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Loughan (aka Castlekeeran) Parish

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"Loghan, or Loughan, a parish, partly in the barony of Castlerahan, county of Cavan, and pro-vince of Ulster, but chiefly in the barony of Upper Kells, county of Meath, and province of Leinster, 4 miles (N. W.) from Kells, on the road from Dublin by Kells to Enniskillen; containing 3795 inhabitants, of which number, 830 are in the village of Loghan. This parish, which is also called Castlekeiran and Tristel-kerin, contains also the vfllages of Rathendrick, Derver; and Castlekeiran, and is situated on the river Blackwater, near its source in Lough Ramor. It is a rectory, in the diocese of Meath, entirely impropriate in the Marquess of Headfort: the tithes amount to £250. The impro-priator allows £10 per annum to the curate of Mounter-connaught parish for performing the occasional duties of that part of Loghan which lies in the county of Cavan, and of which the Protestant inhabitants attend Virginia church: those of the Meath portion attend the church of Kells. In the R. C. divisions Loghan forms part of the union or district or Carnaross, or Dulane. At Edenburt is a national school of about 60 children, aided by the Marquess of Headfort; and at Carnaross Is a private school of about the same number. On the banks of the river are the remains of a small church, dedicated to St. Kieran, with a large and richly sculp-tured stone cross in the cemetery; here is also a holy well, much resorted to by the peasantry on the first Sunday in August."
[From Lewis' Topographical Dictionary (1837)]

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Cemeteries

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Churches

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Church Records

  • List of Inhabitants of Castlerahan Barony c. 1851 With Killinkere Catholic Parish Registers. NLI Pos. 5349
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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

The transcription for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.

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Historical Geography

The civil parish of Loughan (aka Castlekeeran) Parish contained the townlands of:
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Land & Property

  • Earl of Fingall: Rent Rolls, 1750, NLI Ms. 8024
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Maps

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Military Records

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Taxation

  • "1664 Hearth Money Roll for Barony of Castlerahan", Breifne, v.7 No. 25, 1987, p.489-497