Creagh Civil Parish, County Cork

Surnames/tags: Creagh Cork Munster

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This information page for the Civil Parish contains a list of all the townlands in the parish and links to the category for the townland (if it has been created). There also may be notes about the individual townlands.

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Contents 1 Creagh Civil Parish 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Population Centres of Creagh Civil Parish 1.2.1 Skibbereen 1.3 Cemeteries in Creagh Civil Parish 1.4 The Townlands of Creagh Civil Parish 2 Notes 2.1 Excluded ‘Townlands' 3 Resources 3.1 External Resources 3.2 Townland Category Information Boxes 4 Version Notes 5 Sources

Creagh Civil Parish

Irish or Alternate Name: An Chraobhach.

Logainm Link: Creagh Parish on Logainm.ie

Barony: Carbery West (E.D.)

Province: Munster

Introduction

Geography

• Creagh is a Civil Parish in County Cork in the former Barony of West Carberry, East Division.
• The Gaelic name for Creagh is An Chraobhach.
• Beautiful Loughine is located in Creagh, a salt-water lake with a tidal inlet from the Atlantic.
• Creagh is located in the Skibbereen RC Parish in the Diocese of Cork and Ross for Roman Catholic Parish Records.

History

• A 13th Century ruined fort Castle Cloghan which belonged to the O'Driscoll clan lies on an island in the middle of Loughine. The O'Driscolls were a seafaring clan and some of them worked as seadogs for the British,
• Finian O'Driscoll the Rover is the most famous seadog of the clan, and was active in the Battle of Castlehaven in 1601. He may have died in Castle Cloghan or was still claiming it as his residence when he passed away in 1629.
• The Great Famine of the late 1840s hit this area hard, and thousands of people died in and around the local market town of Skibbereen, about 5 kilometers northeast of Lough Hyne.
• Tithe Applotment Books, Griffith's Valutations, Cancellation Books (all tax collector's documents) still exist for this area, and are available online through the National Library of Ireland. Census records for 1901 and 1911 are also available, and Census records for 1926 may be made available soon. Also available are Loan Fund records through the Skibbereen Heritage Center.

Population Centres of Creagh Civil Parish

Note: Population centres for this Parish, where known, are shown here. For a full list see Towns of County Cork

Skibbereen

Irish or Alternate Name: An Sciobairín.

Web page for Skibbereen

WikiTree Category: Category for Skibbereen

Map: Google Maps  OpenStreetMap

Places Nearby: Click for list

Griffiths Valuation.

Griffiths Valuation.A large town in south west County Cork, Ireland in the former Barony of Carbery West, (East Division.) and the location of Abbeystrowry Cemetery containing mass graves of famine victims and a national famine memorial.

Cemeteries in Creagh Civil Parish

There are at least two cemeteries in Creagh, along the Ilen River, which have been cataloged by the Skibbereen Heritage Centre. Pictures and data are available on their website listed below in External resources. One of the Cemeteries dates as early as 1810.

The Townlands of Creagh Civil Parish

The townlands in Creagh Parish (An Chraobhach) are those taken from Creagh Parish on Logainm.ie and validated against townlands on the 1851, 1871 and 1901 Lists of Towns and Townlands and Griffiths valuations data. A link is provided in the notes for the 1901 and 1911 census. Please note that these may not always work if the townland was not available on the census in question. The census site may also substitute a similar name so be prepared for unexpected results! Similar for Griffith's valuation links which may show multiple names. Where a townland has been transferred to a new parish the census links are on the new parish page.

If the townland has a category it will be linked in the table below. If there is no link and you need the category please contact David to get the category created or put in a request for the category to be created. Alternatively, if you feel condifent to do so, see Townland Category Information Boxes below for how to create them yourself.

Townland	Irish and/or Alternate name(s)	WikiTree Category Link	Census links, Griffiths link & Notes
Aghillaun	Eachoileán		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Ardagilla	Ard an Ghiolla		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Ardnagrena	Ard na Gréine		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Ballyally	Baile Uí Áille		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Ballyisland	Baile an Oileáin	Category:Ballyisland Townland, Creagh Parish, County Cork	1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Ballyoughtera	An Baile Uachtarach	Category:Ballyoughtera Townland, Creagh Parish, County Cork	1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Boolybane	An Bhuaile Bhán		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Bullock Island	Oileán an Daimh		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Bunlick	Bun Leice		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Castle Island	Oileán an Chaisleáin		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Creagh	An Chraobhach		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Curravally	An Corrbhaile		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Derrygereen	Doire Géirín		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Donegall East	Dún na nGall Thoir		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Donegall Middle	Dún na nGall Láir		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Donegall West	Dún na nGall Thiar		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Drishanemore	An Driseán Mór		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Dromadoon	Drom an Dúin		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Gortadrohid	Gort an Droichid		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Gortaliscaw	Gort Lios Cáithe		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Gorteenalomane	Goirtín an Lomáin		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Gortnaclohy	Gort na Cloiche	Category:Gortnaclohy Townland, Creagh Parish, County Cork	1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Gortnalicky	Gort na Leice		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Gortshanecrone	Gort Sheáin Chróin		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Highfield	An Gort Ard		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Illaunnaseer	Oileán na Saor		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Inane	Eidhneán		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Jeremiah's Island	Oileán Dhiarmada		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Knockataggart	Cnoc an tSagairt		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Lackaghane	Leacachán		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Lahernathee	Leathfhearann an Tí	Category:Lahernathee Townland, Creagh Parish, County Cork	1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Licknavar	Leic na bhFear		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Munnig North	An Mhuinigh Thuaidh		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Munnig South	An Mhuinigh Theas		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Oldcourt	An tSeanchúirt		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Poundlick	Leic an Phóna		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Reenmore Island	An Rinn Mhór		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Smorane	Smúrán		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation. This townland extends into Castlehaven Civil Parish.
Spanish Island	Inis Píc		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.

Notes

Excluded ‘Townlands'

Islands or Archipelagos that are not really ‘townlands' and/or may never have been inhabited.

• Castle Island Oileán an Chaisleáin
• Illaunnaseer Oileán na Saor
• Reenmore Island An Rinn Mhór

Resources

External Resources

If you are adding a source here it would be helpful if you could let me (David) know so I don't accidentally overwrite your input with an automatic update. Thanks.

Skibb Girl's County Cork Pages - Creagh Civil Parish

Samuel Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837

The 1901 and 1911 Censuses of Ireland, available from the National Library of Ireland See links to the census for each townland above.

Skibbereen Heritage Centre - Graveyards

Whilst care is taken to ensure links are not made to disreputable, phishing or other sites of doubtful integrity it is your responsibility to ensure that you are not going to such a site by clicking on one of the links which may have been added after this page was created.

Townland Category Information Boxes

For the full 'How to' on creating Irish location categories please read 'Creating Location Categories for Ireland'

The pre-formatted line for each townland and the fully formatted CIB header can be seen below this page when in edit mode. Please ensure you have read the 'How to' before doing anything. Briefly, the pre-formatted line in the hidden text is used to replace the line above. The CIB text is pasted into the category which is created by clicking on the red category link.

Version Notes

Current parish format version 4.2. Addition of porper PlacenamesNI links on categories implemented.

Previous version 4.0 Changed Electoral Divisions to show 1901 and 1911 names. 4.0 Addition of Griffiths valuation on parish pages.; 3.6 Change to teams structure implementation.; 3.5. Addition of 'Places Nearby' link where coordinates are known. Upgrading Logainm links to match new Logainm web site

Sources

Information shown on this page may have been sourced from one or more of the following sources.

• Logainm.ie The Placenames Database of Ireland created by Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge in collaboration with The Placenames Branch (Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht).
• Griffiths Valuation AskAboutIreland.ie and the Cultural Heritage Project is an initiative of public libraries together with local museums and archives.
• Townlands.ie Irish Townlands derived from OpenStreetMap data under the Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL).
• Census of Ireland 1901/1911 and Census fragments and substitutes, 1821-51
• List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland and List of towns and villages in Northern Ireland
• General alphabetical index to townlands and towns, parishes and baronies of Ireland Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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