Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Woodquay Local
Description:
A village.
Situation:
Situated in the centre of townland Woodquay.
Information From Joyce's Place Names
Translation according to P. W. Joyce:
Kill alone is the name of more than a score of places in various counties: in most cases it stands for cill, a church: but in some it is for coill, a wood.
Information From Griffith's Valution
Area in Acres, Roods and Perches:
A.
R.
P.
581
1
2
Land value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.
s.
d.
130
13
8
Building value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.
s.
d.
10
0
0
Total value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.
s.
d.
135
12
0
Heads of housholds living in the townland at this time:
A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169
Townland:
Woodquay is a townland.
Information From Maps
Original OS map of this area. (Click on place name to view original map in new window.):
Ireland was first mapped in the 1840s. These original maps are available online. (This information will display in a new window.)
Church records of births, deaths and marriages are available online at http://www.rootsireland.ie. To search these records you will need to know the 'church parish' rather than the 'civil parish'. (The civil parish is the pre-reformation parish and was frequently used as a unit of administration in the past.)
Woodquay is in the civil parish of Belclare.
Roman Catholic parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.
Cummer
Church of Ireland parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.
Belclare
In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.
Other Sources
Information from the Logainm database. (This information will display in a new window.):