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Townlands Workshop
March 12, 2019 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
We will have a workshop on Tuesday next, 12 March at 8pm in the Old Girls’ School, Corrandulla, aimed at furthering our project on researching townlands in the parish. Pages have been drafted for Coteenty (see https://annaghdownheritage.ie/
All are welcome to attend – attendees are asked to bring along a laptop if possible.
RESOURCES
Townland volunteer list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SxtFyKNhJx3w8Jf8Ong3sqT_h2kXJpK0D7UalgvAzKc/edit?usp=sharing
Template: [download] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qBNq3t5z_x9FZFZjA2SXbzS1tOVseKIE4eGXuPIcfFk/edit?usp=sharing
Placenames: https://www.logainm.ie/en/s?txt=in:905&cat=BF
O’Donovan: http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/parish/8
Annaghdown population statistics: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VzG9RcBr3ULNd3tGXFLWTxEqKlp0Edp4qX1wJoh294o/edit?usp=sharing
Source for 19th century statistics: http://www.histpop.org/
2011 Census by townland: http://census.cso.ie/sapmap_2011/
Census – 1901: http://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Annaghdown/, http://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Killower/, http://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Liscananaun/
Census – 1911: http://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Annaghdown/, http://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Killower/, http://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Liscananaun/
Griffith’s Valuation: http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=placeSearch
Tithe Applotment Books: http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/pagestab/Galway/Annaghdown/
House Books: http://census.nationalarchives.ie/search/vob/index.jsp
Optional extras: could consider writing a few paragraphs on information from the following resources.
Encumbered Estates Court Records: http://paulgreaney.blogspot.com/2015/03/landed-estate-court-records-annaghdown.html
Schools’ Folklore Collection: https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes?p=2&o=Vol
Archaeological sites in the townland:
Buildings of note: http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=search&county=GA&method=quick – see the Muckrush page for an example of what might be done with this.
(NB names of current residents of a house or village/townland should not be identified).