Information about Monivea

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Monivea
Irish Form of Name:
Muine Meadha
Translation:
4 Masters, brake of the metheglin
Civil Parish:
Monivea
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Monivea
Muine Meadha
Muin a bheithe
Parish of Monivea By. S. Sketch Map
Monivea Carlisle’s Topl. Dictionary
Monivea Not on Orig. Co. Map
Description:
The village of Monivea stands nearly central in the parish, and the parish forms part of the Baronies of Tiaquin, Clare and Kilconnel. There are a number of Gentlemen’s Seats, and a few well laid out farms in this parish. It contains in all about 21,930 acres, of which 16,150 belong to the Barony of Tiaquin. The site of the ancient house of Quin from which the barony derives its name is situated near the eastern extremity of the parish in the rear of a neat cottage, the residence of [unable to read] Burke, Esq. – the owner of a small estate in the parish.
Situation:
It is situated nearly central in the County of Galway being 16½ miles N.E. of Galway, 10½ S.W. of Tuam and 5½ North of Athenry, bounded on the North by Abbeyknockmoy, East by Moylough, South by Athenry and West by Lackagh, Abbey and Abbeyknockmoy Parishes.

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:
Monivea is in Glennagloghaun townland.

Information From Maps

Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website.
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Monivea
Information from the National Monuments Service.
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Archaeological map from the National Monuments Service
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