BROWSE
townland
Caiseal Gé
genitive: Chaiseal Gé
(Irish)
Cashelgay
(English)

Glossary

English stone ring-fort

Centrepoint

55.0079, -7.75795latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1608
Cashell Iyey
Survey Ulst. Leathanach: 173
1654
Castle Gay
CS III Leathanach: 94
1654
Castlegay
CS III Leathanach: 67
1654
Castlgay, ffortt of Stone at
CS III Leathanach: 94
1654
Cunaghan als Castlgay, Cunaghan
CS III Leathanach: 97
1659
Castlegay
Cen. Leathanach: 59
1665
Castlegay
HMR
1835c
Castlegay
Brooke Maps 1764:AL
1835c
Castlegay
BS:AL
1835c
"In this townland formerly stood a stone cross called "Naghten O'Donnell's cross fr. a chieftain of that name being killed here by an ancestor of D. Chambers Esq. Gartan who has the claymen yet. The cross has been destroyed and the precise site of it cannot be found"
Desc. Rem.:AL
1835c
Caiseal Géidh 'Gay's cashel or stonefort'
OD:AL
1835c
Castlegray
TCD Rent Roll 1767:AL (DG)
1835c
Castlegay
Wray's Map 1725:AL (DG)

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