Coalpits or sometimes Coal Pits is a
townland
A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic orig ...
of 386 acres in
Athleague parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...
, in Killeroran district, in the Killian
barony, the Union of Mountbellew, in
County Galway
"Righteousness and Justice"
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Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. Coalpits, which is known in
Irish as ''Clais an Ghuail'',
is adjacent to the town of
Hollygrove.
Griffiths Valuation
Griffith's valuation
Griffith's Valuation was a boundary and land valuation survey of Ireland completed in 1868.
Griffith's background
Richard John Griffith started to value land in Scotland, where he spent two years in 1806-1807 valuing terrain through the examinat ...
lists the following people in Coalpits who leased the land they farmed from James Thewles:
* Brennan, Thomas
* Conran, Mary
* Patrick Corboy
icaka Patrick Conboy
* Cunniffe, Thomas
* Dignan, Peter
* Farrisy, Michael
* Gavan, Michael
*Gouran, Edmund
*Gouran, Patrick
*Gouran, Thomas
* Harraghtin, Patrick
* Kelly, Catherine
* Lohan, Patrick
* Murphy, Michael
* Ryan, Michael
References
Athleague
Townlands of County Galway
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