Coalpits or sometimes Coal Pits is a
townland
A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic orig ...
of 386 acres in
Athleague
Athleague () is a village and a parish in the Diocese of Elphin on the River Suck in the west of Ireland in County Roscommon, near the town of Roscommon.
Its church was founded sometime around 500 by Maenucan Atha Liacc ('Maonagán of Athlea ...
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...
, in Killeroran district, in the Killian
barony Barony may refer to:
* Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron
* Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron
* Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...
, the Union of Mountbellew, in
County Galway,
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. Coalpits, which is known in
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
as ''Clais an Ghuail'',
is adjacent to the town of
Hollygrove.
Griffiths Valuation
Griffith's valuation lists the following people in Coalpits who leased the land they farmed from James Thewles:
* Brennan, Thomas
* Conran, Mary
* Patrick Corboy
icaka Patrick Conboy
* Cunniffe, Thomas
* Dignan, Peter
* Farrisy, Michael
* Gavan, Michael
*Gouran, Edmund
*Gouran, Patrick
*Gouran, Thomas
* Harraghtin, Patrick
* Kelly, Catherine
* Lohan, Patrick
* Murphy, Michael
* Ryan, Michael
References
Athleague
Townlands of County Galway
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