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TOWNLANDS OF NEWTOWNHAMILTON

TULLYVALLEN HAMILTON EAST

Location

Tullyvallen Hamilton East is a townland of 218 statute acres 2 roods and 28 perches about two miles north-east of Cullyhanna. It is bounded on the north by Camly Macullagh, on the east by Camly Ball, on the south by Tullyvallen Tipping East and on the by Tullyvallen Tipping West and Tullyyvallen.

Name of townland

See Tullyvallen

Valuation

Although the decimalisation of the currency was introduced only in 1971, all of the valuations in the following table have been converted from £sd for convenience.

Year 1837 1851 1864 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911 1926 1935 1952 1957 1974
Valuation £96.05 £116.75 £101.25 £98.50 £98.00 £97.50 £98.25 £97.25 £94.25 £108.25 £107.75 £221.00 £322.00

The 1837 Townland Valuation recorded only houses worth £5 or more a year. There were no houses of this valuation in the townland.

Griffiths Valuation records the owner of the townland as Walter McGeough Bond.

Census of Ireland 1901

The Census enumerated 61 people in 11 households; a ratio of 5.5 people per household. The households occupied a total of 25 rooms; a ratio of 2.3 rooms per household and 2.4 people per room. One of the households had 5 rooms and ten had 2 rooms. Three one of the houses were thatched

Native Irish Speakers

There was one native Irish speakers- John Murphy, farmer, 55, born in Co. Armagh

Population Decline

The following table sets out the number of houses and population enumerated in the townland in each of the 11 Censuses held between 1841 and 1951.

  1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911 1926 1937 1951
Houses 30 23   18 15 11 11 13 11 11 8
People 164 124   92 82 59 61 54 42 37 22
People per household 5.5 5.4 Note 1 5.1 5.5 5.4 5.5 4.2 3.8 3.4 2.8

Note 1: Included in Tullyvallen

In the period of 110 years, the number of households dropped by 73.3% and the population by 86.6%.

Names of House and land Holders (2)

The following table sets out the names of those who owned or rented houses and land in the townland at the time the official valuation record or population census was compiled.


1864 1901 1935 1957 1974

Households Households Households Households Households
Connell Michael Collins Michael Connell Elizabeth Caherty Susan Connell Hugh
Garvey Henry Sen. Connell Denis Connell Hugh Connell Hugh Connell Patrick
Garvey Patrick Devlin Patrick Garvey Terence Garvey Reps. T McCreesh (Twin) Francis
McCreesh Denis McArdle Michael Mackin Charles Hughes Mary McCreesh Peter
McCreesh Denis McCreesh James McCreesh Francis Mackin Charles Murphy Saemus
McCreesh Michael McCreesh Patrick McCreesh James McCreesh (Twin) Francis Toner Frank
McCreesh Patrick Muckien James McCreesh Patricl Jun. McCreesh (Twin) Francis Warmington Joseph
McCreesh Peter Murphy John Murphy Bernard McCreesh James  
McVeagh John O'Brien Mary O'Brien Francis Toner Reps. Susan Land
McVeagh Patrick Toner Ellen Toner Patrick E. Warmington Joseph Crummy Patrick
McVeagh Thomas Warmington James Warmington Joseph   Duffy Catherine
Murphy Bryan     Land McCreesh Francis
O'Brien John   Land Duffy Catherine Mooney Francis
O'Brien Matthew   Branigan Michael McCreesh Denis  
Quigley Edward   Duffy Catherine McCreesh Francis  
Rafferty Daniel   McCreesh Denis O'Brien Reps. F.  
Rafferty Peter   Savage John Savage John  
Toner Owen        
Warmington James        
         
Land        
Branigan Hugh        
Macken William        

Notes:
1. Appendix 2
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Last Updated on 9 March 2006
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