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 …

Gortatober	Official Townland name
Civil Parish	Shrule
Barony	Kilmaine
Poor Law Union	Ballinrobe
County	Mayo
Registrars District	Cong
D.E.D.	Shrule
Area	171 A. 1 R. 7 P.
O.S. 6″ sheet(s)	Mayo 123
Griffiths Valuation	Poor Law Union of Ballinrobe – Page # 159

Census of Ireland 1901 Head of Household (B1).

Head of Household’s :: Name	Land Holder (Landlord)	Building type
Bridget Lynch	Reps of Charles Lynch Esq	Private dwelling with 1 rooms.
Thomas Connelly	Reps of Charles Lynch Esq	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Peter Lynch	Reps of Charles Lynch Esq	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Patrick Murphy	Reps of Charles Lynch Esq	Private dwelling with 3 rooms.
Bryan Ruane	Reps of Charles Lynch Esq	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Peter Ruane	Reps of Charles Lynch Esq	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Oliver Gar	Reps of Charles Lynch Esq	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Thomas Burke	Reps of Charles Lynch Esq	Private dwelling with 1 rooms.
Patrick Walsh	Reps of Charles Lynch Esq	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Patrick Sweeney	Reps of Charles Lynch Esq	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.

Griffiths Valuation details :: 1848-54

Click on the Griffiths Valuation Page # 159 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 # 159 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
John Bourke	Charles Lynch
Bridget Davin	Charles Lynch
Sally Kinary	Charles Lynch
Patrick Lyden	Charles Lynch
Edmond Lynch	Charles Lynch
John Lynch	Charles Lynch
Anne Mooney	Charles Lynch
Margaret Mooney	Charles Lynch
Sibyl Mooney	Charles Lynch
Bryan Ruane	Charles Lynch
Patrick Ruane	Charles Lynch
Peter Ruane	Charles Lynch
Michael ( Pat ) Togher	Charles Lynch
Michael ( Thos ) Togher	Charles Lynch
Catherine Walsh	Charles Lynch
Edmond Walsh	Charles Lynch
John Whelan	Charles Lynch
Thomas Whelan	Charles Lynch

Tithe Applotments :: 1828 – 38

Tenants Name in the records	Placename as recorded	Notes
Thomas Burke	Gurtatubber

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.