# Coolsaragh

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{{short description|Townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Coolsaragh
| type                    = [townland](/source/townland)
| native_name             = 
| translit_lang1          = [Irish](/source/Irish_language)
| translit_lang1_type     = Derivation:
| translit_lang1_info     = {{lang|ga|Cúil Sáráin}}
| translit_lang1_type1    = Meaning:
| translit_lang1_info1    = "Sárán's recess"
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| subdivision_name        = [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)
| subdivision_type1       = Country
| subdivision_name1       = [Northern Ireland](/source/Northern_Ireland)
| subdivision_type2       = County
| subdivision_name2       = [County Londonderry](/source/County_Londonderry)
| subdivision_type3       = Barony
| subdivision_name3       = [Loughinsholin](/source/Loughinsholin)
| subdivision_type4       = Civil parish
| subdivision_name4       = [Kilcronaghan](/source/Kilcronaghan)

| leader_title            = Council
| leader_name             = [Mid Ulster District](/source/Mid_Ulster_District)
| leader_title1           = Ward
| leader_name1            = Tobermore

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| established_date        = [Drapers Company](/source/Worshipful_Company_of_Drapers)
| established_title1      = First recorded
| established_date1       = 1609
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'''Coolsaragh''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|k|u:|l|ˈ|s|ɑr|ə}}, {{Irish derived place name|Cúil Sáráin|Sárán's recess}}<ref name="IPA"/>) is a [townland](/source/townland) lying within the civil parish of [Kilcronaghan](/source/Kilcronaghan), [County Londonderry](/source/County_Londonderry), [Northern Ireland](/source/Northern_Ireland). It lies in the south of the parish on the boundary with the [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_Ireland) of [Desertmartin](/source/Desertmartin_(civil_parish)), and it is bounded by the townlands of: [Annagh & Moneysterlinn](/source/Annagh_%26_Moneysterlinn), [Cloughfin](/source/Cloughfin), [Gortahurk](/source/Gortahurk%2C_Kilcronaghan_civil_parish), [Keenaght](/source/Keenaght_(townland)), [Killynumber](/source/Killynumber), [Killytoney](/source/Killytoney), [Longfield](/source/Longfield%2C_Desertmartin_civil_parish), and [Tullyroan](/source/Tullyroan). It was apportioned to the [Drapers](/source/Worshipful_Company_of_Drapers) company.<ref name="Munn"/>

The townland was part of the [Tobermore](/source/Tobermore) electoral ward of the former [Magherafelt District Council](/source/Magherafelt_District_Council), however in 1901 and 1926 it was part of Iniscarn [district electoral division](/source/district_electoral_division) as part of the [Draperstown](/source/Draperstown) dispensary (registrar's) district of [Magherafelt](/source/Magherafelt) [Rural District](/source/Rural_District).<ref name="HistPop1901"/><ref name="HistPop1926"/> It was also part of the historic [barony](/source/Barony_(geographic)) of [Loughinsholin](/source/Loughinsholin).<ref name="Munn"/>

==Etymology==
Coolsaragh, despite the various different spellings, many of which contain erroneous letters, such as ''h'' for ''r'' and ''f'' for ''s'', appears to derive from something like ''Culsaran'' or ''Coolsaran''. The loss of the ''n'' at the end of the word, whilst not common in Irish placenames, has occasionally occurred elsewhere.<ref name="IPA"/>

The "saran" could possibly be derived from the Irish word ''során'', which means "[wireworm](/source/wireworm)", a kind of insect that is a considerable pest for farmers, eating the roots of [tuberous](/source/tuberous) plants. This would give the derivation of ''Cúil Során'', meaning "recess of the wireworms". This however is unlikely to be the origin of Coolsaragh as it doesn't contain an article meaning "of the". The lack of this article suggests either a personal name or a now obsolete noun. The personal name ''Sárán'' is used in the townlands of Kilsaran and Tisaran, and was the name of several saints and an early king of Ulster, and is quite possibly the meaning of "saran" in ''Culsaran'' or ''Coolsaran''.<ref name="IPA"/>

==History==
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{|class="wikitable" style="margin:0; border:1px solid darkgrey;"
|+ Population
|-
! style="width:75px;"|Year
! style="width:75px;"|Pop.
|-
! 1841
| 192  <ref name="HistPop1881"/>
|-
! 1851
| 186  <ref name="HistPop1881"/>
|-
! 1861
| 171 <ref name="HistPop1881"/>
|-
! 1871
| 165 <ref name="HistPop1881"/>
|-
! 1881
| 167 <ref name="HistPop1881"/>
|-
! 1891
| 143 <ref name="HistPop1901"/>
|-
! 1901
| 128 <ref name="HistPop1901"/>
|-
! 1911
| 114 <ref name="HistPop1926"/>
|-
! 1926
| 107 <ref name="HistPop1926"/>
|}
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{|class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0 3em; border:1px solid darkgrey;"
|+ Size (acres, roods, poles)
|-
! style="width:75px;" | Year
! style="width:100px;" | a, r, p
|-
! 1851
| 526, 0, 16 <ref name="HistPop1851"/>
|-
! 1881
| 526, 0, 16 <ref name="HistPop1881"/>
|-
! 1901
| 526, 0, 16 <ref name="HistPop1901"/>
|-
! 1926
| 526, 2, 27 <ref name="HistPop1926"/>
|}
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{|class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0 3em; border:1px solid darkgrey;"
|+ Earlier recorded forms<ref name="IPA"/><ref name="PlaceNamesNI"/>
|-
! style="width:75px;" | Year
! style="width:200px;" | Form
|-
! 1609
| Cowsaran (E.C.)
|-
! 1613
| Colsanan
|-
! 1613
| Consaran
|-
! 1613
| Coullaire (Charter)
|-
! 1622
| Coolsaram
|-
! 1654
| Cullsarran
|-
! 1657
| Consaren
|-
! 1659c
| Coolesahan
|-
! 1663
| Culfanum
|-
! 1767
| Culsaragh
|-
! 1813
| Coolsarah
|-
! 1834c
| Cool-sarragh
|-
| colspan="2" align="center" | <sub>(E.C.) - Escheated Counties Map 1609<br/>(Charter) - Charter of Londonderry 1613</sub>
|}
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==See also==
*[Kilcronaghan](/source/Kilcronaghan)
*[List of townlands in Tobermore](/source/List_of_townlands_in_Tobermore)
*[Tobermore](/source/Tobermore)

==References==
<references>

<ref name="HistPop1926">[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=Legislation&ResourceType=Essays&ResourceType=Registrar%20General&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=brackaghlislea&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&titlepos=5&mno=239&pageseq=50 HistPop; County and County Borough of Londonderry, 1926, page 24]</ref>
<ref name="HistPop1851">[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=tobermore&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&titlepos=1&mno=396&pageseq=15 HistPop; County of Londonderry, 1851, page 241]</ref>
<ref name="HistPop1881">[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=Legislation&ResourceType=Essays&ResourceType=Registrar%20General&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=brackaghlislea&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&titlepos=1&mno=434&pageseq=696 HistPop; Area, population and number of houses, Vol. III, Ireland, 1881, page 698]</ref>
<ref name="PlaceNamesNI">[http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=3898 Place Names NI - Coolsaragh]</ref>
<ref name="Munn">''Notes on the Place Names of the Parishes and Townlands of the County of Londonderry'', 1925, Alfred Moore Munn, Clerk of the Crown and Peace of the City and County of Londonderry</ref> 
<ref name="HistPop1901">[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=Legislation&ResourceType=Essays&ResourceType=Registrar%20General&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=ballymacilcurr&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&titlepos=7&mno=450&pageseq=366 HistPop; Area, houses, and population, Vol. III &#91;Part 2&#93;, Ireland, 1901 Page 34]</ref>
<ref name="IPA">Toner, Gregory: ''Place-Names of Northern Ireland'', page 118-119. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996, {{ISBN|0-85389-613-5}}</ref>
<ref name="OSNI">{{cite web |url=http://maps.ehsni.gov.uk/SixInchSeries/Default.aspx |access-date=27 January 2012 |author=Northern Ireland Environment Agency |title=NIEA Map Viewer |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124125249/http://maps.ehsni.gov.uk/SixInchSeries/Default.aspx |archive-date=24 November 2011 }}</ref>

</references>

{{County Londonderry}}

Category:Townlands of County Londonderry
Category:Civil parish of Kilcronaghan

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