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Genealogy

Census records for 1901 and 1911 are available at http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/, The census is arranged by District Electoral Division (DED); the relevant DEDs for Annaghdown parish are Annaghdown, Liscananaun, and Killower (mistranscribed as Killoner in 1911).

Parish registers from 1834 to 1880 are available online (microfilm images) at the National Library of Ireland's website http://registers.nli.ie/parishes/1041.

Griffith's Primary Valuation of Ireland, conducted in the early 1850s for Annaghdown, can be searched online at http://askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/.

For full details on available Irish records see the main Ireland Reaching Out Archives page at http://www.irelandxo.com/19011911-census-and-other-central-archives.

Further Online Sources

Annaghdown has a strong diaspora in the United States, New Zealand and Australia. Some interesting links include:

Seán Brosnahan's site with articles including 'The Greening of Otago: Irish (Catholic) Immigration to Otago and Southland 1840-1888', and 'The Scullys of Galway,Southland and Timaru'.

Books

An Gorta Mór: Famine Times in Annaghdown. Annaghdown Heritage Society, 1997.

Annaghdown Remembers Michael Davitt. Annaghdown Heritage Society, 1996.

History of the Ecclesiastical Ruins at Annaghdown. Rev. M. Goaley, 1st ed. 1975.

Monastic Ruins at Annaghdown. Rev. M. Goaley, 2nd ed. 1998, 3rd ed. 2012.

The Land for the People. Br. Conal Thomas; Annaghdown Heritage Society, 1999.

By Corrib, Clare and Cregg. Seán Ó Murchadha; Annaghdown Heritage Society, 2009.

From Annaghdown: A History of the O'Malley-Maley-Melia Family. Phil O'Malley, New Zealand, 1997.

Annaghdown G.A.A., 1887-1989. Bro. Michael John Burke (ed.), 1990.

The Church of St. Brendan by the Lake, 1903-2003. Dr. Martin Newell, 2003.

Lough Corrib: Its Shores and Islands. Sir William Wilde. McGlashan & Gill: Dublin, 1867. Reprinted 2002: Kevin Duffy, Headford, Co. Galway.

A Thousand Years of Church Heritage in East Galway. Peter Harbison. Dublin: Ashfield Press, 2005.

A Guide to Lough Corrib's Early Monastic Sites. Anthony Prévite. Oughterard, Co. Galway: Oldchapel Press, 2010.

Dánta agus Amhráin. Séamus Ó Maoildhia. Baile Átha Cliath: Oifig an tSoláthair, 1940.

Amhráin Mhuighe Seola. Eibhlín Bean Mhic Choisdealbha. Céad chló 1923. An dara chló 1990. An triú chló 2010: Cló Iar-Chonnacht.

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