Lissawullaun, Lios an Mhullain, Mullan’s Fort

Lissawullaun lies in the east of the civil parish of Killallaghtan barony of Clonmacnowen Co Galway. It is bounded by Cartron, Cooltymurraghty, Cloonkeen East, and Ballybrian townlands in this parish and by Gurtmore, Lissheenavannogue and Clancarty in the parish of Clontooskert.

O’Donovan’s Field Name Books give other spellings of this townland: Lois Ui Multhain, Lisswolane, Lissywolaun and Lios Ui Mhaolain.

Down Survey map show this townland under the name Liscalane & Gortenevolin was owned by John and Laughlin Donnellan, (Catholic) in 1641. It was owned by the Earl of Ormond, (Protestant) in 1670. It states there were 24 plantation acres of unprofitable land, 145 plantation acres of profitable land and 145 plantation acres of forfeited land.

Census 1901

There were 6 houses in Lissawullaun in 1901. There were 27 residents in total: 17 were male and 10 were female. All residents were Roman Catholic. They were born in Co Galway.

The heads of the households were: Hanoria Dermody, Edward Raftery, James Woods, John Joseph, Margaret Joseph and Michael Manning. The census taken on the 8^th of April 1901 show the houses were built as private dwellings. The walls were built with stone, brick or concrete. The roofs were made with perishable material.

Hanoria Dermody (60) was a widow. She could speak Irish and English. Hanoria and her son in law Michael White were farmers. Michael (30) was married to Kate (27). Kate’s occupation was recorded as ‘household work’. The entire family could read and write. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms, 3 front windows and 3 outhouses. Hanoria Dermody owned the land the house was situated on.

Edward Raftery (69) was a farmer. There was no occupation recorded for his wife Mary (55). They had 3 unmarried children: Patrick (32), Margaret (19) and Edward (17). Mary and Margaret could not read. The rest of the family could read and write. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms, 3 front windows and 1 outhouse. Edward Raftery owned the land the house was situated on.

James Woods (60) was a farmer. There was no occupation recorded for his wife Mary (60). They had 3 unmarried children: William (27), Martin (25) and Maria (23). James could not read. The rest of the family could read and write. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms, 3 front windows and 4 outhouses. James Woods owned the land the house was situated on.

John Joseph (77) was a widower. He was a farmer. He could speak Irish and English. He had 5 unmarried children: Thomas (33), Patrick (31), William (29), Michael (24) and Delia (21). Michael could read only. The rest of the family could read and write. They lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms, 2 front windows and 3 outhouses. John Joseph owned the land the house was situated on.

Margaret Joseph (81) was a farmer’s widow. She could speak Irish and English. She had 3 unmarried children: William (50), Margaret (36) and Francis (34). Margaret’s (36) occupation was recorded as household work. Margaret (81) could not read. The rest of the family could and write. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 4 rooms, 4 front windows and 6 outhouses. Bernard Joseph owned the land the house was situated on.

Michael Manning (76) was a widower. He was a farmer. He had 3 unmarried children: Michael (34), Thomas (31) and Anne (20). Anne was recorded as a housekeeper. The entire family could read and write. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms, 3 front windows and 4 outhouses. Michael Manning owned the land the house was situated on.

Census 1911

There were 6 houses in Lissawullaun in 1911. There were 21 residents in total: 10 were male and 11 were female. All residents were Roman Catholic. They were born in Co Galway except for John Staunton. He was born in Co Kings. The heads of the households were: Honour Dermody, James Woods, Mary Raftery, Michael Manning, Bernard Joseph and Thomas Horan. The census taken on the 14^th of April 1911 show the houses were built as private dwellings. The walls were built with stone, brick or concrete. The roofs were made with perishable material.

Honour Dermody (71) was a widow. Her daughter Kate (40) was married for 10 years to Michael White (45). Michael was a farmer. Michael and Honour could not read. Kate could read and write. The family lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms, 3 front windows, 1 cow house and 1 piggery. Honour Dermody owned the land the house was situated on.

James Woods (69) was a widower. He was a farmer. His son William (36) was married for 3 years to Mary (34). Mary could read and write. James and William could not read or write. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms and 3 front windows. There were 5 outhouses: 1 stable, 1 cow house, 1 piggery, 1 barn and 1 shed. James Woods owned the land the house was situated on.

Mary Raftery (71) was a widow. She could not read or write. Her children: Kate (47) and Patt (44) were single. They could read and write. Patt was a farmer. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms and 3 front windows. There were 3 outhouses: 1 stable, 1 cow house and 1 barn. Mary Raftery owned the land the house was situated on.

Michael Mannion (45) was a farmer. He was married for 5 years to Jane (33). They had 4 children with 4 living in 1911: May (5), Agnes (4), John (3) and Anne (11 months). They could not read or write. Michael and Jane could read and write. The family lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms and 3 front windows. There were 5 outhouses: 1 stable, 1 cow house, 1 piggery, 1 barn and 1 shed. Michael Mannion owned the land the house was situated on.

Bernard Joseph (58) was a farmer. His brother William (60) worked as a farm assistant. His sister Margaret (52) worked as a domestic. Their nephew John Staunton (18) worked as a farm assistant. The entire family could read and write. They were all single. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 4 rooms and 4 front windows. There were 7 outhouses: 1 stable, 1 cow house, 1 calf house, 1 piggery, 1 fowl house, 1 barn and 1 shed. Bernard Joseph owned the land the house was situated on.

Thomas Horan (43) worked as a farm labourer. He was married for 1 year to Mary (40). They could not read or write. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms, 3 front windows, 1 stable and 1 shed. Mary Broderick owned the land the house was situated on.