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Crosserlough Parish

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(aka Kildrumferton)

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"Kildrumferton or Crosserlough, a parish, partly in the baronies of Upper Loughtee and Clonmahon, but chiefly in that of Castlerahan, county of Cavan, and province of Ulster, 9 miles (N. W.) from Oldcastle, on the road from Killesandra to Ballinagh; containing 9687 inhabitants. It comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 16,436¾ statute acres (including 207½ under water), of which 11,729¾ are in Castlerahan, 4445½ in Clonmahon, and the remainder in Upper Loughtee, and of which 15,535 are applotted under the tithe act; about two-thirds are arable, one-third pasture, and the remainder woodland and bog. Fairs for live stock are held here on June 29th and Aug 26th."
[From Lewis' Topographical Dictionary (1837)]

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Biography

  • O'Connell, P. "A Crosserlough Poet and Essayist", Breifne, V. 1, No. 3, 1961, pp. 209-214.
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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

Ceallaigh, Ó. L. "Townland Names in the Parish of Crosserlough", Heart of Breifne, 1982, pp. 32-56.

The town of KILNALECK is in the parish of Crosserlough.

There is a townland of Crosserlough in the parish of Crosserlough.

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History

  • O'Connell, P. "The Parishes of Crosserlough and Kildrumfertan", Breifny Antiquarian Society Journal, V. 3, No. 1, 1927
    • I. Civil History, p. 9-64
    • II. Eccesiastical History, p. 65-86
  • Sullivan, T. (Ed.), Drumkilly - From Ardkill Mountain to Kilderry Hill, Drumkilly History Committee, 2000, ISBN 0 9539374 0 2
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Land & Property

  • "1564 Fiants", Breifny Antiquarian Society Journal, v. 2
  • "Books of Survey and Distribution 1641", Breifne Antiquarian Soc J., Vols 1-3
  • Farnham Estate
  • Land Owners in Ireland, 1876, Reprinted: Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD, 1998.
    • Persons who own property in County Cavan and were listed as living in a Townland of Crosserlough
    • Aghaconny
      • Thomas Acheson
      • Walter Acheson
      • Henry Smyth
    • Carrickacroy
      • Robert Buchanan
    • Corglass
      • Cosby Wilton
      • James Wilton
      • Jane Wilton
      • John Wilton
      • Joseph Wilton
      • Samuel Wilton
    • Cullow
      • Charles Boylan
    • Druminisclin
      • Patrick Donohoe
    • Kilmainham
      • Francis Foster
    • Kilnaleck
      • Philip M'Givney
    • Rockfield
      • Edward Fitzpatrick
  • The Massereene papers

You can see maps centred on OSI grid reference N4520293403 (Lat/Lon: 53.888197, -7.313295), Crosserlough Parish which are provided by:

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Military Records

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Occupations

  • 1796 Flax Growers
    • Surname List - for given names and number of spinning wheels allotted see the extraction by Adrian Donelly
      • Bevens, Bird, Black, Boylan, Brady, Briody, Bryody, Caffery, Calaghan, Calwell, Camusky, Care, Commusky, Conaughty, Conaughy, Connellan, Corr, Corr, Cosgriff, Cronan, Cumusky, Daly, Devine, Donogho, Donougho, Fally, Farrel, Feanan, Finegan, Finegan, Fitzpatrick, Fitzsimons, Flood, Fryragh, Gafney, Gafny, Gafuy, Galligan, Geare, Gibney, Gilligan, Hanna, Harwood, Hemphill, Huragan, Keana, Leanichan, Leddy, Lee, Love, Lynch, Lynch, Maguire, Makinson, M'Cabe, M'Cahil, M'Clenan, M'Connel, M'Cormick, M'Cunnen, M'Donnell, M'Gowan, Monaghan, Moughan, Murphy, M'Vene, Pile, Piles, Reilly, Reily, Reynolds, Ryan, Sheridan, Shoden, Smith, Smyth, Spinks, Stephens, Thally
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Taxation

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