People and Places of Galway

Standard Name:

Part of Loonaghton Kelly

Irish Form of Name:

Leamnachtan

Translation:

[Loonaghton means] new milk land

Civil Parish:

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

Part of Loonaghton Kelly
Part of Loonaghton Kelly By. Sketch Map
Part of Loonaghton Kelly Charles Filgate, Esq.
Loonaughton Larkin’s Co. Map
Part of Loonaghton Kelly Michl. Shaughnessy
Part of Loonaghton Kelly Peter Daley, Esq.
Part of Loonaghton Kelly Rev. Henry Hunt

Description:

Contains a. r. p. about 22 acres of which is bog, the remainder arable and pasture. The houses are in bad repair. It is the property of Timothy Kelly, Esq. held by deed for ever. The County Cess is included with Lattoon.

Situation:

Is situated in the western side of this parish in the barony of Killian, is bounded by Loonaghton Mahon, Gowla, Eskermore and Creggaun MacHugh townlands in said barony, and by Keoves and Castle French West in the barony of Kilconnel.

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:

Part of Loonaghton Kelly is in Loonaghtan townland.

Other placesnames in this townland:

Some other placenames in or near this townland are...

Liskelly Fort (fort)

Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website.
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Part of Loonaghton Kelly

Information from the National Monuments Service.
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Archaeological map from the National Monuments Service

Information from the Logainm database.
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Information about Part of Loonaghton Kelly

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Townland Information

Information From Maps

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