Englishtown

Englishtown is situated in the civil parish of Killoran, in the barony of Longford, Co Galway. It is bounded on the north by Killoran, on the west by Springfield, on the east by Cloonlahon Eyre and Derreenboy and on the south by Ardberreen.

O’Donovan’s Field name books provide 2 other spelling of this townland: Killorane and Killorian.

Down Survey map shows this land was owned in 1641 by Brassell Roe McShane O’Madden, a catholic. In 1670 it was owned by Colonel Garrett Moore, a catholic and Sir James Cuffe, a protestant. It states there were 52 unprofitable plantation acres of land. There were 182 acres of both profitable and forfeited acres of land.

Census 1901

There were 9 houses in English town in 1901. There were 51 residents in total: 26 were male and 25 were female. All residents were Roman Catholic. They were born in Co Galway. The heads of the households were: John Murphy, Patrick Whelan, Thomas Deeley, William Donlan, Martin Hannon, John McHugo, Martin Whelan, Thomas Murphy and Mary Loughnane. The census taken on the 9^th and 12^th of April 1901 showed that the houses were built as private dwellings. The walls were built with stone, brick or concrete. The roofs were made with perishable material.

John Murphy (45) was a farmer. He was married to Bridget (33). There was no occupation recorded for Bridget. They had 3 children. Mary (10), Anne (8) and Michael (3) were scholars. All the family could read and write except for Michael. He could not read. They lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms and 2 front windows. There were 3 outhouses: 1 cow house, 1 piggery and 1 barn. John Murphy owned the land the house was situated on.

Patrick Whelan (31) was a farmer. He was married to Mary (30). There was no occupation recorded for her. They had 4 children. Mary (4), Timothy (3) and Margaret (2) were scholars. Patrick was 8 months old.  Cathery Raftery (50) was a widow. She recorded her occupation as a nurse domestic servant. Cathery spoke Irish and English. Patrick and Mary could read and write. The rest of the household could not read or write. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 4 rooms and 3 front windows. There were 5 outhouses: 1 stable, 1 cow house, 1 piggery, 1 barn and 1 shed. Patrick Whelan owned the land the house as situated on.

Thomas Deeley (25) was a farmer. Listed were his 3 siblings. All 4 occupants were single. Mary (35) and Anne (26) were recorded as farmer’s sisters. John (33) was recorded as a farmer’s brother. The entire 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 piggery, 1 barn and 1 shed. Thomas Deeley owned the land the house was situated on.

William Donlan (60) was a tailor. He was married to Anne (50). There was no occupation recorded for Anne. They had 4 children. Pat (15) was recorded as a tailor’s son. Maria (12), Sarah (9) and Bridget (6) were scholars. Their niece Anne Cannon (20) was recorded as a seamstress. Their nephew Kearen Cannon (25) was recorded as a farm labourer. William and Sarah could read. Bridget could not read or write. The rest of the household could read and write. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms and 3 front windows. There were 3 outhouses: 1 cow house, 1 barn and 1 shed. William Donlan owned the land the house was situated on.

Martin Hannon (80) was a farmer. He was married to Bridget (55). There was no occupation recorded for her. Their son Michael (25) was recorded as a farmer’s son. Their cousin John (35) recorded his occupation as a carpenter. They were both single. All the family could read and write except for Bridget. She could not read. Martin and Bridget spoke Irish and 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. Martin Hannon owned the land the house was situated on.

John McHugo (30) was a farmer. He was married to Ellen (28). There was no occupation recorded for her. They had 4 children. Michael (9), Mary (7), Delia (5) and Patrick (3) were scholars. John, Mary and Delia could read. Ellen and Michael could read and write. Patrick could not read or write. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms and 3 front windows. There were 2 outhouses: 1 cow house and 1 shed. John McHugo owned the land the house was situated on.

Martin Whelan (55) was a farmer. He spoke Irish and English. He was married to Anne (35). There was no occupation recorded for her. They had 3 children. Peter (13) was recorded as a farmer’s son. Michael (11) and Bridget (5) were scholars. Anne and Peter could read and write. Michael and Bridget could read. Martin could not read or write. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms and 3 front windows. There were 3 outhouses: 1 cow house, 1 piggery and 1 shed. Martin Whelan owned the land the house was situated on.

Thomas Murphy (50) was a farmer. He was married to Bridget (35). There was no occupation recorded for her. They had 4 children. Maria (9), Teresa (8), John (5) and Thomas (3) were scholars. Bridget and Maria could read. The rest of the family could not read or write. They lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms and 2 front windows. There were 2 outhouses: 1 piggery and 1 shed. Thomas Murphy owned the land the house was situated on.

Mary Loughnane (60) was a widow. She was a farmer. Her sons William (30) and John (30) were recorded as a farmer’s sons. William was single. John was married to Mary (30). She was recorded as a farmer’s wife. They had 2 children. Patrick (7) and Thomas (6) were scholars. The entire family could read and write. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms and 3 front widows. There were 5 outhouses: 1 stable, 1 cow house, 1 piggery, 1 barn and 1 shed. Mary Loughnane owned the land the house was situated on.

Census 1911

There were 9 houses in Englishtown in 1911. There were 48 residents in total: 23 were male and 25 were female. The heads of the households were: John Murphy, Patrick Whelan, William Donlan, John Deely, Michael Hannon, John McHugo, Martin Whelan, John Loughnane and Thomas Murphy. All residents were Roman Catholic. They were born in Co Galway. The census taken on the 7^th of April 1911 showed that the houses were built as private dwelling. The walls were built with stone, brick or concrete. The roofs were made with perishable matieral.

John Murphy (65) was a farmer. He was married for 21 years to Bridget (48). There was no occupation recorded for Bridget. They had 6 children with 4 living in 1911. Listed were 3 children. There was no occupation recorded for Anne (18). She was single. Michael (13) and Agnes (7) were scholars. All the family could read and write except for John and Agnes. John could not read. Agnes can read only. They lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms, 2 front windows, 1 cow house and 1 barn. John Murphy owned the land the house was situated on.

Patrick Whelan (43) was a farmer. He was married for 8 years to Mary (40). There was no occupation recorded for Mary. They had 6 children. Timothy (13), Patrick (10) and Kate M (7) were scholars. Marcella M (4), Michael J (2) and Bridget (3 months) could not read or write. The rest of the family could read and write. They lived in a 2^nd house with 3 rooms and 3 front windows. There were 4 outhouses: 1 stable, 1 cow house, 1 dairy and 1 piggery. Patrick Whelan owned the land the house was situated on.

William Donlan (72) was a farmer. He spoke Irish and English. He was married for 28 years to Anne (65). She was recorded as a farmer’s wife. They had 5 children with 4 living in 1911. Patrick (27) was recorded as a farmer’s son. Mary (25), Sarah (21) and Bridget (17) were recorded  as farmer’s daughters. All 4 were single. The entire family could read and write. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms, 3 front windows and 1 cow house. William Donlan owned the land the house was situated on.

John Deely (41) and his brother Thomas (35) were farmers. Their sister Maria (44) had no occupation recorded for her. All 3 occupants were single. They 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. John Deely owned the land the house was situated on.

Michael Hannon (35) was a farmer. He was single. He could read and write. His mother Bridget (75) was a widow. She could not read or write. They spoke Irish and English. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms and 3 front windows. There were 3 outhouse: 1 cow house, 1 piggery and 1 shed. Michael Hannon owned the land the house was situated on.

John McHugo (42) was a farmer. He was married for 21 years to Ellen (40). There was no occupation recorded for her. They had 8 children with 8 living in 1911. Listed were 7 children. Mary (18) had no occupation recorded for her. Delia (16), Pat (14), John (10), Rosannie (8) and Thomas (6) were scholars. Helena was 3 years old. All the family could read and write except for Thomas and Helena. The family lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms and 3 front windows. There were 3 outhouses: 1 cow house, 1 barn and 1 shed. John McHugo owned the land the house was situated on.

Martin Whelan (70) was a farmer. He spoke Irish and English. He was married for 25 years to Anne (51). She spoke English. There was no occupation recorded for her. They had 5 children with 5 living in 1911. Listed were 3 unmarried children. Mary Anne (22) was recorded as a farmer’s daughter. Bridget (13) was a scholar. Michael (19) was recorded as a farmer’s son. The entire family could read and write. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms and 3 front windows. There were 3 outhouses: 1 cow house, 1 piggery and 1 barn. Martin Whelan owned the land the house was situated on.

John Loughnane (50) was a farmer. He was married for 21 years to Mary (52). They had 3 children with 2 living in 1911. Patrick (20) and Thomas (18) were recorded as farmers sons. They were both single. The entire family spoke English. They could read and write except for John. He could not read or write. The family lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms, 3 front windows, 1 cow house and 1 shed. John Loughnane owned the land the house was situated on.

Thomas Murphy (70) was a farmer. He was married for 22 years to Bridget (50). There was no occupation recorded for her. They had 4 children with 4 living in 1911. Mary (21) and Teresa (19) were single. They were recorded as farmer’s daughters. John (16) and Thomas (14) were scholars. All the family could read and write except for Thomas (70) and Bridget. They could not read. The family lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms and 2 front windows. Thomas Murphy owned the land the house was situated on.