Coalpits or sometimes Coal Pits is a

townland A townland (; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a traditional small land division used in Ireland and in the Western Isles of Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of medieval Gaelic origin, predating the Norman invasion, and mo ...

of 386 acres in

Athleague Athleague () is a village and a parish in the Diocese of Elphin on the River Suck in the west of Ireland in County Roscommon, near the town of Roscommon. The village is in a townland and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of the same name. ...

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, in Killeroran district, in the Killian barony, the Union of Mountbellew, in

County Galway County Galway ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region, taking up the south of the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht. The county population was 276,451 at the 20 ...

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

. 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 examin ...

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

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Athleague Townlands of County Galway {{Galway-geo-stub