Hollygrove, County Galway
Hollygrove
Garrán an Chuilinn | |
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Townland | |
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Hollygrove or sometimes Holly Grove (
Coalpits
and is on the border of Roscommon and Galway.
Hollygrove Lake
Hollygrove Lake is a 50-acre (200,000 m2) lake located between Ballygar and Athleague, downstream of Rookwood Bridge on the River Suck system. It is within half a kilometre of the main River Suck. The lake is shallow, typically 5 feet (1.5 m) deep with two deeper channels. It is primarily stocked with tench and pike.[2]
Griffiths Primary Valuation
Griffith's valuation
between 1848 and 1864, lists the following people in Hollygrove who leased the land they farmed:
- Patrick Byrne
- John Droody
- James Feeney
- John Gouran
- Luke Hannelly
- John Hogan (1828-1886) who married Winifred Conboy (1827-?)
- Bernard Kelly
- Thomas Kerin
- Hannelly Leonard
- Michael Leonard
- Thomas Moran
- Patrick Reilly
- John Torpy
References
- ^ "Garrán an Chuilinn/Hollygrove".
- ^ "Hollygrove Lake, River Suck Valley". Retrieved 12 September 2008.