Information about Cauraun

Caraun often designates a round abrupt little hill,generally rocky : vol. i. p. 420 [reproduced below].

The third diminutive, carran, is more generally used than either of the two former, and it has several anglicised forms, such as Caran, Caraun, Carran, and Carraun. It is often difficult to fix the meaning of these words; they generally signify rocky land, but they are occasionally understood to mean a reaping-hook, applied in this sense, from some peculiarity of shape; and Caran and Carran are sometimes varied forms of carn. Craan, Craane, and Crane, which are the names of a number of places, are modifications which are less doubtful in meaning; they are almost confined to Carlow, and Wexford, and are always applied to rocky land - land showing a rocky surface.

Ireland was first mapped in the 1840s. These original maps are available online.
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Cauraun

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.

You can select more than one map and you can use a slider to make one map more transparent than another. This allows you to view what features were present or absent at different points in time.
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Cauraun

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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You can use this link to find this townland on Google Maps.

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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

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

• Carheeny
• Carheeny
• Carraghy
• Knockdoebeg (West)
• Knockdoe-more
• Mullaghruttery
• Peak

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 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.)

Cauraun is in the civil parish of Lackagh.

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

• Lackagh

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

• Lackagh

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