Baunoge

Baunoge

County: Galway

Barony: Loughrea

Municipal District: Loughrea

Civil Parish: Loughrea

Roman Catholic Parish: Loughrea (St. Brendan’s)

District Electoral Division: Loughrea Urban and Loughrea Rural (two adjacent townlands of the same name).

Area (Loughrea Rural): 42.80 acres (42 acres, 3 roods, 8 perches), according to Townlands.ie.

Area (Loughrea Urban): 67.36 acres (67 acres, 1 rood, 16 perches), according to Townlands.ie.

OSI Map (Larkin, 1819): Available here.

OSI Map (6″ OS, 1840): Available here.

Irish Form Of Name: The Irish form of the name for Baunoge (in the Civil Parish of Loughrea) is ‘Bánchnoc’, though no translation is provided by Logainm, though a different townland with the same name is translated as ‘the small tract of lea-ground, the green field’. According to O’Donovan’s Field Name Books, the Irish form of the name is ‘Banóg’, meaning ‘small field or lay ground.’

O’Donovan’s Field Name Books

Description: ‘This is a small townland, all arable land of a good quality and the property of the Earl of Clanricarde. Rent per acre £2.10. Co. Cess 1s. 3d. Half Yearly.’

Situation: ‘South of the Centre of the parish is bounded by the townland of Fananalynch [Farranalynch], Mount Pleasant […] and Loughrea.’

Griffith’s Valuation (1847-1864) For Baunoge

According to Griffith’s Valuation, the townland of Baunoge comprised 109 acres, 3 roods and 22 perches of land, at a total annual valuation of £114 10s. There were 11 occupiers recorded: Richard O’Neill, Patrick Skerritt, Henry Dolphin, William Coffey, William Reckhan, John Hall, James Reckhan, Thomas Callanan, William Callanan, Jeremiah O’Leary, and the Marquis of Clanricarde.

The largest individual holding was held by Patrick Skerritt, who leased 39 acres of land, while the smallest holding was held by John Hall, who leased 1 acre, 2 roods and 10 perches. Names which appeared holding a house or office included Patrick Skerritt (herd’s house) and Henry Dolphin (house and office). William Coffey held a garden. The remaining occupiers held land only.

The Marquis of Clanricarde was the landowner and immediate lessor for almost every household recorded, except William Coffey who leased his holding from Matthew Rush. The Marquis of Clanricarde leased tenements in Baunoge to Richard O’Neill, Patrick Skerritt, Henry Dolphin, William Reckhan, John Hall, James Reckhan, Thomas Callanan, William Callanan, and Jeremiah O’Leary. The Marquis of Clanricarde also retained a portion of land for himself in fee, measuring 17 acres, 1 rood and 2 perches, valued at £19.

Richard O’Neill leased 21 acres, 1 rood and 20 perches of land, for which he paid an annual valuation rate of £16 15s.

Patrick Skerritt leased 39 acres of land, on which he had a herd’s house. He paid an annual valuation rate of £34 for the land and 16s for the buildings, with a total annual valuation of £34 16s.

Henry Dolphin leased 10 acres, 2 roods and 4 perches of land, on which he had a house and an office. He paid an annual valuation rate of £12 10s for the land and £7 10s for the buildings, with a total annual valuation of £20.

William Reckhan leased 1 acre, 3 roods and 36 perches of land, for which he paid an annual valuation rate of £2 10s.

John Hall leased 1 acre, 2 roods and 10 perches of land, for which he paid an annual valuation rate of £2.

James Reckhan leased 1 acre, 1 rood and 15 perches of land, for which he paid an annual valuation rate of £1 15s.

Thomas Callanan leased 1 acre, 1 rood and 16 perches of land, for which he paid an annual valuation rate of £1 15s.

William Callanan leased 4 acres and 14 perches of land, for which he paid an annual valuation rate of £4.

Jeremiah O’Leary leased 10 acres, 2 roods and 26 perches of land, for which he paid an annual valuation rate of £11.

Unlike the townland’s other inhabitants, William Coffey was the only occupant to lease from a middleman, Matthew Rush, rather than directly from the Clanricarde estate. Coffey leased 3 roods of land from Matthew Rush, on which he had a garden. He paid an annual valuation rate of £1 for the land.

The total annual valuation of rateable property paid overall in Baunoge was £106 5s for the land and £8 5s for the buildings, with the townland’s total valuation amounting to £114 10s. The land in Baunoge was valued at approximately 19s 5d per acre.

1901 Census

No information could be found on the National Archives website relating to the 1901 Census for the townland of Baunoge on 2 June 2026.

1911 Census

No information could be found on the National Archives website relating to the 1911 Census for the townland of Baunoge on 2 June 2026.