O'Donovan's Ordnance Survey, Galway Library's version
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:29 pm
The Galway Library is developing an online version of John O'Donovan's Ordnance Survey Name Books, which is not yet
operational. I bumped into a backdoor of it today, which allows access to some of the information. The search engines do not yet work. You can get a preview of what will eventually be fully accessible. See the info below.
Please do not report the site as malfunctioning. This section of the site is not yet up and running, by design.
Sharon Carberry USA
The Galway Library's current onsite description of the database:
"In 1838, John O'Donovan was commissioned to list the place names of Ireland . For each place name, he listed variations of its name, its irish form, its translation, its situation, and a brief description. At present, we are putting the O'Donovan Place Names of Galway on the web."
Ordnance Survey Name Books, for placenames and additional local history
http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/
Use "Walter Rosengrave" in the general Google search engine to reach this
page: places.galwaylibrary.ie/asp/fullresult.asp?id=17371
Use the link which leads to the resulting page with a descriptive section on this person:
"Proprietor Walter Rosengrave, Esq.,Gort, no Agent, let to 13 tenants one having a lease and the rest at will. Yearly 32/s per acre. County Cess 3/s per acre. Tithe 1s per acre. Size of farms 2 to 10 acres. Soil rocky and part sandy. Usual crops, wheat, oats and potatoes, no bog. Tenants all Roman Catholics. Prevailing names Burk and Huston. Roseville Cottage stands in this townland. House, offices in good repair, a good orchard here Pooloonogue Spring or large pool and Gort River in this townland. Trout, perch and eel in this river. One fort in this townland. Authority, Mr. Burk, townland Rinneen."
Then, clicking on a link on that page leads to this page of all parishes in Kiltartan, with further links to use:
http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/asp/parish.asp?id=17159
operational. I bumped into a backdoor of it today, which allows access to some of the information. The search engines do not yet work. You can get a preview of what will eventually be fully accessible. See the info below.
Please do not report the site as malfunctioning. This section of the site is not yet up and running, by design.
Sharon Carberry USA
The Galway Library's current onsite description of the database:
"In 1838, John O'Donovan was commissioned to list the place names of Ireland . For each place name, he listed variations of its name, its irish form, its translation, its situation, and a brief description. At present, we are putting the O'Donovan Place Names of Galway on the web."
Ordnance Survey Name Books, for placenames and additional local history
http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/
Use "Walter Rosengrave" in the general Google search engine to reach this
page: places.galwaylibrary.ie/asp/fullresult.asp?id=17371
Use the link which leads to the resulting page with a descriptive section on this person:
"Proprietor Walter Rosengrave, Esq.,Gort, no Agent, let to 13 tenants one having a lease and the rest at will. Yearly 32/s per acre. County Cess 3/s per acre. Tithe 1s per acre. Size of farms 2 to 10 acres. Soil rocky and part sandy. Usual crops, wheat, oats and potatoes, no bog. Tenants all Roman Catholics. Prevailing names Burk and Huston. Roseville Cottage stands in this townland. House, offices in good repair, a good orchard here Pooloonogue Spring or large pool and Gort River in this townland. Trout, perch and eel in this river. One fort in this townland. Authority, Mr. Burk, townland Rinneen."
Then, clicking on a link on that page leads to this page of all parishes in Kiltartan, with further links to use:
http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/asp/parish.asp?id=17159