| Civil Parish | Shrule |
| Barony | Kilmaine |
| Poor Law Union | Ballinrobe |
| County | Mayo |
| Registrars District | Cong |
| D.E.D. | Shrule |
| Area | 515 A. 0 R. 6 P. |
| O.S. 6″ sheet(s) | Mayo 122 123 |
| Griffiths Valuation | Poor Law Union of Ballinrobe – Page # 156 |
Placenames
Placenames mentioned in this townland are :
Alacha Cahermore
Cahernahilk Kinlough
Field Name Book description from 1838/1839 noted by the surveyors who produced the O.S maps originally.
Kinlough
B.S.S.M. : 20
Cionn Locha , head of the lake.
- Kinlough : J. 0’D,
- Kinlough : County Map
- Kinlagh : Strafford’s Survey
- Kinlough : Rev. James Geraghty
- Kinloghe : Inq. temp. Eliz
- Kinlagh : Inq. temp. Jac. I.
Situated in the south side of the parish. It is bounded on the S. by the parish of Kilkilvery, County Galway;
E. by the tds. Of Cloonbanaun and Cullagh; N. by the td. of Brodullagh South; and W. by the td. of Toorard.
It contains 515a. Or. 6p., and is the property of Thomas Reddington, Esq. Agent, Michael Dowdall, Esq.
It is let to occupying tenants, in farms of from 2 to 40 acres, at the yearly rent of from 24s, to 26s. per Irish acre:
No leases are given: The soil is a light. clay, with a great deal of limestone. The tenants are all Catholics.
There are in this townland 6 ancient forts, the ruins of an old castle, and an old church in ruins.
Historical & Archaeological features