Freaghillaun-beg

 

 

Freaghillaunbeg is in the civil parish of Kilcummin. The civil Parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish of Kilcummin, Galway West. In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same as is the case in the Kilcummin Oughterard area.

Freaghillaun-beg is in the Electoral Division of Gorumna, in Civil Parish of Kilcummin, in the Barony of Moycullen, in the County of Galway

Irish Form of Name: Fraoch Oileán Beag

Translation: little heathy island

Parish: Kilcummin

View all place names in this civil parish.

Other Forms of the Name with the authority source (if provided) in italics.

Freaghillaunbeg

Fraoch Oileán Beag

Fraoch oileán

Freighillaunbeg Boundary Surveyor

Freigh Island Barony Cess Book

Freeghillaunbeg or small Heath Island Local

Feaghillaun Barony Map

Feaghillaun County Map

Description:

Freaghillaunbeg contains 263 acres of rough pasture; situate W. of Freeghillaunmore and Clynagh Islands.

Situation:

In the sea, it belongs to the townland of Rossmuck.

Information from the Down Survey Website:

The Down Survey website will tell you who owned this townland in 1641 (pre Cromwell) and in 1671 (post Cromwell).

No information available.

Down Survey website

Griffiths Valuation 1850’s

No information available.

Information

What is a townland?

A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169.

Freaghillaunbeg is a townland.

Information and Census Information

People who lived here:

Nobody lived on this island from the 1841-1911 Census.

You can retrieve a list of people who lived in this townland from 1827 to 1911. This list is compiled from the following resources.

• The Tithe Applotment Books
• Griffith’s Valuation
• 1901 Census
• 1911 Census

List of nineteenth century and early twentieth century inhabitants. (Griffith’s Valuation has a link to this townland, however it is for Freaghillaunmore, a neighbouring island)

Church records of births, deaths and marriages:

Church records of births, deaths and marriages are available online at http://www.rootsireland.ie. To search these records you will need to know the ‘church parish’ rather than the ‘civil parish’. (The civil parish is the pre-reformation parish and was frequently used as a unit of administration in the past.)

Freaghillaunbeg is in the civil parish of Kilcummin.

Catholic parish:

This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.

• Clonbern & Kilkerrin in Galway East.
• Carraroe in Galway West.
• Kilannin in Galway West.
• Kilcummin/Oughterard in Galway West.
• Rosmuc in Galway West.

Church of Ireland parish:

This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.

• Kilcummin in Galway West.

In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but this is not always the case.

Maps

It is located at 53° 14′ 31″ N, 9° 45′ 46″ W. 

Original OS map of this area

Ireland was first mapped in the 1840s. These original maps are available online.

Freaghillaunbeg

Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website

Below is a link to the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website. It displays the original OS map that was created in the 1840s.

Freaghillaunbeg

Information from Google Maps:

You can use this link to find this townland on Google Maps.

Google Maps

Information from the National Monuments Service:

You can use this link to view a map of archaeological features. This link brings you to a website wherein you will have to search for your townland.

Archaeological map from the National Monuments Service

Townlands.ie Website

http://www.townlands.ie/galway/moycullen/kilcummin/gorumna/freaghillaun-beg/

Galway Library Website

http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/asp/fullresult.asp?id=52679