Doneira or Doniry, Galway

Historical Description

DONEIRA, or DONIRY, a parish, in the barony of LEITRIM, county of GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT, 5¼ miles (W. N. W.) from Portumna; containing 2348 inhabitants. This parish is bounded on the west by the Slieve-Baughta mountains, and comprises 3963 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. It is in the diocese of Clonfert; the rectory is appropriate partly to the see and partly to the deanery of Clonfert, and partly with the vicarage forming part of the union of Tynagh. The tithes amount to £95. 13. 10½., of which £12. 17. 3. is payable to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, £4. 12. 3¾. to the dean, and £78. 4. 3¾ to the incumbent. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of Ballynakill, and contains a chapel.

Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Doneira or Doniry from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1840 by Samuel Lewis (Doneira or Doniry)

Land and Property

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