Lettermuckoo (Leitir Mucú)

Antoinette Ldyon

Lettermuckoo 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.

Irish Form of Name: Leitir Mucadh

Translation: hill side of the swine

Civil Parish: Kilcummin
View all place names in this civil parish.

Leitir Mucú is in the Electoral Division of Camus, in Civil Parish of Kilcummin, in the Barony of Moycullen, in the County of Galway

The English name for Leitir Mucú is Lettermuckoo

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

Lettermuckoo
Leitir Mucadh
Leitir mucadh
Lettermuckoo Barony Cess Book
Littermacoo Barony Map
Lettermuckoo Boundary Surveyor
Littermuckoo County Map
de qr vocat Letermuckoe Inquis. Temp. Eliz
Lettermuckoo Local

Description:

Lettermuckoo contains 2,212¾ acres of land about 90 acres of which are under tillage and pasture and 283 ¼ acres of water. Land very bad Lough Glannamurrin together with its islands (five of which belong to this townland) forms part of its eastern boundary.

Situation:

Situated in the southern extremity of the parish.

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

Some other placenames in or near this townland are…

Information from Joyce’s Place names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:

Lettermuck in Derry; of the pigs. Lettermuckoo in Galway; Leitir-mucadh (with the usual western pronunciation of adh), same meaning.

Landlord/Proprietor:

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

Landed Estates Database:

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.
Martin (Ballynahinch) – A branch of the Anglo Norman family of Martin, one of the Tribes of Galway, was granted the O’Flaherty lands in the Connemara region in the mid 17th century. This family were a junior branch of the Martins of Ross and under the Acts of Settlement were granted vast estates in counties Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Clare and Sligo. By a patent dated 1698 they were confirmed in the possession of their Connemara estate known as the Manor of Claremount by King William. The Westport Estate Papers document the sale of over 27,000 acres in the baronies of Moycullen and Ballynahinch by the trustees for the sale of Colonel John Browne’s estate to John Edwards for Richard Martin in 1699. The early generations of Martins lived at Birch Hall and Dangan, in the townland of Oranhill, parish of Rahoon, near Galway city. Richard Martin, better known as ‘Humanity Dick’, was the first member of the family to be reared as a Protestant. He was a famous duellist and founded the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Ballynahinch Castle was built in the centre of his estate. His son Thomas Martin died in 1847 during the Famine and Thomas’s only daughter and heir, Mary Laetita, inherited a heavily encumbered estate. She married her cousin, Arthur Gonne Bell, and died in New York in 1850. The Martin estates were offered for sale in two sections in 1849. Their property close to Galway town included Dangan, Corcullen, Bushypark and Killeen. Their Connemara estate was acquired by the Law Life Assurance Society in 1852, to whom it was heavily mortgaged. In 1853 the estate of almost 200,000 acres was surveyed by Thomas Colville Scott for a prospective buyer. Richard Martin, second son of Richard ‘Humanity Dick’ Martin of Ballynahinch, is recorded as holding five townlands in the parish of Killannin, barony of Moycullen, county Galway, at the time of Griffith’s Valuation although he emigrated to Canada in 1833. He was also recorded as the occupier of Clareville, a Martin home in the village of Oughterard. Many of his descendants still reside in Canada. http://www.martinhistory.net/

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)

Townland of LETTERMUCKOO

Down Survey Name: Littermacoe
1641 Owner(s): Martin, Stephen (Catholic)
1670 Owner(s): Meredith, Sir Thomas (Protestant)
County: Galway
Barony: Muckullin
Parish: Killcumyn
Unprofitable land: 2100 plantation acres
Profitable land: 110 plantation acres
Forfeited: 110 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 was ‘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 plough lands, 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 recognized 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 – 1829

John Conneely, Patt Conneely, Francis Gaughagan, Thos Joyce, John Neigh, Martin Rubbery & John Walsh had 15 acres of land; 5 acres of 2nd quality land with a fee of 1s per acre, 5 acres of 3rd quality with a fee of 3d per acre & 5 acres of 4^th quality land with a fee of ½d per acre.

The Tithes were payable to Richard Martin Esq. Reverend James Daly & Reverend John Wilson.

http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/reels/tab//004587459/004587459_00439.pdf

Griffith Valuation 1855

In Griffith’s Valuation the area in Lettermuckoo was a total of 2482 acres, 3 rood & 26 perch. 2163 acres 1 rood & 37 perch of land, houses & offices with a value of £20-0s-0d (Land) & £1-5s-0d (Buildings). 319 acres 1 rood & 29 perch of Water. Total rateable valuation value was £21-5s-0d.

Occupier: Michael Walsh, Barth Naughton, Matthias Costello & Marcus Naughton.

Immediate Lessor: Directors of the Law Life Assurance Co.

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&PlaceID=559187

View the heads of households in the townland at this time.

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. Lettermuckoo is a townland.

Population & Census Information

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 of this townland.

Census 1841-1891

1841 – 23 houses with 113 people

1851 – 11 houses with 60 people

1861 – 11 houses with 67 people

1871 – 11 houses with 60 people

1881 – 10 houses (8 inhabited) with 47 people (25 males/22 females). There were 12 outbuildings. Total Valuation of Houses & Lands £58 0s 0d.

1891 – 9 houses with 58 people (27 males/31 females). There was 8 Outbuildings. Total Valuation of Houses & Lands £58 0s 0d.

1841/1851 Old Age Pension Census Search Forms

Nee

An application was made by Nee from Lettermuckoo in the Parish of Kilcummin in the Barony of Moycullen. Reference # Cen/S/2025. No Record was found for 1851.

Barbara Nee 1841 search

An application was made by Barbara Nee. Address: Office of Customs and Excise, Oughterard, Co. Galway

Full Names of Father and Mother of the applicant: Mathias & Ellen Nee

Residence in 1841: Townland: Lettermuckoo. Parish: Kilcummin, Barony: Moycullen, County: Galway.

Date of receipt: 19 Sept 10 Reference: CenS/11/2025 Application No.d/10 206y6

Return searched by WHL 1/10/10 Particulars found: Found parents, no trace of Applicant Sheet 21

Application form

Census 1901 Lettermuckoo

This is a return of the member of the family, their Visitors, Boarders, and Servants who slept or abode in their house on the night of 31st of March 1901 in Lettermuckoo. There were 11 (9 inhabited) buildings listed in the townland of Lettermuckoo. 57 (28 females/ 29 males) were all Roman Catholics. The people that lived in Lettermuckoo were born in Co. Galway. The townland had 11 outbuildings, which included cow houses, barns & a potato house.

Enumerators Extract

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000838180/

House & Building Return

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000838181/

Return of Out Offices & Farm Steadings

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000838182/

House 1

Anthony Nee aged 70 was head of the family; married to Bridget aged 48. They lived with their children Ellen aged 27, John aged 21, Bab aged 19, Honor aged 17, Michael aged 15, Bridget aged 13, Anthony aged 11 & Thomas aged 8.

Anthony (father) was a farmer; he could not read or write and spoke Irish & English. Bridget (mother) & Ellen could not read or write and spoke only Irish. Bridget, Anthony (children) & Thomas were scholars. John, Bab, Honor, Michael, Bridget, Anthony & Thomas could read & write and spoke Irish & English.

They lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms and 2 front windows. They had a barn & a cow house. This was a private dwelling.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Camus/Lettermuckoo/1393037/

House 2

John Joyce aged 30 was head of the family; married to Annie aged 26.

John was a farmer & Annie was a farmer’s wife. John spoke only Irish; Annie spoke Irish & English; both could not read or write.

They lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms and 2 front windows. They had a cow house. This was a private dwelling.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Camus/Lettermuckoo/1393038/

House 3

John Connelly aged 38 was head of the family; married to Barbara aged 28. They lived with their children Pat aged 8, Bartley aged 5, Mary aged 3 & Micheal aged 11 months.

John was a farmer; Pat, Bartley & Micheal were farmer’s sons and Mary was a farmer’s daughter. John could read & write and spoke Irish & English. Barbara & the children could not read and spoke only Irish.

They lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms and 2 front windows. They had a barn. This was a private dwelling.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Camus/Lettermuckoo/1393039/

House 4

Andrew Reaney aged 50 was head of the family; married to Sarah aged 40. They lived with their children Maggie aged 23, John aged 21, Bartley aged 18, Martin aged 16, Micheal aged 15, Honor aged 9, Tom aged 7 & Mary aged 5.

Andrew was a farmer; Maggie, Honor & Mary were farmer’s daughters; John, Bartley, Martin, Micheal & Tom were farmer’s sons. Martin could read & write; the rest of the family could not read. The entire family spoke only Irish.

They lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms and 2 front windows. They had a barn & a potato house. This was a private dwelling.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Camus/Lettermuckoo/1393040/

House 5

John Walsh aged 50 was head of the family; married to Anne aged 40. They lived with their children Mary aged 4 & John aged 2.

John was a farmer; Anne was a housekeeper. The family could not read & spoke only Irish.

They lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms and 1 front window. They had a cow house. This was a private dwelling.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Camus/Lettermuckoo/1393041/

House 6

Pat Walsh aged 96 was head of the family; married to Mary aged 40. They lived with their children Julia aged 12, Peter aged 10 & Honor Kelly aged 60.

Pat was a farmer; Julia & Peter were scholars and Honor was a servant. Pat, Mary & Honor could not read and spoke only Irish. Julia & Peter could read & write and spoke Irish & English.

They lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms and 1 front window. They had a barn. This was a private dwelling.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Camus/Lettermuckoo/1393042/

House 7

Peter Walsh aged 50 was head of the family; married to Anne aged 46. They lived with their children David aged 22, Mary aged 19, Maggie aged 17, Kate aged 13 & Anne aged 7.

Peter was a farmer; David was a farmer’s son; Mary & Maggie were farmer’s daughters & Kate was a scholar. Peter, Anne (mother), Maggie & Kate could read & write, David, Mary & Anne (daughter) could not read. The entire family spoke Irish & English. David was listed as deaf.

They lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms and 2 front windows. They had a barn. This was a private dwelling.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Camus/Lettermuckoo/1393043/

House 8

Bridget Walsh aged 50 was head of the family, a widow. She lived with her children Maggie aged 16 & David aged 12.

Bridget was a farmer; Maggie was a farmer’s daughter & David was a farmer’s son. Bridget could not read; Maggie & David could read & write. All three spoke Irish & English.

They lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms and 1 front window. They had a barn. This was a private dwelling.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Camus/Lettermuckoo/1393044/

House 9

Pat Walsh aged 48 was head of the family; married to Katie aged 30. They lived with their children Bedelia aged 13, Catherine aged 12, David aged 11, Barbara aged 10, Patrick aged 7, Peter Joseph aged 5, Michael aged 3 & Maryanne aged 2.

Pat was a farmer; Katie was a housekeeper; Bedelia, Catherine, David, Barbara & Patrick was a scholar; Peter Joseph, Michael & Maryanne were children staying at home. Pat, Katie, Bedelia, Catherine, David, Barbara & Patrick could read and write. Peter Joseph, Michael & Maryanne could not read. The entire family spoke Irish & English.

They lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms and 2 front windows. They had a barn & cow house. This was a private dwelling.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Camus/Lettermuckoo/1393045/

House 10 was a private dwelling. It was not inhabited. It was a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms and 2 front windows. The landholder was Bridget Walsh.

House 11 was a private dwelling. It was not inhabited. It was a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms and 2 front windows. The landholder was Pat Walsh.

Census 1911 – Lettermuckoo

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

There were 9 houses listed in the Townland of Lettermuckoo. Of the people living in Lettermuckoo all 53 (30 males/23 females) were Roman Catholics.

People that lived in Lettermuckoo were born included Co. Galway. There were a total of 11 farm buildings and out offices, which included stables & cow houses.

Enumerators Extract

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002430832/

House & Building Return

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002430834/

Out Office & Farm Steading

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002430836/

House 1

Anthony Nee aged 78 was head of the family; married to Bridget aged 68. They lived with their children John aged 29, Michael aged 23, Bridget aged 21 & Thomas aged 18.

Anthony was a retired farmer. Anthony & Bridget (mother) could not read. John, Michael & Thomas were farmer’s sons. John, Michael, Bridget, & Thomas could read & write. The entire family spoke Irish & English.

Anthony & Bridget were married for 40 years; they had 11 children with 8 children living at the time of the census.

They lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms and 1 front window. They had a stable. This was a private dwelling.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Camus/Lettermuckoo/469844/

House 2

John Joyce aged 55 was head of the family; married to Anne aged 40. They lived with their daughter’s Mary aged 10; Bridget aged 7 & Honor aged 5.

John was a farmer. The family could not read or write; they spoke Irish & English.

John & Anne were married for 12 years; they had 3 children.

They lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms and 1 front window. They had a stable. This was a private dwelling.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Camus/Lettermuckoo/469845/

House 3

John Connelly aged 49 was head of the family; married to Bab aged 41. They lived with their children Patrick aged 18, Bartley aged 15, Mary aged 13 & Michael aged 11, John aged 9, Barbara aged 5, Bridget aged 7 & Edward aged 1.

John was a farmer; Patrick & Bartley were farmer’s sons. Michael & John were scholars. John, Bab, Patrick, Bartley, Mary, Michael & John could read & write. Barbara, Bridget & Edward could not read. The entire family spoke Irish & English.

John & Bab were married for 20 years; they had 9 children with 8 children living at the time of the census.

They lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms and 2 front windows. They had a stable. This was a private dwelling.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Camus/Lettermuckoo/469846/

House 4

Andrew Raney (Reaney on the 1901 Census) aged 72; married to Sarah aged 69. They lived with their children Pat aged 30, Martin aged 28, Michael aged 26, Nora aged 19, Tom aged 17 & Mary aged 12.

Andrew was a farmer; Pat, Martin, Michael & Tom were farmer’s sons. Andrew, Sarah, Michael & Mary could not read; they spoke only Irish. Pat could not read; he spoke Irish & English. Martin could read & write and spoke only Irish. Nora & Tom could read & write and spoke Irish & English.

Andrew & Sarah were married for 50 years; they had 11 children with 8 living at the time of the census.

They lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms and 2 front windows. They had a stable. This was a private dwelling.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Camus/Lettermuckoo/469847/

House 5

Colman O’Donnell aged 45 was head of the family; married to Maggie aged 32. They lived with their children Margaret Mary aged 5, Patrick aged 4, Colman aged 3 & Mark aged 2.

Colman (father) was a farmer. Colman (father) & Maggie could read & write. Margaret Mary could read; Patrick, Colman (son) & Mark could not read. The entire family spoke Irish & English.

Colman & Maggie were married for 7 years; they had 4 children.

They lived in a 2^nd class house with 2 rooms and 3 front windows. They had a stable & a cow house. This was a private dwelling.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Camus/Lettermuckoo/469848/

House 6

John Walsh aged 60 was head of the family; married to Honor aged 40. They lived with their sons John aged 15 & Pat aged 13.

John & Honor could not read. John (son) could read & write. The entire family spoke only Irish.

John & Honor were married for 21 years; they had 6 children with 3 living at the time of the census.

They lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms and 2 front windows. They had a cow house. This was a private dwelling.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Camus/Lettermuckoo/469849/

House 7

Mary Walsh aged 68 was head of the family, a widow. She lived with her son Peter aged 17.

Peter was a farmer’s son. Mary & Peter could not read; they spoke Irish & English.

They lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms and 2 front windows. They had a cow. This was a private dwelling.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Camus/Lettermuckoo/469850/

House 8

Kate Walsh aged 40 was head of the family, a widow. She lived with her children Catherine aged 20, David aged 19, Patrick aged 18, Peter Joseph aged 17, Michael aged 15 & Mary Anne aged 13.

David, Patrick, Peter Joseph & Michael were farmer’s sons. Kate could not read; Catherine, David, Patrick, Peter Joseph, Michael & Mary Anne could read & write. The entire family spoke Irish & English.

They lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms and 2 front windows. They had a cow house. This was a private dwelling.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Camus/Lettermuckoo/469851/

House 9

Peter Walsh aged 60 was head of the family; married to Annie aged 58. They lived with their children David aged 28, Margaret aged 20, & Annie aged 16.

Peter was a farmer; David was a farmer’s son. Peter & Anne (mother) could not read. The entire family spoke Irish & English.

Pater & Annie were married for 30 years; they had 7 children with 5 living at the time of the census.

They lived in a 3^rd class house with 2 rooms and 2 front windows. They had a stable & cow house. This was a private dwelling.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Camus/Lettermuckoo/469852/

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.)

Lettermuckoo is in the civil parish of Kilcummin.

Roman Catholic parishes:

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

Carraroe
Kilannin
Kilcummin/Oughterard
Rosmuc

Church of Ireland parishes:

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

Kilcummin

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

Map

It is located at 53° 19′ 13″ N, 9° 31′ 51″ W.

Original OS map of this area.

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

Lettermuckoo

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.

Lettermuckoo

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