Place:


Kilgerrill  County Galway

 

In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Kilgerrill like this:

KILGERRIL, or KILGIRDLE, a parish, partly in the barony of CLONMACNOON, and partly in that of KILCONNELL, county of GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT, 3 miles (W. N. W.) from Ballinasloe, on the road from that place to Ahascragh; containing 1432 inhabitants. This parish comprises 4153 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe art. ...


and a considerable quantity of bog. Fairfield is the residence of John O'Brien, Esq., and the Lodge, of W. Usher, Esq. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Clonfert, forming part of the union of Aughrim; the rectory is appropriate to the see, the deanery, and the vicarage; and the tithes amount to £104. 6. 1 ¾. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of Fohana: the chapel, which stands on the road side, was erected in the year 1834.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kilgerrill, in and County Galway | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/29897

Date accessed: 07th May 2024


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