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The following appear as names for Carrick on Shannon. Follow the links for what the author actually said:
Name | Author | Source |
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CARRICK ON SHANNON | Samuel Lewis | A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (London: S. LEWIS & Co., 1837). |
CARRICK UPON SHANNON | John Wesley | The Journal of John Wesley (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 2000). |
NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:
These names were used for units associated with Carrick on Shannon. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:
Name | Unit Type | Source |
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CARK ON SHANNON | Poor Law Union | UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 906. |
CARRICK ON SHANNON | Irish Town | UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1851. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1861), p. 205. |
Poor Law Union | UK Government, Census of Ireland. 1871. Alphabetical index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland (Dublin: HM Stationery Office, 1877), p. 758. |
NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Carrick on Shannon, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:
Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Carrick on Shannon, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Carrick on Shannon, in and County Leitrim | Place names, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/29451/names
Date accessed: 18th October 2024