Place names in the civil parish of Oranmore

PlaceWhat is itDescription
Green Island 
Anglingham QuayquayA quay from whence Marble is conveyed to Galway.
ArdauntownlandThis townland is the property of E. Blake, Esq., of Frenchfort. Agent Mr. O’Flaherty of Headford. It is occupied by one farmer and 1 cottier, no lease, rent 3/6 per acre. County Cess 2s. 6d. per acre. About 25 acres are cultivated producing oats, flax and potatoes. The remainder is very rocky and uncultivated. South of townland is a natural hole called Pulboy 1½ chains in diameter and about 1 chain deep. It is of a conical form, the sides are covered with long grass of a yellow appearance.
BallantampulvillageA village.
BallindoolytownlandPropr. Lord Clanmorris, Holymount, Co. Mayo. Agent Thos. Gradenal, Dublin. It is occupied by 46 tenants under a lease of one life. Rent 15s. 4½d. per acre. Soil, light, poor, gravely clay. Producing potatoes, wheat, etc. Towards the eastern boundary is Ballindooly Village and Castle. S. of Castle is Ballindooly Lough. The most part of this land consists of fields of limestone rocks. The central parts are cultivated.
BallindoolyvillageA village.
Ballindooly CastlecastleThe walls of this castle are still in good preservation, height about 60 feet, breadth within walls 58 feet – thickness of walls 6 ft. 8 ins. Date of erection not known.
Ballindooly LoughlakeA lough.
BallintempletownlandPropr. E. Blake, Esq., Frenchfort. Agent Mr. O’Flaherty, Headford. The townland is held by tenants at will. Rent 20s. per acre. Soil a light gravely clay in part very rocky. The general produce oats, potatoes and flax. Houses stone. The inhabitants are 19 farmers and 5 cottiers, all R. Catholics. South of townland is a village called Ballantampul. Nothing remarkable to be noticed. There are about 50 acres of rocky uncultivated ground in this townland.
BallygurrauntownlandProprietor Charles Blake, Esq., Merlin Park and held by Patk. M. Lynch, Esq., Renmore Lodge. It is sublet to 7 tenants paying a bulk rent of £124 Irish Currency. County Cess £16 lease of one life. Towards the northern and eastern boundaries are rocky pastures and at the western boundary is the small village of Ballygurraun.
BallygurraunvillageA village.
BallynageehatownlandThe greatest portion of this townland is in cultivation. The middle part a large pasturage at the N. corner and a few houses, at the Southern boundary is a fort and more S. is a Lisseen and in the western boundary a few houses.
Bathing House Pointpoint 
Bellanabradaunwhere a stream crosses the roadThis is where a stream crosses the road about 45 chains S. of Oranmore village.
Bird Islandisland 
Black IslandsrockA group of small islands or rather rocks.
BreanloughauntownlandThis townland is the property of E. Blake, Esq., Frenchfort. Agent Mr. O’Flaherty Headford. It is occupied by tenants at will. Rent 20s per acre. The principal part of this townland is very rocky, the fields small, and a considerable part of the ground taken up with piles of stones. There are 16 families living on this townland all Roman Catholics in poor circumstances. South of townland is a village or group of houses called Breanloughaun. There are about 60 acres of rocky uncultivated ground in this townland. County Cess 2/6 per acre.
BreanloughaunvillageA village.
Briar HillhillS. of the parish and west of Knockweeldrish townland.
BrockaghtownlandProprietor Owen E. Blake, Esq. Frenchfort, Co. Galway. Agent Nicholas Blake, Esqr., Frenchfort. This townland is set to 15 tenants. No lease. Rent 11s. 3d. per acre. Soil light gravely clay producing potatoes, wheat, and this land is very rocky. Houses built of stone and tenantry poor. Town taxes £10 yearly. The houses are called Bruckagh Village.
BrockaghvillageA village.
Bunnabolypart of the sea shoreThe name of part of the shore or strand.
BushfieldtownlandThe greatest portion of this townland is in cultivation, in the centre is a plantation, at the West corner is a house and a small plan. and joining the western boundary along the road is a pasturage.
CarrowbrownetownlandPropr. Lord Oranmore, Castlemountgarrett, Co. Mayo. Agent J. W. Strickland, Esq., Lough Glynn, Co. Roscommon. Let to 19 tenants at £1. 5s. 6d. per acre. No lease. Soil heavy gravely clay, producing potatoes, wheat and a great portion of it rocky, and about 40 acres of it subject to flood. Towards the Western boundary is Carrabrown village. Towards the S. is Carrabrown Castle, height 54 feet, breadth 26 f. and thickness 4 feet, towards the E. is a small burial ground for children.
CarrowbrownevillageA village.
CarrowkeeltownlandPropr. E. Blake, Esq., of Frenchfort. Agent, Mr. O’Flaherty of Headford. The whole townland is occupied by one farmer who is a tenant at will. Rent £1 per acre. County Cess 2/6 pr acre. Soil a light clay in many parts very rocky. The general produce of the parts cultivated oats, flax and potatoes. The Mail Coach Road from Galway to Limerick crosses the South point of townland. There are about 11 acres of rocky uncultivated ground.
CarrowmoneashtownlandThe greatest portion of this townland is in cultivation, near the western boundary is a small pasturage towards the S.W. is Mountkernan Cottage. At the S. corner is a straggling village and Tobbernacallybearha, and along the eastern boundary, a river or stream. North of stream is a well called Ishateh and some houses.
CartrontownlandThis townland is the property of E. Blake, Esq., of Frenchfort. Agent Mr. O’Flaherty of Headford. The inhabitants are 6 farmers and 3 cottiers. Rent £1. 10s. per acre. Soil a light clay, in parts very rocky, produces wheat, oats, potatoes and some flax. Houses stone in bad repair. All the inhabitants live in a village or group of houses called by the name of the townland. They are tenants at will. Roman Catholics. There are about 20 acres of rocky uncultivated ground. Nothing remarkable to noticed. No antiquities.
CartronvillageA village.
Clare Galway RiverriverCentre of this river is the boundary between the parish of Claregalway and that of Oranmore.
CloghaunnamallaghtinletThe name of an inlet of the sea.
CloonacauneentownlandProprietor Martin Blake, Esq. of Killeen, County of the town of Galway. This townland is held under a lease by Mr. John Cullinane who sublets it to tenants at £1 per acre. Soil light gravely clay producing potatoes, wheat, etc., at the eastern boundary near the road is a blessed well called Tubberandony, more to the North is the ruins of an old castle called Cloonacauneen Castle, 50 feet high, walls 3 links thick and on the Southern corner is Cloonacauneen village, the centre part of this townland is rocky, the west part is bog, the E. part cultivated.
CloonacauneenvillageA village.
Cloonacauneen Castlecastle 
CoarsefieldtownlandPropr. Thomas G. B. Bateman, Atteville, Co. Limerick. This townland is rented by Thomas Doolan?, who has sublet in Conacre at from £1 to £2 per acre. No person lives on this land. It is flooded during the winter and spring season. It is bounded on the North by the Clareglaway river, and where this river joins Lough Corrib is called Illanduna.
CoolaghtownlandPropr. E. Blake, Esq., Frenchfort. Agent Jms. O’Flaherty, Esq., Headford. Held by 15 farmers who have leases of 3 lives at 20s. per acre. The soil of this townland is a light clay of an inferior quality, the produce is chiefly oats, potatoes and flax. Many of the fields are small and a large part of them taken up with piles of stones as the ground is rocky. Houses stone. The inhabitants are all Roman Catholics, apparently in poor circumstances. County Cess 2/6 per acre. There are about 34 acres of rocky uncultivated ground.
Coolanillaun townlandPropr. Sir. V. Blake, Bart, Menlo Castle. No agent. No person resides on this townland. It is all flooded during the winter and spring seasons. The Menlo tenants cut turf on it, and are obliged to give Sir V. 1/3 thereof in lieu of rent. They have it sometimes as pasture and cut sedge on it in order to thatch their houses.
CooloughvillageA village.
Corraduff 
CurragreantownlandPropr. Michael Blake, Esq., Frenchfort. Agent Berd. O’Flaherty, Mirehill. This townland is held by 9 tenants under a lease of 3 lives. Rent 16s. per acre. Soil light clay producing wheat, oats and potatoes. Nothing remarkable to be seen here.
DeerparktownlandThis townland belongs to K?. Blake, Esq., Oranmore. It is leased to 1 farmer who occupies the whole townland. Rent 8 shillings per acre. County Cess 2/6 per acre?. Soil a light clay of a bad quality. The general? produce oats, potatoes and flax. Nothing remarkable to be noticed in this townland. There are about 19 acres of pasture E. of townland. The remainder is all cultivated.
Doohishka Villagevillage 
DoughiskatownlandThe quantity of uncultivated ground in this townland 240 acres all a rocky pasture. Prop. Chas. Blake, Esq., Merlin Park. Agent Mr. Crumby, Hollymount, Co. Mayo. This townland is held by tenants at will, average rent £1 per acre. Soil a gravely clay, very rocky, the parts cultivated produces very good crops of wheat, barley, oats, flax and potatoes. Houses stone, in general badly constructed, the inhabitants are very poor, they are all Roman Catholics. South of townland is a very fine Marble Quarry, the property of Mrs. Blake’s Son who lives in a neat house near the quarry, the Marble when quarried by Mrs. Blake, is conveyed to Galway, thence exported to England, Scotland and many parts of this Kingdom, and disposed of in the different markets at £5 per ton. Any exported to America pays £8 per ton. There are from 30 to 40 men daily employed in quarrying this marble. They receive from 1/- to 1/6 per day, and disposed of at the quarry is sold at 7/6 per foot equal to £4.10 per ton. The freight to England or Scotland is 20s. per ton, 14½ feet being allowed to the ton, there is but 12 feet allowed to the purchaser the other 2½ pays the freight.
Englisham IslandislandAn island.
EskyboyislandThis is a bank or kind of Island opposite the Marble Quarry N. of Menlo.
Fishpond SpringspringA spring of water.
FrenchfortfortA fort.
FrenchforttownlandPropr. Mr. Blake of Frenchfort. The greatest portion of this townland is in cultivation. There is some pasturage at the N.E. and S.E. extremity. Nearly central is the village of Frenchfort, and near the village is a fort at the N.W. boundary (mearing Glanascaula) is a fort called Frenchfort. Towards the S. extremity is Frenchfort House. More S. is Loughawnwillin and S.W. of house is a marsh.
FrenchfortvillageA small village.
Frenchfort HousehouseThe residence of Mr. French.
Friars Cutriver cutThis is a river cut through flooded pasture, for the purpose of draining it. It was cut by a Friar from whom it derives its name. Centre of river is the townland boundary.
Garraun NorthtownlandThis townland belongs to Lord Fitzgerald. Agent Mr. Filgate, Ahascragh near Ballinasloe. It is held by 7 farmers who have leases of 21 years at from 15s. to 30s. per acre. County Cess 3s. per acre – the soil a light clay producing good crops of wheat, oats, flax and potatoes. Houses stone. The inhabitants are in poor circumstances. There are about 75 acres of rocky uncultivated ground on the top of the highest hill in this townland. There is a square enclosure surrounded by a deep ditch south of this enclosure is an arched gateway of great antiquity. No information could be obtained as to what it has been. The following is a rough sketch of it.
GlannascaulavillageA village.
GlennascaultownlandPropr. Mr. D’Arcy of New Forest, Co. Clare. Agent Mr. Power, residence the same. It is held by tenants at will. The average rent is 7s. per acre. The County Cess about 1/9 per acre. Soil a light clay of a very bad quality and very rocky. The general produce oats, flax and potatoes. Houses stone of a miserable appearance. S. of townland is a village called Glannascaula in which nearly all the inhabitants live. There are 60 families living in the townland all R. Catholics apparently very poor. The quantity of uncultivated ground in this townland is about 250 acres.
GlenrevaghtownlandProprietor E. Blake, Esq., of Frenchfort. Agent Jms. O’Flaherty Esq., of Headford, is held by tenants at will who pay 20 shillings per acre. Soil of a light gravely nature, produces very good crops of oats, potatoes and flax, County Cess 2/6 pr acre. East of townland are about 12 acres of uncultivated rocky ground. Nothing remarkable to be noticed. No antiquities.
Gortacallow townlandProprietor Thomas G. Bateman, Esq., Atteville, Rathcale. Agent Thomas Stevitt, Esq., Limerick. This land is in the hands of prop. having no person on it but a caretaker. This land is both bushy, rocky and bad, part of it arable pasture and meadow. At the western boundary is Englishman’s Island and Anglingham Marble Quarry. The north part is a pasture flooded in winter. The S. part is rocky with some underwood and the ruins of an old building formerly the residence of Mr. Bateman’s ancestor.
Gortataggart Gl. glebeThis townland belongs to the vicarage of Galway. Propr. Patk. Commins, Esq., Roscom House. No agent. Soil a heavy clay producing grass.
An t-Oilean glas 
IIlaunamaddyrockA bed of rocks S. of Parkroe.
IllanbodmoreislandAn island.
IllancurraghislandAn Island – in some Flooded portion of land near Coolagh townland.
Illanoonariver lake junctionThe name given to the junction of Claregalway R with Lough Corrib.
Iskatehwella well called after that name.
KilleentownlandPropr. Martin Blake, Esq., of Killeen. The whole of this townland is leased to Mr. John Cullinane who resides on the land. Rent 15s. per acre, lease of one life. Soil light, gravely clay producing potatoes, wheat, etc. Towards the W. part is Killeen house and offices and more E. is Killeen Castle, to the N. of Castle is a Lisheen or graveyard. A great portion of this land is rocky with some lime stone quarries about the house and more West are some plantations.
Killeen CastlecastleThe walls of this castle are also in very good preservation, height 45 feet – thickness of walls 4 ft. 8 inches, no information could be obtained as to what time it was erected or by whom.
Killeen HousehouseThe residence of James Cullinan, Esq.
KilroghtertownlandPropr. Lord Oranmore , Castlemountgarret, Co. Mayo. Agent J. W. Strickland, Lough Glynn, Co. Roscommon, under Agent Lawce. Glynn, Brookhill, Co. Mayo. This townland is set in divisions to the tenantry at a rent of from 15s. to £2. 8s. per acre. No lease. Soil light, poor, gravely, producing potatoes, wheat, etc. Towards the S. E. boundary is a fort or Lisseen having no name, at the N. corner is a rich pasture, the W. part is rocky, a straggling village on road to Anglingham.
KiltullaghtownlandThere are about 74 acres of rocky uncultivated ground with about 105 acres of pasture of which 70 are Turlough. The townland is the property of E. Blake, Esq., Frenchfort. Agent J. O’Flaherty, Esq., Headford. It is occupied by about 20 farmers who are tenants at will. Rent from 16s. to 20s. per acre. County Cess 2/6 per acre. Soil of a light clay. The general produce is oats and potatoes with some wheat. Houses stone. The inhabitants are all R. Catholics, seemingly poor. There is in this townland an old castle called Kiltullagh Castle, 54 feet high, built of cut stone, contains a ground floor and 2 upper stories. The ascent was by winding stairs of cut stone, now part down, the roof is off and the walls cracked. It is built of limestone. The Blake Family are said to have lived in this castle for 300 years. The grandfather of the present heir was the last that lived in it – over a recess in the wall in the uppermost story there is a stone with the following letters and figures on it. It may have been placed in the wall since the erection of the building as the mortar is fresher about it than any other part of the building.
KiltullaghvillageA village.
Kiltullagh CastlecastleFor what information could be obtained respecting this old castle see Kiltullagh townland.
Knockaunnagoneengroup of housesA few houses.
KnockaunnasliggaunvillageA village nearly central of Munnamore W.
KnocknamnasheefortA fort.
Knockweeldrishpart of a townlandPropr. Charles Blake, Esq., of Merlin Park. Agent Mr. Corumby, Hollymount, Co. Mayo. It is held by tenants at will at £1 per acre. Soil a gravely clay in general very rocky, produces very good crops of barley, oats, flax and potatoes. Houses stone. The inhabitants in middling circumstances. The quantity of uncultivated ground, which is a rocky pasture, is about 60 acres also about 11 acres of plantation. Nothing remarkable to be noticed. No antiquities.
Leadmine Hillhill 
Limestone field 
Lios Ceann a CillínfortA fort. This name is not known on the ground.
LisglassfortA fort.
LisheenfortA fort.
Lisheen DykedykeA dyke or flooded portion of land near Coolagh townland.
LisroefortA fort. This name is not known on the ground.
Lissheen GraveyardgraveyardA graveyard where children are buried.
Lord Fitzgerald's Islandisland 
Loughaunawillininlet of a lakeInlet of a Lough.
LoughaunroneinletAn inlet of the sea.
Lynch's Parkpark 
MarshmarshBoggy. A wet pasturage flooded in winter.
Menlo CastlehouseThe residence of Sir V. Blake, Bart.
Menlo QuayquayA quay from whence the inhabitants convey commodities.
Menlo Villagevillage 
MenloughtownlandPropr. Sir. V. Blake, Bart, Menlo Castle. No agent. The tenantry pay a bulk rent of £300. They are 231 in number, lease of 3 lives. Soil light, gravely clay, producing potatoes, oats, etc. This townland is a sheet of rocks interspersed with spots of tillage. At the N.W. corner is Anglingham Marble Quarry and nearly central is Menlo Marble Quarry, S.W. of quarry is Menlo Village and Quay, and East of village is a monument or pillar, South of village is a graveyard, more South is Menlo Castle, ferry to Dangan. To the S.E. is Liskeen Dyke and woody Illana [unable to read].
Merlin Castlecastle 
Merlin HousehouseThe residence of Chas. Blake, Esq.
Merlin ParkhouseThe residence of Chas. Blake, Esq.
Merlin ParktownlandPropr. Charles Blake, Esqr., who resides in Merlin Park House, situated nearly central of townland, having suitable offices and garden with a large demesne containing about 80 acres of plantation, the whole townland is occupied by the propr. Merlin Old Castle is West of townland. The walls are still standing, thickness about 5 feet. It appears to have been a place of great strength, date of erection could not be ascertained nor by whom founded. Merlin Park was formerly included in Doohishka, but is now a townland. (Merlin Park is part of Doohishka.)
Mill PlottownlandPropr. Walter Blake, Oranmore. No agent. This part of Oranmore is held by one tenant under a bulk rent of £8. 16s. 6d. Lease of lives and years. Soil moorish, producing grass. To the N. is Tobbernacallybearha, to the S. Inn Plot, to the W. is the road to Galway.
MoneydufftownlandProps. Michael Blake, Esq., Frenchfort. Agent Bernard O’Flaherty, Esq., Headford. The most of this townland is in the hands of propr. The other part is occupied by 2 farmers under a bulk rent of £10. 10s. lease of two lives. Soil good arable and bad flooded pasture, producing wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, etc. In this townland there is the site of an old castle called Cushlaumanadhew, also a spring well called Tubernanarew, where the stream crosses at a bridge on the road from Oranmore to Renville is called Balnatromadaun.
Moneyduff CastlecastleThis is the site of an old castle.
Moneymore EasttownlandThis townland is very extensive, the greater portion of it in cultivation, near to the Western boundary is Munnamore Village and some flooded parts. More N. of village a fort and Lisseen towards the S. boundary is a Trigl. Station and some pasturage and towards the E. more pasturage and a Trigl. Station.
Mountvernon CottagehouseA cottage.
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