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Coalpits, County Galway

Coordinates: 53°35′38″N 8°22′42″W / 53.59389°N 8.37833°W / 53.59389; -8.37833
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Coalpits
Townland
Coalpits is located in Ireland
Coalpits
Coalpits
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°35′38″N 8°22′42″W / 53.59389°N 8.37833°W / 53.59389; -8.37833
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
CountyCounty Galway
Area
 • Total1.56 km2 (0.60 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Coalpits or sometimes Coal Pits is a townland of 386 acres in Athleague parish, in Killeroran district, in the Killian barony, the Union of Mountbellew, in County Galway, Ireland.[1] Coalpits, which is known in Irish as Clais an Ghuail,[2] is adjacent to the town of Hollygrove.

Griffiths Valuation

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Griffith's valuation lists the following people in Coalpits who leased the land they farmed from James Thewles:[citation needed]

  • Brennan, Thomas
  • Conran, Mary
  • Patrick Corboy [sic] aka Patrick Conboy
  • Cunniffe, Thomas
  • Dignan, Peter
  • Farrisy, Michael
  • Gavan, Michael
  • Gouran, Edmund
  • Gouran, Patrick
  • Gouran, Thomas
  • Harraghtin, Patrick
  • Kelly, Catherine
  • Lohan, Patrick
  • Murphy, Michael
  • Ryan, Michael

References

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  1. ^ "Coalpits Townland, Co. Galway".
  2. ^ "Clais an Ghuail/Coalpits".