Rathgillen

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Hierarchy

townland

Rathgillen

(English)

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Hierarchy

county

An Mhí/Meath

barony

Machaire Gaileang/Morgallion

civil parish

An Obair/Nobber

Centrepoint

53.8351, -6.74506latitude, longitude

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Archival records

Historical references

1667	Rathglihane 51. GEORGE BRIGSTOCK…the manor, town, and lands of Nobber, Spiddall, the 2 Garmanaghes, Moyhand the Woods, Little Nobber, Rathglihane, and Leonenace, 1 ,884…Sellersooke, 170 a…Kilbride, 264 a…Cammock, 84 a…Cloghreagh, 8 poles, 669 a…Tarmon, 8 poles, 800 a…the mill of Oldtowne…chief rent out of Ardmaghbregagh…Cregg; bar. Morgallen, co. Meath— Total quantity in co. Meath, 5,554 a… ASE 99	ASE Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Bliain: 1666-84
1776	Rath Gillian Anthony Preston Lord Viscount Gormanstown ... the Nobber Estate that is to say all those Lands and Hereditaments known and destinguished by the name of Garmanagh Lauffin upper Garmanagh Holestown Colledge Lurginagh Mullinagree Clogreagh and Mullin[ ] [Polemurrary?] Derrigmason Carretobber Killatymore Killa[ ] Coumak[ ] ... Whitewoods and Muff Rath Gillian Sellersook Camoge Killbride Spiddall Sloanstown Ardinagh Rowlagh Kilnalun Dunhida the Mill and Mill Lands [Leartagh?] ... upper and lower Ballanamore and Nobber ... Armagh Bregagh and Mullagh ... Morgallion	CGn. 312.89.207466 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1781	Rathgillian Gormanagh ... Lauffin ... Upper Germanagh Hollestown College ... Lurgenagh Mullenagree Cloghreagh ... Mullandrum & Polammay ... Dorigmason Caritobber and Killatymore ... Cournahave and Courleeah ... White Wood ... Muff ... Rathgillian ... Camoge ... Killbride ... Spiddull ... Killnalunn and Dunhida ... Loarlagh ... Culletagh ... upper and lower Ball[e?]namore	CGn. 339.93.227094 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1812	Rathgillen	Larkin (Mí) A Map of the County of Meath in the Province of Leinster in Ireland by William Larkin Bliain foilsithe: 1812
1826	Rathgillen	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.
1836	Rathgillen	OD:AL Leathanach: Mí086,36 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
1836	Rathgillen	BS:AL Leathanach: Mí086,36 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Rathgillen	Co. Map 1812:AL Leathanach: Mí086,36 Co. Map 1812:AL
1836	Rath Gillín, 'Gillen's rath, or fort'	OD:AL Leathanach: Mí086,36 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
1836	[Rathgillen] "…a fort called Rathcairn near its East side on a small hill. A hill called Mullaghbhu is in the N. W. of the townland…a place called Killawogy is in the N. E. of the townland…"	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Mí086,36 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40

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