1849 - Address and Reply from Annaghdown Parish to Fr Myles Sheridan, P.P., Louisburgh

ADDRESS

FROM THE PARISH OF ANNADOWN, TO REV. MYLES SHERIDAN, P.P. OF LOUISBOROUGH.

1869 - Death of Dean Michael Waldron, Parish Priest of Cong

Dean Michael Waldron (1774-1869), Parish Priest of Cong, was the brother of Fr Peter Waldron, Parish Priest of Annaghdown from 1859 until his death in 1877.

1861 - Death of Fr John Loftus, Parish Priest of Donaghpatrick & Kilcoona

Fr John Loftus was brother of Fr Thomas Loftus, Parish Priest of Annaghdown (d. 1839) and Rev. Dr Martin Loftus, D.D., Parish Priest of Dunmore and Chancellor of the Archdiocese (d. 1847).

Obituary from the Tuam Herald:

Death of Mrs. O'Rourke, Dunmore & Kilmaine, sister of Fr Thomas Keaveney, P.P., Annaghdown

Mrs Eleanor O'Rourke was sister of Fr Thomas Loftus, Parish Priest of Annaghdown, who died in 1858. Obituary:

1824 Death of Fr Raymond Hargadon, Parish Priest of Annaghdown

DIED

On the 16th instant, aged 70 years, the Reverend Raymond Hargadon, Parish Priest of Annadown. The bright assemblage of the many Christian virtues and estimable qualities which addressed the life and the apostles and integrity which invariably marked the character of this pious and exemplary Ecclesiastic, have rendered him the universal esteem and veneration. For 36 years that he resided in this parish, he was unremittingly devoted to the dearest interests of his flock, in performing with edifying fidelity and exactness the sacred functions and arduous duties of a good Pastor. His frugal habits as well as the singular kindness of the very respectable family in which he lived for many years, enabled him to be always attentive to the wants of his indigent parishioners. But his charity, his favourite and characteristic virtue, shone with increased lustre at the eve of his life. He has some years back established a school in the Parish Chapel, to the masters of which he bequeathed in-perpetuity the interest of 200l. for giving moral and religious instructions gratuitously to fifty of the most indigent and destitute children of the parish, and for giving chatechistical instructions to the youth in general on every Sunday both before and after Divine Service. When prevented by debility from visiting the abodes of distress during the last summer, he invited the poor and distributed in person among them upwards of 200l. In addition to these highly commendable instances of pure and disinterested charity, he bequeathed 40l. to the poor of his parish, 40l. to forward the interests of Catholic education, and 100l. to be applied to various charitable purposes. The inconsiderable residue of his effects he bequeathed to his poorer relatives.

The Connaught Journal, September 27, 1824

 

1821 Sale of Winterfield, Drumgriffin, Castlecreevy, Gortroe, Tonegurrane

HOUSES - - LANDS

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LANDS TO BE SOLD

TO be SOLD, in parcels, or together, the FEE and INHERITANCE of the following LANDS, part of the lands of THOMAS BUTLER, Esq. for the purpose of discharging family encumbrances:

IN THE COUNTY OF GALWAY--

No. 1. WINTERFIELD, containing 99 acres of excellent land, with a genteel slated house, offices, and garden, in the Parish of Annadown, and Barony of Clare, within 10 miles of the town of Galway, and 8 miles of Tuam, now held by Mr. WM. ROBINSON, under a lease made in 1790, for three lives, (one of which has dropped) at the yearly rent of £100; also

The TOLLS and CUSTOMS of the Fairs and Markets of DRUMGRIFFIN, in the said Parish. -These Tolls and Customs are included in the aforesaid lease. 

No. 2. CASTLECREEVY and GORTROE, containing 254 acres of profitable land, and 66 acres of bog, contiguous to the above mentioned lands, now held by RICHARD SILK, and others, under a lease made in 1811, for twenty-one years, at the yearly rent of £218 9s. 6d.

There is another small part of Castlecreevy let to REDMOND COMMINS for 21 years, from 1814, at £7 10s. per annum; and another small part of it is let to JOHN NEIL, for 37 years from 1790, at £1 per annum.

No. 3. TONEGURRANE, containing 153 acres of arable, pasture, and meadow land, and 173 acres of profitable bog, adjoining the above mentioned lands of Winterfield, now held by PATRICK MORRIS and others, under a lease made in 1803, for 22 years, at the yearly rent of £180 - This farm is on the banks of Lough Corib, and sends a large quantity of turf by water to Galway. 

It is to be observed, that all the lands in the three foregoing denominations are remarkably good wheat ground.

COUNTY OF THE TOWN OF GALWAY -

No. 4. POLNEROMA and TIVEGARRIFF, within one mile of the town, containing 121 acres of arable and pasture land, and 50 acres of spand, producing kelp weed, now held by PATRICK BURKE, Esq. of Danesfield, under a lease dated in 1799, for 31 years, at £150 per annum. - There is a thatched dwelling house, with a large slated office, on these lands, which are well enclosed.
Proposals, post paid, (and from principals only) are to be directed to Thomas Butler, Esq., No. 3, Renelagh, Dublin; or to Mr. Thomas Ruxton, West, Galway, and 64, Aungier-street, Dublin. -May 30, 1821.

The Freeman's Journal: Dublin, Monday, June 18, 1821.

1848 - Francis Blake sworn as High Sheriff

Francis Blake, Esq., Cregg Castle, was, on Monday last, sworn as High Sheriff for this county, for the present year. This gentleman's appointment will, we have no doubt, give general satisfaction, as he is deservedly esteemed and respected by all classes. Mr. Blake has nominated J.M. O'Hara, Esq., his under Sheriff, whose conduct in office for the past three years, elicited universal approbation.

Tuam Herald, February 26, 1848.

The High Sheriff
 We have sincere pleasure in informing the numerous friends of Francis Blake, Esq., of Cregg Castle, High Sheriff of this county, on the authority of his Medical attendant, Dr. Prendergast, of this town, that the esteemed gentleman is convalescent from fever, which he contracted in attending the late Assizes of Galway.

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We regret to have to announce the death of J. H. Workman, Esq. Barrister, which took place in Dublin, on the evening of Wednesday, of fever, which he took at the Assizes.
Tuam Herald, April 22, 1848