Information about Glebe of Kiltartan

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Glebe of Kiltartan
Irish Form of Name:
Cill Tártáin
Translation:
Tartan's Church
Civil Parish:
Kiltartan
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Glebe of Kiltartan
Glebe of Kiltartan By. Surveyors Sketch Map
Glebe of Kiltartan Mr Gregory’s Clerk, P. Burk
Glebe of Kiltartan Mr. John Bell, Barony Constable
Glebe of Kiltartan Rev. Patrick Fallon, P.P.
Description:
Proprietor Richard Gregory, 56 Berners Street, Oxford Road, London. Agent Edmund Lombard Hunt, Esq., Gort. Let to 1 occupying tenant at will, at the rent of £7 per annum. County cess and Tithe free. Soil rocky and sandy. Usual crops wheat, oats and potatoes. No house on the Glebe. Authority Garret Eagan, the tenant on the Glebe.
Situation:
In the North West of the parish of Kiltartan, Barony of Kiltartan and County of Galway, North West and South East of the old Mail Coach Road from Galway to Gort and South East of Coole Demesne.

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:
Glebe of Kiltartan is in Kiltartan townland.

Information From Maps

Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website.
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Glebe of Kiltartan
Information from the National Monuments Service.
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Archaeological map from the National Monuments Service
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