Civil Survey Notes

Civil Survey Notes - Townlough

From - The Civil Survey A.D. 1654–56 vol. ii, county of Tipperary western and northern baronies - Irish Manuscripts - available to download here

Townlough (Upper & Lower)

The following are recorded as owning land in Toumequane. The exact boundary differences between Toumeloghy & Toumequane I’m not certain of but they are close to the modern townlands of Townlough Upper & Lower.

Donogh O Bryen of Toumeloghy Gent

Teige o ffalvy of Curraghiviller gt.

Bryen O Bryen of Tomloghy Gent

Teige O Bryen of Tomloghy Gent.

Connor mcMorogh of Tomloghy gt.

Mortagh O Bryen of Coulebane Gent

Donogh O Bryon of Bellanaha Esqr &

Bryen O Bryen of Tomequane Gent.

Interestingly in Simingtons Transplantaion to Connacht we find a Conor McDonagh scheduled for transplantation from Tomlogha to Galway, namely Templetogher in the Barony of Ballymoe. There are some Briens in the Griffiths Valuation but really I think it is inconclusive due to the spread of the surname around Ireland.

Most likely I think he may be Donogh O Bryen of Toumeloghy’s son. We don’t see him in the later Hearth Money Roll for Townlough but there is a Connor McDonogh in Ballihilareagh and I think that may be a location in Townlough or very close.

Other possible connections between the Civil Survey and the HMR include Conor McMorogh. There is a Conor McMortagh listed in the Hearth Money Rolls.

There is also a Teige McDonogh – again possibly a son of Donogh O Bryen of Toumeloghy & perhaps brother of Conor.

There is also a Dermot McTeige, there is a small possibility that he could be a son of the above Teige McDonogh.

In Ballihilareagh we also have Teige McMorrogh, he could be a relative of Conor McMorogh / McMortagh.

For an area with nearly all O’Briens as owners in the Civil Survey, in the later records there are little to no record of O’Briens in the townland. So although Conor McDonogh O’Brien may have survived transplantation, the O’Briens did not prosper in the townland.

One interesting surname from the Hearth Money Rolls that did continue is Helebert and we can see more about that and later records here.

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