Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Turbot Island
Oileán Toirbeirt
Oileán Toirbert
Turbot Island B. S.
Tarbert Island County Map
Terbert Island John D’Arcy, Esq.
Turbot Island Rev. P. Fitzmaurice, P.P.
Turbot Island Walter Bodkin of Omey
Description:
Thomas Martin, Esq., Proprietor.
Situation:
Is about ¼ of a mile S. of Innishturk, is in the mouth of Ardbear Harbour and 5½ mils W. of the town of Clifden.
Information From Griffith's Valution
Area in Acres, Roods and Perches:
A.
R.
P.
147
0
27
Land value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.
s.
d.
44
13
10
Building value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.
s.
d.
0
0
0
Total value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.
s.
d.
44
13
10
Heads of housholds living in the townland at this time:
A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169
Townland:
Turbot Island is a townland.
Other placesnames in this townland:
Some other placenames in or near this townland are...
Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website. (Click on place name to view original map in new window.)
Below is a link to the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website. It displays the original OS map that was created in the 1840s. (This information will display in a new window.)
Church records of births, deaths and marriages are available online at http://www.rootsireland.ie. To search these records you will need to know the 'church parish' rather than the 'civil parish'. (The civil parish is the pre-reformation parish and was frequently used as a unit of administration in the past.)
Turbot Island is in the civil parish of Omey.
Roman Catholic parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.
Omey/Ballindon
Church of Ireland parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.
Clifden, Omey and Errislannon
Sellerna
In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.
Other Sources
Information from the Logainm database. (This information will display in a new window.):