BROWSE
townland
Baile na gCailleach
genitive: Bhaile na gCailleach
(Irish)
Collierstown
(English)

Glossary

English townland, town, homestead

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

electoral division

Centrepoint

53.5718, -6.56483latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1540-1
Callaghton
House of Nuns of Odder ...Jurors... John Flynne of
Ir. Mon. Poss.
1540c
Calleston
Villata de Skryne <br> Coppeslandis … pasture in Longton … pasture in Rogerston … duas acras in Calleston …. Radulfo Thomson … beate Marie Virginis de Skryne … Lassemolen …. Loughton [defunct, ag Lismullin] Crown Survey 104-5
Crown Surv.
1540c
Calleston
Villata de Skryne <br> Coppeslandis … pasture in Longton … pasture in Rogerston … duas acras in Calleston …. Radulfo Thomson … beate Marie Virginis de Skryne … Lassemolen …. Loughton [defunct, ag Lismullin] Crown Survey 104-5
Crown Surv.
1553
Calliaghton near Skryne
CPCR
1588-9
Callaghton
Grant …to Rich. Power, son and heir of lord baron Power, lord baron of Coroghmore… of the reversion of the lands of Odder and Callaghton by Skryne, co. Meath… F 5302
F
1654
Calliaghtowne
CS V
1660c
Calliaghtowne
BSD
1836
Callaghstown
HCSV:AL Leathanach: Mí105,14
1836
Calliaghstowne
DS:AL Leathanach: Mí105,14
1836
Collierston
Inq. Eliz. I:AL Leathanach: Mí105,14
1836
Collierstown
Larkin (Mí):AL Leathanach: Mí105,14
1836
Callaghstown
GJRates (Old Docket): AL Leathanach: Mí105,14
1836
Collyerston
Inq. Eliz. I:AL Leathanach: Mí105,14
1836
Collierston
Inq. J I:AL Leathanach: Mí105,14
1836
Collierston
Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: Mí105,14
1836
Collyerstowne
Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: Mí105,14
1836
Baile na gcailleach, 'town of the nuns'
OD:AL Leathanach: Mí105,14
1836
Baile na g-cailliach
pl:AL Leathanach: Mí105,14
1836
Collierstown
"Recte 'Calliaghstown'." [Nóta OD]
OD:AL Leathanach: Mí105,14
1836
[Collierstown]
"There is also a fort in it near its southern boundary."
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Mí105,14

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