Cill Ruáin/Kilrooan

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Cill Ruáin

genitive: Chill Ruáin

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(Irish)

Kilrooan

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cill

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county

Ros Comáin/Roscommon

barony

Dún Gar/Frenchpark

civil parish

Tigh Baoithín/Tibohine

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53.8452, -8.61746latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1585	Kilroan Vicar' de Clon[...]; Vicar' de Kilruddan; Vicar' de Kilroan ... nihil q' vastant'	Inq. Leathanach: i, 164 Ionchoisní ar chearta sheilbhe talaimh nó ar chiontacht (16ú-18ú haois) -- leabhair agus LSS. Foilsíodh mar leabhair ionchoisní Chúige Laighean (1826) (=Inq. Lag.) agus Chúige Uladh (1829) (=Inq. Ult.) (Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hibe Teideal iomlán: Ionchoisní ar chearta sheilbhe talaimh nó ar chiontacht (16ú-18ú haois) atá iontu -- leabhair agus LSS. Foilsíodh mar leabhair ionchoisní Chúige Laighean (1826) (=Inq. Lag.) agus Chúige Uladh (1829) (=Inq. Ult.) (Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium I. II). Ní mhaireann na bunscríbhinní as a ndearnadh na cóipeanna seo.
1628	Killroane	Inq. Leathanach: ii, 125 Ionchoisní ar chearta sheilbhe talaimh nó ar chiontacht (16ú-18ú haois) -- leabhair agus LSS. Foilsíodh mar leabhair ionchoisní Chúige Laighean (1826) (=Inq. Lag.) agus Chúige Uladh (1829) (=Inq. Ult.) (Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hibe Teideal iomlán: Ionchoisní ar chearta sheilbhe talaimh nó ar chiontacht (16ú-18ú haois) atá iontu -- leabhair agus LSS. Foilsíodh mar leabhair ionchoisní Chúige Laighean (1826) (=Inq. Lag.) agus Chúige Uladh (1829) (=Inq. Ult.) (Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium I. II). Ní mhaireann na bunscríbhinní as a ndearnadh na cóipeanna seo.
1660c	Killroan "½ a qr. of a healthy pasture ... +B. of Elphin"	BSD (RC) Leathanach: 161/35 Books of Survey and Distribution, Vol. I, County of Roscommon (Simington, 1949) Bliain: 1660, Áit: Cartlann Náisiúnta
1837	Killronan ["Weld, p.7"];	Weld:AL Leathanach: RC082,15 Weld:AL
1837	Cill Ruadháin "holy well" [pl]; "Tober-Conaill" [pl]; "Airteach joins Mayo" [pl];	pl:AL Leathanach: RC082,15 Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1837	Cill Ruadhain, 'Rowan's fort'	OD:AL Leathanach: RC082,15 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	Kilrooan	OD:AL Leathanach: RC082,15 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	[Kilrooan] "The ruins of a church called Kilruan is the only old building. It has a graveyard attached to it. No fort &c" [Desc. Rem.];	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: RC082,15 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1837	Kilruaun	Sandford, J.:AL Leathanach: RC082,15 Sandford, J.:AL
1837	Kilruaun	BS:AL Leathanach: RC082,15 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1837	?Killronan	Co. Bk. 1821:AL Leathanach: RC082,15 County Book 1821, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1837	?Killronan	S&V:AL Leathanach: RC082,15 Report from the Select Committee on the Survey and Valuation of Ireland (1824) in AL Bliain: 1830-40
1837	Kilrooane	Corr, D.:AL Leathanach: RC082,15 Corr, D.:AL

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