Carrownrooaun / Ceathrú an Ruáin

Carrownrooaun / Ceathrú an Ruáin

Compiled by Paul Greaney

Overview

Irish name: Ceathrú an Ruáin

English name: Carrownrooaun

Meaning: the quarter of Ruane, Rowan; the quarter of the red place

Area: 134 acres and 29 perches.

Field Names: None yet recorded.

Information from O’Donovan’s Field Name Books

Other names: Ceathramhadh Ruadhain, Carrowanruaun (B. S. Sketch Map), Carrorauan (Barony Map), Carrunerouine (County Book), Carrunneraune (County Book), Carrinruane (County Map), Carranowan (Crampton, Esq., Cahermorris), Caruanrooane (High Constable 1838), Carrorauan (Local), Carrorauan (Rector of Annaghdown).

Description: Michael Browne, Esq., Moyne, proprietor. All under tillage. The road from Galway to Tuam passes through the centre of this townland.

Situation: It is situated 2 1/4 miles East of Annaghdown Church. Bounded on the N. by Kilcahill. West by Kilgill. South by Racoona and Corbally, and East by Corrandrum.

Population Statistics

1841: 15 houses, 78 people (41 male, 37 female)

1851: 7 houses, 32 people (14 male, 18 female)

1861: 6 houses, 29 people (12 male, 17 female)

1871: 8 houses, 41 people (18 male, 23 female)

1881: 10 houses, 47 people (24 male, 23 female)

1891: 9 houses, 45 people (26 male, 19 female)

1901: 6 houses, 34 people (20 male, 14 female)

1911: 7 houses, 43 people (23 male, 20 female)

2011: 10 houses (incl. 1 uninhabited), 37 people (23 male, 14 female)

Tithe Applotment Books

Carranruane (sic.) is recorded in the 1824 Tithe Applotment Books as consisting of 81 acres in the possession of Thos Henaghan & Partners.

1855 Griffith’s Valuation

Griffith’s Valuation records Bartholomew Henehan and Martin Henehan as each occupying a house, offices and land; Daniel Hessian, Patrick Wall, Michael Crapton, and Michael McGlinn each held a house and land, while Michael Flaherty and Michael Browne (the owner) each held portions of land. The entire townland was held from Michael Browne of Moyne.

Valuation House & Field Books

The December 1853 house book entries for Carrownrooaun shows Bartholomew Henehan occupying a house and offices, Martin Henehan occupying a house and office; and Daniel Hessian, Patt Wall, Michael Craptor, and Michael McGlinn each occupying a house.

1871-1901 Deaths

Date	Townland	Name	Sex	Condition	Age	Occupation	Cause	Medical Attendant	Certified	Registered by	Link
08/07/1874	Carrowruane	Winifred Crofter	F	Married	27 years	Landholder’s wife	Decline, 2 years	N	N	Thomas Crofter, PAD	Link
07/08/1879	Carraruane	Margaret Glynn	F	Married	70 years	Landholder’s wife	Spinal disease, 1 year	N	N	Michael Glynn, PAD	Link
28/07/1883	Cararuane	Michael Glynn	M	Widower	70 years	Landholder	Chronic bronchitis, 12 months	N	N	Anne Glynn, sister, PAD	Link
27/02/1884	Carauruane	Catherine Henighan	F	Spinster	18 years	Landholder’s daughter	Morbilli, 9 days	N	N	Margaret Henighan, sister, PAD	Link
26/11/1884	Carowrowane	Thomas Hession	M	Bachelor	56 years	Landholder	Heart and kidney diseases, several months		Y	Mary Henighan, PAD	Link
27/07/1886	Cararuane	John Cain	M	Married	84 years	Landholder	Debility, 12 months	N	N	Mary Henighan, PAD	Link
08/04/1891	Carauruane	Bridget Ward	F	Widow	95 years	Herd’s widow	Senile decay, 3 years	N	N	Honor Ward, PAD	Link
05/05/1892	Caranruane	John Comer	M	Widower	78 years	Landholder	Senile decay, 6 weeks	N	N	Pat Comer, son, PAD	Link
06/04/1893	Carauruane	John Swift	M	Widower	87 years	Labourer	General debility, 3 weeks	N	N	Martin Hession, PAD, Kilgill	Link
01/06/1893	Carauruane	Dominick Heneghan	M	Widower	76 years	Landholder	General debility, 6 months	N	N	Martin Heneghan, PAD	Link
16/01/1894	Carauruane	Michael Crampton	M	Bachelor	80 years	Landholder	Chronic bronchitis, 3 years	N	N	Michael Fahy, PAD	Link
05/01/1894	Carauruane	Patrick Hession	M	Bachelor	11 months	Landholder’s infant	Pertussis, 5 weeks	N	N	Bridget Hession, mother, PAD	Link
04/11/1897	Carauruane	Mary Henehan	F	Widow	71 years	Widow of landholder	Severe cough, 3 weeks	N	N	John Henehan, son, PAD	Link
07/07/1898	Caruruane	Bridget Hession	F	Married	65 years	Landholder’s wife	Cancer of liver, 12 months	N	N	Ellen Curran, sister, PAD	Link
12/07/1898	Caruruane	Martin Henehan	M	Bachelor	4.5 years	Landholder’s child	Severe burn, 12 hours	N	N	John Henehan, father, PAD	Link
05/04/1899	Caruruane	Daniel Hession	M	Widower	75 years	Landholder	General debility, 2 years	N	N	Mary Curran, PAD	Link
29/07/1900	Caruruane	Bartley Henehan	M	Married	96 years	Labourer	Old age and general debility	N	N	Martin Henehan, son, PAD	Link

1901 Census

The 1901 Census of Ireland records the following six households in Carrownrooaun.

1. Thomas Henihan (54), farmer; his wife Mary (52); children Patrick (24), farmer’s son; Onour (22), farmer’s daughter; Martin (19), farmer’s son; Herbert (16), Michael (12), Denish (10), Mary (8), all scholars; brother Martin (60), and mother Onour (80), widow.
2. John Henihan (41), farmer; his wife Bridget (38); son John (5), scholar; and daughters Mary (3), Margaret (2), and Bridget (11 months).
3. William Ward (56), farmer; his wife Nora (46); daughters Bridget (15), Mary (14), sons William (13), John (11), Pat (9), and Martin (6), all scholars.
4. Patrick Coppinger (40), farmer; his wife Honoria (32), housekeeper; and sons John (3) and Patrick (5 months).
5. Thomas Crompton (60), farmer; and his wife Winifred (60).
6. John Lardner (65), farmer; his wife Bridget (65); and son Denis (23).

One house had a roof of slate, iron or tiles, with between ten and twelve rooms and five windows in front, qualifying as a first class dwelling. The remaining five houses had roofs of thatch, and between two and four rooms each. Four of them had three front windows, qualifying as second class, and one had two front windows, qualifying as a third class house.

A return of out-offices and farm steadings is not available for the townland in 1901.

1911 Census

Seven households are recorded in the 1911 census.

1. Martin Spelman (40), farmer and grocer; his wife Bridget (37) [nee Hession], married for 17 years with seven children born alive and four still living; children Joseph (9), Mary (6), both scholars and born in the United States; Bridget (3) and Patrick (1), both born in Galway; and brother-in-law Patrick Hession (53), army pensioner, late School and Gunnery RA.
2. Bridget Lardner (33), farmer, married for seven years with one child born alive and still living; and her daughter Delia (6), scholar.
3. Thomas Crompton (65), farmer; and his wife Bridget (40), married for under one year.
4. Pat Coppinger (52), farmer; his wife Norah (41), married for 15 years with eleven children born alive and nine still living; children Patrick (11), Thomas (8), Michael (6), and Mary (10), all scholars; Nora (4), David (2), and John (under one month).
5. John Henighan (52), farmer; his wife Bridget (51), married for 17 years with eight children born alive and seven still living; children John (15), farmer’s son; Mary (13), Margret (12), Bridget (11), James (9), Catherine (6), all scholars; and Martin (5).
6. William Ward (66), farmer; his wife Nora Henihan (55), married for 30 years with seven children born alive and still living; children William (26), John (23), Patrick (21), farmer’s sons; Mary (24), Martin (16), and Catherine (9), scholar.
7. Thomas Henihan (66),farmer; his wife Mary (66), married for 43 years with eleven children born alive and nine still living; children Martin (30), Denis (22), farmer’s sons; Norah (34), and Mary (20).

All houses had walls of stone. Two had roofs of slate, iron or tiles and were of the second class, one having between two and four rooms and five front windows, the other having five or six rooms and two front windows. The remaining five houses had roofs of thatch and between two and four rooms each. One had two front windows, qualifying as a third class dwelling, while the other four had three front windows and were second class dwellings.

Out-offices recorded are six stables, a coach house, five cow-houses, five piggeries, three fowl-houses, and five barns.

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