In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Cargin like this:
CARGAN, or CARRIGIN, a parish, in the barony of CLARE, county of GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT, 3 ¼ miles (S. W.) from Headford, on the eastern shore of Lough Corrib; containing 1214 inhabitants. It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Tuam, and is part of the union of Headford: the tithes amount to £103.10.7. In the R. C. divisions also it forms part of the union or district of Headford. At Ballyconlaght there is a daily pay school of 60 boys and 14 girls.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cargin, in and County Galway | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/27581
Date accessed: 28th May 2024
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