Cloonmain

Cloonmain is situated in the civil parish of Killoran, barony of Longford, County Galway. It is bounded on the north by Ballanlaur, on the east by Killallaghlan and Ballydonnelllan, on the south by Garryboghala and on the west by Newgrove in the parish of Kilreekil.

O’Donovan’s Field Name Books provides another spelling of this townland: Cluain Meadhoin.

Down Survey map gives no information on who owned the land in the 1600s.

Census 1901

There were 6 houses in Cloonmain in 1901. 1 house was uninhabited. It was owned by Michael F Hogan. The other 5 houses had 33 residents in total: 14 were male and 19 were female. All residents were Roman Catholic. They were born in Co Galway. The heads of the households were: Michael F Hogan, Thomas Coffey, Patrick Brogan, Anne Wallace and John Byrnes. The census taken on the 4^th and 6^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 with perishable material except for Michael F Hogan’s house roof. It was made of slate, iron or tiles.

Michael F Hogan (37) was a farmer. He was married to Bridget (38). There was no occupation recorded for Bridget. They had 7 children: Mary (10), Patrick (9), Nellie (7), Nora (6), Bridget (4), James (3) and Michael (2). Their niece Mary Geoghegan (21) had no occupation recorded. Nora Connors (30) and Anne Connaughton (18) were recorded as domestic servants. Mary Geoghegan, Nora Connors and Anne Connaughton were single. Bridget, James and Michael could not read. The rest of the household could read and write. Michael F, Bridget (38), Patrick, Nora Connors, Mary Geohegan and Mary Hogan spoke Irish and English. They lived in a 1^st class house with 8 rooms, 6 front windows, 4 stables, 1 coach house, 1 cow house, 1 calf house, 1 dairy, 1 piggery, 1 fowl house, 1 barn and 1 shed. Michael F Hogan owned the land the house was situated on.

Thomas Coffey (65) was a farmer. He was married to Catherine (62). There was no occupation recorded for Catherine. Their son Edward (23) was single. He was recorded as a shepherd. He could read and write. Thomas and Catherine spoke Irish and English. They could not read. They lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms, 2 front windows, 1 cow house and 1 shed. Thomas Coffey owned the land the house was situated on.

Patrick Brogan (48) was a farmer. He was married to Ann (40). There was no occupation recorded for Ann. They had 5 children. Michael (14), John (9) and Joseph (7) were recorded as farmer’s sons. Mary Ann (12) and Delia (5) were recorded as farmer’s daughters. Ann, Michael and Mary Ann could read and write. The rest of the family could not read. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms, 3 front windows, 1 stable, 1 cow house, 1 piggery and 1 barn. Patrick Brogan owned the land the house was situated on.

Anne Wallace (50) was a widow. She was a farmer. Her brother Thomas Kelly (40) and her niece Katie Kelly (16) were single. There were no occupations recorded for them. They could read and write. Anne could read only. Thomas spoke Irish and English. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms, 3 front windows, 1 stable, 1 cow house and 1 barn. Anne Wallace owned the land the house was situated on.

John Byrnes (43) was a farmer and a carpenter. He was married to Maria (37). There was no occupation recorded for Maria. They had 6 children. James (14), Margaret (11) and Martin (8) were scholars. Mary (6), Delia (4) and Annie (2) could not read. Martin could read only. The rest of the family could read and write. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms, 3 front windows, 1 stable, 1 cow house and 1 workshop. John Byrnes owned the land the house was situated on.

Census 1911

There were 5 houses in Cloonmain in 1911. There were 30 residents in total: 14 were male and 16 were female. All residents were Roman Catholic. They were born in Co Galway. The heads of the households were: John Fahy, Michael Francis Hogan, Patrick Brogan, Anne Wallace and John Byrnes. The census taken on the 6^th of April 1911 showed that the houses were built as private dwellings. The walls were built with stone, brick or concrete. Michael F Hogan and John Fahy’s house roofs were made with slate, iron or tiles. The other 3 roofs were made with perishable material.

John Fahy (56) was recorded as a general servant. He had 5 children. Michael (22) was recorded as a general servant. John (20) was recorded as a stable boy. Mary A (16) had no occupation recorded for her. All 3 were single. Martin (13) was a scholar. Millie F was 4 years old.  John and Millie F could not read. The rest of the family could read and write. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms and 2 front windows. There were 3 outhouses: 2 stables and 1 coach house. Michl F Hogan owned the land the house was situated on.

Michael Francis Hogan (47) was a chief inspector estate commission. He was married to Brigid (48). There was no occupation recorded for her. They had 9 children with 8 living in 1911. Listed were 4 children. Mary (20) was recorded as an undergraduate of the National University of Ireland. Nora (16) had no occupation recorded for her. Michael (11) and Ita Teresa (8) were scholars. Brigid Quigley (19) was single. She was recorded as a servant. The entire household could read and write. They lived in a 1^st class house with 9 rooms and 8 front windows. There were 17 outhouses. 6 stables, 1 coach house, 1 harness house, 1 cow house, 1 piggery, 4 fowl houses, 1 boiling house, 1 turf house and 1 shed. Michl F Hogan owned the land the house was situated on.

Patrick Brogan (64) was a farmer. He was married for 30 years to Annie (67). There was no occupation recorded for Annie. They had 7 children with 5 living in 1911. Listed were 2 children. Michael (24) had no occupation recorded for him. He was single. Delia (15) was a scholar. All the family could read and write except for Patrick. He could not read. The entire family spoke English. Patrick and Annie also spoke Irish. 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. Patrick Brogan owned the land the house was situated on.

Anne Wallace (74) was a widow. She was a farmer. Her sister Mary Anne Murray (67) had no occupation recorded for her. Their nephew Peter Kelly (29) was recorded as a farm labourer. All 3 occupants could read and write. 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. Anne Wallace owned the land the house was situated on.

John Byrnes (55) was a carpenter. He was married for 25 years to Maria (49). There was no occupation recorded for Maria. They had 8 children with 8 living in 1911. James (24) recorded his occupation as a carpenter. Margaret (21) had no occupation recorded for her. They were both single. Martin (19), Mary (16), Delia (14), Annie (12) and John (9) were scholars. Lizzie was 6 years old. All the family could read and write except for John (9). He could read only. 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 fowl house. John Burnes owned the land the house was situated on.