Irish Grid: M 85947 29485 Lat / Long: 53.3157, -8.21158
DED: Ballinasloe (Rural)
Description:
(John O’Donovan 1806-1861)
This townland contains a. r. p. (9 acres and 26 perches) about 1/3 of which is bog, the remainder under a good state of cultivation. The Grand Canal from Dublin to Ballinasloe runs through it. Houses and roads in good repair. It is the property of the Earl Clancarty. Held by deed for ever. Pays £26.2.4½ including Town Parks, County Cess.
Situation:
(John O’Donovan 1806-1861)
Is situated in the S. East extremity of the parish, bounded by Moher and Dunlo in this parish by Kellysgrove and Graigawoneen in the parish of Clontooskert and Cloonmacnoon barony, by the river Suck which separates it from Ballinasloe Town Parks, Port [unable to read]. Suckfield and Tubrush in the parish of Creagh, Barony of Moycarne and Co. Roscommon.
This is a list of townlands that share a border with Pollboy.
Pollboy (Urban)
Census of Ireland (1821- 1911)
The first full population census of Ireland was taken in 1821 and the first four Irish censuses were arranged by county, barony, civil parish and townland.
1821: Only some fragments for small parts of county Galway survive. There are no records for Kilcloony.
1831: The only surviving records are from Counties Antrim and Derry.
1841: There are no surviving records for County Galway.
1851: There are no surviving records for County Galway.
1861: Census records for 1861 and 1871 were deliberately destroyed by the government
1881: The records for 1881 and 1891 were pulped as waster paper during the shortages of World War I.
1901: No census details for 1901
1911: No census details for 1911
Griffith’s Valuation (1847-1864)
The main immediate lessor for Pollboy was the Earl of Clancarty and he leased out all of the following tenements unless otherwise stated.
Plot 1A: Robert Reeves leased 6 acres, 3 roods and 6 perches of land for £6 15s.
Plot 1B: Robert Reeves paid £5 10s for 5 acres and 27 perches of land.
Plot 1Ba: Margaret Lyons leased a house for 10s.
Plot 1Bb: Michael McDonnell leased a house for 10s.
Plot 2A: Richard Carroll paid £7 for 7 acres and 2 roods of land.
Plot 2B: Richard Carroll paid £4 for 3 acres, 2 roods and 23 perches of land.
Plot 2C: Richard Carroll leased a herd’s house and 18 acres, 3 roods and 13 perches of land for £13 for the land and £1 10s for the herd’s house.
Plot 3A: Elizabeth Caulfield leased 6 acres, 3 roods and 27 perches of land for £6.
Plot 3Ba: Elizabeth Caulfield leased a herd’s house and 9 acres and 2 roods for £10 10s for the land and £1 13s for the herd’s house.
Plot 5Aa: Elizabeth Caulfield paid 2s for 26 perches of land.
Plot 4: Patrick Raftery leased 7 acres, 2 roods and 20 perches of land for £6 15s.
Plot 5A: Catherine Burke leased 6 acres and 1 rood of land for £5 10s.
Plot 5B: Catherine Burke leased 1 acre, 3 roods and 30 perches of land for £1 15s.
Plot 5C: Catherine Burke paid £3 for 3 acres, 3 roods and 29 perches of land.
Plot 6: Dominick Hickey leased 8 acres, 1 rood and 15 perches of land for £8.
Plot 7A: Thomas Wakefield leased 2 acres, 3 roods and 30 perches for £2 15s.
Plot 7B: Thomas Wakefield leased 1 acre, 3 roods and 20 perches of land for £1 5s.
Plot 7C: paid £2 13s for 3 acres, 3 roods and 2 perches of land.
Plot 7D: Thomas Wakefield paid 12s for 3 roods and 13 perches of land.
Plot 7E: Thomas Wakefield leased a house and offices on 9 acres, 3 roods and 4 perches of land for £5 5s for the land and £1 15s for the buildings.
Plot 8A: Mary Maloney leased 5 acres, 2 roods and 38 perches of land for £5
Plot 8B: Mary Maloney leased 2 roods and 10 perches of land for 10s.
Plot 8Ca: Mary Maloney paid £1 15s for 1 acre, 3 roods and 27 perches of land and £1 for a house and offices.
Plot 9A: Kieron Fallon paid £7 for 8 acres, 1 rood and 15 perches of land.
Plot 9B: Kieron Fallon leased 3 acres, 3 roods and 11 perches for £3 5s.
Plot 9Ca: Kieron Fallon leased a house and offices on 1 acre, 3 roods and 17 perches of land for £1 15s for the land and £1 for the buildings.
Plot 10: Michael Caulfield leased a house and offices on 2 acres, 1 roods and 19 perches of land for £2 5s for the land and 15s for the buildings.
Plot 11: Patrick Curley leased 11 acres, 2 roods and 8 perches for £12 15s.
Plot 11a: Charles Reilly leased a house from Patrick Curley for 10s.
Plot 11b: John Matthews leased a house form Patrick Curley for 5s.
Plot 12A: John Galbraith leased 2 acres and 30 perches of land for £1 15s.
Plot 12B: John Galbraith leased 3 acres, 2 roods and 3 perches of land for £3.
Plot 13A: Thomas McNess [sic] leased 1 rood and 20 perches of land for 3s.
Plot 13B: Thomas McNess [sic] leased a house and office on 6 acres, 3 roods and 32 perches of land for £5 2s for the land and £1 10s for the buildings.
Plot 14A: William McDonnell leased 1 rood and 35 perches of land for 5s.
Plot 14B: William McDonnell paid £5 5s for 7 acres and 32 perches of land and £1 5s for a house and office.
Plot 15A: Patrick McDaniel leased 1 rood of land for 3s.
Plot 15Ba: Patrick McDaniel leased a house and offices on 6 acres, 2 roods and 18 perches of land for £5 2s for the land and £1 for the buildings.
Plot 15C: Patrick McDaniel paid £2 15s for 6 acres, 3 roods and 30 perches of land.
Plot 16A: Thomas Keane leased 1rood and 35 perches of land for 3s.
Plot 16B: Thomas Keane leased a house on 7 acres, 2 roods and 23 perches of land for £5 15s for the land and 17s for the house.
Plot 17A: Denis Tunny leased 2 acres 3 roods and 29 perches of land for £1 15s.
Plot 17B: Denis Tunny leased 1 acre, 3 roods and 17 perches of land for £1 10s.
Plot 17Ca: Denis Tunny leased a house and 1 acre and 34 perches of land for 18s for the land and 17s for the house.
Plot 18A: Mary Wakefield paid £1 for 1 acre, 1 rood and 4 perches of land.
Plot 18Ba: Mary Wakefield paid £2 10s for 4 acres and 24 perches of land and £1 5s for a house and offices.
Plot 18C: Mary Wakefield leased 1 acre, 1 rood and 33 perches of land for 10s.
Plot 19A: Patrick Nevin leased 2 acres, 1 rood and 32 perches of land for £1 10s.
Plot 19B: Patrick Nevin paid £16 for 25 acres, 3 roods and 11 perches of land and £3 10s for a house and offices.
Plot 20A: John Nevin paid £8 10s for 11 acres, 1 rood and 3 perches of land.
Plot 20B: John Nevin a house and offices on 14 acres, 2 roods and 35 perches of land for £12 for the land and £1 15s for the buildings.
Plot 21a: Walter McDonagh leased a herd’s house, offices and 106 acres, 3 roods for £83 for the land and £1 10s for the buildings.
Plot 21b: William Haynes leased a house and office from Walter McDonagh for £1 10s.
Plot 21c: This was a vacant house and office belonging to Walter McDonagh that had an annual ratable valuation of £1 10s. Also, John Reilly leased eel weirs for £6 annually.
Plot 22: Walter McDonagh leased a flour mill and offices on 6 acres, 1 rood and 20 perches of land for £5 for the land and £95 for the buildings.
Plot 23: Thomas Raftery leased a house on 6 acres, 1 rood and 22 perches of land for £1 15s for the land and £1 for the house.
Plot 24A: Patrick Lally leased a house and offices on 4 acres, 1 rood and 4 perches of land (part bog) for £1 for the land and £1 for the buildings.
Plot 24B: Patrick Lally paid £6 for 8 acres, 1 rood and 36 perches of land.
Plot 25: John Malone leased a house and offices on 15 acres and 4 perches of land for £8 for the land and £1 10s form the buildings.
Plot 26: Cornelius McDonnell leased a house and offices on 6 acres and 26 perches of land for £1 10s for the land and £1 for the buildings.
Plot 27: James O’Neill paid £7 for 19 acres and 17 perches of land and £1 5s for a house and offices.
Plot 28A: Robert Sharpe leased 4 acres, 1 rood and 36 perches of land for £5 10s.
Plot 28Ba: Robert Sharpe leased a herd’s house and offices on 51 acres and 2 perches of land for £40 for the land and £1 10s for the buildings.
Plot 28Bb: John Lett leased a house and offices from Robert Sharpe for £1 10s.
Plot 29: Mary Coghlan leased 6 acres of land for £6 15s.
Plot 30A: Edward Sharpe leased a house and offices on 9 acres, 2 roods and 11 perches of land for £11 10s for the land and £2 for the buildings.
Plot 30B: Edward Sharpe leased 5 acres and 6 perches of land for £5.
Plot 31: William Devery [sic] paid £6 10s for 5 acres and 3 roods of land.
Plot 32: John Queale [sic] paid £9 10s for 8 acres, 1 rood and 15 perches of land.
Plot 33: Charles Bianconi leased a herd’s house and offices on 51 acres and 10 perches of land for £51 for the land and 15s for the buildings.
Plot 34: Martin Coolahan [sic] leased a herd’s house and offices on 13 acres. 2 roods and 14 perches of land for £5 10s for the land and £1 for the buildings.
Plot 35: Simeon Sharpe paid £3 15s for 10 acres and 17 perches of land and £1 for a herd’s house.
Plot 36: The Earl of Clancarty had in fee (for himself) 200 acres and 6 perches of bog that had an annual ratable valuation of £3.
Plot 37: John McMullen, sec. Grand Canal Co. had in fee (for himself) 493 linear perches of canal and banks with a total area of 28 acres and 31 perches that had an annual ratable value of £73 19s.
Plot 37a: Denis Coffey leased a house for 15s from John McMullen, sec. Grand Canal Co.
Plot 37b: Patrick Prendergast leased a house and a garden of 1 rood and 32 perches from John McMullen, sec. Grand Canal Co. for 5s for the garden and 15s for the house.
Plot 37c: Edward Dooley leased a house with a garden of 29 perches from John McMullen, sec. Grand Canal Co. for 2s for the garden and 6s for the house.
Plot 37d: William Gaddis paid 5s for a house to John McMullen, sec. Grand Canal Co.
Plot 38: Geoffrey Prendergast leased a house, offices and gate lodge with 17 acres, 1 rood and 15 perches of land from John H. Graig for £6 for the land and £10 for the buildings.
Plot 39: This plot consisted of the River Suck that had an area of 21 acres, 1 rood and 6 perches.
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