Agharaskilly
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Agharaskilly townland, Ballyconnell, county Cavan, Ireland. looking east south-east.
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| Coordinates: 54°06′00″N 7°35′32″W / 54.100036°N 7.592187°WCoordinates: 54°06′00″N 7°35′32″W / 54.100036°N 7.592187°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| County | County Cavan |
| Barony | Loughtee Lower |
| Civil parish | Tomregan |
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| • Total | 220 ha (550 acres) |
Agharaskilly (from Irish: 'Achadh Ros Cille meaning 'Field of the Church's Wood) is a townland in the civil parish of Tomregan, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies within the former barony of Loughtee Lower.
The derivation of Agharaskilly is uncertain but the likeliest explanation is that it is an Anglicization of the Irish placename Achadh Ros Cille meaning the Field of the Church's Wood, as the land belonged to Tomregan Church and was wooded. It has also been suggested that it may come from an anglicisation of the Irish placename Achadh chroise coille meaning "field of the cross of the wood" or Achadh Ros Choille which means "Field of the Grove of Trees". Alternative meanings which have been suggested are "Cattlefield of the Cross of the Church", "Field of the Boar's Wood" and "Field of the Crossroads in the Wood".
The earliest surviving mention of the townland is in a grant dated 10 August 1607 from King James I to Sir Garret Moore, 1st Viscount Moore of Mellifont where it is spelled Aghcrossekille. On the 1609 Plantation of Ulster map of the barony of Loughtee, it is spelt Reskellew. A 1627 grant spells it as Aghocrossekeillie. The 1641 Rebellion Depositions spell it variously as Aghroskilly, Agheraskilly and Aighroskillow. The will of Terence Donocky dated 1735 spells it as Augharaskillane. A deed dated 1767 spells it as Agharisakella and Agharassakella.[3]
A sub-division of the townland is Derryliffe which is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename Doire Life which means "The Oak-Wood of Liffey".
Agharaskilly is bounded on the north by Cullyleenan townland, on the east by Mullaghduff & Cavanagh townlands, on the south by Cloncollow, Slievebrickan, Fartrin and Killarah townlands and on the west by Cormeen and Lecharrownahone townlands.
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