Cartron

Cartron

Cartron is a townland, which is located in the civil parish of Drumacoo, and the Barony of Dunkellin.

Standard Name is given as Cartron and there is no known Irish form or translation of Cartron. Other forms of the name include Carthron, when referring to Rev. T. Kelly.

The proprietors (owners/landlords) of this town were A. F. St. George and the Agent was J. O’Hara, who owned much of other townlands in this same civil parish. The soil was made up of light clay and rocks. This townland is mainly associated with the production wheat, oats and potatoes. A great portion would flood in winter. There is a Fort called Rathgall. It is located in the South East of the Parish, being bounded on the north by Croashean, on the East by Carhoonacreggaun, on the South by Kilcolgan parish and on the West by Croasheen.

According to the down survey, Cartron was owned by Hugh McGillekelly and John McDonogh in 1640, before being owned by Arthur French in 1670.

Neighbouring townlands include:

• Crosheen
• Cuildooigh
• Muggaunagh

Griffith’s Valuation

The aim of Griffith’s valuation was to produce a uniform guide to the relative value of land through Ireland, in order to decide how to pay out the Poor rate. There were three separate landholdings in the townland of Cartron, all of which were owned and rented out by Christopher St. George. Griffith’s Valuation has recorded that Cartron was composed of 157 Acres, 1 Rood and 20 Perches.

1. Landholding 1 was land, rented by Joseph Hanly, originally from Ballinderreen, to the value of £2.0s.0d

Landholding 2 was made up of house, offices and land, subdivided to 3 people:

2a. Michael Fahy owned houses and land to the overall value of £8.0s.0d

2b. Patrick Connolly had ownership of a house, offices and land, with the value of £9.15s.0d.          Sharing the plot, Patrick Moran also owned land with the value of £8.10s.0d

2c. Mary Quinn had a house and garden, with combined of £0.15s.0d

3. The third landholding was shared between Patrick and Michael Fahy, with Patrick holding ownership over a house, office and land, whilst Michael solely owned land.

Total Value of Patrick Fahy’s plot – £10.0s.0d

Total Value of Michael Fahy’s plot – £1.15s.0d

Residents – 1901 Census

There were 4 separate houses recorded on the 1901 census, which were located in Cartron, Galway, totalling up to a population of 26 people, 12 males and 14 females.

House 1 – Flaherty – In the first house, there were 6 residents, with James Flaherty, aged 63, being head of the family. He was employed as a farmer, and married to his wife Letitita (54), whom he lived with and their 4 children. They had 3 daughters, Marion, aged 25, Agnes, (19) and Norah, who was 16. They also had an 18 year old son named Richard, and all the children, like their father, were Roman Catholic. Letitia was part of the Church of Ireland. All of the household could read and write, as well as being able to speak Irish and English. They lived in a private dwelling, which had a perishable roof, and stone-type walls, as well as three front windows. They occupied 3 rooms, and it was deemed a 2^nd class house on the census.

House 2 – Wallace – The head of the family in House 2, was Patrick Wallace, a tailor aged 50. He was married to his wife Bridget, who was aged 45, and was also employed as a tailor. Together they lived with their 4 children, 15 year old son John, 12 year old Bridget, 10 year old Maggie and 8 year old Sarah Wallace. All of the children in the household were listed under the occupation of ‘scholar,’, with all of them being able to read and write. Everyone in the house spoke Irish and English and were Roman Catholics. They all lived together in a 3^rd class house, which had 1 out office: a cowhouse.

House 3 – Fahey – 4 people occupied this house, with the head of the family being Patrick Fahey, who was aged 72 and employed as a farmer. He was a widower, who lived in the residence with his three children. He had 2 sons, Michael (32) and John (21), who were both occupied as ‘Farmer’s Son’, and a daughter called Maggie, aged 25. Everyone in the household was able to read and write, as well as speaking both Irish and English. They occupied a private dwelling, which had stone-type walls, and a thatched-type roof, and 3 front windows. Their house had 2 out offices, a cowhouse and a piggery. Their house was deemed 2^nd class.

House 4 – Moran – There were 10 people occupying this house, with Thomas Moran, aged 50, being the head of the family. He was married to his wife Mary, (46), and they both worked as herds, which were farmers who focused on herding and bringing up cows. Living with them were their 7 children, as well as Thomas’ mother. From oldest to youngest, their children were: John (15), Michael (12), Honor (10), Kate (8). Thomas (7), Delia (6) and Martin (5). They were all listed on the census as scholars, and all could read and write. Kate Moran was a widow aged 74, and also Thomas’ mother who lived with the household, and wasn’t listed as having an occupation. They had 2 front windows, and were living in a 3^rd class house, with a cow house as their only out office.

1911 Census

House 1 – Moran – There were 11 occupants living in this house, all members of the Moran Family.  Thomas, a farmer aged 68, was the head of the family. He had been married to his wife Mary, who was aged 62, for 28 years and they had 9 children together, all who lived with them. From eldest to youngest, there was Mary (27), Pat (26), John (25), Michael (24), Honor (23), Kate (21), Delia (19), Thomas (18) and Martin (15). None of the daughters had listed occupations on this census, whilst the 4 oldest sons were listed as ‘Farmer’s Son,’, and the youngest son was listed as a scholar. Everyone in the household was able to read and write, as well as speaking Irish and English. They lived together in a building, with brick-type walls, and a wooden roof, with 3 front windows. Their house also had a barn and stable, as their out offices. It was deemed a 2^nd class house.

House 2 – Wallace – Patrick Wallace was the head of family in House 2, a 68 year old tailor. At the time of the census, he had been married for 30 years, to his wife Bridget. Together, they had 7 children together, 6 of who were still alive, and 1 whom they were reported as living with in the census. Sarah Wallace was 20 year olds, and had no occupation according to the 1911 census. All of the household were able to speak Irish and English, and both women could read and write. They resided in a private dwelling with 2 front windows, which was deemed a 3^rd class house,

House 3 – O’Flaherty – 4 people occupied this household, and James O’Flaherty was the head of the family. He was aged 74 and working as a farmer. He had been married to his wife Letitia for 44 years, and had 8 children together, 4 of who were still alive. They lived with 2 of their children, Richard, aged 30, and Norah aged 27. Leticia was a protestant, whilst the rest of the household were Roman Catholics. They lived in a house with stone-type walls and a wooden-type roof, with 3 front windows. The property had 4 out offices: a stable, cowhouse, piggery and a barn. It was deemed a second class house.

House 4 – Fahy – There were 6 people living in this house, with Michael Fahy, aged 63, being the head of the family. He was employed as a farmer, and had been married to his wife Bridget (36) for 6 years, whom he had 4 children with. The eldest was Bridget Fahy (5), John Joe (4), Maryanne (2) and Katie who was 5 months old. None of the children were able to read or write, and only spoke English. They lived together in a 2^nd class house, occupying 4 rooms.