Carrowreagh

Carrowreagh is situated in the civil parish of Killoran, barony of Longford, County Galway. It is bounded on the north by Lissacullaun, on the east by Ballinruane, on the west by Ballydonnelllan East and on the south by Bally Hogan and Corballymore in the parish of Abbeygormacan.

O’Donovan’s Field Name books provide various spellings of this townland: Carrorea, Carrareagh, Carraghrea and Ceathramhradh Riabhach.

Down Survey map under the name ‘Ballinroaine alias Carrowreagh’ shows that the land was owned by the Earl of Clanrickard, a protestant in 1641 and in 1670. It specifies that there was 271 profitable plantation acres of land.

Census 1901

There were 8 houses in Carrowreagh in 1901. One house was uninhabited. It was owned by George Kerr Mahon of Ballydonnelllan. The other 7 houses had 30 residents in total: 21 were male and 9 were female. The heads of the households were: James Madden, Martin Monahan, Patrick Winters, John Murphy, James Cannon, William Morgan and Patrick Treacy. All occupants were Roman Catholic. They were born in Co Galway except for May, George and Stephen Madden. May was born in Yorkshire, England. George and Stephen were born in Co Dublin. The census taken on the 1^st of April 1901 showed that the houses were built as private dwellings. The roofs were made of perishable material except for James Madden’s house. His roof was made of slate, iron or tiles. The house walls were built of stone, brick or concrete.

James Madden (30) was a farmer. There was no occupation recorded for his sister May (23). His brother George (21) was recorded as a student of medicine RUJ. His brother Stephen (16) was a scholar. All 4 were single. The entire family could read and write. James and George spoke Irish and English. The family lived in a 2^nd class house with 8 rooms, 5 front windows and 12 outhouses. James Madden owned the land his house was situated on.

Martin Monaghan (50) was a farmer. He could read and write. His sister Bridget (54) was recorded as a housekeeper. She could read and spoke Irish and English. His brother Michael (52) was recorded as a labourer. He could not read. He spoke Irish and English. Martin’s nephew Michael (23) was recorded as a labourer. Martin and his nephew Michael could read and write. All 4 occupants were unmarried. The family lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms, 3 front windows and 4 outhouses. Martin Monaghan owned the land his house was situated on.

Patrick Winters (62) was a farmer. He was married to Bridget (55). There was no occupation recorded for Bridget. She spoke Irish and English. Their sons Patrick (23) and John (27) were recorded as labourers. Patrick was single. John was married to Ellen (30). She was recorded as a housekeeper. They had 2 children: Thomas (2) and Mary Anne (1). Patrick (23), John and Ellen could read and write. The rest of the family could not read. The family lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms, 3 front windows and 4 outhouses. Patrick Winters owned the land the house was situated on.

John Murphy (83) was a farmer. He could not read. He was married to Catherine (66). They had 2 unmarried children: Ellen (22) and James (21). There were no occupations recorded for Catherine, Ellen or James. All 3 could read and write. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms, 3 front windows and 5 outhouses. John Murphy owned the land the house was situated on.

James Cannon (37) was a farmer. He was single. He could read and write. He lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms, 3 front windows and 3 outhouses. James Cannon owned the land the house was situated on.

William Morgan (62) was a farmer. He was married to Mary (53). There was no occupation recorded for Mary. They had 2 sons. William (13) was a scholar. Patrick (31) was recorded as a labourer. He was married Catherine (30). She was recorded as a housekeeper. They had 2 sons: William (2) and Thomas (9 months). Both Williams and Thomas 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. William Morgan owned the land the house was situated on.

Patrick Treacy (83) was a farmer. He was a widower. He had 2 unmarried sons: John (46) and James (32). There were no occupations recorded for them. Only James could read and write. All 3 occupants spoke Irish and English. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms, 3 front windows and 6 outhouses. Patrick Treacy owned the land the house was situated on.

Census 1911

There were 7 houses in Carrowreagh in 1911. There were 40 residents in total: 26 were male and 14 were female. The heads of the households were: James Madden, James Treacy, Martin Monahan, John Winters, John Murphy, James Cannon and William Morgan. All occupants were Roman Catholic. The census taken on the 4^th of April 1911 showed that the houses were built as private dwellings. The roofs were made with perishable material except for James Madden’s house. His roof was made with slate, iron or tiles. The walls were built with stone, brick or concrete.

James Madden (40) was a farmer. He was married for 5 years to Ellen (38). Ellen was born in Queen’s County. They had 3 children with 3 living in 1911. James George was 4 years old. John Joseph Martin was 2 ½ years old and Edward Brendan was 9 months old. James George was born in London. John Joseph Martin, Edward Brendan and James (40) were born in Co Galway.  James’s sister May (32) was born in York, England. His brother Stephen (26) was born in Dublin. He recorded his occupation as assisting his brother on the farm. There were no occupations recorded for Ellen and May. All 4 adults could read and write. They lived in a 1^st class house with 12 rooms and 8 front windows. There were 15 outhouses: 9 stables, 1 coach house, 1 cow house, 1 calf house, 1 dairy, 1 piggery and 1 barn. James Madden owned the land the house was situated on.

James Treacy (45) was a farmer. He was married for 9 years to Anna M (43). There was no occupation recorded for her. They had 5 children with 4 living in 1911. Michael (8) and Julia (7) were scholars. Pat Joe was 6 years old and Agnus was 4 years old. James’s brother John (60) was single. There was no occupation recorded for him. All residents were born in Co Galway. They all spoke English. John and Agnes could not read. Pat Joe could read. The rest of the family could read and 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 calf house, 1 piggery and 1 barn. James Treacy owned the land the house was situated on.

Martin Monahan (59) was a farmer. He could read and write. His sister Bridget (71) and brother Michael (73) had no occupations recorded for them. They could read only. Their nephew Michael (34) had no occupation recorded. He could read and write. All 4 occupants were single. They were born in Co Galway. They spoke Irish and English. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms, 3 front windows, 1 stable and 1 barn. Martin Monahan owned the land the house was situated on.

John Winters (37) was a farmer. He was a widower. His children Thomas (13) and Mary Anne (12) were scholars. The entire family could read and write. They were born in Co Galway. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms and 3 front windows. There were 4 outhouses: 1 stable, 1 cow house, 1 piggery and 1 barn. John Winters owned the land the house was situated on.

John Murphy (85) was a farmer. He was married for 30 years. He had 4 children with 4 living in 1911. His son James (27) was recorded as a farmer. There was no occupation recorded for his daughter Ellen (28). His brother Thomas (74) was recorded as a general labourer. All 3 were unmarried. All 4 occupants were born in Co Galway. They could read and write. John and Thomas spoke Irish and English. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 2 rooms and 3 front windows. There were 5 outhouses: 1 stable, 1 cow house, 1 calf house, 1 piggery and 1 barn. John Murphy owned the land the house was situated on.

James Cannon (55) was a farmer. He was married for 8 years to Bridget (35). There was no occupation recorded for Bridget. They had 2 children with 2 living in 1911. Mary N (7) and Ellen M (5) were scholars. James had 2 unmarried brothers. Michael (65) was recorded as a farmer. Laurence (48) was recorded as a retired policeman. All occupants were born in Co Galway except for Laurence. His place of birth was not recorded. All the adults could read and write. Mary N and Ellen M could read only. 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.  James Cannon owned the land the house was situated on.

William Morgan (72) was a farmer. He was married for 43 years to Mary (69). There was no occupation recorded for Mary. They had 8 children with 7 living in 1911. Listed were their son Patrick (42) and his wife Catherine (41). Patrick was recorded as a farmer’s son. Catherine had no occupation recorded. Patrick and Catherine were married for 13 years. They had 5 children with 5 living in 1911. Willie (12), Thomas (10) and Patrick (8) were scholars. Michael was 4 years old. Mary Catherine was 8 months old. All the family were born in Co Galway except for William (12). He was born in Queen’s County. All occupants could read and write except for William (72) and Michael. They could not read. All adults spoke Irish and English except for Catherine. She spoke only English. 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. William Morgan owned the land the house was situated.