Magheranraheen or Rockforest

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townland

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county

An Clár/Clare

barony

Inse Uí Chuinn/Inchiquin

civil parish

Cill Chaoide/Kilkeedy

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53, -8.96598latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1606	Cawrowkeale	CPR Leathanach: 90b Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1616	Mahiry in Rahin	Inchiquin Leathanach: 320, 1001 Inchiquin MSS (ed. Ainsworth. 1961)
1659	Magheryraghin	Cen. Leathanach: 176 A census of Ireland, circa 1659: with supplementary material from the poll money ordinances (1660-1661), eag. S. Pender (1939) Bliain foilsithe: 1939, Údar: S. Pender, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1660c	Carrowkeale alias Magberrycurabine	BSD (Cl) Leathanach: 504 Books of Survey and Distribution, Co Clare
1666	Carhukeele alias Magharicurribin	ASE Leathanach: 99, 39 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
1787	Magherechearny	Pelham (Cl) Henry Pelham. (Map of) The County of Clare in the Province of Munster and Kingdom of Ireland surveyed and drawn...1787 Bliain foilsithe: 1787
1839	Magheranraheen	Tronsdell, Rev. H.:AL Leathanach: Cl058,93 Tronsdell, Rev. H.:AL
1839	Rockforest	O'Brien, Rev. M.:AL Leathanach: Cl058,93 O'Brien, Rev. M.:AL
1839	Machaire an ráithín, 'plain of the little fort'	OD:AL Leathanach: Cl058,93 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
1839	Magheranraheen or Rockforest	OD:AL Leathanach: Cl058,93 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
1839	[Rockforest or Magheranraheen] "This is a forest or demesne...Soil good. This forest is sheltered on the north and west by a group of the Clare Mountains. The forest extends 2 miles from west to east on the road leading from Corrafin to Gort, having part of Lough Rockforest on the north west boundary, and part of Balleeghter Lake on the east boundary...There is an elegant new house called Rockforest House in the demesne, built in 18[2]8 - formerly the residence of proprietor, but now unoccupied in consequence of the annoyance given by [a banditte] styling themselves Terry Alts" [Desc. Rem.];	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Cl058,93 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1839	Machaire an ráithín	pl:AL Leathanach: Cl058,93 Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1839	Rockforest	BS:AL Leathanach: Cl058,93 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1839	Fiodhfhail or Coill an Fhiodhail Foidhfhail or Coill an Fhiodhail (Kyleineeal) is still the name of a Townland comprised in the Rockforest in the Parish of Kilkeedy about five miles to the east of Corofin. OD	LSO (Cl) Leathanach: I, 46/122 Litreacha na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis, Co. an Chláir / Ordnance Survey Letters, Co. Clare.
1992	irɑkˈforəst ˌrɑkˈforəʃt	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-

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