", Proc. R. I. A.) In the second sense, which is the more general, it enters into names in the forms Curra, Curragh, and Curry, which are very common through the four provinces. Curraghmore, great morass, is the name of nearly thirty townlands scattered over the country; Currabaha and Currabeha, the marsh of the birch-trees. There are more than thirty places, all in Munster, called Curraheen, little marsh; and this name is sometimes met with in the forms Currin and Curreen.

Information From Griffith's Valution

Area in Acres, Roods and Perches:
A.R.P.
162 1 2
Land value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
44 5 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.
44 5 0
Heads of housholds living in the townland at this time:
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Townland Information

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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:
Barnacurra is a townland.
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Information From Maps

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Barnacurra
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Barnacurra
Information from the Down Survey Website.
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Neighbouring Townlands

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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.)
Barnacurra is in the civil parish of Killian.
Roman Catholic parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.
  • Killian and Killeroran (Kilronan) (Ballygar)
Church of Ireland parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.
  • Killian
In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.

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