Waterford Placenames

Placename : Colligan

Administrative Details:

• Barony : Decies-without-Drum

Description:
The Parish name is non-ecclesiastical, borrowed from the townland on which the ancient church stood. From the parish, in turn, is named the well-known Colligan River, which forms its eastern boundary. The parish is small, but, being remote and mountainous, it furnishes a fair proportion of interesting names.

Old Irish Typeface

Parish Location Map:

Townlands:
Carrowgarriff, Carrowgarriff Beg, Carrowgarriff More, Colligan Beg, Colligan More, Colliganmountain, Colliganwood, Curraghnamaddree, Garryclone, Garryduff, Greenane, Knockanpower Lower, Knockanpower Upper, Knocknamaulee, Knockroe,

Related Resources

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Online Books and Journals
Full-text monographs, journals, and articles of Waterford Interest include useful resources for Affane:

• The Place-Names of Decies by Patrick Power. (Dublin; Cork University Press, 1952)
• Parish Files [Waterford County Library]
• The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland 1843-44 [Waterford extracts]
• Ordnance Survey Letters [1841] by John O'Donovan
• Irish Tourist Authority Survey [1941-45]

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