Loughgeorge

Leacht Seoirse

Claregalway Parish History 750 Years, 1999

Loughgeorge Name Stone, 1996

Josette Farrell, Claregalway.info

Loughgeorge 6" OS 1840's Map

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Description

There was a well known pub and restaurant named Malachy Kellys here, which became Kyne’s Tavern and then Terry Brennan’s. It is the location for the Galway GAA training pitch. While the local Garda District Barracks is known as Loughgeorge, it is actually in the townland of Claregalway.

Name(s): Loughgeorge or Laghtgeorge or Lachtgeorge townlands.ie/loughgeorge

Gaeilge: Leacht Seoirse logainm.ie/loughgeorge

Meaning(s): George’s Stone

Description: All land is good.

Situated: Loughgeorge is located along the N17. The third milestone is standing in this townland and is inscribed with the figure ‘6’, indicating six Irish miles from Eyre Square, Galway.

Sub-dominations: Cimím

Boundaries-townland(s): Claregalway, Peake 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)

Burke, O’Brien, Scully

Landlord(s)

Alliance Insurance Company, London (all formerly belonging to Lord Oranmore and Browne)

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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)