School: Naomh Seosamh, Baile an Ruadháin (roll number 15829)

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1. Carnacregg House

   

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   Carnacregg house was built in or about the sixteenth century by a family of the Concannons of Tuam and Waterloo. During the famine (1845 - 1847) it was supposed to be a hospital and after that James Browne bought it. The tenants were then supplied with work and earned a good salary by repairing the estate for Browne. The property amounted to about six hundred acres. He also owned several others as Corofinn, Cooloo and Greenville. Ruins of another gentlemans residence are still to be seen in the neighbourhood. His name was O'Loughlin. Father John Noone dwelt with the O'Loughlins when he was

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Clare Hughes

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carrownacregg East, Co. Galway

   Informant

   W. Hughes

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Female

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Moylough, Co. Galway