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The first edition Ordnance Survey maps (circa 1840) show the basic layout of the village as it is today encompassing the wide straight main street. Lewis' survey of 1837 [ 9 ] notes the village as being located in the barony of Iffa and Offa West and reported that there were 113 houses and 513 inhabitants.
Courtmacsherry (Irish: Cúirt Mhic Shéafraidh, meaning 'MacSherry's Court'), [2] often referred to by locals as Courtmac, is a seaside village in County Cork, on the southwest coast of Ireland. It is about 30 miles southwest of Cork , and 15–20 minutes drive east from the town of Clonakilty .
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Portrane or Portraine (Irish: Port Reachrann) is a small seaside village located three kilometers from the town of Donabate in Fingal, County Dublin in Ireland. It is in the barony of Nethercross in the north of the county. [1] Portrane has an approximately 2 km (1.2 mi) long sandy beach backed by sand dunes in places on the north end. There is ...
Irvinestown is a town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. At the 2021 census it had a population of 2,325 people. [ 4 ] The most notable buildings are Necarne Castle , formerly known as Castle Irvine, and Castle Archdale .
For example, Skerries came second in the 2014 Best Place to Live in Ireland awards. [citation needed] The town is also the only place to have won an award as an entire community at RTÉ & Rehab's People of the Year Awards in 2011. [20] In 2016, Skerries was named Ireland's Tidiest Town by the Supervalu National Tidy Towns competition. [21]
Glencolmcille or Glencolumbkille (Irish: Gleann Cholm Cille) [2] is a small district on the Atlantic coast of southwest County Donegal in Ireland. Named after Saint Colm Cille (Columba), it is also a civil parish in the historic barony of Banagh. [3]
In 1550 Edmund Fay was granted a lease for Ballyfin and about this date Ballyfin appears for the first time on the so-called Cotton Map (British Museum) where it is marked as a clearing in densely forested land. William Pole of Ballyfin (d. 1781) About 1600, Sir Piers Crosby purchased lands including Ballyfin and erected a castle. By 1637 ...