Cloonteen

Situation: the standard name for the townland was Cloonteen with the Irish form being Cluaintín. The townland was in the centre of the parish.

Description:

O’Donovon Field Name Book: the proprietor was General Taylor of castle Taylor with the agent as George Cappage. It was let to two tenants at will from 12 shillings per acre. The size of the farms was from 2 to 32 acres. The soil was gravelly, and the usual crops were wheat, oats and potatoes. Hawkshill lough was on the north boundary of the townland. Cloonteen river flows through the townland with perch and eel in the river.

Down Survey: the name of the townland in the survey was Ballimow. The owner in 1641 was Sir Rodger O’Shawnussy and in 1670 was Sir Dermot O’Shaghnessy both of who were catholic.

Griffith Valuation:

Map reference one refers to Cecilia Flaherty. She had a house, office, land, chapel and yard. This was 51 acres, 3 roods and 9 perches and worth 24 pounds and 5 shillings. The landlord was Francis M.S. Taylor.

Map reference two was Martin Grealish. This land was 2 acres and 2 roods and was worth 1 pound and 5 shillings.

1901 census:

There was three households in 1901 but only the first was inhabited. There was four peoples in the region with all being roman catholic and born in county Galway unless stated otherwise. The house had stone or brick walls with thatch or wood rooves and had two to four rooms.

The head of family of house one was Anne Flaherty (50) who was a farmer and widow and lived with her family. Her daughter Maria (22), son Patrick (15) and brother in law James (51). They could all read and write, and Anne and James spoke Irish and English while the other two only spoke English.

1911 census:

There was only one household in 1911 with the same properties as in 1901 with five people living in the region.

The head of family of house one was Anne Flaherty (66) who was a widow and lived with her family. Her son was Patt (25), daughter in law Sarah (26) and grandchildren James Martin (5 months) and Celia Maria (5 months). All of them except James and Celia could read and write and only Anne was listed as speaking Irish and English. They had a stable, cow house, piggery and a barn.