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 …

Mocollagan	Official Townland name
Civil Parish	Shrule
Barony	Kilmaine
Poor Law Union	Ballinrobe
County	Mayo
Registrars District	Cong
D.E.D.	Shrule
Area	185 A. 0 R. 6 P.
O.S. 6″ sheet(s)	Mayo 121 123
Griffiths Valuation	Poor Law Union of Ballinrobe – Page # 154

Census of Ireland 1901 Head of Household (B1).

Head of Household’s :: Name	Land Holder (Landlord)	Building type
William Glynn	William Glynn	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Patrick Laffey	Patrick Laffey	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Thomas O’Neill	Thomas O’Neill	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
John Gibsey	John Gibsey	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Patrick Gibsey	Patrick Gibsey	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
John Sheridan	John Sheridan	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Catherine Naughton	Catherine Naughton	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
John O’Malley	John O’Malley	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.

Griffiths Valuation details :: 1848-54

Click on the Griffiths Valuation Page # 154 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 # 154 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
Patrick Farragher	Nathaniel Briggs
Thomas Gipson	Nathaniel Briggs
Patrick Laffy	Nathaniel Briggs
Thomas Laffy	Nathaniel Briggs
Thomas Mahony	Nathaniel Briggs
Denis Melia	Nathaniel Briggs
Thomas O’Neill	Nathaniel Briggs

Tithe Applotments :: 1828 – 38

Tenants Name in the records	Placename as recorded	Notes
David Connell	Mycolga
Patrick Fallon	Mycolga
Patrick Farragher	Mycolga
Anthony Kenny	Mycolga
Mick Laffy	Mycolga
Owen Leonard	Mycolga
Pat Mahony	Mycolga
John Naughten	Mycolga

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.