Mullaghadrum / Mullach an Droma

Mullaghadrum / Mullach an Droma

Compiled by Paul Greaney

Overview

Irish name: Mullach an Droma

English name: Mullaghadrum

Meaning: the summit of the ridge; droim is a ridge, and mullach is a hilltop.

Area: 35 acres, 3 roods and 11 perches.

Field Names: None yet recorded.

Information from O’Donovan’s Field Name Books

Other names: Mullaghadrum, Mullach a’ droma, Mullaghdrum (B. S. Sketch Map), Mullaghadrum (Barony map), Mallaghadrum (County Map), Mullaghadrum (Local), Mallaghdrume (Local), Molaghdrom (Rector of Annaghdown).

Description: Proprietor Francis Blake, Cregg Castle. All under tillage. The Road from Galway to Headford forms its N. boundary, and also a bye road from ???.

Situation: It is situated 1 mile N. W. of Annaghdown Chapel. Bounded North Gurtroe. South by Drumgiffin. East Drumgiffin and West by Carrowbeg South.

Population Statistics

1841: 16 houses, 106 people (53 male, 52 female)

1851: 15 houses, 82 people (34 male, 48 female)

1861: 12 houses, 68 people (28 male, 40 female)

1871: 13 houses, 66 people (26 male, 40 female)

1881: 11 houses, 57 people (23 male, 34 female)

1891: 10 houses (incl. 1 uninhabited), 50 people (18 male, 32 female)

1901: 10 houses (incl. 1 uninhabited), 37 people (17 male, 20 female)

1911: 8 houses (incl. 1 uninhabited), 25 people (11 male, 14 female)

2011: 10 houses (incl. 1 uninhabited), 18 people (10 male, 8 female)

Tithe Applotment Books

Mulloghdrum (sic.) is recorded in the 1824 Tithe Applotment Books, with occupiers listed as Rev. R. Hardiman and Mr. Francis Brennan.

1855 Griffith’s Valuation

Griffith’s Valuation records the following heads of household in Mullaghadrum: Rev. Thomas Keaveney, Thomas Fahy, John O’Brien, Bryan Neill, Mary Clowe, John Ahern, Mary Wade, and Michael Clowe. Patrick Wade also held land in the townland. Most of the occupants were tenants under Francis Blake. Thomas Fahy, John O’Brien, Mary Wade and Michael Clowe were tenants of Patrick Wade, himself a tenant of Francis Blake.

Valuation House & Field Books

The October 1853 house book (page 1, page 2) for Mullaghdrum shows further households not recorded in the published Griffith’s Valuation. The following householders are recorded: Rev. Thomas Keavney, Thomas Fahey, Marten Hughes, John O’Brien, Mary Qualter, Bryan Neil, Mary Clowe, John Ahern, Patt Melville, Bridget Buckley, Gill Scully, Mary Wade, Patt Long, Michael Clowe, and Mary Clowe.

1871-1901 Deaths

Date	Townland	Name	Sex	Condition	Age	Occupation	Cause	Medical Attendant	Certified	Registered by	Link
20/02/1873	Crossroads	Kate Neale	F	Widow	70 years	Beggar	Dropsy & debility, a long time		Y	Margaret Neale, PAD, Cregg	Link
24/07/1873	Mullaghdrum	Celia Hughes	F	Spinster	2 weeks	Child of a peasant	Bronchitis 2 days	N	N	William Hughes, PAD	Link
05/10/1873	Mullaghdrum	Martin Hughes	M	Married	65 years	Labourer	Peupneumonia ?, a long time		Y	Anne Hughes, occupier	Link
15/11/1873	Crossroads	John Cosgrave	M	Bachelor	6 months	Child of a labourer	Scrofulous debility, a long time		Y	Martin Hughes, occupier	Link
24/01/1877	Mullaghadrum	Peter Mullavelle	M	Bachelor	1 week	Labourer’s child	Convulsions since birth	N	N	Patrick Lavelle, occupier	Link
09/03/1878	Mullaghdrum	Betty Lavelle	F	Widow	80 years	Peasant	Old age and chronic cough, long time	N	N	Patrick Lavelle, occupier	Link
09/01/1881	Mullaghdrum	Edward Cloe	M	Bachelor	53 years	Labourer	Smothering and cough, eight months	N	N	Mary Cloe, PAD	Link
09/02/1881	Mullaghdrum	Patrick Cloe	M	Bachelor	45 years	Labourer	Suffocative cough, seven days	N	N	Mary Cloe, PAD	Link
04/03/1881	Mullaghdrum Cross Roads	Thomas Fahy	M	Married	68 years	Labourer	Hepatitis, long time		Y	Honor Fahy, occupier	Link
27/04/1884	Mullaghdrum	Honor Hughes	F	Spinster	2 years	Peasant’s child	Croup, two days	N	N	Michael Hughes, father and occupier	Link
01/07/1885	Mullaghdrum	Catherine Finerty	F	Married	40 years	Shop dealer	Weakness and general breakup of health, one year	N	N	Martin Finnerty, husband, PAD	Link
06/07/1889	Mullaghdrum	Sarah Fahy	F	Widow	74 years	Beggar	General paralysis, one month		Y	Mary Forde, PAD	Link
23/12/1891	Mulaghdrum	Anne Staunton	F	Married	59 years	Thatcher’s wife	Ascites from liver disease, 6 months		Y	Thomas Staunton, widower of deceased and occupier	Link
13/11/1894	Mulaghdrum	Julia Lavell	F	Married	57 years	Wife of landholder	Typhus fever, 12 days		Y	Pat Lavell, husband, PAD	Link
23/12/1896	Mulaghadrum	Sabina Martin	F	Widow	65 years	Widow of farmer	Complaining of cough, 2 years	N	N	Mary Shaughnessy, daughter, PAD	Link
21/09/1901	Mullaghadrum	John Newell	M	Married	66 years	Blacksmith	Ruptured bowel and track?		Y	Bridget Newell, wife, PAD	Link

1901 Census

The 1901 Census of Ireland records the following households in Mullaghadrum.

1. Mary Hughes (57) [née Finnerty], farmer, widow; and her son Michael (25), farmer’s son.
2. Mary O’Brien (45), farmer, widow; and her niece Bridget McCabe (32), born in England, recorded as deaf and dumb.
3. James Healy (54) [O’Neill], agricultural labourer; his wife Bridget (36) [née Staunton, Mullaghadrum]; and children Anne (12), Maggie (10), Michael (6), scholars; John (3), and Thomas (11 months).
4. William Neill (75), farmer; his wife Margaret (64) [née Lardner]; son John (32), farmer’s son; and daughters Kate (26) and Ellen (24), farmer’s daughters.
5. Thomas Staunton (70), thatcher, widower; and his daughters Mary (32), cook (domestic), and Margaret (25), servant (domestic).
6. John Newell (60), blacksmith; his wife Bridget (54) [née Collins]; and children Patrick (32), John (30), Michael (27), blacksmiths; Kate (25), servant (domestic); Norah (14), Mark (13), and Peter (10), scholars.
7. Patrick Hughes (40), farmer; his wife Margaret (38) [née O’Neill, Mullaghadrum], and daughter Winifred (8), scholar.
8. Michael Clowe (70), bootmaker, widower; and his daughter Margaret (26), seamstress.
9. William Shaughnessy (35), farmer; his wife Mary (32), born in England [née Martin, Mullaghadrum]; and daughters Mary (4), and Margaret (1).

Four of the houses are recorded as being of the third class, with each of these having a thatched roof, two front windows and between two and four rooms. The remaining five houses were of the second class; one of these had a roof of slate, iron, or tiles, and the other four were thatched. Two had four front windows and the remaining three had three front windows. All had between two and four rooms, except for one which had five or six rooms.

One further unoccupied house was recorded on land held by Harward Wade.

Out-offices recorded in the townland were three stables, three cow-houses, two calf-houses, seven piggeries, seven fowl-houses, four barns, and three cart-houses.

1911 Census

The following seven households are recorded in 1911.

1. Pat Hughes (54), farmer; his wife Margret (50) [née O’Neill], married for 20 years with one child born alive and still living; and daughter Winnifred (18).
2. James O’Neill (68), farmer; his wife Bridget (50) [née Staunton], married for 26 years, with eight children born alive and six still living; daughter Maggie (20); sons Michael (16), farmer’s son; John (14), and Tommey (6), scholars; and daughters Katie (25), and Annie (23).
3. Mary O’Brien (70), shop keeper; and her niece Bridget McHale (50), born in England, recorded as being deaf and dumb.
4. John Neill (45), farmer; and his sister Ellen (33).
5. Michael Cloe (86), famer, widower; his son-in-law Pat Stanton (42) [from Gortroe], farmer; daughter Margaret Stanton (37), married for four years with one child born alive and still living; and granddaughter Mary Ellen (2).
6. Mary Stantion (40), farmer’s daughter.
7. Bridget Newell (65) [née Collins], farmer, widow, married for 39 years with twelve children born alive and ten still living; and her children John (38), blacksmith; Michael (34), blacksmith; Norah (25); and Peter (21), postman.

Four of the houses were of the second class; three of these had thatched roofs and one had a roof of slate, iron, or tiles. Each had between two and four rooms and had three front windows. The remaining three houses were of the third class, with thatched roofs, between two and four rooms each, and two front windows.

One unoccupied house is recorded on land held by Michael Elwood of Mullaghuttery.

Out-offices recorded are three stables, four cow-houses, six piggeries, two fowl-houses, a barn, a turf-house, and two cart-houses.

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