Doonowen

Situation: the standard name for the townland was Doonowen with the Irish form being Dún Eoghain. The townland was in the east of the parish.

Description:

O’Donavon Field name book: the proprietor was Daniel McNevin with Patrick Fahy as the agent. It was let to seven tenants at will from 12 to 18 shillings per acre yearly. The farm was in divisions with rocky soil. The usual crops were wheat, oat and potatoes.

Down survey: there was no information available on the down survey.

Griffith Valuation:

Map reference one was Patrick McLoughlin. This was a house, office and land and a body of water. The land was 235 acres, 3 roods and 8 perches and the water was 43 acres, 2 roods and 12 perches. It was worth 51 pounds and 10 shillings. The landlord was Francis Cummins.

1901 census:

There was one household in 1901 in the region with six people living in the region. All of whom were roman catholic and born in county Galway unless stated otherwise. The house was made of stone or brick walls and the roof was made of thatch or wood material, with two to four rooms.

The head of family of house one was Bridget Mc Loughlin (51) who was a widowed farmer and lived with her children. Her daughter Margaret (30) and her sons John (28), Patrick (27), Martin (23) and Michael (19). They all worked on the farm. They could all read and write and spoke Irish and English. They had two stables, cow house, calf house, piggery, a fowl house, a barn and a shed.

1911 census:

In 1911 there was one household in the region. With four people all of whom were roman catholic and born in County Galway. The house had the same features as 1901.

The head of family of house one was Bridget Mc Louglin (70) who was a widow who lived with her children her sons Martin (46), Michael (34) and daughter Margaret (43). Everyone except Bridget could read and write while she only could read and Bridget is listed as speaking Irish and English. They had a stable, coach house, cow house, piggery and a barn.