Typos in Irish Townland Indexes

• There are 61,106(ish) townlands in Ireland according to logainm.ie
• The searchable IreAtlas database was re-keyed from an 1851 book listing these townlands by John Broderick R.I.P. (aka SeanRuad) (d.2001)
• For each townland, the database shows in which County, Barony, Civil Parish, Poor Law Union and Province it lies
• The accuracy of the transcription is truly remarkable

Minor typos in transcription

• Ballygommon townland transcribed as Ballygomman
• Ballylaghnan townland transcribed as Ballylaghan
• each part of Ballylopen townland, divided between the civil parishes of Ardskeagh and Kilquane in county Cork, is transcribed twice
• Ballymulqueeny in Ennis Poor Law Union, transcribed as Enniscorthy Poor Law Union
• Barnanageeha townland transcribed as Barnanaageeha
• Billis in Annagelliff civil parish in Cavan Poor Law Union, transcribed as Castletowndevlin Poor Law Union
• Cappa in Dingle civil parish in county Kerry, transcribed as county Mayo
• Cloghaun Beg (East) and Cloghaun Beg (West) in Kilmacduane parish on county Clare are both transcribed as Cloghaun Beg (East)
• Clonbonane transcribed as Clonbonnane; it is the only townland in the civil parish of Clonoulty which is in either the barony of Clanwilliam or Tipperary Poor Law Union; the remainder of the parish is in the barony of Kilnamanagh Lower and in Cashel Poor Law Union
• Clooninisclin townland duplicated as ClooninisElin
• Conigar in Rathkeale Poor Law Union, transcribed as Roscrea Poor Law Union
• Cooperhill in Kilkeedy parish, transcribed as Killeely parish
• Corcamore in Kilkeedy parish, transcribed as Killeedy parish
• Curraghdoo in Dunshaughlin Poor Law Union, transcribed as Listowel Poor Law Union
• Curraghkeel in Rath parish in County Clare apparently omitted entirely
• Doonogan in Ibrickan barony and Kilmurry parish, transcribed as Clonderalaw barony and Killimer parish
• The part of Dromana townland in Aglish parish is in Decies within Drum barony and the part in Affane parish is in Decies without Drum barony; both are transcribed as Decies within Drum
• Drumanoo townland transcribed as Drumano
• Forestwood in Enniscorthy Poor Law Union, transcribed as Mountmellick Poor Law Union
• Gallowshills in Gowran civil parish in county Kilkenny, transcribed as county Kildare
• Glengarriff townland in Kilcaskan parish, transcribed as Glengarrif
• Illaunnonearaun transcribed as Illaunnoncaraun
• Three Kilnagalliaghs, in Clare, Meath and Westmeath, all transcribed as Kilnagallagh
• Maghery in Monaghan Poor Law Union, transcribed as Inishowen Poor Law Union
• Monagally East townland transcribed as Mongally East
• Montpelier townland in Monkstown parish transcribed as Monpelier
• Parknamoney in Kilrush parish, county Clare, transcribed as Parnamoney
• Russellstown Little in county Westmeath, transcribed as county Kilkenny
• Slieveanore townland in county Clare, transcribed as county Galway
• Termon West in Kilfearagh parish, transcribed as Kilferagh parish
• Tymon South in Tallaght parish, transcribed as a second Tymon North

Minor typos in 1851 book

• Coole townland in county Tyrone should presumably be in Dungannon Poor Law Union, not in Dungarvan Poor Law Union
• Kilsallagh townland in Tipperary South Riding should be in Kilconnell civil parish; there is no Kilcommon civil parish in Tipperary, although there are several Kilcommon townlands in Tipperary

Other Anomalies in Irish Townland Indexes

This seems an appropriate place to compile lists like this:

Townlands divided between multiple parishes

• Ballygeale is divided between the parishes of Adare and Killonahan in county Limerick.
• Cratloe is divided between the parishes of Kilfintinan and Killeely in the part of county Clare which is in the Poor Law Union of Limerick (the adjacent townlands of Cratloekeel and Cratloemoyle are both entirely in Killeely civil parish).

Single townlands cut off from neighbouring townlands

• Drewstown, Little in Girley civil parish is the only townland in county Meath which is in Castletowndevlin Poor Law Union; the rest of the Poor Law Union is in county Westmeath and the rest of the civil parish, including the townland of Drewstown, Great is in Kells Poor Law Union.
• Boolynagleragh in Kilmaley civil parish is the only townland in that parish which is in Killadysert Poor Law Union; the rest of the parish is in Ennis Poor Law Union.
• Ballyegny Beg and Ballyegny More in Clonagh civil parish are in Glin Poor Law Union; the rest of the parish is in Rathkeale Poor Law Union.
• Acres and Knockcoolkeare in Killeedy civil parish in county Limerick are in Kanturk Poor Law Union; the rest of the parish is in Newcastle Poor Law Union; the rest of the Kanturk Poor Law Union is in county Cork.

Changes in 1898

When County Councils were introduced in 1898, a number of minor changes were made to county boundaries, including the following:

• a number of townlands were transferred from counties Mayo and Galway to county Roscommon; see here; and
• a number of townlands in the area around Mountshannon and Whitegate were transferred from county Galway to county Clare.