Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Aillenaveagh
[Aillnaveagh changed to Aillenaveagh]
Aill na bh-Fiach
Aul na veagh Inhabitants
Description:
Is a precipice on which deer herded formerly from which it got its name.
Situation:
In the S. part of Addragool and about ½ a mile N. of Bencullogh.
Townland Information
What is a townland?:
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:
Aillenaveagh is a townland.
Information From Maps
Original OS map of this area. (Click on place name to view original map in new window.):
Ireland was first mapped in the 1840s. These original maps are available online. (This information will display in a new window.)
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.)
Aillenaveagh is in the civil parish of Ballynakill in the barony of Ballynahinch.
Roman Catholic parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.
Ballynakill/Letterfrack/ Tullycross
Inishbofin
Church of Ireland parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.
Ballinakill
Renvyle
In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.