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 …

Toorard	Official Townland name
Civil Parish	Shrule
Barony	Kilmaine
Poor Law Union	Ballinrobe
County	Mayo
Registrars District	Cong
D.E.D.	Shrule
Area	408 A. 3 R. 9 P.
O.S. 6″ sheet(s)	Mayo 123
Griffiths Valuation	Poor Law Union of Ballinrobe – Page # 164

Census of Ireland 1901 Head of Household (B1).

Head of Household’s :: Name	Land Holder (Landlord)	Building type
Michael Garvey	Michael Garvey	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Michael Henelly	Michael Henelly	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
John Henelly	John Henelly	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Martin Mougghan	Martin Mougghan	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Michael Henelly	Michael Henelly	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Martin Monaghan	Martin Monaghan	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Denis Kenny	Denis Kenny	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Frank Kenny	Frank Kenny	Private dwelling with 1 rooms.
Pat Mohan	Pat Mohan	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Patrick Garvey	Patrick Garvey	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Patrick Murphy	Patrick Murphy	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Anthony Garvey	Anthony Garvey	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Anthony Garvey	Anthony Garvey	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
Thomas Fadden	Thomas Fadden	Private dwelling with 2 rooms.
		Private dwelling with – rooms.

Griffiths Valuation details :: 1848-54

Click on the Griffiths Valuation Page # 164 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 # 164 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 Biggins	Paul Ward
Thomas Davin	Paul Ward
James Garvey	Paul Ward
Margaret Garvey	Paul Ward
Mary Garvey	Paul Ward
Michael Garvey	Paul Ward
Thomas Garvey	Paul Ward
Andrew Heneley	Paul Ward
John Heneley	Paul Ward
John Sr. Heneley	Paul Ward
Redmond Heneley	Paul Ward
Persse Joyce	In fee
Francis Kenny	Paul Ward
Patrick Kenny	Paul Ward
Michael Monaghan	Paul Ward
Richard Monaghan	Paul Ward
Martin Murphy	Paul Ward
Michael Vaden	Paul Ward
Paul Ward	In fee

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.