Shanbally / An tSean Bhaile

Shanbally / An Seanbhaile

Compiled by Paul Greaney

Overview

Irish name: An Seanbhaile

Irish pronunciation:

English name: Shanbally

Meaning: the old town/village

Area: 165 acres and 29 perches.

Field Names: None yet recorded.

Information from O’Donovan’s Field Name Books

Other names: Shanbally, Sean bhaile, Shanmhallagh (Bostoon!), Shanbally (B. S. Sketch Map),
Shanwalla (Barony Map), Shanwalla (County Map), Shanbally (High Constable, 1838), Shanbally (Inq. Temp. Car. I), Shanbuoly (Inq. Temp. Gal. III), Shanvally (Inq. Temp. Iac. I), Shanwalla or old village (Local), Shanbalea (Rector of Annaghdown).

Description: Proprietor Walter Lynch, Esq. All under tillage except about 6 acres of flooded bog.

Situation: It is situated 1 mile East of Corrandulla Chapel. Bounded North by Grange. South by Mace. East by Currandulla and West by Annagh..

Population Statistics

1841: 13 houses, 75 people (33 male, 42 female)

1851: 3 houses, 24 people (12 male, 12 female)

1861: 3 houses, 22 people (9 male, 13 female)

1871: 3 houses, 18 people (9 male, 9 female)

1881: 5 houses, 26 people (15 male, 11 female)

1891: 5 houses, 29 people (17 male, 12 female)

1901: 6 houses, 34 people (17 male, 17 female)

1911: 6 houses, 34 people (18 male, 16 female)

2011: Not available.

Tithe Applotment Books

Shanbally is recorded in the 1824 Tithe Applotment Books as the property of Sir TB Lynch. Occupiers listed are Fras [Francis] & Thos [Thomas] Killiea and J Grealy, who held a total of 87 acres.

1855 Griffith’s Valuation

Griffith’s Valuation records three heads of household in Shanbally: Thomas Malley, Bryan Shaughnessy, and Patrick Killilea, each of whom held a house, office, and land from Mark Lynch. John Ford also held land, while the landlord Mark Lynch held a portion of bog in fee.

Valuation House & Field Books

The 1845 house book for Shanbally records Thomas Killela [Killilea] as occupier of a dwelling together with return, barn & stable, fowl house, cow house and car house.

The 1853 house book records the Thomas Mally, Bryan Shaughnessy and Pat Killilea as occuping a house and offices. Timothy Newell (Smith) is also recorded as occupier of a forge.

1871-1901 Deaths

Date	Townland	Name	Sex	Condition	Age	Occupation	Cause	Medical Attendant	Certified	Registered by	Link
06/05/1872	Shanbally	Honor Neale	F	Spinster	57 years	Pauper	Asthma & bronchitis, a long time		Y	Kate Greally, occupier	Link
25/08/1877	Shanbally	Honor Shaughnessy	F	Married	60 years	Peasant	Cerebral hemmorhage, 18 months		Y	Brian Shaughnessy, occupier	Link
11/02/1878	Shanbally	Michael Greally	M	Widower	70 years	Herd	Dyspnea and cough, one week	N	N	Honor Grealy, occupier	Link
23/04/1878	Shanbally	Bridget Malley	F	Spinster	4 weeks	Labourer’s child	Died very suddenly	N	N	Mary Malley, PAD	Link
13/05/1879	Shanbally	Brian Shaughnessy	M	Widower	60 years	Peasant	Bronchitis & anasarea, 2 weeks		Y	John Killilea, PAD	Link
06/12/1882	Shanbally	Charles Carr	M	Bachelor	70 years	Labourer	Weakness and debility, one month	N	N	Thomas Killilea, occupier	Link
12/06/1883	Shanbally	Bridget Malley	F	Widow	65 years, 6 months	Housekeeper	Pain and costipation of the bowels, two days	N	N	Michael Malley, PAD	Link
28/03/1888	Shanbally	Patrick Shaughnessy	M	Bachelor	22 years	Peasant	Consumption, 12 months	N	N	Frank Shaughnessy, brother and occupier	Link
03/02/1893	Shanbally	Bridget Killilea	F	Spinster	1 month	Peasant’s child	Convulsions, 1 day	N	N	Thomas Killilea, father and occupier	Link
14/01/1896	Shanbally	Catherine Commins	F	Widow	85 years	Widow of farmer	Old age and general debility	N	N	Margaret Forde, daughter, PAD	Link
17/11/1897	Shanbally	Mary Kililea	F	Widow	83 years	Landholder	Cancer of throat, 12 months	N	N	Thomas Kililea, son, PAD	Link
23/04/1899	Shanbally	Patrick Killilea	M	Bachelor	5 months	Son of landholder	Gastritis, 3 days	N	N	Martin Killilea, father	Link

1901 Census

The 1901 Census of Ireland records the following six households in Shanbally.

1. Thomas Killilea (49), farmer; his wife Mary (32); and daughters Margaret (7), Julia (5), scholars, Mary (3), and Bridget (1).
2. John Killilea (51), farmer; his wife Mary (34) [née Fahy, Annagh East]; and son Michael (7 months), infant.
3. Francis Shaughnessy (38), farmer; his wife Kate (40) [née Greaney, Liscananaun]; children Honor (18), farmer’s daughter; John (16), farmer’s son; Patrick (14), Bryan (13), Bridget (12), William (10), Thomas (8), Mary (6), James (4), scholars; and Mary Quirke (70), lodger, nurse domestic servant, spoke Irish only.
4. Michael Melia (66), farmer; his wife Mary (60) [née Welby, Knockkillaree, Oughterard]; son John (28), farmer’s son; and daughter Bridget (20), farmer’s daughter.
5. Patrick Boyle (80), cottier; and his wife Bridget (60).
6. Martin Greany (48), carpenter; his wife Bridget (50) [née Curry, Annagh West]; sons Thomas (21), John (17), both carpenters; Peter (13), scholar; and daughters Bridget (9) and Mary (6), both scholars.

Each house was constructed of stone, had a thatched roof and consisted of between two and four rooms. Two of the houses were of the second class, one having four front windows and the other three. The remaining four houses were of the third class; each had two front windows.

Out-offices recorded in the townland were four stables, four cow-houses, five piggeries, a fowl-house, four barns, a workshop, and four cart-houses.

1911 Census

The same six households appear in 1911.

1. Patrick Boyle (90), cottier; and his wife Bridget (75), married for eight years with no children born alive. Bridget spoke Irish only.
2. Martin Greaney (55), carpenter; his wife Bridget (57) [née Curry, Annagh West], carpenter, married for 34 years with five children born alive and still living; and children Thomas (31), John (26), Peter (23), Bridget (19), and Mary (16), all carpenters.
3. John Killilea (68), farmer; his wife Mary (52) [née Fahy, Annagh East], married for 14 years with four children born alive and two still living; and sons Michael (12) and Francis (10).
4. Thomas Killilea (60), farmer; his wife Mary (45) [née Casey, Barranny], married for 19 years, with eleven children born alive and eight still living; and children Margaret (17), farmer’s daughter; Julia (15), Mary (13), Bridget (12), Norah (6), Patrick (4), Ellen (2), and Katie (2 months), all scholars.
5. Frank Shaughnessy (50), farmer; his wife Kate (53) [née Greaney, Liscananaun], married for 30 years with nine children born alive and eight still living; children Patt (24), Willie (20), Thomas (18), farmer’s sons; Mary (16), farmer’s daughter; James (14), scholar; and grandson John Davin (2 months), infant.
6. John Melia (43), farmer; his wife Maria (37) [née Murphy, Ballymurphy], married for two years with no children born alive; and servant Martin Scully (38).

Each house was constructed of stone, had a thatched roof and consisted of between two and four rooms. Four of the houses were of the second class, one having four front windows and the other three having three front windows. The remaining two houses were of the third class; each had two front windows.

Out-offices recorded in the townland were four stables, five cow-houses, six piggeries, five barns, a workshop, and six sheds.

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