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George Talbot was appointed Surveyor-General of Maryland in 1683. In the aftermath of the Irish Rebellion of 1641, James Talbot's estate in Ballyconnell was confiscated in the Cromwellian Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 because he was a Catholic and he was granted an estate in 1655 at Castle Rubey, County Roscommon instead. He died in 1687.
A townland (Irish: baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: toonlann [1]) is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering 100–500 acres (40–202 ha). [2]
Ard na Caithne (Irish pronunciation: [ˈaːɾˠd̪ˠ n̪ˠə ˈkahnʲə]; meaning "height of the arbutus/strawberry tree"), sometimes known in English as Smerwick, is a bay and townland in County Kerry in Ireland. [1] One of the principal bays of Corca Dhuibhne, it is located at the foot of an Triúr Deirfiúr and Mount Brandon.
Lacken or Lackan (Irish: An Leacain) [2] is a townland and small village in the west of County Wicklow, Ireland, located on the shores of the Blessington lakes and western edge of the Wicklow Mountains. Lacken in situated on the Blessington 'Lake Drive' and is sometimes noted for its view across the lake. [3]
Castletown-Kilpatrick, also known as Castletown KP [1] or Castletown (Irish: Baile an Chaisleáin), [2] is a townland and village in County Meath in Ireland. [3] It falls in the Meath East constituency. The Boyne Valley to Lakelands greenway passes through on the disused Navan and Kingscourt Railway line. [4] [5]
Tamlaght (from Irish Tamhlacht, meaning 'burial pit, consisting of "támh", meaning plague, and "leacht", meaning grave or memorial stone') is a townland (of 185 acres) and village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, 4.5 km south-east of Enniskillen. [1] It is situated in the civil parish of Derryvullan and the historic barony of Tirkennedy. [2]
Ballynanny (Annaclone) (from Irish Bealach an Eanaigh, meaning 'routeway of the marsh') is a townland of 538 acres in County Down, Northern Ireland. [1] It is situated in the civil parish of Annaclone and the historic barony of Iveagh Upper, Upper Half.
Barnane (Irish: An Bearnán) is a townland in the civil parish of the same name in County Tipperary, Ireland. [1] Barnane or Barnane-Ely is one of eleven civil parishes in the historical barony of Ikerrin. It is also part of the Ecclesiastical parish of Drom and Inch.