Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Ceathramhadh na ngurrán
Carhoogurraun
Carrownagarraun
Carrownegarran Inq. Temp. Car. I
Carrowngarran Inq. Temp. Gul. III
Carrowingarran Inq. Temp. Jac. I
Carhoogurraun Mr. Eyre
Carhoogurraun Mr. Lynch
Carhoogurraun Mr. Mulloy
Carhoogurraun The inhabitants
Description:
A district of the townland so called but does not represent any peculiar appearance or matter worthy of remark.
Situation:
In the townland of Cartron about 1 mile N. N. East of Dooniry Village.
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:
Carrownagarraun is a 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.
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.)
Carrownagarraun is in the civil parish of Duniry.
Roman Catholic parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.
Abbey & Duniry
Church of Ireland parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.
Duniry
In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.