Lissacullaun

Lissacullaun is situated in the civil parish of Killoran, barony of Longford, County Galway. It is bounded on the east by Poppy hill and part of Carrorea and on the south by Carrorea.

O’Donovan’s field book provides other spellings of this townland: Lissacullaan and Lios Ui Cuilleain.

Down Survey map under the name ‘Clonloghane’ shows that this land was owned by Bryan McDonnell O’Madden, a catholic in 1641. It shows that in 1670 it was owned by Edward Eyres, a catholic and Sir James Cuffe, a protestant.

Census 1901

There were 6 houses in Lissacullaun in 1901. There were 27 residents in total: 17 were male and 10 were female. The heads of the households were: Hanoria Dermody, Edward Rafferty, James Woods, John Joseph, Margaret Joseph and Michael Manning. All residents were Roman Catholic. They were born in Co Galway. The census taken on the 8^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 except for Margaret Joseph’s. Her roof was made with slate, iron or tiles.

Hanoria Dermody (60) was a widow. She was a farmer. She spoke Irish and English. Her daughter Kate (27) was married to Michael White (30). Kate carried out household work. Michael was recorded as a farmer. All 3 occupants 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. He was married to Mary (55). There was no occupation recorded for Mary. They had 3 unmarried children. Patrick (32) and Edward (17) were recorded as farmer’s sons. Margaret (19) was recorded as a farmer’s daughter. Mary and Margaret could not read. The 3 male occupants 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. He was married to Mary (60). There was no occupation recorded for Mary. They had 3 unmarried children. William (27) and Martin (25) were recorded as farmer’s sons. Maria (23) was recorded as a farmer’s daughter. All the family could read and write except for James. He could not read. 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 spoke Irish and English. He had 5 unmarried children. Thomas (33), Patrick (31), William (29) and Michael (24) were recorded as farmer’s sons. Delia (21) was recorded as a farmer’s daughter. All the family could read and write except for Michael. He could read only. 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 recorded as a farmer’s widow. She spoke Irish and English. She could not read. She had 3 unmarried children. All 3 could read and write. William (50) and Francis (34) were recorded as farmer’s sons. Margaret (36) carried out household work. 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) and Thomas (31) were recorded as farmer’s sons. Anne (20) recorded her occupation 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 Lissacullaun in 1911. There were 21 residents in total: 10 were male and 11 were female. The heads of the households were: Honour Dermody, James Woods, Mary Raftery, Michael Mannion, Bernard Joseph and Thomas Horan. All occupants were Roman Catholic. They were born in County Galway except for John Staunton. He was born in Co Kings. It is not recorded where Anne Mannion was born. The census taken on the 14^th of April 1911 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.

Honor Dermody (71) was a widow. There was no occupation recorded for her. Her son Michael White (45) was recorded as a farmer. He was married for 10 years Kate (40). They had no children recorded in 1911. There was no occupation recorded for Kate. She could read and write. Honour and Michael could not read or write. They lived in a 2^nd class house with 3 rooms, 3 front windows, 1 cow house and 1 barn. Honor Dermody owned the land the house was situated on.

James Woods (69) was a widower. He was a farmer. William (36) was recorded as a farmer’s son. He was married to Mary (34). There was no occupation recorded for her. 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 Rafferty (71) was a widow. Listed were her daughter Kate (47) and her son Patt (44). Mary and Kate had no occupations recorded for them. Patt recorded his occupation as a farmer. Kate and Patt were single. They could read and write. Mary 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 stable, 1 cow house and 1 barn. Mary Rafferty owned the land the house was situated on.

Michael Mannion (45) was a farmer. He was married for 5 years to Jane (33). There was no occupation recorded for Jane. They had 4 children with 4 living in 1911. May (5), Agnes (4), John (3) and Anne (11 months) could not read or write. Michael and Jane 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. Michael Mannion owned the land the house was situated on.

Bernard Joseph (58) was a farmer. Listed were his brother, his sister and his nephew. All 4 occupants were single. William (60) was recorded as a farm assistant. Margaret (52) was recorded as a domestic. John Staunton (18) was recorded as a farm assistant. The entire family could read and write. 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) was recorded as a farm labourer. He was married for 1 year to Mary (40). There was no occupation recorded for Mary. 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.