Annagh West / An tEanach Thoir

Annagh West / An tEanach Thiar

Compiled by Mary Scully-Burke

Overview

Irish name: An tEanach Thiar

English name: Annagh West

Meaning: Eanach means a marsh or wetland. Eanach Thiar means the western marshland.

Area: 169 acres, 1 rood and 5 perches.

Information from O’Donovan’s Field Name Books

Information recorded for Annagh West appears to be incorrect. See also Annagh East.

Population Statistics

1841: 16 houses, 105 people (51 male, 54 female)

1851: 14 houses, 79 people (35 male, 44 female)

1861: 16 houses, 75 people (40 male, 35 female)

1871: 14 houses, (incl. 2 uninhabited) 64 people (36 male, 28 female)

1881: 11 houses, 48 people (26 male, 22 female)

1891: 11 houses, 42 people (23 male, 19 female)

1901: 10 houses,46 people 25 male,21female)

1911: 9 houses, 52 people (32 male, 20 female)

2011: 20 houses (4 vacant), 48 people (28 male, 20 female)

1821 Tithe Applotment Books

The Tithe Applotment Books record John Ford, Michael Duddy & Partners as occupiers in Annagh West, held from Colonel Rochfort.

1855 Griffith’s Valuation

Griffith’s Valuation (1855) records Margaret Flaherty, Martin Duddy, Michael Ford, Martin Forde, Michael Ford (Pat), William Ford, John Ford, Bridget Silk, and John Burke as occuping a house, office and land; Hugh Flaherty, Bridget Grealy, and Michael Connor as occupying a house and land, all held from Horace Rochfort, while Anne Ford held a house from William Ford.

Sale in Encumbered Estates Court, 1856

The townland of Annagh West was offered for sale by auction at the Encumbered Estates Court on 27 June 1856, alongside the lands of Annaghdown, Cotteenty, and Lisheenanoran, all then in the possession of Horatio William Rochfort. The lands of Annaghdown and Coteenty were held under lease for lives renewable forever bearing date 9 April 1781, whereby James Skerrett demised to John Rochfort all that and those the intermixed acres in Annaghdown, Cotteantagh [Coteenty], for the lives of John Staunton Rochfort, since deceased, Robert Rochfort, since deceased, and Anne Rochfort, now Dowager Lady Blakiston, aged about 93 years, with covenant for perpetual renewal upon payment of a fine of one pepper-corn for every such renewal, at the yearly rent of £39, late currency, equivalent to £36 sterling, payable half-yearly on 1 May and 1 November.

The lands were purchased by Francis Blake of Cregg Castle, for his son Richard, who married Anne Marcella Ryan and established the Annaghdown House branch of the Blake family.

Lot No. 3 consisted of the lands of Annagh West, and the sale catalogue records Hugh Flaherty and Margaret Flaherty, widow; Martin Duddy; Martin Ford and Michael Ford; Michael Ford (Patrick); William Ford; Michael Connor; John Burke and Bridget Greally; Bridget Silk and John Ford as tenants from year to year, with the tenancy determinable on 1 May each year. A portion of bog and lakeshore strand was held in common by the tenants of the townland.

1871-1901 Deaths

Note that some deaths are recorded as Annagh without distinguishing between East and West. This represents our best guess as to which of these belong in each townland, but the list should be read in conjunction with that for Annagh East.

Date	Townland	Name	Sex	Condition	Age	Occupation	Cause	Medical Attendant	Certified	Registered by	Link
30/12/1874	Annagh West	Michael Forde	M	Married	65 years	Peasant	Malignant disease of stomach, long time	N	N	Patrick Forde, PAD	Link
23/07/1876	Annagh	Bridget Burke	F	Widow	87 years	Peasant	Suffocative bronchitis, 5 days	N	N	Edward Burke, occupier	Link
20/02/1877	Annagh	Mary Currie	F	Married	60 years	Peasant	Disease of the kidneys, some time	N	N	Thomas Currie, occupier	Link
26/02/1877	Annagh	Bridget Duddy	F	Widow	77 years	Labourer	Bronchitis, 2 months	N	N	Patrick Mannion, PAD	Link
13/04/1879	Annagh	Winifred Mannion	F	Married	40 years	Labourer	Consumption, 1 year		Y	William Mannion, occupier	Link
09/07/1879	Annagh	Julia Forde	F	Widow	90 years	Peasant	Old age and debility, a long time	N	N	Patrick Forde, PAD	Link
08/01/1881	Annagh	Bridget Mannion	F	Spinster	15 years	Peasant	Phthisis, one year	N	N	Julia Lally, PAD	Link
25/01/1881	Annagh	Honor Forde	F	Widow	76 years	Peasant	Old age and debility, a long time	N	N	Julia Lally, PAD	Link
20/07/1881	Annagh	William Mannion	M	Widower	56 years	Labourer	Consumption, 6 months	N	N	Ned Mannion, PAD	Link
15/05/1882	Annagh	Michael Connor	M	Widower	67 years	Labourer	Severe cold, one week	N	N	Bridget Burke, PAD	Link
06/09/1884	Anagh	John Burke	M	Bachelor	65 years	Peasant	Severe cough and smothering, 3 years	N	N	Ned Burke, brother and occupier	Link
30/06/1887	Annagh	Bridget Forde	F	Married	26 years	Peasant	Congestion of the kidnes and uremic convulsions, 2 days		Y	Martin Forde, father-in-law and occupier	Link
13/09/1887	Annagh West	Thomas Currie	M	Widower	72 years	Peasant	Spasmodic stricture of the urethra, one week		Y	Bridget Greaney, PAD, Shanbally	Link
27/02/1889	Annagh West or Knockbluff	Myles Walsh	M	Married	50 years	Landholder	Drowned accidental			Certificate received from James McDonagh, Coroner for Co. Galway, Inquest held 1st March 1889	Link
28/06/1889	Annagh	Mary Forde	F	Widow	75 years	Peasant	Bronchitis, one week	N	N	Thomas Scahill, PAD	Link
04/03/1891	Annagh	Martin Forde	M	Married	85 years	Peasant	Cough and smothering, one month	N	N	Julia Staunton, daughter, PAD	Link
19/02/1891	Anagh	Kate Forde	F	Widow	68 years	Peasant	Jaundice, 4 months	N	N	Honor Forde, daughter-in-law, PAD	Link
12/02/1892	Anagh	Celia Forde	F	Spinster	19 months	Peasant’s child	Croup, 3 days	N	N	Martin Forde, father, PAD	Link
29/10/1894	Annagh West	Mary Connor	F	Widow	80 years	Widow of labourer	Complaining 2 years of dyspepsia and vomiting	N	N	Martin Ford who caused the body to be buried	Link
29/05/1896	Anagh	Michael Forde	M	Widower	83 years	Householder	Complaining of weakness, 6 months	N	N	Patt Forde, son, PAD	Link
08/06/1896	Anagh	Margaret Cavanagh	F	Married	52 years	Wife of householder	Complaining of rheumatism, 12 years	N	N	Patrick Cavanagh, husband, PAD	Link
15/04/1899	Anagh	John Flaherty	M	Bachelor	14 days	Son of landholder	Smothering, 5 days	N	N	Honor Flaherty, mother	Link

1901 Census of Ireland

The 1901 Census of Ireland records the following 10 households in Annagh West.

1. CURRY (Currey), Thomas, his wife Anne and 3 sons, Augustine, Mark and Michael.
2. FORDE, Julia, her son Martin, his wife Bridget and their 4 daughters and baby son.
3. FORDE, Patrick, his wife Honor, their 2 sons and 1 daughter.
4. MANNION, Martin, his wife Bridget, their 2 sons and 1 daughter.
5. FLAHERTY, Richard, his wife Honor and their 35 yr. old son Hugh
6. FORDE, Patrick, a carpenter, his brother Thomas, a farmer, Thomas’ wife Bridget and their 3 sons.
7. MORRIS, Patrick, his wife Honor and their daughter.
8. KEANE, Martin and his wife Honor, both 80 yrs. old.
9. FLAHERTY, Michael, his wife Honor and their son and daughter.
10. CUNNINGHAM/FLAHERTY, Patrick Cunningham, his daughter Maria Flaherty and her daughter Ellie Flaherty. Patrick’s brother Thomas Cunningham and Patrick’s 17 yr. old niece Maggie Egan. 

1911 Census of Ireland

Between 1901 and 1911 census the Keane house, which had two elderly people in 1901, disappeared from Annagh West.

1. CUNNINGHAM/FLAHERTY,  Patrick Cunningham, and his daughter Maria Flaherty, her husband Hubert Flaherty, and their 5 children. Also, Patrick’s brother Thomas Cunningham.
2. FLAHERTY, Michael, his wife Honor and their son.
3. MORRIS,  Patrick, his wife Honor and their 35 years old daughter
4. FORDE, Thomas, his wife Margaret and their 3 sons and 1 daughter. Also, Patrick Forde, brother of Tom. (in 1901 Patrick was listed as the head of this house)
5. FORDE, Patrick, his wife Honor and their 4 sons and 1 daughter.
6. FORDE, Martin, his wife Bridget and their 1 son and 4 daughters.
7. MANNION, Martin, his wife Bridget, their 3 sons and 4 daughters.
8. FLAHERTY, Nora and her daughter Ellen.
9. CURRY, Thomas, his wife Anne, their son Mark, his wife Katie and their daughter.