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Cill Charthaigh - Kilcar
KILCAR, or KILKARAGH, a parish, in the barony of BANNAGH, county of DONEGAL, and province of ULSTER, 5 miles (W.) from Killybegs; containing 4319 inhabitants. St. Carthach, whose festival is kept on the 5th of March, is supposed to have presided over a monastery here so early as 540. According to the Ordnance survey, it comprises 18,883 statute acres, about one-sixth of which are arable, the remainder bog and mountain land. Agriculture is in a very backward state, and there is not a single tree in the parish. Fairs are held quarterly for cattle, yarn, and flannel. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Raphoe, and in the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes amount to £125. The church is a small handsome building, erected in 1828. There is a glebe-house, with a glebe of 840 acres. The R. C. parish is co-extensive with that of the Established Church, and has a large new chapel. The parochial school, in which are about 100 children, is endowed with a grant from Col. Robertson's fund; and there are three other schools and a dispensary.
(Extract from A Topographical Dictionary Of Ireland by Samuel Lewis, 1837)
Last updated 3 Aug 2009
Births, Marriages and Deaths
- Births
- Marriages
- Deaths
Census
- 1841/51 Census
- Census Search Forms/Old Age Pension Applications
- 1901 Census
- 1901 Ballymacphadin
- 1901 Ballymoon
- 1901 Bavan
- 1901 Bogagh Glebe new
- 1901 Cashelcarn new
- 1901 Coguish new
- 1901 Croaghbeg new
- 1901 Crowanrudda new
- 1901 Crowanrudda Beg - nil return
- 1901 Crowbane new
- 1901 Crowdoo new
- 1901 Croweighter new
- 1901 Crowkeeragh
- 1901 Crowlar new
- 1901 Crownasillagh new
- 1901 Cuskry Glebe new
- 1901 Derrylahan
- 1901 Drumnafinnagle
- 1901 Drumreagh
- 1901 Dundawoona Point - nil return
- 1901 Gortalia
- 1901 Inishduff
- 1901 Keenaghan new
- 1901 Kilbeg
- 1901 Kilcar Townland new
- 1901 Kilcar Village new
- 1901 Kilcasey
- 1901 Kill
- 1901 Largymore
- 1901 Lergadaghtan
- 1901 Letter
- 1901 Meenboy
- 1901 Meentakeeraghan
- 1901 Meenychanon
- 1901 Muckros
- 1901 Newchurch Glebe
- 1901 Old Church Glebe - nil return
- 1901 Roelough
- 1901 Roxborough Glebe
- 1901 Shalwy
- 1901 Shannagh
- 1901 Strabinna Lower
- 1901 Strabinna Upper
- 1901 Straleel
- 1901 Straleel Glebe - nil return
- 1901 Stranakirk
- 1901 Tawny
- 1901 Umuskan updated
- 1911 Census
- 1911 Dundawoona Point - nil return
- 1911 Old Church Glebe - nil return
- 1911 Straleel Glebe - nil return
- Complete 1911 census online at NAI Census Website
Churches
- Roman Catholic
Events
Families
Headstone Inscriptions
- Kilcar RC Graveyard (not complete) new
Land
- 1665 Hearth Money Roll
- 1835 Tithe Applotment Book
- 1857 Griffith's Valuation
Links
Maps
- Parish
- Parish Map & Data (Bob Hilchey)
Researchers
- Ann - Hamill, Askin, McGinley, and Carr from Kilcar - Email
- Cheri - Dunleavy from Kilcar - Email
- Jim - O'Byrne from Derrylahan - Email
- Kay - McHugh from Bavan, McGinley from Umusken - Email
- Peter - Brown from Kilcar - Email
- Terry - Carr, Gallagher, Hagerty from Kilcar - Email
Resources
- LDS Resources
Townlands
English Irish Area Ballymacphadin Baile Mhic Pháidín 256 Ballymoon Baile Mún 309 Bavan 395 Bogagh Glebe An Bogach 596 Cashelcarn Caiseal Charna 247 Coguish An Chógais 1,087 Croaghbeg An Chruach Bheag 208 Crowanrudda Cró na Roda 1,040 Crowanrudda Beg Cró na Roda Beag 435 Crowbane An Cró Bán 1,359 Crowdoo Dúchró 1,112 Croweighter Cróibh Íochtair 1,236 Crowkeeragh Cró Chaorach 913 Crowlar Cróibh Láir 919 Crownasillagh Cró na Saileach Cuskry Glebe Cuiscrigh 203 Derrylahan Doire Leathan 640 Drumnafinnagle Droim na Fiongaile 178 Drumreagh Droim Riach 189 Dundawoona Point 9 Gortalia Goirt Sháile 133 Inishduff 3 Keenaghan Caonachán 194 Kilbeg An Chill Bheag 214 Kilcar Cill Charthaigh 233 Kilcasey Cill Chathasaigh 452 Kill 207 Largymore An Leargaidh Mhór 252 Lergadaghtan Leirg an Dachtáin 94 Letter Leitir 191 Meenboy 199 Meentakeeraghan Mínte Caoracháin 92 Meenychanon Mín Uí Chanann 471 Muckros Mucros 213 Newchurch Glebe Glaidhb an Teampaill Nua 2 Old Church Glebe Glaidhb an tSeanteampaill 1 Roelough An Rualach 130 Roxborough Glebe Port Eachrann 500 Shalwy Na Sealbha 182 Shannagh An Seanach 309 Strabinna Lower Srath Bruithne Íochtarach 188 Strabinna Upper Srath Bruithne Uachtarach 211 Straleel Srath Laoill 855 Straleel Glebe Glaidhb Shrath Laoill 3 Straleel North Srath Laoill Thuaidh Stranakirk Srath na Circe 310 Tawny An Tamhnaigh 585 Umuskan Iomascan 401
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