Cill Rois/Kilrush

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Cill Rois

genitive: Chill Rois

validated name (What is this?)

(Irish)

Kilrush

(English)

Capitalise

Glossary

cill

English church

ros

English (wooded) height; wood; promontory

Hierarchy

county

An Clár/Clare

barony

Maigh Fhearta/Moyarta

civil parish

Cill Rois/Kilrush

Explanatory note

English

Cill Rois ‘church of the wood’

Centrepoint

52.6368, -9.48744latitude, longitude

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Properties

POThere is or was once a post office here

Archival records

Historical references

1839	Kilrush	BS:AL Leathanach: Cl105,21 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1839	Kilrush	CM:AL Leathanach: Cl105,21 Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1839	Kilrush	Co. Bk.:AL Leathanach: Cl105,21 County Book, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1839	Kilrush	Tithe Ledger:AL Leathanach: Cl105,21 Tithe (Tythe) Ledger in AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1839	Kilrush	Kenny, Rev. J.:AL Leathanach: Cl105,21 Kenny, Rev. J.:AL
1839	Kilrush	Cess Coll.:AL Leathanach: Cl105,21 Cess Collector, fianaise in AL / evidence in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks Bliain: c1840
1839	Kilrush	OD:AL Leathanach: Cl105,21 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1839	[Kilrush] "The town of Kilrush is situated in this townland" [Desc. Rem.];	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Cl105,21 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1839	Killrushe	Inq. Eliz. I:AL Leathanach: Cl105,21 Foinse in AL
1839	Killrush	Inq. J I:AL Leathanach: Cl105,21 Ionchoisní Shéamais I, foinse in AL / Inquisitions James I, source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1839	Cill Ruis	ARÉ:AL Leathanach: Cl105,21 Tagairt do Annála Ríoghachta Éireann in AL
1839	Cillrois	HID:AL Leathanach: Cl105,21 Hardiman's Irish Deeds, foinse in AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1839	Killrush	HID:AL Leathanach: Cl105,21 Hardiman's Irish Deeds, foinse in AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.

Please note: Some of the documentation from the archives of the Placenames Branch is available here. It indicates the range of research contributions undertaken by the Branch on this placename over the years. It may not constitute a complete record, and evidence may not be sequenced on the basis of validity. It is on this basis that this material is made available to the public.

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