Montiagh, North

Móinteach Thuadh

Claregalway Parish History 750 Years, 1999

Montiagh North 6" OS 1840's Map

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Google Map, Montiagh, North

Description

There is also a bog there and part of the cut away bog (200 acres) was acquired by the Forestry in 1960 and planted. It is now a large wood. Turf is still cut in the remaining bog. There hasn’t been anybody living there for the past hundred years.

Name(s): Montiagh, North townlands.ie/montiagh-north

Gaeilge: Móinteach Thuadh logainm.ie/montiagh-north

Meaning(s): House of Turf

Description: The land is low-lying and floods in the winter but it is good pastureland in summer.

Situated: The Clare River separates Montiagh North from Montiagh South. Montiagh North adjoins Curraghmore to the west and Gortcloonmore to the north.

Sub-domination(s): None

Boundaries-townland(s): Claregalway, Curraghmore, Gortacloonmore and Montiagh, South (Claregalway) Cregduff (Annaghdown) Sylaun (Oranmore)

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) Claregalway

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/montiagh-north

O’Donovan’s field names book 1838

See Montiagh South

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Families

: (Pre 1911)

Duggan

Landlord(s)

Lord Clanmorris (Bingham Family)

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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)