Information about Hillswood East

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Hillswood East
Irish Form of Name:
Translation:
Civil Parish:
Tuam Parish
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Hillswood East B. S. Sketch Map
Hillswood East By. S. S. Map
Hillswood East Thos. Robinson (Agent)
Hillswood East Thos. Robinson. Bailiff of Estate
Description:
The property Farl Caddle, Harvey's Town, Co. Galway. It contains statute measure including about 95 acres of bog.
Situation:
In the E. end of the parish, Barony of Ballymoe, bounded on the N. by Puldurrogha, on the W. by Hillswood W. and Corthoonruah, on the S. by the parish of Killererin and on the E. by Ballaghalobad and Puldurrogha.

Information From Griffith's Valution

Area in Acres, Roods and Perches:
A.R.P.
481 0 4
Land value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
174 16 6
Building value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
0 0 0
Total value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
174 16 6
Heads of housholds living in the townland at this time:
View the heads of households in the townland at this time.

Townland Information

What is a townland?:
A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169
Townland:
Hillswood East is a townland.

Neighbouring Townlands

List of townlands that share a border with this townland:
This is a list of townlands that share a border with this townland.

Population and Census Information

People who lived here:
You can retrieve a list of people who lived in this townland from 1827 to 1911. This list is compiled from the following resources.
  • The Tithe Applotment Books
  • Griffith's Valuation
  • 1901 Census
  • 1911 Census
List of nineteenth century and early twentieth century inhabitants of this townland.
Church records of births, deaths and marriages:
Church records of births, deaths and marriages are available online at http://www.rootsireland.ie. To search these records you will need to know the 'church parish' rather than the 'civil parish'. (The civil parish is the pre-reformation parish and was frequently used as a unit of administration in the past.)
Hillswood East is in the civil parish of Tuam Parish.
Roman Catholic parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.
  • Tuam
Church of Ireland parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.
  • Tuam
In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.
If you notice any inaccuracies with any of the above, please e-mail us.
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