Information about Lavallyconor

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Lavallyconor
Irish Form of Name:
Leathbaile Ui Chonchubhair
Translation:
O’Conor’s half town
Civil Parish:
Killeely
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Levallyconor
Leathbaile Ui Chonchubhair
Lavallyconnor A. T. St. George, Esq., Tyrone
Lavallyconor Clerk of the Peace
Levallyconnor 1 qrs. County Map
Lavallyconor County Map
Lavallyconnor County Registry 1820
Lavallyconor High Constable for the Barony
Leaballaconghor Inq. Temp. Eliz.
Levallyconnor Inq. Temp. Jac. I
Leballyconner Quit Rent Ledger
Levallyconner Quit Rent Ledger
Lavallyconnor Sketch Map
Lavallyconner Tithe Composition Book
Description:
Propr. John Bodkin, Esq., Annagh. Part is held by lease at 16s. pr. acre and part at £1. 1. Soil of a middling good quality. It is all under pasture. Old Castle in S.E. part of townland and the ruins of a Malt House. The green road is West of townland.
Situation:
In the Barony of Loughrea. S.E. of the parish. Bounded on the N. by Poulnagarragh W. on E. and S. by Kilcolgan parish and on W. by same parish and townland Carhoomannen.
Information from the Ordnance Survey Letters:
The Ordnance Survey Letters are letters between John O'Donovan and his supervisor, Thomas Larcom, regarding the work of compiling the Field Books. These letters provide further discussion on many of the places listed in the Field Books.
References to this place can be found in the following letter.
  • Volume 1 page 366

Information From Griffith's Valution

Area in Acres, Roods and Perches:
A.R.P.
125 0 29
Land value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
70 19 8
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.
70 19 8
Heads of housholds living in the townland at this time:
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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:
Lavallyconor is a townland.
Other placesnames in this townland:
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Information From Maps

Original OS map of this area.
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Ireland was first mapped in the 1840s. These original maps are available online.
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Lavallyconor
Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website.
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Lavallyconor
Information from the Down Survey Website.
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The Down Survey website will tell you who owned this townland in 1641 (pre Cromwell) and in 1671 (post Cromwell).
Down Survey Website
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Information from Google Maps.
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Information from the National Monuments Service.
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Archaeological map from the National Monuments Service

Neighbouring Townlands

List of townlands that share a border with this townland:
This is a list of townlands that share a border with this townland.

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.)
Lavallyconor is in the civil parish of Killeely.
Roman Catholic parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.
  • Kinvara
Church of Ireland parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.
  • Killeely
In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.

Other Sources

Information from the Logainm database.
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