Caisleán na dTuath/Castledoe

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Hierarchy

townland

Caisleán na dTuath

genitive: Chaisleán na dTuath

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(Irish)

Castledoe

(English)

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Glossary

caisleán

English castle

Hierarchy

county

Dún na nGall/Donegal

barony

Cill Mhic Réanáin/Kilmacrenan

municipal district

Na Gleannta/Glenties

civil parish

Cluain Dá Chorcach/Clondahorky

electoral division

Caisleán na dTuath/Doe Castle

Centrepoint

55.1361, -7.87164latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1608-1620	Castledoe Sir Richard Bindley was the first Patentee. Captain Sanford hath 500 acres, called Castledoe (216). Upon this there is a Bawne of Lime and Stone, 40 feet square, 16 feet high, and a Castle within it that is very strong; himself and his Wife and Family dwelling therein, with four other English Families on the Land.	Pynnar Surv. 526 'Pynnar's Survey' in G. Hill, An historical account of the Plantation in Ulster ... 1608-1620 (Belfast, 1877) lgh. 445-590.
1659	Castledoe	Cen. Leathanach: 56 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
1835	Castledoe	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1835	Doe Castle the seat of John Hart Esq. is in the Eastern Angle of the townland'	Desc. Rem.:AL Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1835	Castledoe	HCER:AL House of Commons Education Report, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1835	Caislean na dtuath/an Castle of the Tuathas or territories' The Four Masters call it na dtuath Baile mic Shuibhne	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
1835	Castledoe	Stewart, A.:AL (DG) Stewart, Alex, Esq., faisnéiseoir in AL, Cluain Dá Chorcach, Cill Mhic Réanáin, Co. Dhún na nGall / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Clondahorky, Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal.
1835	Baile Mic Suibne, see Pynnars Survey	AL Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook. Le fáil sa Chartlann Náisiúnta / Available in the National Archives Bliain: 1830-42, Nóta: Féach réamhrá Logainmneacha na hÉireann I: Contae Luimnigh lch. xvi mar a dtugtar eolas faoin bhfoinse seo.
1835	Castledoe	Gough's Cam. Britt.:AL Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, foinse in Ainmleabhair na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks Leagan Béarla ag Richard Gough / English version by Richard Gough.
1835	Castledoe	Stewart, Wm.:AL (DG) Stewart, Wm., faisnéiseoir in AL, Cluain Dá Chorcach, Cill Mhic Réanáin, Co. Dhún na nGall / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Clondahorky, Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal.
1835	Castledoe	Stewart, A.:AL (DG) Stewart, Alex, Esq., faisnéiseoir in AL, Cluain Dá Chorcach, Cill Mhic Réanáin, Co. Dhún na nGall / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Clondahorky, Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal.
1835	Caislean dubh 'black castle'	Ogilby:AL (DG) Ogilby, faisnéiseoir in AL, faisnéiseoir in AL, Cill Bharrainn, Tír Aodha, Co. Dhún na nGall / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Kilbarron, Tirhugh, Co. Donegal.

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