Tygreenane
Extract from Killererin - A Parish History (pps 244 - 248)
Meaning of townland name
Tigreenaun [Tygreenane]: Tigh an Ghrianáin “house of the sunny prospect”[1]
Location of townland within the parish
The townland of Tygreenane is located in the northeast of the Parish of Killererin in the Barony of Clare. Stowelodge borders the townland to the north, while on the west the townland is bordered by the Barony of Tiaquin. On the east, the townland of Derrybaun is situated and on the south the townlands of Cottage and Hillsbrook Demesne. The Down Survey 1656-1658 records the townland as ‘Knocknadrough’.
Owners of townland in 1641 and in 1670 and the 1800s
In Tygreenane in 1641, the owners were listed as Richard Bourke, (Catholic) and in 1670 Martin Kirwan, (Protestant)[2] and was also the property of H.R. Henry Esq, England of the Henry family, Toghermore in the 1800s.
According to O’Donovan Field Name Books 1830, early reference is made to ‘Teegreenaun’ in the Boundary Survey Maps. ‘Tigrinin’ is also referred to in Larkin’s County Map of Galway 1819. The townland is described as the property of H.R Henry, Esq., England of the Henry family (Toghermore). It contained 391 acres including about 140 acres of bog and rough ground and about 10 acres of plantation. There was a trigonometrical station in the northwest end of this townland called Stowe.[3]
Census 1841-1851[4]
There were 20 houses and 114 people living in Tygreenane in 1841. By 1851, there were 21 houses and 112 people living there. The total area of land in the townland was 391 acres 0 rood 16 perches with an annual valuation of £16 8s 0d.
Griffith’s Valuation 1855[5]
There were 17 occupants listed as tenants in Griffith’s Valuation in 1855, l who leased their land and bog and some with plots of plantation from John A. Kirwan. They were Thomas Rooney, John Cresham (Patrick), Thomas Kelly, Michael Fahy, Patrick Keane, Stephen Duggan, John Shaughnessy, William Crashaw, and John Crisham Jun., John Crisham, Patrick Fahy, William Corley, Peter Duggan, William Duggan, Martin Cunningham, Michael Gibbon and Denis McDermott. Of these, 2 people leased only bog, namely Francis Rooney and Patrick Cosgrave. Others who leased land included: Thomas Murray, James Murray, Thomas Fleming, John Burke and Patrick Hanley. The largest amount of land leased amounted to 73 acres, 3 roods 31 perches, between Thomas Rooney and Denis McDermott.
Census 1861-1881[6]
There were 17 houses and a population of 95 in Tigreenaun in 1861. In 1871, the population had increased to 104 living in 22 houses. By 1881, there were 18 houses and 112 people in the townland.
Census-1891[7]
There were 19 houses with a population of 101 in the townland in 1891.
Census 1901[8]
There were 16 houses and 60 people listed as living in Tigreenaun in the 1901 census. The heads of family included Michael Doogan, Bridget (Keane) Cain, Bridget Kelly and John Cresham all of whom lived in 3rd class houses. Patrick Boyle, William Cunningham, John Cunningham, Bridget Fahy, Thomas Joyce, John Crawshaw, Michael Rooney, Peter McDermott, Martin Doogan, Thomas Doogan, William Doogan, Mary Doogan and William Doogan all lived in 2nd class houses. There were no 1st class houses in the townland. There were 2 houses without out-buildings, that of Bridget Kelly later (Mulhall) and Bridget (Keane) Cain.
Michael Duggan
Michael Duggan was head of the household, aged 85. He was a widower and a farmer. The name of this household changed to Mannion when his daughter Kate, married Patrick Mannion. At the time of the census they had 5 children: Anne aged 7, Michael aged 6, Mary aged 5, Patrick aged 4 and James aged 3.
Peter Boyle
Patrick Boyle aged 41, was married to Bridget aged 39. They had 4 children: Neal aged 9, Delia aged 7, Patrick aged 5 and Ellen aged 3.
Thomas Joyce
Thomas Joyce aged 39, was head of the family. He was married to Catherine aged 40. They had 5 children: Thomas aged 12, Mary aged 10, Patrick aged 8, Maggie aged 5 and Michael aged 2. Mary Crisham, a widow aged 70, was listed as a general domestic servant. William Crisham aged 38, was listed as a farm servant. They both lived in the Joyce household.
John Cresham
John Cresham was head of the household aged 45. John was a farmer; he was married to Kate aged 34. They had 3 children: William aged 6, John aged 4, and Peter aged 2.
Michael Rooney
Michael Rooney was the head of the household aged 60. He was a widower. He had 3 children: Michael aged 19, Francis aged 15 and Ellen aged 11. Margaret Fleming was Michael Rooney’s granddaughter aged 10 and she lived in this household.
Peter McDermott
Peter McDermott was the head of household aged 62 and married to Mary also aged 62. They had 3 children Peter aged 20, Honor aged 18 and Thomas aged 16.
Martin Doogan
Martin Doogan was head of the family aged 65 and a widower. Peter Gilligan was his son-in-law aged 30. He was married to Mary aged 25. They had 2 children, Delia aged 4, and Margaret aged 2.
Thomas Doogan
Thomas Doogan was the head of the household, a widower aged 80. He had a daughter Catherine aged 35 and a son Thomas aged 30, who lived with him.
William Doogan
William Doogan was head of the household aged 73 and was married to Catherine aged 60. His son Martin aged 20 and daughter Anne aged 18, lived with them.
William Doogan
William Doogan (2), head of the household aged 70, was a farmer. He was married to Margaret, also aged 70. In 1901, there were 3 children living with them: Patrick aged 28, Martin aged 21 and Delia aged 19.
Mary Doogan
Mary Doogan, head of the household, was a widow aged 60. Mary was a farmer and lived with her son, Thomas aged 30.
William Cunningham
William Cunningham, head of the household aged 56 was a farmer. He was married to Mary aged 56 and they had a son, Andrew aged 18, living with them at this time.
John Cunningham
John Cunningham, head of the household aged 60, was a farmer and married to Mary aged 48. They had 4 children listed in the 1901 census: John aged 18, Mary aged 15, Kate aged 13, and Daniel aged 10.
Bridget Fahy, head of the household was aged 90. Her son Martin aged 55, lived with her. He was married to Margaret aged 50. They had 3 children listed in the 1901 census: Kate aged 20, a seamstress, Margaret aged 19, a seamstress and Patrick aged 18.
Bridget Kelly
Bridget Kelly, head of the household, was a farmer. She was married, aged 60 and had 2 children listed in the 1901 census: Thomas aged 21 and Kate aged 15.
Bridget Cain (Keane)
Bridget Cain (Keane) was the head of the household aged 60. She was married and listed her occupation as a farmer.
There is a change of spelling of some names seen in this census. ‘Doogan’ is listed as the spelling of ‘Duggan’ and ‘Cain’ was listed for ‘Keane’. There are 2 spellings listed for ‘Cresham’ and ‘Crisham’ in the census.
Census 1911[9]
No record of the 1911 census exists.
Census 1991-2006[10]
The graph below shows the changes in population in this townland between 1841 and 2006 according to census information.
Mapping Change
The Ordnance Survey maps (1837-1842)[11] show the townland of Tygreenaun as bulb-shaped with a long narrow strip leading to a broad base. A road dissected the townland from the neighbouring townland of Derrybaun to the northwest and an intersecting road travelling north-south from Stowelodge into Cottage. At this intersection, a number of dwellings were located. At the south of these buildings, a small wooded area was situated while further north was a lime kiln. The road into Cottage travelled through this wood dividing it in two. There were no houses to the west of this area. Along the main road into Tigreenaun, a gravel pit was located on the right hand side of the road from where sand was long ago taken and used. Two further lime kilns were located before and after the gravel pit along this road. A small number of houses were located just off this road but there were no other houses in the townland, while the northern portion was entirely devoid of any buildings. A Trigonometrical point was situated in the northwest on the border with Stowe Lodge.
OS Maps
A comparison between the OS 25 inch map 1888-1913 and the 2005 OS Aerial[12]map shows how some of the landscape and geography of the area has changed while some has remained the same. Between 1837 and 1913 some sub-division of land had taken place. In many places in the townland where lime kilns had been included on the early maps, water wells were later also visible. On the modern photographic map taken in 2005, the northern part of the townland is covered in bog. The same road structure is visible on the modern map as in the older 1837 map. Again the majority of houses are all built around the intersection of these roads and some new houses constructed at the head of the road. There are perhaps 6 houses visible on the modern photograph that are located in the same position as houses in the 1837 map and while obviously renovated and extended over the years, they are still on their original sites. The small wooded area previously visible has been cleared, though some of the trees remain along the field border. Much of the land is green field, used for farming, with evidence of ploughing/tilling in the northwest.
Village changes
The village of Tigreenaun has changed in a way that so many other villages have changed. There are new houses and a better standard of living. Some of the names have disappeared from the village. The ‘Duggan’ name listed in the Griffith Valuation 1855, still remains through descendants of 2 different Duggan families; they are now the Mannion and the McWalter families.
Honor Donlon
Honor Donlon also lived in Tigreenaun. She and her son Michael (Cain) Keane were recorded as living in Hillsbrook (with her brother Patrick) in the 1901 census. Later in the 1911 census, she was listed in Lissavalley with her son. Her granddaughter was Norah Keane (Kelly) who came to live in Tigreenaun much later. The Cain (Keane) name is listed in Griffith’s Valuation 1855.
Rooney and Cunningham families
The Rooney and Cunningham family name still remains in Tigreenaun to this day and still on the same plots of land. The Fahy name dates back to 1855 also and has only recently gone from the village with the death of the family member who lived there. They too, would also have lived on the same plot over the years.
Cresham – Joyce – McDermott family
The Cresham descendants have since married into the Joyce family and the McDermott descendants now Connell, are still living on the same plots of land named in Griffith’s Valuation to 1855. In the 1950’s the Gilligan family got a change of land and moved to Eyrecourt, as did one of the Duggan families[13] .
[1]Logainm.ie, ‘Placenames Database of Ireland’, (http://www.logainm.ie/)
[2] Trinity College, Dublin, ‘The Down Survey’ (http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/)
[3] Galway County Library, (‘O’Donovan’s Place Name Books’,) (7 Mar 2014)
[4] ‘Table V11-Area, Out-offices and Farm Steadings and Population together with the Valuation of Each Parish, Townland and Township of the County of Galway in 1881’ (James Hardiman Library, National University of Ireland, Galway, p39) (June 2011)
[5] Ask about Ireland, ‘Griffith’s Valuation’ (http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index (June 2011)
[6] ‘Table V11-Area, Out-offices and Farm Steadings and Population together with the Valuation of Each Parish, Townland and Township of the County of Galway in 1881’ (James Hardiman Library, National University of Ireland, Galway, p39) (June 2011)
[7] Census of Ireland for the Year 1911[Province of Connaught, County of Galway] Area, Houses and Population, ‘Table VII-Area Houses Outbuildings-Buildings and Farm Steadings, and Population together with the Valuation of Each Poor Law Union, Dispensary District, Electoral Division, Townland in the County of Galway in 1911’ (Galway County Library, p110)
[8]National Archives of Ireland, ‘Census of Ireland 1901/1911’ , (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/)
[9] There is no statistical information in relation to this townland until 1991.
[10]Central Statistics Office, (www.cso.ie/census/reports) (June 2011)
[11] Ordnance Survey Ireland, ‘25” Historical Map 1888-1913’ (www.osi.ie/publicviewer) (May 2011)
[12] ibid
[13] Information received from Bina Devaney, Lissavalley, BarnadergExtr
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