The Tipperary Antiquarian: Hearth Money Rolls

Monday, 3 March 2025

Hearth Money Rolls - Castlelough

In the Hearth Money Rolls 1665
The following names were recorded in Castlelough townland (Castbloghy).

Francis	Strongman
Donnogh	O'Fellaghy
John	O'Dwyr
Donnogh	Riegh
John	O'Flannury
Danniell	O'Tuohy
Edmond	Duff
Mortagh	McMahowny
Dermott	O'Hogane

There wasn’t an add-on / 1666-67 record for the townland.

Generally the first name in a townland seems to be the most important landowner. At least that is my impression.

In Castlelough we have Francis Strongman as the most important landowner. It is likely to be the name of an English settler to the area and interestingly a Mary Strongman is buried in Castletown Graveyard with this Memento Mori or Skull and Cross-bones motif on their graveslab, her date of death is 1733 so she may be a daughter or possibly even a wife of Francis. Next we have O’Fellaghy. This may be a rare Thomond surname according to Woulfe. https://www.libraryireland.com/names/of/o-faolchaidh.php

All the rest of the names appear to be Gaelic in origin. We have O’Dwyer, Flannery, Tuohy, McMahon, Hogan and Duff. There is also Riegh and I’m not certain what that surname would be today.

The next available "Census" for the area is the Tithe Appointment Books 1824 – I only have a scan of this from the Mikie Joy archive.

Unfortunately by the time of this record, the only tithe payer in the townland is Anthony Parker with 374 acres out of 601 (so there may be another record for this townland that I don’t have access to.)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16ghvJk9x432Zy6zSD3p_0bxT5SC8BtpB/view

In the later Griffiths valuation; unfortunately, this also only records the Reps of Rev. S.G. Parker and a Richard Carty in the townland.