Townlands - 04 / 15 - Killeenreendowney

 

 Cillín Rí an Domhnaigh - Little Church of the King of Sunday - 189 Acres ( In Total )
( Pholl an Dubh - The Black Hole - insular name - see article ( below )

 

Though no Church survived the ravages of time , another school of thought considers that the Cil may have been Coill or Woods. Togher takes up the western portion of the Townland divided by the Pouladuff Road. It should also be noted that the insular name Pouladuff is used to identify a local placename by the houses fronting the road albeit shared with many other communities along the roads long stretch which takes in the modern suburbs of the Lough , Togher and Ballyphehane. Pouladuff is the anglicization of Pholl an Duibh or The Black Hole

 

 

Killeenreendowney ( West ) - 1927 OSi map

 

 

The western portion ( Togher ) of the Townland of Killeenreendowney , is sandwiched between the Togher and Pouladuff Roads , with its middle portion squeezed between Deanrock and Freagh & Vicars Acre ; with its remainder known as Killeenreendowney " East " lying in the neighbouring Suburb of Ballyphehane. Its name harkens back to perhaps pre - Patrician times or early Celtic Christianity , though there are advocates for the Druidic tradition as well. The Townland was most probably gifted to the early Celtic Christians by the ruling Ui Mc Ceir tribe who peacefully absorbed many interlopers down through the centuries. Following Norman occupation , the townland was briefly known as Galway's Town a.k.a. Galveston or Galweiston which appears in later medieval records as a sub-denomination of the Townland.  It is the only Townland which still has a religious namesake going back many millennia. The Down Survey of 1658 lists it as " Killinringdowny ". The blog looks at the possible site of an ancient church here.The land for a long time had an association with St. Mary's of the Isle.

 

 

1951 Aerial Map of Killeenreendowney

 

The Galway family are mentioned in a lease dated 1547 , and Galwaystown alias Killeen is given as their address. It is possible that this was a sub-denomination of the Townland though where it was located exactly is unknown. However by 1641 the greater part of the Townland is in the possession of George Gould. Following the Cromwellian Confiscations , all land was granted to Alexander Piggott whose family would hold it for the next 2 Centuries and more. In 1825 , a property known as Togher Farm came on the market. The intention being to convert it from a dairy farm to a market garden to cater for the expanding population of the City. This farm would eventually be bought by Paddy Long in the 1920s who held it until the early 1960s when it was bought by compulsory purchase order for corporation housing schemes. The Townland itself was sporadically purchased in piecemeal fashion by both private and corporation bodies during the 1950s , 1960s and 1970s for various housing schemes. The sole original connecting road between Togher Road and Pouladuff Road was the Hangdog Road , now Tramore Road , having its name changed by general consensus in 1960 , although the " Passage " albeit a dirt track which traversed the " Plots " was a secondary route. Edward Walsh Road , Vicars Road and the South Ring Road would follow in 1964 , 1968 and 1994 respectively. The Townland itself also boasts a Post Office. Rather bizarrely , both Ardmanning Avenue and Ardmanning Lawn are sited in Killeenreendowney.

Killeenreendowney ( West )
- data from Townlands.ie

Addresses ( Modern Era )

 

All houses fronting Togher Road ( starting from a point opposite Brookfield Lawn ) to the corner of Rose Lawn and thereafter from  just after Leaca Ban to Scout Hall and the Tramore River

All houses fronting Pouladuff Road ( from a point on the corner of Pearse Road junction ) on the western side down to Lee Metals and thereafter from west of Sheridan Park to the Tramore River

Boston Park

Ardmanning Lawn

Ardmanning Avenu
Pouladuff Post Office

Patrick Trahy Road

Patrick O'Donoghue Road
Michael Fitzgerald Road

Edward Walsh Road

Charles Daly Road

Marieville

The Acre

Deanwood Place

Willow Place

Woodlawn Mews

Dean Bastible Court
Tramore Road ( from Togher Road to before Sheridan Park )
Scout Hall
Coffey's Field

South Ring Road 

 

 

Addresses/Structures ( Historical Era )

 

The Plots ( Built over )

The Passage ( Built over )

The Laurels*
Leaca Ban*

The Citadel ( Demolished )

Marieville*

Sarahville *
Pouladuff Motors ( now Lee Metals )
Kelly's Lane ( now Willow Place )
Hangdog Road ( now Tramore Road )
Togher Railway bridge ( demolished 1975 )
Pouladuff Railway bridge ( demolished 1986 )

 

 

Boundary ( shown in red on aerial photo )

 

From a point near the houses on Pouladuff Road ( western side ) down from Pearse Road to Lee Metals following a diagonal line across Vicars Road to the land in front of Deanvale Place and curving around the Industrial Estate and around Woodlawn Mews and following a direct line through Tramore Road and the South Ring Road to the Tramore River. Following the Tramore River westwards back to the Togher Overpass bridge and northwards along the Togher Road to the corner turning into the rear gardens of  Willow Place and through the rear gardens of Woodlawn Mews before turning north through the rear gardens of Deanvale Place and following a line straight on through Vicars Road and around the rear gardens of Roase Lawn onto the Togher Road and then following a line up Togher Road before turning through the rear gardens of Boston Park to arrive at the point on Pouladuff Road.

Killeenreendowney satellite view 2010

 

Click on link below for the next Townland in the series.

 

Freagh & Vicars Acre