BROWSE
townland
Cill Rois Íochtarach
genitive: Chill Rois Íochtarach
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Kilrush Lower
(English)

Glossary

English church
English (wooded) height; wood; promontory

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Explanatory note

Centrepoint

53.6553, -7.01915latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1587-8
Killroish
[bl.: 29th Eliz.]
CPR Leathanach: 255b
1603
Kilrushe
Chris. Nugent
Nugent Papers Leathanach: 134
1631
Killrush (John Cusack)
Inq. Leathanach: 67 (CI)
1655-7
killrush
DS
1659
Killrush
Cen. Leathanach: 527
1668
Killrushe or Ruske
p. Half-Fore
ASE Leathanach: 154
1685c
Killrush
Hib. Del.
1738
Killrush
Courtenay - Rowley
CGn. Leathanach: 115.518.81443
1836
Lower Kilrush
"Newtown Lough is on the Boundary of this Townland,a position of which belongs to it, as also a position of Kilrush Lough situated on SE Boundary."
Desc. Rem.:AL
1836
Kilrush Lough
OD:AL
1836
Kilrush Lough
Inhabs.:AL
1836
[Kilrush Lower]
"This Lough is on the Boundary between the Townland of Lower Kilrush an Upper Kilrush. It contains a small island having a tree on it"
Desc. Rem.:AL

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