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Explanatory note
- English
This name is derived from the old parish church of Rosslare, which is located in this townland (see AIW 1215). The Irish form of the name is a translation.
[There is no evidence that this place-name is from Old Norse ‘Kirkja-stoum’, explained as meaning ‘Churchtown or Churchfarm’, as recently suggested ([details to be added]). Churchtown could have been coined at any point after the arrival of the Anglo-Normans in Ireland and therefore the name cannot be used as a potential marker of Norse settlement here. In the absence of any unambiguous evidence to indicate earlier derivation such an approach would be methodologically unsound. Indeed, one need look no further than Churchtown in the parish of Liskinfere (#53065) in north Wexford (Townland Names of Co. Wexford p.642) to find an example of the same name that was doubtless coined in the post-1600 period.]
[Excerpt from Logainmneacha na hÉireann IV: Townland Names of County Wexford, 2016]
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Historical references
1325 |
Church of St Mary, Rosclare
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Forth Bar. Leathanach: 68
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1538 |
Chirchestown de Rosclare
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Forth Bar. Leathanach: 75
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1590 |
Church town
17. Conveyance whereby John, Earl of Shrewsbury, Wexford,
and Waterford, Lord de Talbot, Furnyvale, Strange, and Yerdon,
Seneschal and Constable of Ireland, granted and conveyed to David
Keatinge an acre of land in the Church town of Rosklare, and three
acres in the great meadow called “ le Moche Mede,” near Rosklare ;
30 acres in Harpersholdinge, 36 acres in le Stremeton, within his
liberty of Wexford ; To hold for ever ; rent, one pound of pepper
or two shillings. — May 20, [ ]° Henry VI. CPCR (Morrin) 207
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1641c |
Churchtown of Rosclare (Nich. Synnott)
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Wexford Rebel List 1641 Leathanach: 38
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1654 |
Churchetowne (James Keating)
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CS (LG) Leathanach: 307
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1654 |
Churchtowne (Rowl. Scurlock)
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CS (LG) Leathanach: 307
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1659 |
Church town
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Cen. Leathanach: 536
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1660 |
Churchtowne (James Keating)
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BSD (LG) Leathanach: 92
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1666 |
Churchtowne (Edm. Highgate)
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ASE Leathanach: 122
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1685 |
Churchtowne
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1690c |
Churchtowne, (Edm. Higate)
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Quit Rent (LG) Leathanach: 30a
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1813 |
Churchtown
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1816 |
Churchtown
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1840 |
[Churchtown] "The east and west gables and part of side walls of old church ruins stands in an ancient graveyard in north side of townland."
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Desc. Rem.:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 11
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1840 |
Churchtown
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BS:AL Imleabhar: I, Leathanach: 11
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1840 |
Churchtown
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CM:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 11
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1840 |
Churchtown
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1840 |
Churchtown
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Gill Map:AL (LG) Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 11
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1840 |
Churchtown
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GJP:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 11
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1840 |
Churchtown
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1840 |
Churchtown
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1840 |
Churchtown
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OD:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach (AL): 11
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1840 |
Churchtown[P. W. Redmond's Estate]
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Rent Roll:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 11
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1840 |
Churchtowne
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DS:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 11
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