Gardenham / An Garraí Mór

Gardenham / An Garraí Mór

Compiled by Pierce Murphy

Overview

Irish name: An Garraí Mór

English name: Gardenham or Garrymore

Meaning: big garden or tilled field

Area: 210 acres, 1 rood, 20 perches.

Field names in this townland: Not yet recorded.

Information from O’Donovan’s Field Name Books

Names: Gardenham or Garrymore, Garraidh Mór, Monisca, Gorree mór, Gorrymore (B. S. Sketch Map), Garmahon and Monisky (County book), Mininusky (Inq. Temp. Jac. I), Gardenham (Local), Gardenham (Tythe Applotment Book dated 1825)

Description: Annaghdown Parish section: It is the property of Joyce, Esq. Under tillage. Small portion the S. E. end is subject to Winter floods by river running beside. Lackagh Parish section: It is the property of Walter Joyce, Esq., Merview, of which 6 acres at the western extremity is bog, the remainder is cultivated.

Situation: It is situated 1 mile South of Annaghdown Church. Bounded by Liscanenaun, Baunmore, Barraville, Cregg, Aughlogeen, Tonnagarraun and Lackagh.

Population Statistics

1841: 28 houses, 192 people (102 male, 90 female)

1851: 23 houses, 129 people (62 male, 67 female)

1861: 19 houses, 105 people (51male, 54 female)

1871: 22 houses, 108 people (52male, 56 female)

1881: 18 houses, 109 people (48 male, 61 female)

1891: 17 houses, 107 people ( 49 male, 58 female)

1901: 15 houses, 79 people (44 male, 35 female)

1911: 14 houses, 71people (41 male, 30 female)

2011: 20 houses (5 vacant), 51 people (22 male, 29 female)

1821 Tithe Applotment Books

The following tenants are listed in the Tithe Applotments Books:
Edie Concannon, Pat Sheridan, Wm Sheridan, Wm Browne, John Kilgariffe, John Burk, Pat Murphy, Martin Forde, Thomas Davin, James Burk, Pat Laffey, John and Wm Laffey and Chas Eare.

1855 Griffith’s Valuation

The following heads of household are recorded in the Annaghdown Parish section: Michael Kilgariff, John Browne, Patrick Browne, John Kilgariff, John Laffy, Thomas Laffy, Peter Burke, Thomas Burke, Patrick Murphy, Mary Ford, Martin Ford,
Peter Fanning, William Hughes, Patrick Lowry, James Sheridan, Martin Caulfield, Matthew Craven, Redmond Murphy, William Hughes.

Lackagh Parish section: Matthew Craven and Redmond Murphy had land only in the Lackagh parish section; their houses were in the Annaghdown parish section. William Hughes and Andrew Forde had houses and land in Lackagh parish.

1871-1901 Deaths

Date	Townland	Name	Sex	Condition	Age	Occupation	Cause	Medical Attendant	Certified	Registered by	Link
05/03/1871	Gardenham	William Hughes	M	Widower	68 years	Peasant	General shaking, paralysis, a long time	N	N	Patrick Hughes, occupier	Link
04/04/1872	Gardenham	Thomas Forde	M	Bachelor	20 1/2 years	Shop Man	Phthisis pulmonulis, 2 years	N	N	Bridget Forde, PAD	Link
11/04/1874	Gardenham	Michael Kilgarriff	M	Married	70 years	Cart Maker	Chronic nephritis, a long time		Y	Patrick Fahy, PAD	Link
23/05/1874	Gardenham	Sabina Lowry	F	Widow	90 years	Peasant	Old age & exhaustion, long time	N	N	Patrick Lowry, occupier	Link
08/05/1874	Gardenham	John Kilgarriff	M	Widower	87 years	Carpenter	Bronchitis & debility, a long time	N	N	Patrick Lowry, PAD	Link
03/07/1874	Gardenham	Patrick Kilgarriff	M	Bachelor	2 years	Carpenter’s child	Croup, 4 days	N	N	Ellen Joyce, PAD	Link
07/02/1875	Gardenham	Patrick Kilgarriff	M	Widower	40 years	Carpenter	Liver & kidney disease, one year	N	N	Winifred Collins, PAD	Link
04/02/1875	Gardenham	Mathew Creaven	M	Married	77 years	Farmer	Old age & debility, a long time	N	N	Mathew Creaven, PAD	Link
07/09/1875	Gardenham	Mary Forde	F	Widow	60 years	Peasant	Chronic gastritis, 2 years		Y	Biddy Forde, PAD	Link
20/01/1876	Gardenham	Bridget Fannin	F	Married	50 years	Labourer	Bronchitis, a long time	N	N	Bridget Fannin, PAD	Link
19/10/1876	Gardenham	Margaret Browne	F	Widow	55 years	Labourer	Dropsy, a long time	N	N	Margaret Newell, PAD, Ballylee	Link
03/12/1876	Gardenham	Christopher O’Donnell	M	Bachelor	60 years	Boat builder	Delicacy and debility, 4 years	N	N	Mary Kilgarriff, PAD	Link
12/01/1877	Gardenham	Andrew Forde	M	Bachelor	78 years	Farmer	Paralysis, 5 days	N	N	James Joyce, occupier	Link
23/09/1879	Gardenham	Patrick Murphy	M	Bachelor	20 years	Labourer	General decay, 9 months	N	N	Kate Murphy, PAD	Link
27/06/1881	Gardenham	Patrick Murphy	M	Married	46 years	Labourer	Hepatitis, 6 months		Y	Michael Kilgarriff, PAD	Link
23/06/1881	Gardenham	James Joyce	M	Bachelor	9 months	Peasant’s child	Cough and smothering, 10 days	N	N	James Joyce, occupier	Link
10/08/1882	Gardenham	Kate Creaven	F	Widow	60 years	Farmer’s widow	Chronic nephritis, 10 months		Y	Delia Grealish, daughter, PAD	Link
22/11/1883	Gardenham	John Browne	M	Bachelor	6 weeks	Peasant’s child	Croup, one day	N	N	William Browne, father and occupier	Link
15/02/1884	Gardenham	Julia Brown	F	Spinster	15 months	Peasant’s child	Whooping cough, 7 weeks	N	N	Margaret Brown, aunt, PAD	Link
07/05/1884	Gardenham	John Laffy	M	Married	69 years	Labourer	Extensive scrofulous swelling round the throat, 18 months	N	N	Bridget Greaney, PAD	Link
06/01/1885	Gardenham	John Kilgarriff	M	Bachelor	8 months	Carpenter’s child	Hoarseness, 6 weeks	N	N	Michael Kilgarriff, father and occupier	Link
04/10/1885	Gardenham	John Browne	M	Married	73 years	Peasant	Hepatitis, 3 months		Y	Margaret Browne, wife, PAD	Link
07/10/1886	Gardenham	Patrick Brown	M	Bachelor	6 months	Farmer’s child	Convulsions, 3 days	N	N	William Brown, father and occupier	Link
12/12/1886	Gardenham	Grace Forde	F	Spinster	80 years	None	Weakness and debility, 2 weeks	N	N	James Joyce, occupier	Link
03/09/1887	Gardenham	Peter Burke	M	Widower	68 years	Labourer	Weakness and exhaustion, 16 months	N	N	Peter Burke, grandson, PAD	Link
27/11/1888	Gardenham	Mary Browne	F	Married	28 years	None	Phthisis pulmonum, 6 months		Y	Bridget Cunningham, PAD, Cantony	Link
19/04/1890	Gardenham	Honor Fannin	F	Spinster	65 years	Labourer	Smothering, two days	N	N	Mary Kilgarif, PAD	Link
09/04/1890	Gardenham	Mary Burke	F	Widow	80 years	Peasant	Cough and smothering, 3 days	N	N	Mary Kilgarif, PAD	Link
09/05/1892	Gardenham	Helena Kilgarriff	F	Spinster	17 months	Carpenter’s child	Croup, 2 days	N	N	Margaret Kilgarriff, sister, PAD	Link
12/11/1893	Gardenham	Bridget Kilgarriff	F	Widow	69 years	Housekeeper	General paralysis and cough, 4 months	N	N	Michael Kilgarriff, son, PAD	Link
12/03/1895	Gardenham	Margaret Laffy	F	Married	64 years	Wife of labourer	Chronic nephritis and odema of lungs, 3 years		Y	Margaret Laffy, daughter, PAD	Link
11/11/1896	Gardenham	Honor Kilgarriff	F	Spinster	60 years	Housekeeper	Chronic cough, 2 years	N	N	Winifred Laffy, niece, PAD	Link
22/06/1897	Gardenham	Julia Forde	F	Widow	82 years	Widow of landholder	Bronchitis, 2 years	N	N	Thomas Forde, grandson, PAD	Link
09/11/1897	Gardenham	Patrick Lowry	M	Married	60 years	Weaver	General debility, two years	N	N	Michael Lowry, son, PAD	Link
19/11/1897	Gardenham	Maria Brown	F	Spinster	18 years	Daughter of landholder	Typhoid, 12 days		Y	Delia Brown, sister, PAD	Link
29/08/1898	Gardenham	Margret Browne	F	Widow	62 years	Widow of landholder	General debility, 1 month	N	N	William Browne, son of deceased	Link
04/03/1899	Gardenham	Thomas Healy	M	Bachelor	24 years	Son of landholder	Phthisis, 1 year		Y	Michael Healy, brother	Link
11/3/1899	Gardenham	Martin Forde	M	Bachelor	10 months	Son of landholder	Rash in body, 6 months	N	N	Julia Forde, mother	Link
14/04/1901	Gardenham	Mary Murphy	F	Married	23 years	Wife of labourer	Phthisis, 1 year	N	N	Bridget Burke, sister, PAD	Link
02/10/1901	Gardenham	Winifred Laffy	F	Married	40 years	Housekeeper	Consumption, 6 months		Y	John Laffy, husband, PAD	Link

1901 Census

The 1901 Census of Ireland records the following 15 houses in Gardenham/Garrymore, 11 in Annaghdown Parish and 4 in Lackagh Parish.

Annaghdown Parish

1. Martin Browne (60), his wife Mary (50) and their children Patrick (30),Thomas (20) and Michael (16).
2. Thomas Kilgariff (80), not married; lived with his sister Margaret Collins (69) (widow), a housekeeper, and her children John Collins (40) and Mary (34), farmer’s daughter.
3. John Burke (50), his wife Honor (45), and children Peter (20) labourer, Mary (19), labourer, Walter (17) labourer, Michael (15), scholar, Bridget (13), scholar, and Norah (3).
4. Bridget Murphy (65), widow, farmer, lived with her son William (28).
5. Martin Forde (50), and his wife Mary (40), lived with their children Pat Forde (19), and Bridget Forde (15), their married daughter Mary Murphy (24), labourer’s wife, and Martin’s sister Bridget (60), domestic servant.
6. Thomas Forde (46), farmer, and his wife Julia (35) lived with their daughter Mary (7).
7. Michael Lowery (32) lived with his mother Ellen (60), widow. Michael was a wool weaver and his mother was a wool carder.
8. Michael Laffey (67), widower, lived with his son Thomas (36), and Thomas’s wife Winnie, and their sons John (12) and Michael (3 months). 
9. John Laffey (40), farmer, and his wife Winnie (39), lived with their son John (12), daughter Maggie (8), and son Patrick (7).
10. Thomas Fanning (48), farmer, and his wife Mary (30), lived with his brother John (40), labourer, and their children Peter (9), Myles (7), and Bridget (4).
11. Michael Browne(55) farmer and his wife Honor(40) lived with their children, John(19), William(11), Mary(14) and Patrick(7)

Lackagh Parish

1. James Joyce (62), farmer, his wife Ellen, their children Pat (41), John (39) and John’ wife Kate [née Murphy], Delia (19), Mary (11 months) [John and Kate’s daughter].
2. Patrick Hughes (62), his wife Mary and their children, John (29), James (27), Martin (14), Mary (20), Anne, (18) and Patrick (12), scholar.
3. William Browne (50), (widower), farmer, his son Joseph (15) and daughter Katie (8), scholar.
4. Edward Grealish (60), his wife Delia [née Creaven] and their children, Mathew (19), Michael (17) and Thomas (10), Annie (9), Bridget (7), Joseph (5) scholars and Maggie (2).

All houses had thatched roofs. Seven were of the second class and eight were third class. Seven had two windows, six had three windows and one had four windows.

All families had two, three, four or five out-offices except Michael Lowry, who had one (a piggery) and John Laffey who no out-offices.

1911 Census

The 1911 Census records 14 houses in Gardenham/Garrymore: 11 in Annaghdown Parish and 3 in Lackagh Parish.

Annaghdown Parish

1. Martin Browne (70) lived with his wife Mary (68) and their sons Patrick (38) and Thomas (30).
2. John Collins (56) lived with his sister Mary (44).
3. John Burke (63) lived with his wife Honor (57) and their children Watt (27), Michael (24), Bridget (24), and Norah (13).
4. Bridget Murphy (76), widow, lived with her son William (41), daughter-in-law Bridget (35), and grandchildren Patrick (4), Mary (1), Thomas (2 months) and her granddaughter Mary Joyce (11) [daughter of her widowed daughter Kate who was married to the late John Joyce from the same village].
5. Mary Forde (69) lived with her son Patrick (30), her sister-in-law Bridget Forde (74) and her granddaughter Kathleen Murphy (11).
6. Thomas Forde (60) lived with his wife Julia (52) and their daughter Mary (16). Two children were born but only one living.
7. Ellen Lowery (74), widow, lived with her son Michael (45).
8. Michael Laffey (80), widower, lived with his son Thomas (44), daughter-in-law Winnie (52) and grandchildren Margaret (12), Michael (10), and Thomas (7).
9. John Laffey (56), widower, lived with son John (23) a groom, Maggie (21), Patrick (18), and Willie (9).
10. Michael Browne (72), lived with his wife Nora (56) and their children John (27),Willie (21), and Patrick (16).
11. Thomas Fanning (60) lived with his wife Mary (59) and children Peter (18), Myles (17), and Bridget (14).

Lackagh Parish

1.  James Joyce (74) lived with his son Pierce (42) and daughter-in-law Mary Ellen [née Grealish], grandchildren, Delia (4), Ellen (3), Margaret (2), Kate (1) and James (4 months), and a farm servant Thomas Laffey (14).

2.  Patrick Hughes (73), widower, lived with his son John (34), daughter Anne and daughter-in-law Kate (25).

3.  Edward Grealish (68) lived with his wife Delia (53) [née Creaven] and their children Michael (28), Thomas (26), James (24), Patrick (22), Delia (18), and Joseph (16). 11 children were born but only 8 were still living.

All houses were of stone with thatched roofs. Nine houses were second class and five were third class.

Eight houses had three windows in front, five had two windows and one house had four front windows.

Three families had five out-offices, three had four out-offices, five had three out-offices, one had two out-offices.

Two families had one out-office: the Laffey family had a cow house (Michael Laffey), and the Lowery family had a piggery. [The Lowerys were weavers and may have been getting milk from neighbours as part payment for their cloth].

Congested Districts Board

In 1909 the land in Gardenham, owned by Pierce Joyce  of Merview, was bought by the Congested Districts Board.

In 1912, Major Sir Bryan Mahon sold his estate in Belleville (near Monivea) to the Congested Districts Board. They divided the land into holdings of circa 39 acres and built houses and out-offices on each farm and offered them for sale to small landowners from other congested areas in Galway. These farmers bought the holdings using loans from the British Government. Loans were to be repaid in the form a yearly rent or annuity in two payments annually. In 1914/ 1915 five families from Gardenham accepted offers of new holdings in Belleville. Their holdings included a 2 bedroom house with out-offices consisting of a barn, cow house, horses stable and a piggery and henhouse. The barn had a threshing/flailing machine which was horse powered from outside. It also had a hand operated winnowing machine.

The five families were Joyces, Brownes, Fannings, Burkes and Murphys. The descendents of these five families still live and farm in Belleville.

The land they vacated in Gardenham was divided among the families that remained. The Laffey family moved into the house vacated by the Joyce family and this was occupied up to the 1970’s.

Note: information in squared brackets, and the final section on the CDB, has been added by the author to the remaining information aggregated from the primary sources.