Lecarrowmore

 

Lecarrowmore Name Stone, 1996

Josette Farrell, Claregalway.info

 

Lecarrowmore 6" OS 1840's Map

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Google Maps, Lecarrowmore

Description

Up to the last century, a ‘ceathrú’ represented a unit of measure of about sixteen acres and was commonly used in describing sizes of farmlands.

Name(s): Lecarrowmore townlands.ie/lecarrowmore

Gaeilge: Leath Ceathrú Mór logainm.ie/lecarrowmore

Meaning(s): Big Half Quarter

Description: The land is mainly good.

Situated: Lecarrowmore is on the left after you pass the Garda Barracks on the Mullaghruttery road.

Sub-dominations: None

Boundaries-townland(s): Claregalway, Gortadooey and Rooaunmore.

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)  

O’Brien, Cassidy and Kirrane

Landlord(s)

Lord Dunsandle

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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)

Census of Ireland (1821- 1911)

• 1821 vs 1831 (General Parish Population Only)
• 1831 (Summary of Returns for Claregalway Parish Only)
• 1841 (Summary of Returns for Parish Only)
• 1851 (Summary of Returns for Townlands Only)
• 1861 (Summary of Returns for Townlands Only)
• 1871 (Summary of Returns for Townlands Only)
• 1881 (Summary of Returns for Townlands Only)
• 1891 (Summary of Returns for Townlands Only)
• 1901 (Lecarrowmore)
• 1911 (Lecarrowmore)

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Research

Index and Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929

by Registry of Deeds, Dublin

familysearch.org/registryofdeeds/search/

Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI)

The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is a unit of the National Monuments Service.

None

archaeology.ie/historicenvironment/

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