| Carhoo Upper | |
| Settlement Type: | townland |
| Translit Lang1: | Irish |
| Translit Lang1 Type: | Derivation: |
| Translit Lang1 Info: | Irish: An Cheathrú Uachtarach |
| Translit Lang1 Type1: | Meaning: |
| Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Carhoo Upper shown within Ireland |
| Coordinates: | 51.9158°N -8.8153°W |
| Grid Name: | Irish grid ref |
| Grid Position: | W439740 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
| Subdivision Type1: | County |
| Subdivision Name1: | County Cork |
| Subdivision Type2: | Barony |
| Subdivision Name2: | Muskerry East |
| Subdivision Type3: | Civil parish |
| Subdivision Name3: | Magourney |
| Leader Title: | Council |
| Leader Name: | Cork County Council |
| Leader Title1: | Ward |
| Leader Name1: | Blarney-Macroom EA |
| Established Title1: | First recorded |
| Established Date1: | c. 1590 |
| Parts Type: | Settlements |
| Parts Style: | para |
| P1: | Coachford |
| Area Total Ha: | 80.57 |
| Area Total Acre: | 199.08 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
Carhoo Upper is a townland within the civil parish of Magourney and catholic parish of Aghabullogue, County Cork, Ireland. It is in size, and west of Coachford village.
Carhoo firstly appears c. 1590 as 'Carown' in a sketch map The description of Muskery, retained as part of the Dartmouth Map Collection, at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.[1] In the Down Survey Maps (1656-8), it is referred to as 'Carrow' [2] and 'Carrooe', and the accompanying terrier lists Thomas and Edmund Coppinger as proprietors by way of mortgage.[3] The Ordnance Survey name book (c. 1840) describes Carhoo Upper as bounded on the north by Rockgrove townland and on the west by Aghinagh parish. Townland name versions include 'Carhoo' and 'Carhue'. O'Murchú (1991) holds Ceathrú as meaning a quarter, in this instance a measurement of land, such as a townland or ploughland, and being a smaller division than a tuath or triocha céad.[4] The Placenames Database of Ireland gives the townland an Irish name of An Cheathrú Uachtarach, with Ceathrú meaning a quarterland.[5]
| Year | Pop. |
|---|---|
| 1841 | 127 [6] |
| 1851 | 53 |
| 1861 | 44 |
| 1871 | 32 |
| 1881 | 18 |
| 1891 | 28 |
| 1901 | 22 |
| 1911 | 20 |
| Year | Form | |
|---|---|---|
| c. 1590 | Carown (Sketch map of Muskery) | |
| 1656-8 | Carrow/Carrooe (Down Survey) | |
| 1811 | Carhue (Bath's Grand Jury map)[7] | |
| 1840 | Carhue/Carhoo (OS name book) |