Knockdoemore

Cnoc Tuadh Mór

Claregalway Parish 750 Year History, 1999

Knockdoemore Name Stone, 1996

Josette Farrell, Claregalway.info

Knockdoemore 6" OS 1840's Map

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Google Maps, Knockdoemore

Description

The townland Knockdoemore in Claregalway and the townland of Knockdoe in the Parish Lackagh is at the place where the famous Battle of Knockdoe was fought in 1504.

Name(s): Knockdoemore townlands.ie/Knockdoemore

Gaeilge: Cnoc Tuadh Mór logainm.ie/Knockdoemore

Meaning(s): Hill of the big axe

Description: The land is mainly very good with some rocky outcrops.

Situated: Knockdoemore is situated to the east of the N17 at the top of the parish boundary. Tinkers Lane runs through Knockdoemore from the N17 to the Roscommon road. Baile Uí Chonaill has been associated a lot with the O’Connell families. Thomas Browne was the herdsman for the landlord in 1855.

Sub-dominations: Tinkers Lane and Baile Uí Chonaill

Boundaries-townland(s): Peake and Rooaunmore (Claregalway) Caraun, Knockdoebeg West and Knockdoemore East (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)

Bane, Browne, Comer, Connell, Lardner and Pearse

Landlord(s)

William Burke

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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)