Ballinrooaun

Ballinrooaun is situated in the civil parish of Killoran, barony of Longford, County Galway. It is bounded on the north by Poppy hill, on the west by Carrorea, on the east by Killoran and Springfield and on the south by Corbally Hogan and Corballymore in the parish Abbeygormacan.

O’Donovan’s Field Name books provide other spellings of this town land: Ballinruane, Baile an Ruadháin, Ballynruayn and Ballynaroane.

Down Survey map  under the names ‘Ballinvroone and Carronagh’ showed the land was owned by Awly McOwen O’Madden, a catholic in 1641. It was owned in 1670 by Sir Francis Gore, a protestant. It specifies that there were 262 profitable plantation acres and 262 forfeited plantation acres.

Census 1901

There were 5 houses in Ballinrooaun in 1901. There were 24 residents in total: 14 were male and 10 were female. All residents were Roman Catholic. They were born in Co Galway. The heads of the households were: John Mooney, John Fallon, John Lally, Winifred Bermingham and Thomas Glynn. The census taken on the 6^th and 12^th of April 1901 showed the houses were built as private dwellings. The walls were built with stone, brick or concrete. The roofs were made of perishable material except for John Mooney’s and Thomas Glynn’s house roofs. These were made of slate, iron or tiles.

John Mooney (29) worked as a herd. He was married to Mary Ann (28). She was recorded as wife. Martin Finn (16) was recorded as a farm servant. All 3 occupants could read and write. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 6 rooms, 5 front windows and 4 outhouses. Patk Horney from Aughrim owned the land the house was situated on.

John Fallon (50) was a farmer. He was married to Ellen (39). There was no occupation recorded for her. They had 7 children. Hanoria (16) was recorded as a farmer’s daughter. John (14), Maria (12), Bernard (10), Patrick (8), Ellen (4) and Anne (2) were scholars. The entire family could read and write. They lived in a 3^rd class house with 3 rooms, 2 front windows and 3 outhouses. John Fallon owned the land the house was situated on.

John Lally (55) was a farmer. He was married to Mary (30). There was no occupation recorded for her. They had 4 children. Patrick (22) was unmarried. He was recorded as a farmer’s son. Michael (14), Bridget (12) and Catherine (6) were scholars. John and Mary could not read. Patrick, Michael and Bridget could read and write. Catherine could read. They lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms, 2 front windows and 3 outhouses. John Lally owned the land the house was situated on.

Winifred Bermingham (76) was a farmer. She was a widow. Her son-in-law Peter Broderick (45) was a widower. He was recorded as a farmer. He had 3 sons. John (15) was recorded as a farmer’s son. Paterick [sic] (15) and Michael (8) were scholars. All the family could read and write except for Winifred. She could not read. She spoke Irish and English. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms, 3 front windows and 3 outhouses. Winifred Bermingham owned the land the house was situated on.

Thomas Glynn (66) was a widower. He worked as an agricultural labourer. He spoke Irish and English. He could not read or write. He lived in a 3^rd class house with 1 room and 1 front window. There were no outhouses recorded. Martin Shea from Poppy hill owned the land Thomas Glynn’s house was situated on.

Census 1911

There were 4 houses in Ballinrooaun in 1911. There were 23 residents in total: 10 were male and 13 were female. The heads of the households were: John Lally, John Fallon, Richard Smyth and John Mooney. All residents were Roman Catholic. They were born in Co Galway. The census taken on the 15^th of April 1911 showed the houses were built as private dwellings. The roofs were made of perishable material except for John Mooney’s house roof. It was made of slate, iron or tiles. The house walls were built of stone, brick or concrete.

John Lally (70) was a farmer. He was married for 33 years to Mary (55). There was no occupation recorded for her. They had 7 children with 4 living in 1911. Listed were 3 unmarried children.  Patrick (32) and Michael (26) were recorded as farmer’s sons. Bridget (18) was recorded as a farmer’s daughter. All the family could read and write except for Mary. She could not read or write. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms and 3 front windows. There were 6 outhouses: 1 stable, 1 cow house, 1 piggery, 1 fowl house, 1 barn and 1 shed. John Lally owned the land the house was situated on.

John Fallon (66) was a farmer. He was married for 27 years to Helena (50). They had 9 children with 8 living in 1911. Listed were 4 children. Patrick (17) was recorded as a farmer’s son. Ellen (14), Annie (11) and Katie (9) were scholars. All the family could read and write except for John. He could not read or write. They all spoke Irish and English except for Patrick. They lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms and 2 front windows. There were 4 outhouses: 1 stable, 1 cow house, 1 piggery and 1 fowl house. John Fallon owned the land the house was situated on.

Richard Smyth (40) was a farmer. He was married for 1 year to Mary A (35). There was no occupation recorded for her. They had 1 child with 1 living in 1911. Margret was 6 months old. Richard’s mother Honor (77) was a widow. She was recorded as a farmer. Delia Rafferty (36) was a visitor. She was single. She was recorded as a general domestic servant. Only Mary A and Delia could read and write. Honor and Delia spoke Irish and English. They lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms, 2 front windows and 1 fowl house. Richard Smyth owned the land his house was situated on.

John Mooney (40) was a farmer. He was married for 10 years to Mary Anne (35). There was no occupation recorded for her. They had 6 children with 5 living in 1911. Patt-Joe (8), John (8), Tressa (7) Agnes (6) and Emely (4) were scholars. John’s (40) sister Maria (37) was single. She was recorded as a scholar. James Kelly (40) was recorded as a farm servant. He was single. The entire household could read and write. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 5 rooms and 3 front windows. There were 6 outhouses: 1 stable, 1 cow house, 1 piggery, 1 fowl house, 1 barn and 1 shed. John Mooney owned the land his house was situated on.