Glebe / An Ghléib

Glebe / An Ghléib

Compiled by Paul Greaney

Overview

Irish name: An Ghléib

English name: Glebe

Meaning: glebe

Area: 33 acres and 8 perches

Field names in this townland: None recorded.

Information from O’Donovan’s Field Name Books

Names: Glebe (B. S. Sketch Map), Glebe (Local), Glebe and Glebe House (Rector of Annaghdown).

Description: Rector’s Seat, who has it as a living. All under tillage. A road runs N. and South through the townland.

Situation: It is situated 1 mile S. E. of Annaghdown Church. Bounded N. by [Unable to read.]. South by Drumbaun. East by Slievefin and West by Creg.

Population Statistics

1841: 2 houses, 12 people (4 male, 8 female)

1851: 3 houses (incl. 1 uninhabited), 10 people (4 male, 6 female)

1861: 2 houses, 15 people (2 male, 13 female)

1871: 3 houses, 21 people (8 male, 13 female)

1881: 1 houses, 4 people (2 male, 2 female)

1891: 1 house, 3 people (1 male, 2 female)

1901: 1 house, 2 people (1 male, 1 female)

1911: 1 house, 2 people (2 female)

2011: 9 houses (incl. 1 vacant), 28 people (14 male, 14 female)

1821 Tithe Applotment Books

The Tithe Applotment Books make no mention of the Glebe, likely because glebe land was exempt from tithes.

1840s Griffith’s House Books & 1855 Griffith’s Valuation

Griffith’s Valuation records two houses in Glebe townland: Rev. Weldon Ashe held the Glebe house, valued £10, and was also the lessor of a further house occupied by Michael Hanly, valued at 10 shillings. Rev. Ashe was also the lessor of a school, valued at 15 shillings.

The July 1845 house book records Revd. Michael Seymour as occupier of the Glebe, having succeeded Revd. Richard Marley, whose name is struck out. The total valuation on the house was £13-6s-0d, with the price based on the dwelling, basement, return, stables and coach house, cow house, stables and store. A cow shed was recorded as ‘down’ during the revision of the book. The 1853 version of the book is in agreement with Griffith’s Valuation, except that Rev. Michael Seymour had not yet been succeeded by Rev. Weldon Ashe. Rev. Seymour is recorded as occupier of the Glebe House & offices, and the Parochial School House, while Michael Hanly is recorded as occupying a house.

1871-1901 Deaths

Date	Townland	Name	Sex	Condition	Age	Occupation	Cause	Medical Attendant	Certified	Registered by	Link
06/04/1871	Annadown Rectory	John Lees	M	Widower	58 years	Rector of Annadown	Sub-acute peritonitis, eleven days		Y	Thomas Scovell Charles Bigge Major 1/5 Fusiliers PAD Annadown Glebe	Link
21/02/1876	Annadown Glebe	Richard Legge Tyner	M	Married	47 years	Clergyman of the Church of Ireland	Phthisis, 2 1/2 years		Y	Kate Kennan, PAD	Link
29/09/1879	Glebe, Annadown	Mary Elizabeth Hamilton	F	Spinster	19 years	Clergyman’s daughter	Consumption, 2 years	N	N	Sam. D. Hamilton, PAD	Link
03/12/1881	Glebe Annadown	Samuel David Hamilton	M	Bachelor	27 years	Clergyman Clerk Irish Church	Phthisis, 18 months		Y	Caroline Hamilton, PAD	Link
08/07/1886	Annadown Glebe	James Stuart Cosbie Hamilton	M	Bachelor	18 years	Gentleman	Suppuration in the brain, 3 weeks		Y	William Connor, servant, PAd	Link
10/08/1888	Annadown Glebe	William Hamilton	M	Bachelor	32 years	Clergyman of the Irish Church	Phthisis pulmonum, 6 months		Y	John Hamilton, father, PAD	Link
19/02/1889	Glebe House, Annadown	John Hamilton	M	Married	79 years	Clerk and Canon of the “Irish Church”	Died suddenly, ten minutes	N	N	Isabella Jane Hamilton, widow of deceased, who found the body, Annadown Glebe	Link
07/01/1894	Glebe Annadown	George Abbott	M	Widower	80 years	Ex District Inspector RIC	General debility, six months, syncope, 4 days		Y	Robert Perdue, son-in-law, PAD, The Glebe, Annadown, Claregalway	Link

1901 Census

The 1901 Census of Ireland records one house in Glebe townland: Patrick J. Cunningham (29), farmer, lived with his wife Mary [née Swift] (33). Both were born in Co. Galway, could read and write, and spoke Irish and English.

The house was of the first class, having walls of stone, a roof of slate, iron or tiles, 13 or more rooms, and five front windows. The out offices comprised a stable, cow-house, piggery, boiling house, and barn.

1911 Census

The 1911 Census of Ireland again records one house in the townland: Mary Cunningham [née Swift] (40), farmer, a widow, lived with her daughter Delia (8). Both were born in Co. Galway and neither spoke Irish.

The house was of the first class, having walls of stone, a roof of slate, iron or tiles, between 7 and 9 rooms, and six front windows. There were ten out-offices recorded: a stable, cow-house, calf-house, dairy, piggery, fowl-house, boiling-house, barn, potato-house, and a shed.

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