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Ireland County Galway Abbeygormacan Civil Parish

The following information is a starting point for records about the civil parish of Abbeygormacan. The information is based on locations and records before 1922.

Historical Overview

ABBEYGORMAGAN, a parish, partly in the baronies of Leitrim, [mostly] in that of Longford, County Galway, and province of Connaught, about 8 miles northwest of Eyrecourt; population in 1837 was 2,858.

According to the 19th century topographer, Samuel Lewis, the "place, [was] called also "Monaster O'Gormagan," or "de Via Nova," derives its name from a monastery founded here for canons regular of the order of St. Augustine, and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, by O'Gormagan, head of that sept, which at the dissolution was granted by Hen. VIII to Ulick, first Earl of Clanricarde. It is in the diocese of Clonfert. Abbeygormagan is the head of the Roman Catholic union or district, comprising also the parish of Killoran, in each of which there is a chapel: that for this parish is situated at Mullagh."^[1]

Localities

Here is a list of all the townlands for Abbeygormacan Parish and the barony to which each belonged. 

When an extensive search has been made in the church registers for this parish, to help you determine those civil parishes here is a short list of those civil parishes immediately surrounding Abbeygormacan Parish:

Killoran

Killimorbologue

Tynagh

Killreekil

Duniry

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Census

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Church records

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Catholic

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The Catholic parish of Mullagh and Killoran was formerly called Abbeygormican and Killoran, and includes the civil parishes of Abbeygormican and Killoran. Mullagh is now a village in Abbeygormican where the chapel is located.

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Presbyterian

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Methodist

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Society of Friends

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Others

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Civil Registration

Government registration of births and deaths began in 1864. Registration of Protestant marriages began in 1845, with all marriages being registered by 1864. Go to the Ireland Civil Registration article to read more about these records.

Land records

The Registry of Deeds started in 1708. Land transactions were recorded, including immovable property passed on in a will and property given to a daughter at her marriage. Read more about these records in the Ireland Land and Property article.

Probate records

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School records

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Tax records

The valuation of property for tax purposes was started in the 1840s by Richard Griffith. A tax paid to the church, call Tithe Applotments, began in the 1820s. Read about these records in the Ireland Taxation and Ireland Land and Property articles. Add records for this parish that you know about.

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See also

List of civil parishes in Ireland

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