Destitution in Gweedore and Cloughaneely - 1858 (Persons Visited) Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Donegal Index Donegal Miscellaneous Index Copyright Contributed by Mary Heaphy _________________________________________ From the Eppi papers. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON DESTITUTION IN GWEEDORE AND CLOUGHANEELY. PAPERS DELIVERED BY DANIEL JOHN CRUICE, 2ND JULY 1858. LIST OF PERSONS VISITED. Townland of Meenacung, Ardun & Upper Doore Gweedore, 15th June 1858. TOWNLAND OF MEENACUNG. 1. MULLIGAN, Widow. 1 bed. 3 head of cattle. land cropped. Got relief. 2. McGINLEY, Colm. 8 head of cattle. A good house. locked up land, well cropped. Got Relief. 3. McGEE. Tom. His house locked with a padlock. 4. DOOGAN. Connell. 1 straw bed. 4 head of cattle. A sack of oats. 5.GALAGHER, Paul (or James.). A large wooden dish of stirabout but when I went into the house they started eating sea-weed. Got relief. 6. McCOOL, John. A sack of meal, he said it was his own, that he got none from the relief. 7. Doogan, James. A battered house, and appearance of poverty on the mountain attached; 53 head of cattle in good condition, 4 horses and 26 sheep. Got relief. 16th June, 1858. ARDUN. 8. Ferry, James. 4 milch cows tied in his house. A bed and bed clothes. This man is in London, one of Mr. DOHERTY's witnesses. Got relief. 9. BOYLE, James. Clean house. Chairs, bed and dresser in kitchen. 2 beds in room. Chest of meal and woollen wheel, 5 cows and one horse. Got relief. UPPER DOORE. 10. ROGERS, Peter. 2 bed and bedstead. 1 cow, 1 heifer, 1 calf. Got relief. 11. DOYLE, Pat. 2 cows, Chairs, bed, dresser, woollen wheel, and a locked room. Got relief. 12. BOYLE, Ned. 3 cows, Chairs, dresser, bed and other furniture, a room locked, children looking well. A sheep house and a cow house, where it appeared cows and sheep had been. Got relief. 13. BOYLE, Farrig. 3 bedsteads and 3 beds, one of them covered with ticken. chairs, table, a number of women's gowns, a quantity of potatoes, 1 chest, 5 cows, 20 sheep. Got relief. 14. DOHERTY, James. 3 beds, bedsteads and bed clothes, quantity of potatoes, spinning wheel, sheep house, a place for 5 cows. When I came into this townland I saw the people drive off several head of cattle and all appeared to do what they could to conceal any property they had. Lord Gill's agriculturist was with me and he had an account of the number of cattle, each of them had crops all good. Got relief. 15. BOYLE, John. 2 beds and bed clothes. woollen wheel. potatoes, meal, 1 cow in the house. Mr. Robinson says this man has two cows and a heifer. Got relief. 16. BOYLE, Charley. 3 beds and bed clothes. chairs, dresser, and I am told , he has two cows. Got relief. 17. BOYLE, James. House locked up lest I should see it. I am told he has three cows, a horse and sheep. Got relief. 18. GALLAGHER, Owen. This man's house is not more comfortable or better furnished then any of the others, although I am told he is worth 400!; he sold 200!; worth of meal on credit this year. 19. GALLAGHER, Widow. Clean house, bed and bedstead, chairs and dresser. Got relief. 20. DOYLE, Pat. 2 beds and bedsteads, dresser, and chairs. I am told he has two cows. Got relief. 21. M'GEE, Daniel. A good house, 3 beds, dresser, press, and boxes. Good quantity of clothes. Was told he had 5 cows and a horse. 22. SWEENY, James. 1 bed and bedstead. 2 chairs, 1 box, potatoes and 1 cow. Got relief. 23. McGEE, Charles. 2 beds, dresser, large quantity of potatoes, 1 cow, 3 bags rye. I am told he has 7 head of cattle, and a horse. 24. McCOOL or O'Donnell, Widow, 1 bed and bedstead, a chest, some meal. Got relief. 25. M'ELWAINE, Pat. 2 beds and bedsteads. chairs, chest, woollen wheel, potatoes, 1 cow. Got relief. 26. BOYLE, Manus. 4 beds and bedsteads. chairs, table, dresser, meal, 2 cows, 1 pig, large quantity of potatoes. I am told he has seven head of cattle. This is one of the men Hugh M'Bride said used seaweed. 27. O'DONNELL, Pat. 1 bed, 1 dresser, 1 chest, a poor house, Am told he has a cow. Got relief. 28. GALAGHER, Anthony. 2 bedsteads, nothing in them, a dresser. I am told he has 3 head of cattle. 29. GALLAGHER, Frank. 2 beds and bedsteads, dresser, chests, quantity of potatoes. I am told he has 8 head of cattle. 30. M'MUNNIGLE, Michael. 2 beds and bedsteads. dresser, chest. He appears to be poor. Got relief. 31. GAILAGHER, Michael, Tailor. 1 bed, 1 dresser, 1 cow. Got relief. 32. GALAGHER, Ned. 2 bedsteads, dresser, chest, some potatoes, 1 cow. Got relief. 33. GALAGHER, Widow N. This is the woman whose husband died in the mountain. 1 bed, some meal, 1 cow. Got relief. 34. McGOE, Maggie. A poor and bad house. Got relief. 35. COLL, Maggie. (Widow). 1 bed, 2 bedsteads, 1 dresser. I hear she has a cow. Got Relief. 36. O'DONNELL, Daniel. House shut up. Got relief. 37. ROGERS, Widow. This is the woman M'Bride said had eaten "a garden of seaweed". 1 bed, 1 bedstead, 1 dresser, woollen wheel. She said she sometimes eat seaweed, but had meal now. She appears to be poor. Got relief. 38. O'DONNELL, Frank, (Cobbler). 3 beds and bedsteads, dresser, chairs and chest. I am told he has 4 cows. Got relief. 39. O'DONNELL, James. 3 bedsteads, the beds appear to have been taken out, dresser and chest. Some meal. I am told he has one cow. Got relief. 40. GALAGHER, Paddy. 3 beds and bedsteads, dresser, chest, chairs, table, some potatoes and meal, two cows tied in an outhouse. Got relief. 41. COLL, Tole, (Carpenter). 3 bedsteads with blankets and rug on them, dresser, and 1 cow tied in, carpenter's tools. Got relief. 42. O'DONNELL, Manus. (Cooper). Was working at his trade. 1 bed and bedstead. dresser, chest, 1 cow and calf. Got relief. TOWNLAND OF MEENADUFF. 43. CAMPBELL, Ned. 2 ticken beds and bedsteads, dresser, chairs, chest, large quantity of potatoes-more than they will require for their own use, good deal of milk, 3 cows, crops good. Got relief. 44. BOYLE, James, House shut. Got relief. 45. GALAGHER, Hugh. 2 beds and bedsteads. some potatoes. 4 cows. Got relief. 46. GALAGHER, Nora, Widow. 3 bedsteads, 3 beds. 1 in ticks, dresser, chests, chairs, table, woollen wheel, 6 head of cattle. 3 of them milch cows. 1 horse. Got relief. 47. GALAGHER, Connel. 2 beds and bedsteads, chest, churn, 1 cow, meal, some potatoes. Got relief. 48. COLL, Manus. A very poor house. I am told he has a cow. Got relief. 49. MCBRIDE, Nogher, Family at dinner, potatoes and milk. 1 bed and bedstead, dresser, 1 cow, 1 heifer. 50. M'BRIDE, Michael. House shut, this man I am told has 7 head of cattle, a horse, and sold meal on credit. Got relief. 51. GALAGHER, Charles. 2 beds and bedsteads, a dresser, some potatoes, sack of oats, 2 cows. Got relief. 52. BOYLE, Bryan. beds, dresser, chairs, potatoes, 4 sacks of oats which they wanted to conceal, 2 cows tied in. I am told he has 4 cows. Got relief. 53. CONAGHEN, Hugh. A very poor man. Got relief. 54. GALAGHER, Daniel. House shut, I am told he has cows. Got relief. 55. GUMELLY, Michael. 1 bedstead and 1 bed made of hay, as much potatoes as he can use, 2 cows. Got relief. 56. DIVER, Neal, House shut, I am told he is well off, that he has 4 cows, and a horse, sells potatoes on credit. Got relief. 57. DOHERTY, Dominick. This man is the husband of the woman Mrs DOHERTY, said he had no bed or bed clothes the night she was confined, 2 beds and bedsteads, 1 cow, some meal. The man is poor. Got relief. 58. SWEENY, Hugh. 2 beds and bedsteads, a woollen wheel, 1 milch cow. this man is poor. Got relief. 59. DOHERTY, William. House shut, I am told he has 4 cows, one of Mr. DOHERTY's witnesses. Got relief. 60. M'BRIDE, Thomas. House shut. His father standing outside the house. 9 head of cattle, 1 horse, 1 boat. 61. DOHERTY, Owen. Well off, 5 cows and horse. Got relief. 62. SWEENY, Maggie, very poor. Got relief. 63. SWEENY, Dominick. 3 beds and bedsteads, 2 new calf cows, large quantity of potatoes. Got relief. 64. FERRY, Charles, 1 bed and bedstead, 1 cow and calf. Got relief. 65. M'GARVY, James. House shut up, his family sitting outside, and would not open it, I am told he has a horse and 3 cows. Well off. 66. GALAGHER, Edmund, House shut, same as last, I am told he has 3 cows and some sheep. Well off. Got relief. 67. FERRY, Michael, House shut, I am told he is well off. 3 cows, 1 horse. 68. FERRY, Owen. House shut, 3 cows, and horse, gave out money at interest, and sells meal on credit. 69. DOHERTY, Charles. 2 beds and bedsteads, dresser and chest. I am told he has four cows. Got relief. 70. M'GARVY, John. 3 beds and bedsteads, dresser, 3 chairs. Would not open his barn. I am told he has potatoes and oats in it. The window was open so saw it full of potatoes. I am told he has 5 cows and a horse. he said he only had two cows. Got relief.