Carhoo Lower

Carhoo Lower
Irish transcription(s)
  Derivation: An Cheathrú Íochtarach
Country Ireland
County County Cork
Barony Muskerry East
Civil parish Magourney
First recorded c. 1590
Settlements Coachford
Government
  Council Cork County Council
  Ward Blarney-Macroom EA
Area
  Total 115.14 ha (284.5 acres)
Irish grid ref W438733
Townland location
Coordinates 51°54′34″N 8°49′2″W / 51.90944°N 8.81722°W / 51.90944; -8.81722Coordinates: 51°54′34″N 8°49′2″W / 51.90944°N 8.81722°W / 51.90944; -8.81722

Carhoo Lower (from Irish An Cheathrú Íochtarach) is a townland within the civil parish of Magourney and catholic parish of Aghabullogue, County Cork, Ireland. It is 284.5 acres in size, and west of Coachford village.

Carhoo firstly appears c. 1590 as 'Carown' in a sketch map The description of Muskery, retained as part of the Dartmouth Map Collection, at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.[1] In the Down Survey Maps (1656-8), it is referred to as 'Carrow' [2] and 'Carrooe', and the accompanying terrier lists Thomas and Edmund Coppinger as proprietors by way of mortgage.[3] The Ordnance Survey name book (c. 1840) describes Carhoo Lower as bounded on the north and east by Carhoo Upper and Leemount townlands, with a large portion being the Carhue demesne and the remainder mainly pasture. Various name versions are given, such as 'Carhoo' and 'Carhue', and an Irish version as Ceathramha (meaning quarter). O'Murchú (1991) holds Ceathrú as meaning a quarter, in this instance a measurement of land, such as a townland or ploughland, and being a smaller division than a tuath or triocha céad.[4] The Placenames Database of Ireland gives the townland an Irish name of An Cheathrú Íochtarach, with Ceathrú meaning a quarterland.[5]

At the south-east end of the townland, is said to exist Poul Leather, a hollow within the River Lee, renowned for both its depth and treacherous current.[6]

Townlands vary greatly in size, being territorial divisions within parishes in Ireland. Extensively used for land surveys, censuses and polling systems since the seventeenth century, townlands have also been used as the basis for rural postal addresses. In County Cork, surveying and standardisation of townland names and boundaries by the Ordnance Survey during the mid-nineteenth century, resulted in some earlier townland names disappearing, due to amalgamation or division. The townlands resulting from such surveys were employed during the Primary Land Valuation (Griffith's Valuation), subsequent censuses, and continue in use today.

Townland population
Year Pop.
1841 56 [7]
1851 36 [7]
1861 36 [7]
1871 55 [7]
1881 69 [7]
1891 32 [8]
1901 23 [8]
1911 14 [8]

Earlier versions of townland name
Year Form
c. 1590 Carown (Sketch map of Muskery)
1656-8 Carrow/Carrooe (Down Survey)
1811 Carhue (Bath's Grand Jury map)[9]
1840 Carhue/Carhoo (OS name book)

Townland sites/items of interest

References

  1. "The description of Muskery, Dartmouth map collection, Royal Museums Greenwich". Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  2. "Down Survey map 1656-8 (Barony of Muskery)". Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  3. "Down Survey map 1656-8 (Ahabollog and Aghinagh)". Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  4. O'Murchú, M. (Dec 1991). "Place names of the parish of Aghabullogue". Coachford Record. 2.
  5. "Placenames Database of Ireland". Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  6. Lankford, Eamon (2008). A Collection of Placenames from Cork County: Barony of East Muskerry. Cork Place Names Archive.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Histpop; Area, population and number of houses, Vol. II, Ireland, 1881, page 207
  8. 1 2 3 HistPop; Area, houses, and population, Munster, Ireland,1911 Page 94
  9. "Grand Jury map of County Cork" (PDF). Retrieved 24 February 2014.

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