Kiniska

Cinn Uisce

Claregalway Parish 750 History, 1999

Kiniska Name Stone, 1996

Josette Farrell, Claregalway.info

Kiniska 6" OS 1840's Map

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Google Maps, Kiniska

Description

Lord Clanmorris retained 18 acres for his own use for hunting. It was described as a ‘fox cover’ in the Griffith’s Valuation of 1855; that area may have been the wood that was on Pat Duggan’s land until about 1953 when it was cut down. The herdsman at that time was Patrick Nalty. There is a lisheen not far from Bun an Uisce and the last children were buried at the turn of the century and there is a souterrain or cave near the village.

Name(s): Kiniska townlands.ie/Kiniska

Gaeilge: Cinn Uisce logainm.ie/Kiniska

Meaning(s): The Water’s head or Rivers mouth

Description: The quality of the land is mainly good with some low-lying land beside Kiniska River, which rises, as the name would suggest, at Bun an Uisce and joins the Clare River about one mile away. .

Situated: Kiniska adjoins the Clare River and Kiltrogue.

Sub-dominations: Bun an Uisce, Carraun / Carán, Pollanrumpa and Tón an Cnoic

Boundaries-townland(s): Claregalway Kiltroge Lakeview and Rooaunmore (Claregalway) Cahernashilleeny, Caraunkeelwy and Knockdoemore (Lackagh).

Civil & Church of Ireland Parish: Claregalway – Claregalway Civil Parish (John Grenham)

Barony: Clare – Connacht Baronies

District Electoral Division (DED): Claregalway – Map of Ireland

Poor Law Union (PLU): Galway (Poor Law Valuation) – Poor Law Unions (1851)

County: Galway – galway.ie

Diocese: The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora – Galway Rural

Province: Connacht(Connaught)

The Down Survey Map

(1650’s)

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O’Donovan’s field names book 1838

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Families

: (Pre 1911)

Burke, Casserley, Commins, Connell, Kelly, Long, Nalty and Shaughnessy

Landlord(s)

Lord Clanmorris (Bingham Family)

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Records

(Claregalway Parish)

Tithe Applotments (c1827)

The names of occupiers and the size of their agricultural holdings, over one acre only, in each townland. To determine the amount that they should pay in tithes to the Church of Ireland. (titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie)

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Roman Catholic Parish Registers

Baptism (Claregalway 1849-1881): The Catholic Church’s collection of the parish baptismal registry. (registers.nli.ie)
Marriage (Claregalway 1849-1883): The Catholic Church’s collection of the parish matrimonial registry. (registers.nli.ie)
Burial (Claregalway 1849-1876): The Catholic Church’s collection of the parish burial registry. (registers.nli.ie)

Griffith Valuation’s

Primary Valuation of Ireland

A survey involving a detailed valuation of every taxable holding of agricultural or built property on the island of Ireland. Completed between 1864-1865 . Date of Publication for Claregalway was 1855. (askaboutireland.ie)

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General Registry of Office (GRO) Records

Civil Registery Birth: (1864-1915) The official State records of births in Ireland. (irishgenealogy.ie)
Civil Registery Marriage: (1864-1940) The official State records of marriage in Ireland (irishgenealogy.ie)
Civil Registery Death: (1864-1960) The official State records of death in Ireland (irishgenealogy.ie)