Bornacoola

Bornacoola (Irish: Barr na Cúile, meaning 'the top of the corner') is an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise, Ireland. It is located at the southern extremity of County Leitrim in the civil parish of Mohill.[1] Some of its townlands lie in neighbouring County Longford. The nearest large towns are Longford (8 miles) and Carrick-on-Shannon (11 miles).

Townlands

The parish is bounded by the townlands indicated below, most of which coincide with the southern parts of the civil parish of Mohill (which straddles two baronies) with a few townlands in a neighbouring civil parish to the west.

Acres, Aghamore, Aghnahunshin, Aghnamona, Ballygeeher (not Bellageeher), Cashel, Cloonboniagh North, Cloonboniagh South, Clooncarreen, Cloonclivvy, Clooncolry, Clooneagh, Cloonmorris, Cloontumpher, Cloonturk, Cornagillagh, Corracramph South, Corrascoffy, Derreen, Drumard (Jones), Drumard (Magerraun), Gortanure South, Gorteenoran or Georgia, Gortnalamph, Gubagraffy, Keelagh, Killinaker, Knockadrinan, Liscloonadea, Meelragh (Nagur), Meelragh (Saggart), Moher, Rinnagowna, Rooskynamona, Tulcon.
  • Civil parish of Annaduff[2]
Aughry, Drumod, Drumod Beg, Drumod More.
  • Civil parish of Mohill
Ahanagh,[3] Bunanass, Clooncolligan, Cloonart North, Cloonart South, Clooneen (Beirne), Clooneen (Cox), Clooneen (Kennedy), Clooneen (Shanly), Edercloon, Tomisky.

Churches

Local churches include St. Michael's Church, Bornacoola and St. Joseph's Church, Cloonturk.[4]

  • Parish graveyard
    Parish graveyard
  • Early Christian church ruins (8c.-12c.)
    Early Christian church ruins (8c.-12c.)
  • Church ruins plaque
    Church ruins plaque

Features
Ogham Stone (5c.-6c.)
Ogham Stone plaque

Scoil Mhuire is the local national school (primary school).

Lady Baltimore's Statue is a statue located beside Johnston's Bridge in Bornacoola.[5] It came from Baltimore, Maryland, USA and is named after a place in Bornacoola parish (Baile an Tigh Mor- the town of the big house). The family left Ireland and settled in Maryland and because of this link the statue to Lady Baltimore was sent back to Ireland in the 1970s and erected some years later.

Cloonmorris Ogham stone, also located nearby, is an ancient stone located in the graveyard. It is the only example of an Ogham inscribed stone in County Leitrim. It was incorrectly inverted when placed on a plinth. Also located within the grounds of the graveyard is an early Christian church. This is under the protection of the Office of Public Works.

References
  1. "Barr na Cúile / Bornacoola". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  2. "Placenames Database of Ireland - Annaduff". Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  3. "Placenames Database of Ireland - Ahanagh". Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  4. "Parish mass times". Archived from the original on 14 April 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  5. Features of the parish Archived 13 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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