Cloon

Cluain

Claregalway Parish 750 History, 1999

Cloon Name Stone, 1996

Josette Farrell, Claregalway.info

Cloon 6" OS 1840's Map

places.galwaylibrary.ie/maps

Google Maps, Cloon

Description

Cloon lies between the townlands of Cloonacauneen and Pollaghrevagh, which are separated by a byroad, with Cloon lying to the left as you go into the area. Most people living along the boundary however, would use Cloon as their address.

Name(s): Cloon townlands.ie/cloon

Gaeilge: An Chluain logainm.ie/cloon

Meaning(s): Meadow

Description: The land within Cloon is classed as 233 acres being bog-land and the remaining 207 acres is fertile land suitable for all types of farming.

Situated: Cloon is situated two miles from Claregalway village on the west side of the N17.

Sub-dominations: None

Boundaries-townland(s): Cloonacauneen, Montiagh South, Pollaghrevagh and Rockwood (Claregalway), Carrowbrowne, Cloonacauneen and Sylaun (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)

Down Survey Landowners/cloon

O’Donovan’s field names book 1838

Cloon

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Families

: (Pre 1911)

Concannon, Connor, Davock, Earner, Fahy, Feeney, Flesk, Garvey, Higgins, Kelly, Mannion, Moran, Reilly and Wall

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)