Information about Lurgan

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Lurgan
Irish Form of Name:
Lurgán
Translation:
a shin or long hill
Civil Parish:
Dunmore Parish
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Lurgan
Lurgán
Lurgan
Lurragga By. S. Sketch Map
Lurrgan Edmd. Kenny (Steward)
Lurge Inq. Temp. Eliz.
Lurgan Inq. Temp. Jac. I
Lorgai Inq. Temp. Jac. I
Lorgan Inq. Temp. Jac. I
Comment:
pronounced as if written Lurrogan
Description:
The property of Mr. Henry Hancock, Esq., Carrantrilla, Co. Galway. It contains 315½ acres statute measure including about 105 acres of arable land and the remainder bog. There are three ancient forts in this townland one of which is called Strawberry Hill Fort.
Situation:
In the W. extremity of the parish, bounded on the N. by the townland of Cloonagh, on the S. by Culnaslieve, E. by Knockanagot and W. by the parish of Addragoole.

Townland Information

What is a townland?:
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:
Lurgan is a townland.
Other placesnames in this townland:
Some other placenames in or near this townland are...

Population and Census Information

People who lived here:
You can retrieve a list of people who lived in this townland from 1827 to 1911. This list is compiled from the following resources.
  • The Tithe Applotment Books
  • Griffith's Valuation
  • 1901 Census
  • 1911 Census
List of nineteenth century and early twentieth century inhabitants of this townland.
Church records of births, deaths and marriages:
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.)
Lurgan is in the civil parish of Dunmore Parish.
Roman Catholic parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.
  • Dunmore
Church of Ireland parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.
  • Dunmore
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.
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