Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Cill Faoláin
Description:
The property of [Unable to read.] [Unable to read.] O'Roarke, Moylough, Co. Galway. It contains about acres of stature measure including about 174 acres of arable land and the remainder bog.
Situation:
In the W. end of the parish, Barony of Clare, bounded on the N. by Kilmore townland, on the W. by the parish of Belclare and Townland of Cloonmore, on the S. by Cloonmore and Cloondaroon and on the E. by Farnamartin and Cloonthooa.
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.
437
0
36
Land value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.
s.
d.
99
16
0
Building value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.
s.
d.
0
0
0
Total value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.
s.
d.
99
16
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:
Killeelaan 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.)
Killeelaan is in the civil parish of Tuam Parish.
Roman Catholic parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.
Tuam
Church of Ireland parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.
Tuam
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.):