Information about Collancruck

Callancruck in Galway ; Cala-an-cnuic, the landing-place or ferry of the hill. Cnoc changed to crock. See Crock. For Cala in this sense, see vol. i. p. 464 [reproduced below].

Cala or caladh [calla] has two distinct meanings, reconcilable, however, with each other: 1. In some parts of Ireland it means a ferry, or a landing-place for boats; 2. In Longford, Westmeath, Roscommon, Galway, etc., and especially along the course of the Shannon, it is used to signify a low marshy meadow along a river or lake which is often flooded in winter, but always grassy in summer. Callow, the modernised form, is quite current as an English word in those parts of the country, a "callow meadow" being a very usual expression; and it forms part of the names of a great many places. There is a parish in Tipperary called Templeachally, the church of the callow. Ballinchalla is now the name of a parish verging on Lough Mask in Mayo. The Four Masters call it the Port of Lough Mask, and is is also called in Irish the Cala of Lough Mask, both meaning the landing-place of Lough Mask: the present name is anglicised from the Irish Baile-an-chala, the town of the callow or landing-place.

Some other placenames in or near this townland are...

• Callaherick L. (lake)
• Carrickfadda (island)
• Corn Island (island)
• Dead Island (island)
• Illaunfadda (island)
• Illaunfadda (island)
• Illaunnanoraun (island)
• Loughaguilky Lough [u crossed out – Loughagilky] (lake)
• Loughnacallagy (lake)
• Loughnagraigue (lake)
• Saineaghmore Lough (lake)

Ireland was first mapped in the 1840s. These original maps are available online.
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Collancruck

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Collancruck

The Down Survey website will tell you who owned this townland in 1641 (pre Cromwell) and in 1671 (post Cromwell).

Down Survey Website
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Archaeological map from the National Monuments Service

This is a list of townlands that share a border with this townland.

• Beagha
• Dhuletter West
• Glinsk
• Gowla
• Knockboy

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 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.)

Collancruck is in the civil parish of Moyrus.

This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.

• Carna
• Roundstone

This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.

• Roundstone, Moyrus and Beauchamp

In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.