Carraghy / Na Cathracha

Compiled by Paul Greaney

Overview

Irish name: Na Cathracha

English name: Carraghy

Meaning: the small stone forts.

Area: 271 acres and 28 perches.

Field Names: None yet recorded.

Information from O’Donovan’s Field Name Books

Other names: Carthreachaidhe, Carr-achad, stony field, Carr-achad, Carraghy, Carraghey (B. S. Sketch Map), Carraghareagh (Barony Map), Carraghy, Carraghee (Cahill, Esq., Annaghdown), Caraghareagh (County Map), Carraugh (High Constable 1838), Carragh – broken or scabby (Local), Carragh (Rector of Annaghdown).

Description: It is the property of Boyce Esq. A gent [Unable to read.] Galway. There are 2 Cahirs or forts [Unable to read.] [Unable to read.] North of the Townlands. S. side [Unable to read.] the road from Galway to Tuam [Unable to read.] through its East side. Nearly parallel to its East boundary. All under tillage. A small portion of its S. W. side subject to Winter floods.

Situation: It is situated 2 miles East of Annaghdown Church. Bounded on the North by Racoonagh. West by Slievefin. South by Cauraun and Carheeny and East by Lackagh parish.

Population Statistics

1841: 9 houses, 73 people (37 male, 36 female)

1851: 6 houses, 37 people (17 male, 20 female)

1861: 4 houses, 30 people (15 male, 15 female)

1871: 5 house, 20 people (11 male, 9 female)

1881: 8 houses (incl. 1 uninhabited), 35 people (23 male, 12 female)

1891: 6 houses (incl. 1 uninhabited), 31 people (18 male, 13 female)

1901: 5 houses (incl. 1 unoccupied), 23 people (15 male, 8 female)

1911: 5 houses, 27 people (14 male, 13 female)

2011: 29 houses (incl. 6 uninhabited), 66 people (30 male, 36 female)

Tithe Applotment Books

Carragh (sic.) is recorded in the 1824 Tithe Applotment Books as the property of Boyce Esq. Occupiers listed are Pat Glynn & Partners.

1855 Griffith’s Valuation

*Carraghy entries in Griffith’s Valuation for Annaghdown parish (1855)*

Griffith’s Valuation records William Clancy, Martin Tarpy and Martin Neill as each occupying a house and land; while William Clayton held a herd’s house, office and land. John G. Holmes held land with an office thereon.

Valuation House & Field Books

The September 1845 house book for Carraghy records Danl. Desmond Esqr. as occupier of a mail coach stables.

The October 1853 house book for Carraghy shows Marten Tarpy (sic.) as occupier of a house and smith’s forge; Thomas Nolan as occupier of a house; William Clancy as occupier of a house, return (kitchen), stables, barn, and offices; William Clayton as occupier of a house and stables, John G. Holmes Esqr as occupier of an office; and Marten Neil as occupier of a house.

1871-1901 Deaths

Date	Townland	Name	Sex	Condition	Age	Occupation	Cause	Medical Attendant	Certified	Registered by
26/06/1873	Carragh	Ellen Murtagh	F	Widow	70 years	Pauper	Chronic pleuritis, long time	N	N	Ellen Glynn, PAD, Monrue
14/03/1876	Carraghy	Margaret Burke	F	Spinster	14 years	Labourer’s child	Pyemia & exhaustion from diseased bone, a long time		Y	John Burke, occupier
20/12/1876	Carraghy	Margaret Scully	F	Married	70 years	Labourer	Complaining of an affection of the heart, some time	N	N	Gill Scully, PAD
13/06/1878	Carragh	Pat Donohue	M	Bachelor	35 years	Carrier	Immediate, Accidental as per inquest		Y	Information received from James McDonagh, Coroner, Co. Galway
26/02/1880	Carraghy	Bridget Burke	F	Spinster	13 years	Tailor’s daughter	Fever, 3 weeks	N	N	Michael Burke, occupier
13/05/1880	Carraghy	Thomas Staunton	M	Married	87 years	Labourer	Bronchitis & old age	N	N	Bridget Nolan, PAD
20/11/1880	Carraghy	Michael Collins	M	Widower	80 years	Peasant	Paralysis, long time	N	N	John Fahy, PAD
11/02/1884	Carraghy	John Fahy	M	Bachelor	15 years	Peasant	Congestion of the lungs after measles, 10 days		Y	Patrick Fahy, father, PAD
09/02/1884	Carraghy	Michael Fahy	M	Bachelor	13 years	Labourer’s child	Measles, 8 days		Y	Patrick Fahy, father, PAD
10/02/1884	Carragh	Bridget Fahy	F	Spinster	10 years	Labourer’s child	Pneumonia after measles, one week		Y	Patrick Fahy, father, PAD
15/02/1884	Carragh	Bridget Hession	F	Spinster	1.5 years	Labourer’s child	Measles, one week	N	N	William Hession, father and occupier
04/02/1885	Carragh	Bridget Nolan	F	Widow	82 years	Pauper	Suffocative bronchitis, 3 months		Y	Patrick Burke, PAD
10/02/1886	Carragh	Michael Burke	M	Bachelor	9 years	Saddler’s child	Suppuration in the brain, 2 weeks		Y	Patrick Burke, father and occupier
14/11/1887	Carraghy	Thomas Hession	M	Bachelor	11 weeks	Labourer’s child	Vomiting and diarrhoea, one week	N	N	Kate Fahy, PAD
02/02/1889	Carragh	Mary Redington	F	Widow	72 years	Poor widow	Hepatitis, 4 months		Y	Thomas Redington, son and occupier
19/04/1889	Carragh	Peter Commins	M	Bachelor	82 years	Beggar	Old age and exhaustion, 3 weeks		Y	Kate Fahy, PAD
01/01/1893	Carraghy	Bridget Browne	F	Married	73 years	Herd’s wife	Bronchitis and debility, 7 years	N	N	Ellen Hession, daughter, PAD
06/01/1893	Carraghy	Bridget Browne	F	Married	73 years	Herd’s wife	Bronchitis and debility, 7 years	N	N	Ellen Hession, daughter, PAD
14/04/1898	Carragh	Pat Brown	M	Widower	72 years	Landholder	General debility, 4 years	N	N	Ellen Hession, daughter, PAD
01/03/1901	Caraghy	Thomas Clancy	M	Bachelor	2 months	Son of farmer	Convulsions, 1 day	N	N	Charles Clancy, brother, PAD

Deaths in Carraghy, 1871-1901

1901 Census

The 1901 Census of Ireland records the following four households in Carraghy.

Patrick Fahey (45), farmer; his wife Kate [née Collins] (47); sons Martin (25), Patrick (20), Walter (16), farmer’s sons; and daughter Ellen (13), scholar.
Ellen Hession (40) [née Browne], farmer, widow, born in England; sons John (20), Patrick (15), farmer’s sons; daughter Maggie (18), farmer’s daughter; and sons Martin (13) and James (10), scholars.
Patrick Burke (68), farmer; his wife Ellen (65) [née Leonard], farmer’s wife; and son Thomas (22), farmer’s son.
Christopher Clancy (45), farmer; his wife Margaret (42) [née Duggan], and children William (20), farmer’s son; John (16), Maggie (12), Dan (10), Kathleen (7), scholars; and Christopher (4).

Each house walls of stone, roofs of thatch and between two and four rooms each. Two had three front windows each and were of the second class, while the other two had two front windows each and were of the third class. An additional vacant house was held by Thomas Newell; no details are recorded of this house.

Out-offices recorded in the townland were a stable, four cow-houses, three piggeries, three barns, and two sheds.

1911 Census

Five households are recorded in the 1911 census.

Patrick Fahy (69), farmer; his wife Katherine (72) [née Collins], married for 42 years with eight children born alive and four still living; son Walter (29), farmer’s son; daughter-in-law Katherine (35) [née Collins], married for two years with one child born alive and still living; and granddaughter Mary (10 months).
Ellen Hession (55), farmer; and sons John (30), Martin (22), and James (21), farmer’s sons.
Ellen Burke (78) [née Leonard], farmer, widow; her son Thomas (30), farmer’s son; daughter-in-law Kate (23) [née Coen], married for two years with one child born alive and still living; and grandson Patrick (9 months).
Christopher Clancy (57), farmer; his wife Margaret (50) [née Duggan], married for 31 years with eleven children born alive and ten still living; and children John (27), Daniel (19), farmer’s sons; Christopher (13), Henry (9), scholars, and Kathleen (17); and niece-in-law Margaret Forde (11), scholar.
Patrick Newell (44), farmer; his wife Catherine (35) [née Joyce], married for 9 years with four children born alive and still living; and children Nora (8), Mary (7), Bridget (5), scholars; and Thomas (3).

All five houses were of the second class with stone walls. One had a roof of slate, iron or tiles, between seven and nine rooms, and five front windows. The other four houses had thatched roofs and three front windows each; three had between two and four rooms and one had five or six rooms.

Out-offices recorded are seven stables, six cow-houses, one calf-house, five piggeries, two fowl-houses, five barns, and one shed.

Note: Information in squared brackets has been added by the author and does not appear in the original record.

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