People and Places of Galway

Standard Name:

Cappanapisha North

Irish Form of Name:

Ceapa na Pise

Translation:

plot of the peas

Civil Parish:

Kilmacduagh
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:

Cappanapisha North
Cappanapisha North By. Surveyors Sketch Map
Cappanapisha Engraved County Map
Cappanapissa North Lord Gort’s Agent, J. Slator, Esq.
Cappanapisha North Mr. J. Bell, Barony Cosntable
Cappanapishy Printed Townland List
Cappanapisha North Rev. Michl. Neagle, P.P.

Description:

Proprietor General Taylor, Castle Taylor. Post Town Ardrahan. Mr. George Cuppage, Galway (Agent). Let to 7 occupying tenants at will, from 12s to 14s. yearly rent. County Cess 3s. per acre. Tithe 1s. 0d. per acre. Farms in divisions from 6 To £12 each. Soil rocky and part gravely and sandy. Usual crops wheat, oats and potatoes. No bog. Prevailing names Nolan and Burke. One fort in this townland. Authority Michael Nolan, Cappanapishy North.

Situation:

In the North West of the parish of Kilmacdooagh, Barony of Kiltartan and County Galway, West of a road leading from Gort to Kinvarra and Galway Bay, East of the parish Killinny.

Area in Acres, Roods and Perches:

A.	R.	P.
121	0	38

Land value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:

£.	s.	d.
37	0	10

Building value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:

£.	s.	d.
0	0	0

Total value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:

£.	s.	d.
37	0	10

Heads of housholds living in the townland at this time:

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What is a townland?:

A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169

Townland:

Cappanapisha North is a townland.

Original OS map of this area.
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Cappanapisha North

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Cappanapisha North

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List of townlands that share a border with this townland:

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People who lived here:

You can retrieve a list of people who lived in this townland from 1827 to 1911. This list is compiled from the following resources.

The Tithe Applotment Books
Griffith's Valuation
1901 Census
1911 Census

List of nineteenth century and early twentieth century inhabitants of this townland.

Church records of births, deaths and marriages:

Church records of births, deaths and marriages are available online at http://www.rootsireland.ie. To search these records you will need to know the 'church parish' rather than the 'civil parish'. (The civil parish is the pre-reformation parish and was frequently used as a unit of administration in the past.)

Cappanapisha North is in the civil parish of Kilmacduagh.

Roman Catholic parishes:

This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.

Kilmacduagh & Kiltartan

Church of Ireland parishes:

This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.

Kilmacduagh

In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.

Information from the Landed Estates Database.
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The following is a list of those houses in this townland which are discussed in the Landed Estates Database.

Ballyglunin

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Information about Cappanapisha North

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Townland Information

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