Carracastle
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Carracastle is a small, rural Roman Catholic parish
Parish
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 in Counties Mayo
County Mayo
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, Roscommon
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 and bordering County Sligo in Ireland
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 (the corresponding civil parish
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 is Kilbeagh). It is roughly half way between the Mayo town of Charlestown
Charlestown, County Mayo
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 and the Roscommon town of Ballaghaderreen
Ballaghaderreen
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. The parish is made up of the main parish of Carracastle and the half parish of Rooskey. There is a Catholic church in each parish and a school in Carracastle (a school in Rooskey closed down in June 2009).

History

There are over twenty ring forts in Carracastle. The original church in Carracastle, on the site of the present church, was a small thatched building which also served as a school house. The church in Carracastle today was built in 1877 and it was officially opened and blessed on 21 October 1877. The altar of Caen stone
Caen stone
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and marble was consecrated by Bishop McCormack on the 9th of June 1884. Church records for Carracastle parish begin in about 1850.
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Townlands of Carracastle

Townland Acres Name in Irish Meaning
Ballintadder 123 Baile an Teadar Townland between
Barroe 774 Barr Rua Red Top Soil
Botuney 572 Both Sionnaigh Foxes Den
Brackloon South 207 Breac-chluanach Speckled meadow
Brackloon North 187 Breac-chluanach Speckled meadow
Bulkaun 173 Bulcan Central Land
Calvagh Lower 221 Coill-Bheithe Birch Wood
Calvagh Upper 162 Coill-Bheithe Birch wood
Carracastle --- Ceathru an Chaisil The quarter (area) of the Stone fort
Carrowntubber 235 Ceathrú an Tobair Quarter (or area) or the well
Cashelduff 702 Caiseal Dubh Black stone fort
Caslecolane 207 Caiseal Collain Stone fort of the hazels or (Keolan's stone fort)
Cloonaweema 225 Cluain a Mhaoidheama Meadow of the eruption or Spring
Clooncouse 153 Cluain Cuas Meadow of the caves
Cloonfane 265 Cluain na Feinne Meadow of the Fianna or wild meadow
Cloonlarin 534 Cluain Lairthean Meadow of the site (of a house)
Cloonlumney --- Cluain Lomnaigh Meadow of the bare place
Cloonmeen West 263 Cluain Mhin Smooth meadow
Cloonmore 161 Cluain Mór Great meadow
Coppecurrach 545 Capall-Churrach Marsh of the horses
Corragoola 244 Cor a Ghualaigh Round hill of the charcoal Burner
Craggagh 86 Creagach Rocky ground
Cranmore 150 Crann Mór Big tree
Currin 456 Cor an Fhia Round hill of the deer
Derrydorneen 226 Doire Dhoirnin Durnin's little oak wood
Derrykinlough 560 Doire Cionn Locha Oakwood at head of the (incl 83 water) lake
Derrynanaff 112 Doire na nDamh Oak-wood of the oxen
Fauleens 543 Fáilín Little hedges
Glosh 390 Glais Trasna Cross-stream
Gortanure (Palmfield) 564 Gort an Iuir Field of the yew
Gowel 322 Gabhal A fork
Gowlane 957 Gabhlan A small fork
Laveybeg 303 Leamhaigh Bheag Small elm wood
Lavymore 630 Leamhaigh Mór Large elm wood
Lecarrow 434 Leath-Cheathrú Half of quarter (of land)
Lismulgee 228 Lios Uí Mhaolgaoithe Wynne's fort
Park 102 Páirc A field
Pullboy 170 Poll Bui Yellow valley (hole)
Rooskey 1686 Rúscaigh Moory land
Speck 128 Baile na Speice Place of the spike (rock)
Srah 873 Srath River valley
Tonnagh 499 Tonnach A rampart (mound)
Tonroe 241 Toin Rua Red bottom soil

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