Townland record details , townlands are the smallest official land division but many contain locally used placenames .
Explanation of administrative divisions such as D.E.D.s , Civil Parishs and Baronies , also some information on land measurement …

Cloonbanaun	Official Townland name
Civil Parish	Shrule
Barony	Kilmaine
Poor Law Union	Ballinrobe
County	Mayo
Registrars District	Cong
D.E.D.	Shrule
Area	311 A. 0 R. 19 P.
O.S. 6″ sheet(s)	Mayo 122
Griffiths Valuation	Poor Law Union of Ballinrobe – Page # 155

Census of Ireland 1901 Head of Household (B1).

Head of Household’s :: Name	Land Holder (Landlord)	Building type
Patrick Greally	Patrick Greally	Private dwelling with 3 rooms.
John Gavan	John Gavan	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Mark Connelly	Mark Connelly	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Michael Carroll	Michael Carroll	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
John Carroll	John Carroll	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Patrick Mellett	Patrick Mellett	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
John Dooley	John Dooley	Private dwelling with 3 rooms.
Patrick Nolan	Patrick Nolan	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Bridget Nolan	Bridget Nolan	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
James Walsh	James Walsh	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
John Cahill	John Cahill	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Ellen Bourke	Ellen Bourke	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Redmond Bourke	Redmond Bourke	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.

Griffiths Valuation details :: 1848-54

Click on the Griffiths Valuation Page # 155 to see a list of tenants with plot numbers to match the Griffith map.

Townland plot map Griffith’s final published valuation of South Mayo is dated circa 1854 due to the fact that Lady De Clifford is listed as owner of Dalgan and Patrick Kirwan owned it until sold in 1853 on account of the Encumbered Estates Act.The original surveys of Shrule were carried out in late 1838 ( from surveyors letters ). Click on the map on the left to see a larger version

The map has each renters plot numbered and recorded in the Valuation book so the exact location of your ancestors plot can be ascertained. Click on the Griffiths Valuation Ballinrobe Page # 155 to see a list of tenants with plot numbers to match the Griffith map.

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Tenants Name in the valuation	Landlords name	Comments
Martin Burke	Dominick O’Flaherty
Michael Burke	Dominick O’Flaherty
Ulick Burke	Dominick O’Flaherty
Martin Cahill	Dominick O’Flaherty
Martin Carroll	Dominick O’Flaherty
Patrick Carroll	Dominick O’Flaherty
Michael Commins	Dominick O’Flaherty
Michael Coyne	Dominick O’Flaherty
Thomas Curran	Dominick O’Flaherty
Patrick Dooley	Dominick O’Flaherty
John Fitzgerald	George S. Lynch
Richard Gavan	Dominick O’Flaherty
Thomas Grealy	Dominick O’Flaherty
Denis Killilea	Dominick O’Flaherty
Patrick Martin	Dominick O’Flaherty
John Nolan	Dominick O’Flaherty
Martin Nolan	Dominick O’Flaherty
Martin Sweeny	George S. Lynch
Patrick Sweeny	George S. Lynch
Patrick Walsh	Dominick O’Flaherty

Tithe Applotments :: 1828 – 38

Tenants Name in the records	Placename as recorded	Notes
Redmond Burke	Cloonbanane N
Martin Cahill	Cloonbanane N
John Carroll	Cloonbanane S
Peter Dooley	Cloonbanane N
Thady Gavin	Cloonbanane S
Michael Kine	Cloonbanane S
Patrick Lawliss	Balinagh
Thomas Martin	Cloonbanane M
Thomas McTigue	Cloonbanane M
Michael Nolan	Cloonbanane N
Martin Purcell	Cloonbanane M
Thomas Scahill	Cloonbanane N
William Walsh	Cloonbanane N

Placenames

Placenames mentioned in this townland are :

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Field Name Book

Field Name Book description from 1838/1839 noted by the surveyors who produced the O.S maps originally.

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The shrule.com placename database covers the Poor Law Unions of Ballinrobe and Tuam roughly a 15 kilometer radius centered on Shrule , the townland database covers most of Connaught in lesser detail .

Find ::

When searching for a placename type some or all of the word and click search. If you are unsure of the spelling try a part of the word . For example the placename Mocharra sounds like Moharra so if you search for arra you should find it. For example a placename record ( eg Rostaff ) gives the townland ( eg Moyne ) and the civil parish ( eg Shrule ) .

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Civil Parish details available :: 40

Abbeyknockmoy ,   Annaghdown ,   Athenry ,   Belclare ,   Ballinchalla ,   Ballinrobe ,   Cargin ,   Clonbern ,   Claregalway ,   Cong (Galway) ,   Cummer ,   Dunmore ,   Donaghpatrick ,   Kilbennon ,   Kilconla ,   Kilmoylan ,   Kilcoona ,   Killeany ,   Killursa ,   Kilkilvery ,   Killower ,   Lackagh ,   Moylough ,   Monivea ,   Killererin ,   Tuam ,   Ballinchalla ,   Ballyovey ,   Ballinrobe ,   Ballintober ,   Cong ,   Kilcommon ,   Kilmolara ,   Kilmainebeg ,   Kilmainemore ,   Moorgagagh ,   Mayo ,   Robeen ,   Shrule ,   Unknown ,   more to come . . . .

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Barony details available

Clare  ,   Kilmaine  ,   more to come . . . .

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Poor Law Unions details available

Tuam  ,   Ballinrobe  ,   more to come . . . .

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Land divisions and Administration

Go to the Map Resources page for descriptions and explanations of the land divisions used in genealogy plus explanations of terms etc…

Civil Parish Maps

There are two general index maps of the Civil Parishes , one for South Mayo and the other for North Galway . These correspond roughly to the Baronies of Kilmaine (Co Mayo ) and Clare (Co Galway) and show the civil parish boundaries and parish locations in relation to each other.

Townland Index maps .

Official O.S. townland names in Shrule parish

Unknown   ,   Ballisnahyny   ,   Ballycurrin Demesne   ,   Ballynalty   ,   Brackloon   ,   Brodullagh North   ,   Brodullagh South   ,   Bunnafollistran   ,   Cahernabrock   ,   Cloghmoyne   ,   Cloonbanaun   ,   Commons   ,   Cullagh   ,   Dalgan Demesne   ,   Glasvally   ,   Gortatober   ,   Gortbrack   ,   Kinlough   ,   Mocollagan   ,   Mocorha   ,   Mounthenry   ,   Moyne   ,   Ramolin   ,   Rooaunalaghta   ,   Shrule   ,   Shrule Town   ,   Toorard   ,   Cornehan   ,   if the place you seek is not here it’s not an official townland name , search or select the parish link to see all placenames in that parish.
There are townland index maps for Shrule and the surrounding civil parishes available below . They show the townland boundaries and main features of the Civil Parish . They can be useful in locating adjacent townlands or parishes to the one you may be researching.