Leam West

Text - Mary Kyne, Hyperlinks - Antoinette Lydon.

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

An Léim Thiar is in the Electoral Division of Kilcummin, in Civil Parish of Kilcummin, in the Barony of Moycullen, in the County of Galway

Other forms of name.

The Irish form of the name is Léim.

Leam West
Leam West Boundary Surveyor
West Leam Barony Cess Book
Leam Mountain County Map
Leam West Local
West Lame Rector of Kilcummin
Leam Barony Map

Boundaries

Leam West is situated in the northern extremity of the parish, bounded on the N. by Bunnacul and Letterfore, on the W. by Illinny, N.E. and E. by Leam E., and Derryglin and S. by Glantrasna and Shannawona.

Area

The land is very bad, wet, rocky and mountainous. Contains 2,210 acres of land about 70 acres of which are under tillage and pasture, the remainder is mountain bog, and 138 acres of water. The old road from Clifden to Oughterard forms a part of its eastern boundary, also a bye road near its N.W. boundary.

A list of townlands that share a border with this townland:

This is a list of townlands that share a border with this townland.

Landlords:

Thomas B. Martin is a member of the Martin (Ross) family.

Martin (Ross) – The Martin family were established beside Ross Lake in the barony of Moycullen, county Galway, from the late 16th century, where they purchased land from the O’Flahertys. They were Royalist supporters and were dispossessed of their property in the city of Galway by the Cromwellians. Robert Martin received a grant of 2,909 acres in the barony of Moycullen, by patent dated 21 Aug 1677. Jasper Martin of Ross, who died in 1700, had two sons Jasper and Richard, from whom descend the two branches of the family settled at Ross and Ballynahinch. Nicholas Martin, who died in 1811, married Elizabeth O’Hara, daughter of Robert O’Hara of Lenaboy, and according to Burke’s ”Landed Gentry”, a grandniece of James O’Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley. Their grandson, James Martin of Ross, had sixteen children from his two marriages. His daughter, Maud, married H. Callwell and they were the parents of the author, J. M. Callwell. The youngest daughter of James Martin was Violet Florence Martin of the well known literary team Somerville and Ross. The Martins of Ross owned 5,767 acres in county Galway in the 1870s. They advertised the sale of their estate in the Landed Estates’ Court in May 1885.

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).

The Down Survey is a mapped survey. Using the Civil Survey as a guide, teams of surveyors, mainly former soldiers, were sent out under Petty’s direction to measure every townland to be forfeited to soldiers and adventurers. The resulting maps, made at a scale of 40 perches to one inch (the modern equivalent of 1:50,000), were the first systematic mapping of a large area on such a scale attempted anywhere. The primary purpose of these maps was to record the boundaries of each townland and to calculate their areas with great precision. The maps are also rich in other detail showing churches, roads, rivers, castles, houses and fortifications. Most towns are represented pictorially and the cartouches, the decorative titles, of each map in many cases reflect a specific characteristic of each barony. (http://downsurvey.tcd.ie)

Leam West – Down Survey

Down Survey Name: Leame
1641 Owner(s): O’Flahartye, Bryan (Catholic); O’Flaharty, Rory McMoyny (Catholic)
1670 Owner(s): Martin, Richard (Catholic)
County: Galway
Barony: Muckullin
Parish: Killcumyn
Unprofitable land: 1742 plantation acres
Profitable land: 78 plantation acres
Forfeited: 78 plantation acres

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

Down Survey website

The Tithe Applotment Books

About the Records

Tithes were a tax on agricultural produce which was payable by the occupiers of agricultural land. They were the main source of income for the parish clergy of the Church of Ireland (the largest Protestant church and the church established by law). However, in many parishes a large part of the tithes were ‘appropriate’, which meant that they were payable to a bishop, cathedral chapter or other ecclesiastical recipient, or were ‘impropriate’, which generally meant that they were payable to a local landowner. The parishes used in the Tithe Applotment Books are civil or Church of Ireland parishes, which often differ in name and territory from Catholic parishes, Acts of Parliament of 1823 and 1832 provided for the conversion of tithes into a fixed charge on land, and specified the average price of wheat or oats in the parish in the seven years before 1821 as the basis on which the tithes would be calculated. They also extended the application of tithes to pasture, where previously they had been levied only on tillage.

This change in the law resulted in the valuation of individual holdings in almost all parishes containing agricultural land, in order to assess the portion of the tithes for which each occupier of land would be liable. The apportionment was recorded for each Church of Ireland parish in a Tithe Composition Applotment Book. The information was collected and the amounts were calculated by two Parochial Commissioners, one of whom was appointed by the cess-payers of the parish and the other by the relevant Diocese of the Church of Ireland. This procedure was carried out in over 2,500 parishes between the years 1823 and 1837.

The Tithe Applotment Books are in a variety of formats, from a few pages sewn together to elaborately bound volumes. In most cases they are written in manuscript throughout, although some consist of manuscript entries on printed questionnaires. The information in the books is broadly uniform and generally includes at least the name of occupier; the size of holding, the valuation and the tithe payable. In some cases more detailed information is provided. Some volumes have maps and most have certificates and correspondence attached.

The sub-divisions of the parish were recorded. Some of these subdivisions, such as ploughlands, ceased to be in official use after the six inch survey of the Ordnance Survey was completed in the 1840s. Only productive land was subject to tithe, and the books usually distinguish between this tithable land and untithable land such as roads or mountains. Tithable land was in some cases classified by quality, and a money value was given to each class. In some cases the proportion of tithe payable to the rector, vicar or lay proprietor of the tithes was set out. The column for observations was sometimes completed, with information about commonage, for example.

There are a number of other points that should be noted. The acreages given in the Tithe Applotment Books are in Irish or Plantation measure, which is 1.62 times larger than statute measure. Only occupiers of land at the time of the tithe composition are recorded, so not all heads of households living in a parish at the time are included. Only rural areas are systematically covered, although inhabitants of towns who held plots of cultivable land are included. The equivalent tax in urban areas, Minister’s Money, has left few records.

The Tithe Applotment Books are an important source of information for a wide variety of researchers of pre-Famine Ireland. They provide the first surviving national list of the occupiers of land, and are used by genealogists as a partial substitute for returns of the 1821 and 1831 censuses of population, which were destroyed in 1922. They also record information on the quality of land, and provide information on pre-Ordnance Survey territorial divisions, some of which were not recognised after the 1840s.

The National Archives hold the original Tithe Applotment Books only for the twenty-six counties of the Republic of Ireland. The books for the six counties of Northern Ireland are held in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in Belfast. (http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/aboutmore.jsp)

Tithe Applotment of 1829

There was no listing for any people from Leam West.

http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?surname=&firstname=&county=Galway&townland=Leam+West&parish=Kilcummin&search=Search&sort=&pageSize=&pager.offset=0

Griffith’s Valuation 1850’s

In Griffith’s Valuation the area in Leam West was 2438 acres 19perches with a land value of £31 10s 0d. Value of Buildings is £2 5s 0d, and the total value is £33 15s 0d.

Occupiers of the Land

Occupiers of the land at this time were Patrick Toole, Patrick Connor, Henry Toole, Thomas Conneely, Richard Neville and Michael Connor.

The landlord was the Directors of the Law Life Assurance Co.

 Ownership of Land and Property

Patrick Toole owned a house, office and land. Patrick Connor, Henry toole, Thomas Conneely, Richard Neville and Michael owned a house and land a total of 2210 acres and 10 perches. 138 acres 2 roods 1 perch was under water. A total of 2348 acres 2 roods 11 perches.

Annual Valuation The total annual valuation of rateable property in came to £33 15s 0d.

Every family was rated £5 5s 0d for their land. The buildings for Patrick Toole, Patrick Connor and Michael Connor were rated 10 shillings each, Henry Toole, Richard Neville and Thomas Conneely paid 5 shillings each.
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&PlaceID=559544
Out Offices and Land
The out office was a farm building, a cow house, piggery or barn. The land was very poor and sterile and people were always poverty-stricken. At this time most tenants were trying to eke out a living on 5acres or less and a farmer needed at least 15.3 acres to survive.

Clachan: The Irish is ‘Clochán’. The houses in Leam East formed a Clachan. A clachan was a small traditional settlement common in Ireland until the middle of the 20 th century. They usually lacked a church, post office or other formal building. The origin is unknown but it is likely that they are of ancient root most likely dating to medieval times.

The Leam East clachan was a cluster of small single storey farmers’ cottages built on poor land. They were related to the rundale system of farming. According to David Lloyd, The Great Famine 1845–1849 caused such disruption to the social system that the clachans virtually disappeared.

People living in Clachans had the support of a tight knit community.

In some cases the clachans have evolved into holiday villages or one or two houses have been taken over turning smaller houses into agricultural outhouses.

Poor Law Union Ireland

In Ireland the Poor Relief Act of 1838 divided into districts or “unions” in which the local taxable inhabitants were to be financially responsible for all paupers in the area. In 1898 the Poor Law Union was adopted as the basic administrative division in place of the civil parish and barony. Further subdivision into 828 registration districts and 3,751 district electoral divisions followed. Townlands were not arranged according to these divisions with parish and barony retained as a means to make comparisons with records gathered before 1898.

The 1838 Act

The main provisions of the 1838 Act were: 

  • The extension of the existing Poor Law Commissioners’ powers to Ireland, with the appointment of Assistant Commissioners who were to implement the Act in Ireland.
  • The division of the country into Poor Law Unions based on Irish electoral divisions which were themselves made up from townlands.
  • The creation of a Board of Guardians for each Union, two-thirds of whom were to be elected, the other third to be appointedex officio.
  • The setting up of a workhouse in each Union.
  • The collection of a local poor-rate to finance the system.
  • Assistance for emigration.

Initially, 130 Unions were created, based upon 2,049 electoral divisions. The divisions were composed of town lands, a peculiarly Irish unit, traditionally of 120 Irish acres in area. (Between 1848 and 1850, an additional 33 Unions were created by subdividing and reorganizing the boundaries of some existing Unions, particularly in the west of the country.

Boards of Guardians were elected annually on 25th March. Only rate payers were eligible for election, which effectively disenfranchised most of the native Irish who were usually tenants at this time. Ratepayers were allowed between one and six votes depending on the size of a valuation of their property.

Census 1841/ 1891

1841 – 15 houses with 79 people

1851 – 11 houses with 73 people

1861 – 7 houses with 34 people

1871 – 11 houses with 51 people

1881 – 10 houses with 52 people (9 houses inhabited & 1 uninhabited) with 52 people (27 Males & 25 Females) with 13 outbuildings. Valuation of Houses & Lands £33 15s 0d.

1891 12 houses (11 houses inhabited & 1 uninhabited) with 59 people (32 Males & 27 Females) with 4 outbuildings. Valuation of Houses & Lands £34 1s 0d.

Townlands

A town land 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 1169. Leam West is a townland and other place names in or near this townland are:

Some other place names in or near this townland are :

Derrygawna (subdenomination)

Lough Crumlee (lake)

Loughadrehid (lake)

Loughatawny (lake)

Loughbofin (lake)

Derrygawna: The Irish version is Doiregamhna – oak of the milch cows. Other forms of the name: Derragowna – a sub denomination of Leam West. It was once a flourishing village but now it is without a house. Its exact location cannot be determined.

Crumlee: Irish version is Loch na Cruimleice – lake of the inclining stone. Other forms: Lough a Cruimleice – a small lake on the boundary of Leam East and Leam West.

Loughadrehid: Irish version is Loch a’ Droichid – lake of the bridge. Other form: Loughadrehid or Louhgh a Drehead. It is a small lough of 16¾ acres. One small island belonging to Leam West is in it on the boundary between Derryglinna and Leam West nearly parallel and on the south side of the old road from Oughterard to Clifden.

Loughatawny: Irish version Loch Tamhnaigh – lake of the field. Other form: Loughathownagh on the boundary between Derryglinna and Leam West.

Loughbofin: Irish version Loch Bófinne – lake of the white cow. It is 213 ½ acres with 5 islands – one island belonging to Derryglen on the boundary between Leam West, Letterfore and Derryglinna townlands.

1901 Census  Leam West

This is a return of the members of the family, their Visitors, Boarders, Servants who slept or abode in their house on the night of Sunday March 31st1901 in Leam West

There were 11 houses listed in the townland of Leam West. The people were all Roman Catholics and they were born in County Galway except for Martin J. O’Dowd who was the National School Teacher and born in County Mayo. There were 18 in total of farm buildings and out offices – 7 stables and 11 cow houses.

Class of House: The class of house depended on the materials used in the roof, walls, number of rooms and number of front windows. A 1st class house was considered the highest standard.

Walls of the houses: The walls were of stone, brick, and concrete or of mud, wood or other perishable material. The houses in Leam West were built of stone, brick or concrete. There were no mud cabins.

Roofs: Roofs were of slate, iron, tiles, thatch, wood or other perishable material. Most likely they were thatched as there were ample reeds for thatching in the lakes. Martin J. O’Dowd’s house was slated.

House Occupancy: Each of the 4 houses was occupied by one family.

Enumerators Extract

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000840187/

House & Buildings Returns

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000840188/

Out Offices & Farm Steadings

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000840200/

The people listed as Head of the Family were also listed as the lawful Landholder of the property.

House 1: James O Toole whose forename was Pat aged 34 was head of the family. He was single. He couldn’t read or write and Irish was his spoken language. He was a farmer who lived in a Class 3 house with 2 rooms and 1 front window. He had a stable and a cow house. One person occupied 2 available rooms.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Kilcummin/Leam_West/1394383/

House 2: Pat Toole aged 60 – a widower was head of the family. Living with him was his son Pat aged 17 who was single. They both spoke English and Irish. They were farmers and labourers. Pat didn’t read but his son Pat did read. They lived in a Class 3 house with one front window. They had a stable and cow house. 2 persons occupied 2 available rooms.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Kilcummin/Leam_West/1394384/

House 3: James Walsh a farmer aged 70 was head of the family. His wife Bridget 69 lived with him with their sons Patrick 24, Tom 18 and nephew Michael Connor who was 7. They all spoke Irish and English. Patrick or his wife didn’t read or write but his sons did. His sons were single. Patrick worked as a Railway Miles Man (he looked after a specified number of railway track miles on the Galway /Clifden Railway 1895-1935) and Tom as a labourer. Michael was a scholar. They lived in a Class 3 house with 1 front window. They had a stable and a cow house. 5 persons occupied 2 available rooms.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Kilcummin/Leam_West/1394385/

House 4: Pat Walsh a farmer aged 65 lived with his wife Bridget 70. They spoke English and Irish but didn’t read. They lived in a Class 4 house in one room and no front window. They owned a cow house. 2 persons occupied one available room.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Kilcummin/Leam_West/1394386/

House 5: Pat Toole aged 47; head of the family, a farmer lived with his wife Anne 40 and children – John 9, James 8, Martin 7, Barbara 6, Mary 4, Michael 2 and baby Margaret 9 months. The family could read and write and they spoke English and Irish. They lived in a Class 3 house with 2 front windows. They had a cow house. 9 persons occupied 2 available rooms.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Kilcummin/Leam_West/1394387/

House 6: Tom Conneely aged 80, a widower and a farmer lived with his son John aged 35, a farmer, who was single and Tom’s grandson Michael Conneely aged 8 – a scholar. They spoke English and Irish but Tom didn’t read. They lived in a Class 2 house with 3 front windows. They had a stable. 3 persons occupied 2 available rooms.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Kilcummin/Leam_West/1394388/

House 7: Michael Conneely aged 42 head of the family and a farmer lived with his wife Bridget 31 and their children – Mary 9, John 7, Michael 6, Thomas 4 and baby Bridget 4 months. Michael head of the family couldn’t read but his wife and school-going children could read and write. The family spoke English and Irish. They lived in a Class 3 house with 3 front windows. They had a stable and cow house. 7 persons occupied 2 available rooms.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Kilcummin/Leam_West/1394389/

House 8: David J. O’Dowd aged 47 a National School Teacher born in County Mayo lived with his wife Honoria aged 46 and their children – Martin 12, Mary A. 10, Michael 10, David J. 6, Honora 4, and Patrick 2. Catherine Thornton a general servant aged 20 lived with the family. David’s wife and family were all born in County Galway. They could read and write and they spoke English and Irish. They lived in a Class 2 house with one front window. The roof of the house was slated and they owned a stable. 9 persons occupied 3 available rooms.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Kilcummin/Leam_West/1394390/

House 9: Thomas Connolly aged 40 was head of the family. Patrick, a farmer lived with his wife Barbara aged 27 and their son Patrick 9 months. Mary Connolly – Thomas’ niece aged 9 lived with them. They spoke English and Irish. Mary could read and write but Thomas and Barbara couldn’t read or write. They lived in a Class 3 house with 1 front window. They had 2 cow houses. 4 persons occupied 2 available rooms.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Kilcummin/Leam_West/1394391/

House 10: John Connor head of the family aged 70 lived with his wife Mary 41 and their children who were all single – Tom 19 and Pat 17 – farmer’s sons, John 15, Mary 13, Stephen 10, Kate 8 and Mark 4. John, Mary, Tom and Pat spoke only Irish and they couldn’t read or write. The other children could read and write and they spoke English and Irish. They lived in a Class 3 house with 2 front windows.  They had 2 cow houses. 9 persons occupied 2 available rooms.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Kilcummin/Leam_West/1394392/

House 11: Patrick Connor head of the family, a farmer aged 67 lived with his wife Mary aged 50 and their children who were single – Michael 19, Patrick 17 (both farm labourers), Thomas 14, James 13, Mary 10 and Catherine 7 – scholars. The scholars could read and write but the other members of the family couldn’t read or write. They spoke Irish and English. They lived in a Class 4 house with no front window. They had a stable and cow house. 8 persons occupied one available room.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Kilcummin/Leam_West/1394393/

Leam West Census 1911

This is a return of the Members of families in Leam West, their visitors, boarders and servants who slept or abode in the house on the night of Sunday the 2nd of April 1911.

Description of the Houses

All the houses in Leam West were listed as private dwellings and were built of concrete or stone.  The roofs of the houses were of wood, thatch or other perishable material. Most likely they were thatched.  The homes of James Conneely, Thomas Toole and David O’Dowd were slated. The head of the families were listed as the landholders. One family lived in each property. They were all Roman Catholics. The Class of the house depended on the material used in the roof, walls, number of rooms and number of front windows. Most of the houses came under “2’ in the census form meaning that there could be 2, 3, or 4, rooms in the house.

There were 11 families in the town land – 33 males and 19 females a total of 52 persons. Between the families they had 25 farm buildings
Enumerators Extract

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002434501/

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002434502/

House & Buildings Returns

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002434503/

Out Offices & Farm Steadings

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002434505/
House 1: James Walsh 80 head of the family a farmer lived with his wife Bridget 72. They couldn’t read or write and they spoke Irish. They were married for 50 years, 3 children were born alive and 3 are still living.  Living with them were their sons Patrick a farmer aged 31 who spoke Irish, Thomas 25 a wool weaver and Michael Connor 17 – a servant both spoke Irish and English. They lived in a Class 3 house with 1 front window. They had a cow house and calf house. 5 persons occupied 1 available room.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Kilcummin/Leam__West/471181/

House 2: Patrick Walsh 76 a widower and a farmer lived in a Class 3 house with 1 front window. He had a barn. Patrick couldn’t read or write and he spoke Irish. 1 person occupied 1 available room.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Kilcummin/Leam__West/471182/

House 3: Anne Toole a widow, aged 50 and a farmer was head of the family. She lived with her son John 22 who was also a farmer. Martin 18, Barbara 17 and Michael 14 her other children were scholars. The family spoke English and Irish and they could read and write. Anne was married for 24 years. 8 children were born alive and 8 were still living. She was married for 24 years. She lived in a Class 3 house with 1 front window. They had a cow house, piggery and barn. 5 persons occupied 2 available rooms.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Kilcummin/Leam__West/471183/

House 4: Patrick Toole aged 80 a widower, farmer and head of the family lived with his son Patrick 28 who was single – a labourer. They spoke English and Irish. Patrick didn’t read but his son could read and write. They lived in a Class 3 house with 1 front window. They had a cow house, calf house and piggery. 2 persons occupied 2 available rooms.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Kilcummin/Leam__West/471184/

House 5: James Conneely head of the family and a Railway Ganger, aged 39 lived with his wife Rose 37 and children Bridget 11, Martin 9, James 7, Patrick 6, Kathleen 5, John 4, Michael 2 and baby Thomas 6 months. The family could read and write and they spoke Irish and English. They were married 12 years and 8 children were born alive and 8 are still living. Bridget Mc Tige 40, single and born in County Mayo was visiting them on Census night.   They lived in a Class 2 house with 4 front windows. They had a fowl house. 11 persons occupied 2 available rooms.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Kilcummin/Leam__West/471185/
House 6: Thomas Toole, aged 40, a farmer and head of the family lived with his wife Margaret 33. They could read and write and they spoke Irish and English. They were married 2 years but had no children. Thomas was a shopkeeper and a farmer. They lived in a Class 2 house with 3 front windows. They had a stable and a cow house. 2 persons occupied 1 available room.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Kilcummin/Leam__West/471186/
House 7: David O’Dowd 58 and head of the family lived with his wife Honoria 57 both National School Teachers. living with them were their children Mary 20, Michael 18, David 16, Honoria 14 and Patrick all scholars. They all could read and write and they spoke Irish and English. David and Honoria were 28 years married. 8 children were born alive and 6 are still living. They lived in a Class 2 house with 4 front windows. 7 persons occupied 2 available rooms. They had a Stable, Harness room, cow house and fowl house.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Kilcummin/Leam__West/471187/

House 8: Michael Conneely a farmer and head of the family aged 53 lived with his wife Bridget 41.They were 20 years married. 7 children were born alive and 6 were still living. They could read and write and they spoke Irish and English. Mary was listed as a farmer while the other children were scholars. They lived in a Class 3 house with 2 front windows. The owned a cow house, calf house and a piggery. 8 persons occupied 2 available rooms.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Kilcummin/Leam__West/471188/

House 9: John Conneely a farmer aged 42 lived with his wife Mary. They were 8 years married but had no children. They couldn’t read or write but they spoke Irish and English. They were farmers and owned a cow house and barn. They lived in a Class 3 house with two front windows. 2 persons occupied 1 available room.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Kilcummin/Leam__West/471189/

House 10: Mary Connor a widow aged 68and head of the family lived with her sons Thomas 30 a labourer and Mark 14 a scholar. She spoke Irish but couldn’t read or write but her sons could and they spoke both languages. She was 40 years married. 9 children were born alive and 9 were still living. She lived in a Class 3 house with 2 front windows. They had a cow house. 3 persons occupied 1 available room.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Kilcummin/Leam__West/471190/

House 11: Patrick Connor a farmer aged 76 was head of the family. He lived with his wife Mary aged 63. They spoke Irish but couldn’t read or write. They were married 30 years. 6 children were born alive and 6 were still living. Living with them were their children Michael 27, Thomas 23, James 21 and Kate 16. They were all single. The children could read and write and they spoke English and Irish. Michael, Mark and Thomas were labourers and Kate was a scholar. They lived in a Class 3 house with 1 front window. They had a cow house, calf house and piggery. 6 persons occupied 2 available rooms.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Kilcummin/Leam__West/471191/

People who lived here:

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.

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.)

Leam West 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° 25′ 39″ N, 9° 28′ 26″ W.

Original OS map of this area (Click on place name to view original map in new window.):

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

Leam West

Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website (Click on place name to view original map in new window.):

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

Leam West

Information from Google Maps:

Information from Google Maps:

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

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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/kilcummin/an-leim-thiar/

Galway Library Website

http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/asp/fullresult.asp?id=52856

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  • Would love to speak with relatives of the other families. I’m descended from Patrick Connor.

    By Kara (17/10/2015)

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