Adregoole or Addergoole, Galway
Historical Description
ADREGOOLE, or ADDERGOOLE, a parish, in the barony of DUNMORIE, county of GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT, 4 miles (w.) from Dunmore, on the river Clare, and on the road from Dunmore to Castlebar; containing 2842 inhabitants. A constabulary police force has been stationed here; and petty sessions are held every alternate week. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Tuam, and forms part of the union of Tuam; the rectory is appropriate partly to the deanery and partly to the archdeaconry of Tuam. The tithes amount to £131. 8. 2½., of which £103. 1. 1½. is payable to the dean and archdeacon, and £34.1. 1. to the incumbent. At Kilconly there is a chapel of ease. In the R. C. divisions the parish is the head of a union or district, comprising also that of Liskeevy; the chapel, a large slated building recently erected, is situated at Milltown. There are three pay schools, in which are about 170 boys and 60 girls.
Civil Registration
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Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Adregoole or Addergoole from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1840 by Samuel Lewis (Adregoole or Addergoole)
Land and Property
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