Carraig an Róistigh

Carrigarostig (Carraig an Róistigh, 'the rock of An Róisteach') is a townland in the civil parish of Ightermurragh, barony of Imokilly, County Cork, comprising approximately 103 acres. The place name derives from the de Róiste surname, the Gaelicized form of the prominent Anglo-Norman Roche family that dominated Cork from the 12th century onward. The Roches, originally from France ('de la Roche...