Hollygrove, County Galway

Coordinates: 53°33′56″N 8°20′12″W / 53.565614°N 8.336749°W / 53.565614; -8.336749
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Hollygrove
Garrán an Chuilinn
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

  1. ^ "Garrán an Chuilinn/Hollygrove".
  2. ^ "Hollygrove Lake, River Suck Valley". Retrieved 12 September 2008.