placenamesCrossboyne
Crois Bhaoithín
Lewis distinguished Crossboyne’s religious arrangements from its civil boundary.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Crois Bhaoithín · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Crossboyne · English · main form
Place & story
Crossboyne and Ballindangan
In 1837 Samuel Lewis described Crossboyne civil parish as divided between two Catholic districts. The district called Crossboyne combined part of the civil parish with the whole of Taugheen and contained three chapels, including a large slate-roofed one at Crossboyne. The Ballindangan district contained two chapels, at Ballindangan and Drymills. His account therefore distinguishes the civil parish from the larger religious district extending into neighbouring Taugheen. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Mayo
- Barony
- Clanmorris
- Coordinates
- 53.67630, -8.98672
- Mapped area
- 65.69 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1769 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Crossboyne. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Crossboyne: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.