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Castlerahan Parish
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"Castlerahan, a parish in the barony of Castlerahan, county of Cavan and province of Ulster, containing with the post-town of Ballyjamesduff, 6960 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the road from Virginia to Mount-Nugent, and comprises, according to the Ordnance survey 10,315 acres, of which 9722 are applotted under the tithe act. Contiguous to the town is a small lake, near which a shaft was sunk some few years since, and indications of coal were discovered. Since the census of 1831, nine townlands have been separated from this parish, to form ,with portions of other parishes, the district parish of Ballyjamesduff."
[From Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)]
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| Crosserule, Castlerahan, Secession Presbyterian |
| St Joseph, BALLYJAMESDUFF, Roman Catholic |
- 1841 Census
- Masterson, J. Ireland: 1841/1851 Census Abstracts (Republic of Ireland), Genealogical Publishing Co., MD, 1999, p.24
- Patrick KEANEY, 38, head, m. 1827, farmer, read & write, Catherine 35, William 3 son, all b. Co. Cavan
- Masterson, J. Ireland: 1841/1851 Census Abstracts (Republic of Ireland), Genealogical Publishing Co., MD, 1999, p.24
- List of Inhabitants of Castlerahan Barony c. 1851 With Killinkere Catholic Parish Registers. NLI Pos. 5349
The transcription for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Castlerahan Parish to another place.
Ceallaigh, Ó. L. "Townland Names in the Parish of Castlerahan and Munterconnaught", Heart of Breifne, 1981, pp. 30-44.
The town of BALLYJAMESDUFF is in the parish of Castlerahan.
There is a townland of Castlerahan in the parish of Castlerahan.
- Cullen, S., Castlerahan, Anglo-Celt Ltd., 1981
- O'Connell, P. "History of Castlerahan and Munterconnacht Parish", Breifny Antiquarian Society Journal, V. 2 No. 3, 1925-26
- I. Civil History, p. 263-290
- II. Ecclesiastical History, p. 291-310
- "Books of Survey and Distribution 1641", Breifne Antiquarian Soc J., Vols 1-3
- Farnham Estate
- James O'Reilly: Rentals, 1815-16, NAI M.6962
- The Massereene papers
You can see maps centred on OSI grid reference N5429287306 (Lat/Lon: 53.832556, -7.176139), Castlerahan Parish which are provided by:
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Castlerahan Parishand paste it along with the county name into the search box at Ordnance Survey Ireland. - GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
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- 1630 Muster Roll: Barony of Castlerahan