Carrowbeg North / An Cheathrú Bheag Thuaidh

Carrowbeg North / An Cheathrú Bheag Thuaidh

Compiled by Irene McGoldrick

Overview

Irish name: An Cheathrú Bheag Thuaidh

English name: Carrowbeg North

Meaning: the small quarter

Area: 238 acres, 0 roods and 7 perches

Field Names: none yet recorded.

Information from O’Donovan’s Field Name Books

Other names: Carrowbeg (Inq. Temp. Eliz), Carrubegg, Carrowbeg North (B. S. Sketch Map), Carruebegg (County Book), Carrowbeg North (Local), Carobeg Parke.

Description: Townland. It is the property of F. Blake, Esq. All under tillage except a small portion of rocks in the South end.

Situation: It is situated 1/4 mile of Currrandulla Chapel. Bounded N. and East by Turloughgorriv. South by Carrowbeg South. West by Currandulla.

Population Statistics

1841: 2 houses, 11 people (7 male, 4 female)

1851: 3 houses, 17 people (10 male, 7 female)

1861: 4 houses, 24 people (14 male, 10 female)

1871: 3 houses, 19 people (12 male, 7 female)

1881: 3 houses, 19 people (11 male, 8 female)

1891: 3 houses, 22 people ( 14 male, 8 female)

1901: 3 houses, 13 people (8 male, 5 female)

1911: 3 houses, 16 people (9 male, 7 female)

2011: Not available

1821 Tithe Applotment Books

The Tithe Applotment Books do not distinguish between Carrowbeg North and Carrowbeg South. Fras [Francis] Blake Esq is listed with 58 acres and Lauce [Laurence] Murray is listed with 4 acres.

1853 Griffith’s House Books

In December 1853, Francis Blake Esq is listed with house and office, John Morris with house and office, and The Constabulary Force with House.

1855 Griffith’s Valuation

Griffith’s Valuation shows 6 entries in Carrowbeg North in 1855: Francis Blake with a herd’s house and land; Thomas Lynch, Bridget Connor and Patrick Lynch holding land only, and John Morris holding a house, offices and land, all with Francis Blake listed as immediate lessor. The final entry is Contstabulary Forces Police barrack, immediate lessor John Morris with half annual rent.

1871-1901 Deaths

Date	Townland	Name	Sex	Condition	Age	Occupation	Cause	Medical Attendant	Certified	Registered by	Link
05/08/1874	Carrowbeg	Ellen Morriss	F	Married	80 years	No occupation	Asthma & old age, a long time		Y	John Morriss, occupier, Carrabeg	Link
07/01/1877	Carrowbeg	John Morris	M	Widower	81 years	Farmer	Disease of kidneys & bladder, long time		Y	John Morris, PAD	Link
13/12/1877	Carrowbeg	Martin Forde	M	Bachelor	3 years	Labourer’s child	Croup, two days		Y	Thomas Forde, occupier	Link
20/09/1882	Carrabeg North	Mary Anne Mooney	F	Spinster	20 years	No occupation	Consumption on the lungs, 18 months		Y	John Morris, occupier, PAD	Link
29/06/1885	Carrabeg North	Bridget Connor	F	Widow	70 years	Herd’s widow	Smothering, one week	N	N	Mary Connor, granddaughter, PAD	Link
23/01/1886	Carabeg North	Margaret Morriss	F	Spinster	2 years and 4 months	None	Croup, 2 days		Y	Delia Morriss, mother, PAD	Link
25/07/1895	Carrabeg	James Morris	M	Married	68 years	Steward of Dublin Corporation	Acute bronchitis, 21 days		Y	John Morris, son, PAD	Link
13/02/1898	Carrabeg	James Murphy	M	Bachelor	85 years	Labourer	Bronchitis, 8 days	N	N	John Connor, employer, PAD	Link

1901 Census

The 1901 Census of Ireland records the following 4 households in Carrowbeg North.

1. John Morris lived with his wife Delia, sons James, Patrick & John J, and daughter Anne.
2. John Connor lived with his wife Ellen, son Martin and daughter Mary.
3. Thomas Forde lived with his wife Margaret and son John.
4. Christopher Clancy lived with wife Margaret, sons William, John, Dan & Christopher and daughters Maggie and Kathleen. [This is an error – the family also appear in the townland of Carraghy].

The house info from Form B1 seems to exclude the Clancy household. All three houses were of the second class, with stone walls, one house with a thatched roof, two houses with slate, iron or tiled roofs. One house had two front windows, one had three front windows and one with had four windows in the front. Two of the houses had stables, cow houses and barns, all three had cow houses, piggeries, fowl houses, and cart houses.

1911 Census

1. John Connor (widower) lived with his son John, daughter-in-law Annie, grandson Edward and granddaughters Mary and Ellen.
2. John Forde lived with his wife Bridget, sons Thomas, Patrick & Stephen and daughter Magie (sic.).
3. John Morris (married) lived with his daughter Annie Morris, nephew James Morris and Lizzie Coyne – boarder.

The house info from Form B1 lists the three houses as of the second class with stone walls; two of the houses had thatched roofs, and one had a roof made of slate, iron or tiles. Two of the houses had three windows in the front, and one had four. All three houses had stables, cow houses, piggeries, barns and turf houses. Two houses had calf houses and cart houses. One holding also had a fowl house.