Mullaghruttery

Mullach Otraigh

Claregalway Parish History 750 Years, 1999

Mullacuttra Name Stone, 1996

Josette Farrell, Claregalway.info

Mullaghruttery 6" OS Map 1840's Map

https://places.galwaylibrary.ie/maps

Google Maps, Mullaghruttery

Description

It is told in a story from Irish folklore that the name Mullacuttra originated from Mullach a ‘Chait Rua’ which was a Great Red Cat that guarded a treasure buried in the area in olden times. A feature of the area is the striking stone walls dividing the fields.

Name(s): Mullaghruttery or Mullacuttra townlands.ie/mullaghruttery

Gaeilge: Mullach Otraigh logainm.ie/mullaghruttery

Meaning(s): Hill of the Great Red Cat

Description: Land is arable, suitable for grazing and tillage.

Situated: Mullaghruttery is on the right as you go to Corrandulla. It adjoins Peake.

Sub-dominations: None

Boundaries-townland(s): Gortadooey, Peake and Waterdale (Claregalway) Caraun and Carheeny (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)

Connell, Glynn, Golding, Herwood, Hogan, Keane, Hughes, Lambert and Lyons

Landlord(s)

James Staunton Lambert

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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)