Charlestown

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townland

Charlestown

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county

Ros Comáin/Roscommon

barony

Baile an Tobair Thuaidh/Ballintober North

civil parish

Cill Mhór/Kilmore

Centrepoint

53.9318, -8.02186latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1660	Charlestowne/Ardnafryne The present Charlestown seems to have been a part of Ardanaffrin, which is still the name of an adjacent townland' Éigse VI 280; 'The only Irish form [of Charlestown] known to tradition is Bárr na Coille' M. J. Connellan, Éigse VII, 271.	BSD (RC) Uimhir: 52:2, 1660 Books of Survey and Distribution, Vol. I, County of Roscommon (Simington, 1949) Bliain: 1660, Áit: Cartlann Náisiúnta
1794	Baile Shéarluis	Éigse Imleabhar: VI, Leathanach: 202 Éigse - A Journal of Irish Studies
1837	Charleston ["Weld, p.377"];	Weld:AL Leathanach: RC051,13 Weld:AL
1837	Charlestown	OD:AL Leathanach: RC051,13 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
1837	[Charlestown] "Contains the woods & part of the demesne of Sir G. King B[.]." [Desc. Rem.];	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: RC051,13 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1837	Charlestown	BS:AL Leathanach: RC051,13 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1837	Charlestown	CM:AL Leathanach: RC051,13 Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1837	Charlestown	King, G. Sir:AL Leathanach: RC051,13 King, G. Sir:AL
1837	Charlestown	Pop. Rep.:AL Leathanach: RC051,13 Population Report in AL
1837	Carliston	Co. Bk.:AL Leathanach: RC051,13 County Book, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1837	Charlestown	HC Rep. R. Shannon:AL Leathanach: RC051,13 House of Commons Report on the River Shannon, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1837	Charlestowne	Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: RC051,13 Inquisition de chuid aimsir Charles I in AL Bliain: 1830/1840idí

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