Information about Eddergool West

Adrigole, Adrigoole; Eadar-ghabhall, (a place) between two river-prongs ; same as Addergoole, &c.See [reproduced below] vol. i. p. 529.

Gabhal [goul, gowal, and gole], a fork, old Irish, gabul, from the verb gab, to take. It is a word in very extensive local use in every part of Ireland, being, generally, though not always, applied to river-forks; and it assumes a variety of forms in accordance with different modes of pronunciation. The simple word is seen in such names as Gole, Gowel, and Goul; and the plural Gola (forks) is pretty common in the northern counties. At Lisgoole near Enniskillen, there was formerly a monastery of some note, which the Four Masters call Lis-gabhail, the fort of the fork. There is a remarkable valley between the mountains of Slieve-an-ierin and Quilcagh, near the source of the Shannon, now called Glengavlin; but the Four Masters give the name at A.D. 1390, Gleann-gaibhle [gavla], the glen of the fork. The land enclosed by two branches of a river was often designated by the compound Eadar-dha-ghabhal [Adragoul], or Eadar-ghabhal [Addergoul], i.e. (a place) between two (river) prongs; and this has given names to many places, in the various forms, Addergoole, Adderagool, Addrigoole, Adrigole, Adrgool, Edergole, and Edergoole.

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

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Eddergool West

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

• Annaghbeg
• Ballyglass
• Cool
• Eddergool North
• Eglish
• Gortbrack

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.)

Eddergool West is in the civil parish of Ahascragh.

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

• Ahascragh & Caltra

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

• Ahascragh

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