Pollaghrevagh

Pollach Ríabach

Claregalway Parish History 750 Years, 1999

Pollaghervagh Name Stone, 1996

Josette Farrell, Claregalway.info

Pollaghrevagh 6" OS 1840's Map

places.galwaylibrary.ie/maps

Google Maps, Pollaghrevagh

Description

Locals seldom use the name Pollaghrevagh. Used to be also known as Englishfield.

Name(s): Pollaghrevagh townlands.ie/pollaghrevagh

Gaeilge: Pollach Ríabach logainm.ie/pollaghrevagh

Meaning(s): Rough Hallow

Description: Most of the land is fertile, and there is also some woodland and bog.

Situated: Pollaghrevagh lies between Cahergowan and Cloon off the N17.

Sub-dominations: None

Boundaries-townland(s): Cahergowan, Cloon and Montiagh, South and Rockwood (Claregalway), (Castlegar/Oranmore)

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

Barony: Dunkellin – Connacht Baronies

District Electoral Division (DED): Carrowbrowne – 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) No townland information available for Cloonacauneen, Claregalway or Cloonacauneen, in Castlegar. (The Records for County Galway were destroyed in 1711)

Down Survey Landowners/pollaghrevagh

O’Donovan’s field names book 1838

Pollaghrevagh

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Families

: (Pre 1911)

Ffrench, Hardiman, O’Brien, Nohilly, Nolan, Wall, Moran

Landlord(s)

James Ffrench

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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)