Kilgevrin
Kilgevrin () is a townland near the village of Milltown, County Galway, Milltown in north County Galway, Ireland. It is situated in the civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Liskeevy, in the historical Dunmore (barony), barony of Dunmore. Kilgevrin is in area, and is bounded on the north by the parish of Addergoole and townland of Banagher, on the east by both Banagher and Clashaghanny and on the south and west by the parish of Kilbannon and Tuam. The 17th century Down Survey records, under the name of "Killinleagh", state that the owner of Kilgevrin was provost of Tuam, a protestant. 146 acres of unprofitable land and 272 acres of profitable land were specified. John O'Donovan (scholar), John O'Donovan's field names books (of 1838) provide 3 various spellings of this townland: Kilgevrin, Cill Ghoibhrion and Killegevrin. According to this source, Kilgevrin was the property of W Jas Lynch, Toanlagee, County Galway. It is recorded as containing 767½ acres stature measure inc ...
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Milltown, County Galway
Milltown () is a small village in County Galway, Ireland. It is situated on the banks of the River Clare, 47 km from Galway City, 11 km from Tuam on the N17 road to Sligo. History The parish of Milltown is made up of the two civil parishes of Adergoole and Liskeevy, both of which are of medieval origin. The first historical record of Milltown dates back to 1589. According to historian Hubert Thomas Knox's ''History of Mayo'', Sir Murrogh O'Flaherty and his army came to attack Edward Birmingham. They stormed the castle, burnt half of Milltown and destroyed the castle's corn, but still failed to capture the castle after a bloody battle. On their return to Cong, they burnt sixteen other villages and seized three thousand cattle. The placename of Milltown or Baile an Mhuilinn (the town of the mill), is derived from the two mills located on the River Clare - O'Grady's mill at Milltown, and Birmingham's mill at Lack. O'Grady's mill was demolished in the 1950s during the ...
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