Doire Chuais

A copy of the note card used to gather references
 on Derrycoosh - courtesy of logainm.ie

Yes, even Derrycoosh has a multitude of spelling possibilites.  Check the concentration of Walshes in the area in 1856.  No wonder I am having so much trouble sorting them out...

Derrycoosh

Oakwood of the Cavern

Oileán Éadaí/Islandeady, Ceara/Carra, Maigh Eo/Mayo

Home of the Walsh Family 

References in Records

·        1611      Deirencouth Inq.(ME), I.79[i]              

·        1635      Dermgouse, the qr of Straff. Inq. ME, §309V[ii]

·        1677      Derrigoule alias Derricause alias Cornehonnell or houell 1 qr.ASE, 236[iii]     

·        1684      Derrycouse ASE, 278^iv      

·        1685      Derycorsk [sic] Hib. Del.[iv]

·        1710c    Derrycause als Derrygowle als Cornehovell CRL, 2A.3.16, 74[v]    

·        1725      Derrycouse als Derrygouse als Cornhacrett  CGn., Volume 48.182.31281[vi] 

·        1725      Derricouse als Derrygouse  CGn., Volume 46.389.29042^vii

·        1740c    Derrycouse, Derrygouse  CGn., Volume 123.531.86019 ^vii            

·        1792      Derrycause als Derrygowle  QRL, 2A.6.74, 312[vii]        

·        1811      Derrycoush  Bald Bog Map, 2[viii]              

·        1830      Derrycoush  Bald, 13[ix]    

·        1833      Derrycoush North, Derrycoush South TAB, §23[x]

·        1838      Ordnance Survey Sources ME61,27

·           Derrycoosh OD:AL [xi]

·           Doire 'cuais, 'oak wood of the cavern'OD:AL^xii

·           Derrycoush  BM:AL [xii]

·           Derrycoush CM:AL[xiii]

·           Derrynacoosh  BS:AL [xiv]

Walsh Families in County Mayo -1856
Mayo County Library - Maptool

Derrycoosh

Derrycoosh Field Book 1841

Derrycoosh 1901 Census

Derrycoosh 1911 Census

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[i] Ionchoisní Chontae Mhaigh Eo/Inquisitions County Mayo I - III. Lámhscríbhinn

[ii] The Strafford Inquisition of County Mayo (RIA MS 24 E 15) Leabhar Údar: William O’Sullivan

[iii] Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Lámhscríbhinn 1666-84

[iv] Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Léarscáil Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)

[v] Crown Rental of Lands. Lámhscríbhinn

[vi] Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds, Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas.

[vii] Quit Rent Ledgers Alt irise

[viii] Map of the Bogs, Lying on the South Western Part of the County of Mayo whose waters discharge themselves into Clew Bay, Killery Harbour and Lough Mask. Léarscáil Údar: William Bald

[ix] William Bald, A Map of the Maritime County of Mayo, in 25 sheets; surveyed between 1809 and 1817 and published in 1830 Léarscáil Bliain foilsithe: 1830

[x] Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta) Lámhscríbhinn Nóta: Go minic, tugtar ainm an pharóiste, nó eolas eile i gcolún na nótaí.

[xi] O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Lámhscríbhinn 1838

[xii] Barony Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook

Lámhscríbhinn Bliain foilsithe: 1830-40

[xiii] Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Léarscáil Bliain foilsithe: 1835C

[xiv] Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL Lámhscríbhinn 1830

Sorting Walshes in Derrycoosh

There were ten Walsh households in Derrycoosh in 1855.  Trying to sort them has become a bit of an obsession.  Some of the available tools are the petty court records which are available on FindMyPast and the parish registers, which are found on the Library of Ireland website.  Here is my take to date.....

Tithe Applotments - Griffith's Valuations *- 1869 Petty Court Records (PC)  - Islandeady Parish Registers   - 1901 Census - 1911 Census

In order of Tithes, Griffiths, Children

• Parentage Unknown
• Walter
• House 17 Patrick 1818 m. Mary (PC)
• House 26 Walter abt 1823 -1886 m. Bridget Conway  bef 1853 it seems likely that  Walter is the son of Walter listed above
• Mary 1853 m. Thomas McHugh 1877
• Bridget, Mary, Anne, Thomas, John, Patrick, Michael, Walter, Bryan, Ellen
• John 1855 m Bridget Joyce 1900
• Thomas 1900
• Ulick 1857
• Patrick 1860
• Bridget 1863
• Michael 1865
• Thomas 1868-1868
• Martin 1869
• Walter  1873-1876
• House 21 Peter bef 1830 m. Margaret Walsh 1849
• Bridget 1850
• John 1854
• Martin 1856
• Mary 1860
• Michael 1860
• Anne 1862
• Patrick 1865
• Peter 1866-1866
• Margaret 1867
• Thomas 1870
• Peter 1872 m. Mary O'Donnell
• Bridget 1902
• Richard bef 1823 - m. Mary Garvey
• Honor 1843
• House 7 Ulick (the tailor) abt 1830- 1894  (PC) m. Mary Moran (PC)  Possibly the son of Ulick below
• Ulick 1841 - bef 1854
• Mary 1846
• John  1850
• Patrick (PC) 1851 m Mary Moore 1878
• Bridget1879
• John 1882
• Anne 1884
• Mary 1886
• Thomas 1888
• Catherine 1891
• Honor 1894
• Ellen 1896
• Anne 1852 m Michael Ryder 1870
• Mary, Catherine, Catherine, Bridget, John, Mary, Sarah, Patrick, Evelyn, Alfred, Agnes
• Ulick 1854
• James 1858
• Michael 1862
• House 9 Michael  @1818 - 1886 m. Catherine McNally
• Mary
• Ellen
• Catherine
• Bridget
• John
• Peter
• Thomas
• Mary
• Peter 1839-aft 1901 m. Mary Cannon (possibly son of Michael above)
• Bridget 1873
• Peter 1886

• John bn abt 1780 m 
• House 12 Patrick 1803-1883 m Mary (PC)
• John m Julia Burke
• Mary Walsh m. John Geraghty in St. Paul MN
• 9 other children - two remained in Ireland
• Martin m. Mary Ann
• Patrick (PC) m Bridget Staunton
• Walter (PC)
• Catherine 1841-1913 m. Martin Mylotte 1865
• Mary, Patrick, John, Bridget, Kate, Anne
• Mary 1851-aft 1911 m. Michael Walsh (Son of John 1847-aft 1911
• House 23 John 1821-1890 m Anne Mulhern bef 1859
• Mary
• Patrick
• Margaret 
• Martin
• John
• Anne
• Thomas
• Bridget
• House 16 Martin abt 1820  m?  The wife of Martin was churched in 1843
• Michael 1836- 1914 (sometime after Griffith's Michael took over House 23 from John)
• Patrick
• Martin
• Bridget "Sissie"
• Mary
• Michael
• John Joseph
• John Joseph
• James
• Anne Maria
• Stephen

• Ulick (c) 1790 - bef 1855 (Ulick is listed twice in the tithe applotments, however, the second listing seems to be mountain and no house, so it is probably the same man)
• House 18 John 1821 - 1890  m. Mary McLaughlin 1853
• House 27 Martin (c) 1830 - bef 1900  m. Honor Burke 1856 (this says of Luke, however no Luke appears in any other record, Ulick seems likely)