Information about Cahergowan or Summerfield

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Cahergowan or Summerfield
Irish Form of Name:
Cathair Ghobhan
Translation:
stone fort of the smith
Civil Parish:
Claregalway
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Cathair Ghobhan
Cahergowan or Summerfield
Summerfield B. S. Sketch Map
Caher a 'ghouna Barony Map
Summerfield or Cahergown Barony Map
Cahergowin County Book
Cahergowan or Summerfield County Map
Cahergowna or Summerfield Local
Description:
Townland, it is the property of Lord Clanmorris, and [Unable to read.] under tillage with the exception of some portions of rocky pasture. It is bounded on the East by the road from Galway to Tuam and it contains a large portion of bog on its West side, in its centre a large village of houses, and a great portion of it centre is subject to Winter floods. There stands a Trigl. Station in its N. end 142 feet above the sea.
Situation:
It is situated S. W. of and adjacent to Clareglaway bounded on the north by Claregalway, East by Lakeview and Cregboy, South by Poullaghrevagh and West by Moantiagh South and the latter townland.

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:
Cahergowan in Galway; Cathair-gabhann, of tinsmith.

Information From Griffith's Valution

Area in Acres, Roods and Perches:
A.R.P.
841 0 25
Land value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
320 1 8
Building value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
22 6 0
Total value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
331 4 0
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:
Cahergowan or Summerfield is a townland.

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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Cahergowan or Summerfield
Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website.
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Cahergowan or Summerfield
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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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.)
Cahergowan or Summerfield 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.

Other Sources

Information from the Logainm database.
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