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Townlands Workshop

February 19, 2020 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

We will have a townlands workshop on Wednesday 19 February at 8pm in the Heritage Room, Old Girls’ School, Corrandulla, aimed at furthering our project on researching townlands in the parish. Pages have been drafted for several townlands – see https://annaghdownheritage.ie/townlands/.

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: [downloadhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1qBNq3t5z_x9FZFZjA2SXbzS1tOVseKIE4eGXuPIcfFk/edit?usp=sharing. It may be easier to select ‘File’, ‘Make a copy’ and edit the file in your browser if you haven’t got Microsoft Word installed on your computer. Make sure to share the file with the Heritage Society Gmail address so we can access it for publication.

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: https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/ – 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).

Townlands Workshop

Details

Date:
February 19, 2020
Time:
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Venue

Old Girls’ School, Corrandulla
Old Girls School, Carrowbeg South
Co. Galway, Galway Ireland
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