Information about Netterville Lodge

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Netterville Lodge
Irish Form of Name:
Translation:
Civil Parish:
Killian
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Netterville Lodge
Netterville Lodge By. Sketch Map
Netterville Lodge Denis H. Kelly, Esq.
Netterville Lodge John Cheevers, Esq.
Netterville Lodge John N. Gerrard, Esq.
Netterville Lodge Netterville Davis
Netterville Lodge Rev. Francis Irwin
Description:
Is the residence of John Gerrard, Esq., in summer. It is in good repair and is situated on rising ground from which there is a pleasing prospect. It lies 3½ miles N.E of Mount Bellew.
Situation:
Is situated in the S. West of this parish and in the S. West of Windfield townland contiguous to the junction of it with Tully and Ballynalahy townlands.

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:
Netterville Lodge is in Windfield townland.

Information From Maps

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.
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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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Netterville Lodge
Information from the National Monuments Service.
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You can use this link to view a map of archaelogical features.
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Archaeological map from the National Monuments Service
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