Houses being built at Sheean (2008)
Sheean (from Irish An Sián, meaning 'fairy mound (síodhán)') is a townland in the civil parish of Islandeady, barony of Burrishoole, electoral district of Clogher, in County Mayo, Ireland.[1] The eponymous settlement is located on a hill.
Geography
[edit]Located within the civil parish of Islandeady, Sheean is on the N5 road east of Westport, County Mayo. Sheean townland has an area of 0.6 square miles (382 acres, 154 hectares) and borders the townlands of (clockwise from the north) Cogaula, Doon, Dooncastle, Derrygorman, Drummindoo, and Carrownaclea.[2] As of the 2011 census, Sheean townland had a population of 140 people.[3]
Four parishes meet at Sheean – Aughagower, Islandeady, Kilmeena and Westport. Together with several other townlands Sheean forms an exclave of the parish of Islandeady, separated from the larger part by the territory of the parishes of Aghagower and Kilmaclasser.[4]
History
[edit]In addition to a cairn[5] and tumulus (barrow) site within Sheean townland,[6] the Record of Monuments and Places records ringfort and enclosure sites in the neighbouring townland of Drummindoo.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "An Sián/Sheean". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ "Sheean Townland, Co. Mayo". townlands.ie. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ "CD164 - Mayo Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2026. Population [..] Townlands [..] 2011 [..] Sheean, Clogher, Co. Mayo: 140
- ^ Map on "Civil Parish of Islandeady, Co. Mayo". Townlands.ie. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ a b Record of Monuments and Places - County Mayo. National Monuments and Historical Properties Service. 1996. OCLC 605281223.
- ^ Christiaan Corlett (1998). "The Prehistoric Ritual Landscape of Croagh Patrick, Co. Mayo". The Journal of Irish Archaeology. 9: 11. JSTOR 30001690. one tumulus is known from the area (13.1), known locally as Siodhan an áil iarach (O'Flanagan 1926, vol. 2, 3). It is a very impressive feature in the landscape [..] and lends its name to the townland, Sheean
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