People and Places of Galway

Standard Name:

Curraghmore

Irish Form of Name:

Currach Mór

Translation:

Civil Parish:

Claregalway
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:

Curraghmore
Currach Mór
Curraghmore B. S. Sketch Map
Curraghmore Barony Map
Curraghmore County Map
Curaghmore Inq. Temp Car. I
Carraghmore Inq. Temp. Eliz.
Coraghmore Inq. Temp. Jac.I
Curraghmore Local
Curragh Mor Local

Description:

Townland, it is the property of Lord Clanmorris. It is all bog and a great portion along its South side is subject to Winter floods. A large tract of wet [unable to read]. It is several miles in length.

Situation:

It is situated 3 miles West of Claregalway. Bounded on the North by Annaghdown Parish, West by Lough Corrib, South by [unable to read] more Parish and East by Moantiagh North.

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:

Cur, Curr ; see Cor [reproduced below] .

Cor or Corr is an unsatisfactory term to deal with topographically, for it has several meanings, and it is often hard or impossible to distinguish. Its most frequent application is to a small round hill - "a small-topped hill" (Old Brady of Monaghan): and in Mayo and all round there this is always its meaning. In the north-west it is sometimes applied to a pit or abrupt depression. As an adjective it often means "odd", and it is easy to imagine the circumstances that might give rise to this designation.

Area in Acres, Roods and Perches:

A.	R.	P.
4951	3	31

Land value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:

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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:

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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:

Curraghmore is a townland.

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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Curraghmore

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.

Having followed this link, you will see several expandable links - each link has a plus sign on its left - on the top left of the page. Expand 'Base Information and Mapping'. Now it is possible to select the maps that you wish to view by clicking on the checkbox that is on the left of each map; this list includes the original Ordnance Survey maps.

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Curraghmore

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

List of townlands that share a border with this townland:

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

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.)

Curraghmore is in the civil parish of Claregalway.

Roman Catholic parishes:

This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.

Claregalway

Church of Ireland parishes:

This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.

Claregalway

In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.

Information about Curraghmore

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Information From Griffith's Valution

Townland Information

Information From Maps

Neighbouring Townlands

Population and Census Information