Baile an Churraigh/Curraghtown

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Hierarchy

townland

Baile an Churraigh

genitive: Bhaile an Churraigh

(Irish)

Curraghtown

(English)

Capitalise

Hierarchy

county

An Mhí/Meath

barony

An Uaimh Íochtarach/Navan Lower

municipal district

An Uaimh/Navan

civil parish

Ard Breacáin/Ardbraccan

electoral division

Ard Breacáin/Ardbraccan

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

‘the townland of the wet land’
Ar léarscáil an EPA tá píosa talún den chatagóir Lacustrine Sediments in oirdheisceart an bhaile fearainn.
English

‘the townland of the wet land’
The EPA map shows a piece of land in the south west of the townland of the sub-soil type Lacustrine Sediments.

Centrepoint

53.6193, -6.73252latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1540-1	Curraghton	Ir. Mon. Poss. Extents of Irish Monastic Possessions, 1540-1541, from Manuscripts in the Public Record Office, London, Edited by Newport B. White, M.A. Bliain: 1540, Bliain foilsithe: 1943, Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Údar: N.B. White, Leathanach:
1598	Curghton (Chr. Birt) (Gluais) Navan…Steph. Blackine for Cowlneallven, Warren of Churchtown, W. FitzGarret of Ongestown, Pat. Manning of Hatton, Rob. Fleming of Rathkenny, Th. Teling of Mullagha, Th. Bath of Ladin-Rath, Th. Ashe of Trim, Rob. Hamon of the same, Js. Cusake of Tullegharde, Jasper Staples of Hollanstone, Chr. Birt of Curghton, Descript. Ir. 94	Descr. Ir. Hogan, Edmund. The Description of Ireland, and the State thereof as it is at this Present, in anno 1598. Dublin: M.H. Gill & Son, 1878. Bliain foilsithe: 1878, Údar: E. Hogan, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1654	Curraghtowne Lawrence Dowdall of Athlumney Irish Papist	CS V Civil Survey V, Co. Meath (ed. Simington, 1940) Bliain: 1654
1655	Curraghstowne	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1666c	Curraghstowne Law Dowdall Ir:p. ... Dame Jane Dowdall w.	BSD (Mí) Book of Survey and Distribution, County Meath Bliain: 1660c
1678	Curraghstowne Sir Luke Dowdall, knt…Balreiske, 218a…Kennanstowne, 194a…Curraghstowne 159a…Hollanstowne (part.) usually called Little Hollanstowne and Athronan, 114a…Hollanstowne (part), 2a…bar Navan… ASE 254	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
1685	Curraghto.	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1700	Curraghstown S[i]r Luke Dowdall The Forfeiting P[er]son… About one halfe of The Land und[e]r Tillage But Something Worn out for want of Good Husbandery. The rest of ye Land lyes Low & Moist	Forf. Prop. 142 2011 A. Horner & R. Loeber, Landscape in transition: descriptions of forfeited properties in Counties Meath, Louth and Cavan in 1700. Anal. Hib., 42 (2011), pp 59-180 1700
1703	Curraghtowne MICHAEL SHIELDS of Wainestown, co. Meath, esq., 15th May 1703; The town and lands of Curraghtowne, 179 a…bar. Navan…the estate of Sir Luke Dowdall, attainted. Forf. Est. 368	Forf. Est. 'Abstracts of the conveyances from the trustees of the Forfeited Estates and Interests in Ireland' Bliain: 1703
1763	Currachtown (James Hylard) Hylard, James, Currachtown, co. Meath. <br> Prerogrative Wills 245	Prerogative Wills Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland 1536-1810, ed. A. Vicars. Dublin 1897.
1793	Curratown (Thos. [Charlton]) Thos. [Charlton], Curratown, co. Meath <br> Prerogrative Wills 85	Prerogative Wills Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland 1536-1810, ed. A. Vicars. Dublin 1897.
1821	Curraghtown	Cen. 1821 (Virtual Treasury) Census of Ireland, 1821 - surviving original census returns Original census returns, salved after the destruction of the Public Record Office of Ireland in 1922.
1825	Curratown	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	Curraghstowne	DS:AL Leathanach: Mí003,14 Down Survey (1656-1658), foinse in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks
1836	Curraghton	Inq. Eliz. I:AL Leathanach: Mí003,14 Foinse in AL
1836	Curraghton	Inq. J I:AL Leathanach: Mí003,14 Ionchoisní Shéamais I, foinse in AL / Inquisitions James I, source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1836	Curraghton	Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: Mí003,14 Inquisition de chuid aimsir Charles I in AL Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1836	Curraghstowne	Inq. G. & M.:AL Leathanach: Mí003,14 Foinse in AL, Inchoisní Uilliam & Máire/Inquisitions of William & Mary, ex AL.
1836	Curraghtown	BS:AL Leathanach: Mí003,14 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Curraghtown	Church Cess Applot. 1830: Leathanach: Mí003,14 Church Cess Applot. 1830, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	Curraghtown	Co. Docket:AL Leathanach: Mí003,14 Co. Docket, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	Curraghtown	Co. Map 1812:AL Leathanach: Mí003,14 Co. Map 1812:AL
1836	Curragtown	HCSV:AL Leathanach: Mí003,14 High Commission Survey & Valuation Report 1824 Bliain: 1824
1836	Baile an churraigh, 'town of the Bishop'	OD:AL Leathanach: Mí003,14 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	Curraghtown	OD:AL Leathanach: Mí003,14 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

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