Rúscaigh/Roosky

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Hierarchy

townland

Rúscaigh

genitive: Rúscaí

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(Irish)

Roosky

(English)

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Hierarchy

county

Dún na nGall/Donegal

barony

Inis Eoghain Thoir/Inishowen East

civil parish

Cluain Maine/Clonmany

electoral division

An tSráid/Straid

Centrepoint

55.2446, -7.41232latitude, longitude

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Archival records

Historical references

1621	Rouskey	Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 11 Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1654	Rooskey	CS III Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1654	Rusky	CS III Leathanach: 2 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1654	ye Quarter called Ruskey	CS III 2 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1654	rooske quarter	CS III 14 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1655-7	Rousky	DS Contae (DG) The Down Survey - The County Donagall Ar fáil: https://downsurvey.tchpc.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php
1659	Rusky	Cen. A census of Ireland, circa 1659: with supplementary material from the poll money ordinances (1660-1661), eag. S. Pender (1939) Bliain foilsithe: 1939, Údar: S. Pender, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1660	Rooskey Ruskey	BSD (DG) Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Donegal)
1661	Rouskie	Parsons Hollar Map (BM) Map of Inishowen, showing loughs Swilly and Foyle and the land around. 1661 Etching. Wenceslaus Hollar, Sir William Parsons. Leagan ó Mhusaem na Breataine / Copy from The British Museum. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_Q-6-140
1665	Rusky	HMR Hearth Money Roll
1669	Rouskie	Chic. Map 135 Lord Chichester's Map of the Inishowen peninsula
1812	Ruskey two ballyboes of land one calle Ballynaboe and the other called Ruskey	CGn. 650.220.446367 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1827	Rouskey	TAB Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta) Bliain: 1824–40, Nóta: Go minic, tugtar ainm an pharóiste, nó eolas eile i gcolún na nótaí.
1830	Ruskey	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1830	Rúsgaidh	OD:AL 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

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