Explore History & Heritage
Castlelyons, Coolagown, Britway and the surrounding townlands have a rich local history shaped by castles, abbeys, rivers, roads, farms, schools, community groups and generations of local families.
This section of the website shares selected material from local community archive records. The first pages focus on public heritage: townlands, placenames, landmarks, buildings, rivers and local places of interest.
Family history, household information and photographs of identifiable people will be reviewed separately before anything is published.
What this section will include
- Townlands and placenames
- Castlelyons village and local landmarks
- Abbeylands and Abbey Lane
- Bridebridge and the River Bride
- Coolagown and Coole
- Corrin Hill
- Kilbarry Wood
- Mohera, Pellick, Spurree and Towermore
- Old photographs of places where permission is clear
This page is based on local community archive material. If you can help correct, improve or add to this information, please contact the Castlelyons Community website team.
This page is part of a developing local history and heritage section for Castlelyons, Coolagown, Britway and surrounding townlands. The material is being reviewed gradually from local community archive records. Please contact the website team if you can help correct, improve or add to this information.