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Killashandra Parish

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"Killeshandra is a market town and a parish, in the barony Tullyhunco, county of Cavan, 77 miles NW from Dublin 28 S. from Enniskillen, 19.5 SW from Clones, 11 W from Cavan, 8 SSE from Ballyconnell, and 6 NW from Crossdoney; .....see full transcription on the town page"   [From Slater's Directory (1846)]

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Census

  • Alwill, G. Rev., "The 1841 Census of Killeshandra Parish", Breifne, V. 5, No. 17, 1976, pp. 7-36
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Church History

  • Morrison, G.R., Methodism at Corlespratten, notes compiled for the visit of the Wesley Historical Society on 23rd May 1981.
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Description & Travel

 Roadside barn near Drumbullion by Oliver Dixon
Roadside barn near Drumbullion
  © Copyright Oliver Dixon and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
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Gazetteers

The transcription for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.

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Genealogy

  • Kernan, J.D. The Utica Kernans : descendants of Bryan Kernan, gentleman, of the townland of Ned in the parish of Killeshandra, barony of Tullyhunco, county of Cavan, Province of Ulster, Kingdom of Ireland, 1969. [Search NY Lib]
  • Poole, H. A. The Reverend William Armstrong of Killashandra, county Cavan, Ireland and his wife Jane Irwin and their descendants in America., New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mss A 14, c1954.
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Historical Geography

The towns of ARVAGH and KILLASHANDRA are in the parish of Killashandra

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History

  • Holy Rosary Convent
  • Nallen, M. "A Study of Eight Townlands in the Parish of Killeshandra 1608-1841", Breifne, v. 9, No. 35, 1999, pp. 5-84.
  • O'Neill, K., Family and Farm in Pre-famine Ireland : the Parish of Killashandra, University of Wisconsin Press, 1984.
  • Parker, C. (ed), Images and Echoes of Killeshandra 1900 - 1999, Killeshandra Community Council Ltd Heritage Group, 1999.
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Land & Property

  • de Breffny, B. "Robert Craigies Co. Cavan Tenants, 1703-4", Irish Ancestor, v. 8 No. 2, p. 86-7
  • Farnham Estate
  • Hamilton: Rentals, with observations, 1851, NAI M5571 (1-39)
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OSI grid reference H2918702286 (Lat/Lon: 53.969147, -7.555992), Killashandra Parish which are provided by:

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Military Records

  • Barony of Tullyhunco
  • London-Derry Journal
    • 1796 Nov 8, Killifhandra infantry, Edward Anderfon, Efq; to be captain, Robert Fergufon, Efq; to be firft lieutenant, John Pollock, Efq; to be fecond lieutenant
  • Snodaigh, P.O. Irish Volunteers 1715-1793, Irish Academic Press, Dublin, 1995
    • Killeshandra Infantry - 1779, 1780, 1783, 1784
    • Killeshandra Volunteers, Killyshandra, Killashanda Volunteers, Kilcandra
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Newspapers

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Taxation

  • 1664 Hearth Money Rolls. PRONI 184. See also Breifne 1960.