Information about Woodford

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Woodford
Irish Form of Name:
Gráig (old name)
Translation:
a village
Civil Parish:
Ballinakill in Leitrim Barony
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Woodford
Woodford Alphl. List of Townland names in the County Galway
Woodford B. S. Sketch
Woodford Hyath. Clarke, Esq.
Woodford Larkin’s County Map
Woodford Sir John Burke
Description:
A village the most considerable in the barony of Leitrim. It extends North and South about ½ a mile, the buildings are tolerably good. It consists of a church, a R. C. Chapel, Petty Sessions House and Police Station. There are 5 fairs held here yearly viz. 10th March, 12th May, 24th June, 2nd October and 26th December.
Situation:
In the townland of Woodford about 10 miles W. S.W. of Portumna and about 8 miles North of Mountshannon.

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:
Woodford is in Woodford townland.

Information From Maps

Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website.
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Woodford
Information from the National Monuments Service.
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Archaeological map from the National Monuments Service
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