WASTE LANDS (IRELAND). 



RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons, 
dated 6 August 187 S',— for, 



RETURNS “of the Acreage under (a-) Crops ; ( b ) Grass; (c) Plantation; 
(d) Fallow ; (e) Bog Waste, in each Poor Law Union wholly within 
the Counties of Mayo, Galway, and Donegal, in the Year 18/4 

“ Of the Number of Proprietors in each of such Unions 

“ Of the Number and Amount of Loans Made, to and Expended by them since 
1847, for Purposes of Land Reclamation and Improvement within 
each of such Unions 

“ Of the Number and Amount of Loans made to Occupiers, not being 
Proprietors, and Expended by them since 184/ for Purposes of Land 
Reclamation and Improvement within each of such Unions 

“ And, of the Acreage of the Lands witli respect to which each of such Loans 
was made.” 



Note . — The Return comprises only those Unions which lie wholly within the 
County of Mayo, the County of Galway, and the County of Donegal, and does 
not refer to any of the Unions which lie partly in any of them. 



Dublin Castle, \ T BURKE. 

20 March 1876. J 



(Mr. O'Connor Power.) 



Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 

24 March 1 876. 



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RETURNS RELATING TO WASTE LANDS (IRELAND). 



RETURN of the Acreage under (a) Crops; (/>) Grass: (c) Plantation; (d) 
Fallow; and (e) Bog and Waste, in each Poor Law Union wholly within the 
Counties of Mayo, Galway, and Donegal, in the Year 1874. 



Names op Counties 
Rook Law Unions. 



Mayo County: 


Belmullet 


Union 


Castlebar 


„ 


Claremorris - 


- „ 


Killala - 


- •> 


Newport 


ii 


W estport 


- 


Galway County: 


Clifden - 


Union 


Galway 


» 


Loughrea 


„ 


Mountbellew 


„ 


Portunma 


* ii 


Tuam - 


ii 



Acreage under 



(.a) 


W 


(e) 1 


(<*) 


(«) 


Crops. 


Grass. \ 


Plantations. : 


Fallow. 


Bog and Waste.* 



9,853 l 


23,718 | 


4 


10 | 


144,348 


25,964 : 


69,740 i 


1,750 


393 j 


43,151 


27,800 


I 60,613 : 


731 


4 1 


21,631 


10,143 


29,168 j 


223 


1 ! 


65,347 


10,166 


j 4S.335 ; 


S06 


30 


111,076 


16,083 


j 99,484 


952 


127 


58,862 


10,402 


1 96,990 


1,725 


347 


83,501 


24,593 


1 91,869 


2,178 


25 


78,802 


30,410 


111,318 


4,855 


20 


62,229 


21,100 


53,455 


3,142 


36 


24,650 


17,838 


41,435 


1,418 


21 


16,334 


37,153 


123,638 


3,085 


149 


26,624 



Donegal Count?: 
Donegal 
Dunfanaghy - 
Glenties 
Inishowen 
Letterkenny - 
Milford 
Stranorlar 






24,562 

12,723 

29,S33 

32,399 

24,990 




70,540 

26,413 

89,170 

41,409 

30,893 

42,889 

36,418 



981 

896 

49 

374 

1,543 

1,004 

1,078 



64,302 

85,476 

136,335 

85,145 

43,589 

40,951 

60,651 



* Under this head is included the area of barren mountains, roads, towns, and tideways ; also all water 
except that -of the larger rivers and lakes. 



William Donnelly, 

General Register Office, Charlemont House, Dublin, Registrar General. 

27 August 1875. 



RETURN of the Number of Proprietors in each Union wholly within the Counties 
of Donegal, Galway, and Mayo, respectively. 



County Donegal. | 


County Galway. 


County Mayo. 




! 

Unions. 


oi| 

111 




Number of 
Proprietors in 
each Union. 


Unions. 


111 

III 


Donegal - 


97 


Clifden - 


178 


Belmullet 


68 


Dunfanaghy 


30 


Galway - 


641 


Castlebar 


360 


Glenties - 


50 


Loughrea 


212 


Claremorris 


166 


Inishowen 


147 


j Mount Bellew - 


78 


Killala - - - 


80 


Letterkenny 


255 


Portumria 


116 


Newport - 


79 


Milford - 


15S 


Tuam ... 


284 


Swineford 


218 


Stranorlar 


160 






Westport 


255 


Total for County - 


897 


Total for County - 


1,509 


Total for County - 


1,226 



B. Danis, 

Local Government Board, Ireland, Secretary. 

29 November 1875. 



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RETURNS RELATING TO WASTE LANDS (IRELAND). 



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RETURN of the Number and Amount of Loans Made to and Expended by Pro- 
prietors in each Poor Law Union wholly within the Counties of Mayo, Galway, 
and Donegal , since 1847, for Purposes of Land Reclamation and Improvement 
within each of such Unions ; and of the Acreage of the Lands with respect to which 
each of such Loans was made. 



COUNTY MAYO. 



Number 

of 

Loans. 


Poor Law Unions. 


Amount 

of 

Loans. j 


Amount 

Expended. 


Number of 
Acres 
Reclaimed. 


Number of 
Acres 
Improved, 






£. 


£. 






1 


Belmullet - 


500 j 


200 




35 


2 


- ditto ... 


500 | 


100 


- 


5 


3 


- ditto ... 


250 ; 


160 


- 


30 


4 


- ditto ... 


5,000 i 


350 


- 


90 


5 


- ditto ... 


300 


300 


- 


20 


6 


- ditto 


300 


300 




34 


7 


- ditto 


700 


700 




39 


8 


- ditto ... 


530 


530 




— 






8,080 


2,640 


- 


253 




Castlebar ... 


1,100 


880 




180 




- ditto ... 


9,400 


5,400 


- 


1,857 




- ditto ... 


2,600 


2,000 


. 


264 




- ditto ... 


700 


280 


— ; 


— 




- ditto ... 


300 


240 


18 


33 




- ditto ... 


250 


200 


— 


— 




- ditto ... 


100 


40 ! 


- 


7 


S 


- ditto ... 


500 


400 I 


- 


85 


9 


- ditto ... 


■ 500 


600 


— 


— 


10 


- ditto ... 


500 


500 


— 


— 




- ditto ... 


3,000 


1,400 


- 


614 


12 


- ditto ... 


1,500 


1,300 


172 


134- 


13 


- ditto ... 


400 


400 


— 


— 




- ditto ... 


j 2,250 


1,840 


— 


— 




- ditto 


200 


200 


- 


39 




- ditto ... 


300 


300 


— 


— 


17 


- ditto ... 


3,400 


1,500 


- 


815 




- ditto ... 


1,400 


1,400 


- 


106 




- ditto ... 


250 


250 


- 


192 




- ditto ... 


100 


100 


— 


— 




- ditto ... 


300 


180 




— 




- ditto ... 


100 


100 


14 








29,150 


19,410 


204 


4,326 




Claremorris - 


1,200 


680 


. 


81 






0,500 




- 








500 


500 


- 








200 




— 


— 






150 


150 




55 






500 


500 


- 








1,500 


600 


- 








100 


100 


- 


22 






100 


100 


* 






- ditto - 


300 


300 


- 






- ditto - 


100 


100 


— 


— 






250 


230 


— 


— 






130 


130 


— 


— 






180 


ISO 


— 


— 






170 


170 


- 


5 




- ditto - 


5,000 


5,000 




570 






340 


340 


- 








400 


240 




45 




- ditto - 


200 


120 


— 


— 


20 


- ditto - 


220 


200 










18,040 


11,160 


21 


1,253 



130 



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RETURNS RELATING TO WASTE LANDS (IRELAND). 



County Mayo— continued. 



Number 

of 

Loaus. 



Poor Law Unions. 



Killala - 

- ditto - 

- ditto * 

- ditto - 

- ditto - 

■ ditto - 



Newport 

- ditto - 

- ditto - 

- ditto - 

- ditto - 

- ditto - 



Westport - 


20,000 


- ditto - 






150 


- ditto - 


700 




500 




300 




500 


- ditto - 


3,550 




5,000 




4,850 




300 




500 




450 




500 


- ditto - - - - 


950 


- ditto - 


300 


- ditto - 


900 


- ditto - 


200 




42,150 



Amount 

of 

Loans. 



£. 

350 

200 

350 



11,900 

200 

500 

500 

400 

1,000 



14,500 



Amount 

Expended. 



7,500 

200 

500 

400 



Number of 
Acres 
Reclaimed. 



| Number of 
Acres 
Improved. 



700 

100 

200 

100 

3,500 

1,000 

1,140 



570 

300 

3CC 



SUMMARY. 



Number ; 

°f 1 

Loans. 


Poor Law Unions. 


Amount 

of 

Loans. 


Amount 

Expended. 


Number of 
Acres 

Reclaimed. 


N umber of 
Acres 
Improved. 






£. 


£. 






8 


Belmullet - 


8,080 


2,640 


- 


263 


22 


Castlebar - 


29,150 


19,410 


204 


4,326 


20 


Claremorris 


18,040 


11,160 


21 


1,253 


6 


Killala ... 


2,350 


1,450 




121 


6 


Newport 


14.600 


9,600 


2,542 


886 


18 


Westport - 


42,150 


15,430 


- 


556 


80 




114,270 


59,690 


2,767 


7,395 



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COUNTY 



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County Galway — continued. 



Number 

of 

Loans. 


Poor Law Unions. 


Amouut 

of 

Loans. 


Amount 

Expended. 


Number of 
Acres 

Reclaimed. 


Number of 
Acres 
Improved. 






£. 


£. 






22 


Lough rea ... 


600 


600 


- 


126 


23 


- ditto - 


100 


100 


- 


14 


24 


- ditto ... 


200 


200 


— 


— 




- ditto - 


150 


150 




34 


26 


- ditto ... 


350 


210 




35 




- ditto ... 


350 


350 


- 


41 


28 


- ditto ... 


1,900 


1,900 


- 


252 


29 


- ditto ... 


200 


200 




16 


30 


- ditto ... 


500 


300 




64 


31 


- ditto ... 


2,500 


1,000 




103 


32 


- ditto ... 


300 


240 




19 


33 


- ditto ... 


250 


250 




10 


* 34 


- ditto ... 


850 


850 


86 


48 


35 


- ditto ... 


250 


250 




33 


36 


- ditto ... 


200 


160 




16 


37 


- ditto ... 


500 


600 


— 


— 


38 


- ditto ... 


600 


240 


— 


— 


39 


- ditto ... 


200 


40 




1 7 






19,950 


14,835 


552 

. 


1,616 


1 


Mount Bellew 


800 


800 




102 


2 


- ditto ... 


200 


200 






3 


- ditto ... 


1,500 


1,500 




120 


4 


- ditto ... 


160 


150 




4 


5 


- ditto ... 


600 


240 




16 


6 


- ditto ... 


950 


950 




90 


7 


- ditto - 


5,000 


800 


- 


230 


8 


- ditto ... 


500 


500 


- 


83 


9 


- ditto ... 


500 


200 




32 


10 


- ditto ... 


650 


520 


— 





ll 


- ditto ... 


150 


150 


- 


20 


1® 


- ditto ... 


100 


40 




14 


1® 


- ditto- ... 


200 


80 


- 


3 


14 


- ditto ... 


600 


100 


— 




15 


- ditto ... 


200 


160 


— 





16 


- ditto 


260 


200 


- 


12 


17 


- ditto ... 


150 


160 


— 




18 


- ditto - 


150 


150 


- 


42 


19 


- ditto ... 


350 


140 


- 




20 


- ditto ... 


350 


210 


. 


18 


21 


- ditto ... 


300 


300 


- 


40 


22 


- ditto ... 


500 


500 


• 


50 


23 


- ditto ... 


1,000 


1,000 


_ 


137 


24 


- ditto ... 


720 


560 


. 


85 


25 


• ditto ... 


320 


120 


- 


- 






16,090 


9,720 




1,124 


1 


Portumna ... 


250 










- ditto - 


1,200 










- ditto - 


300 








4 


- ditto - 


1,000 









5 


- ditto - 


500 






22 




- ditto - 


1,500 










- ditto - - 


5,000 


3,500 








- ditto - 


400 




. 




9 


- ditto - 


1,250 








10 


- ditto - 


300 








11 


- ditto - 


500 


500 


. 


50 






1,000 








13 


- ditto - 


300 


800 


- 








18,600 


9,610 


- 


591 



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County Galway — contin ued. 



Number 

of 

Loans. 


Poor Law Unions. 


Amount 

of 

Loans. 


Amouut 

Expended. 


Number of 
Acres 
Reclaimed. 


Number of 
Acres 
Improved. 






£. 


£. 






1 


Tuam ... 


300 


300 


- 


101 


2 


- ditto 


1,000 


800 


56 j 


— 


3 


- ditto ... 


400 


400 




17 


4 


- ditto ... 


300 


180 


- 


18 


5 


- ditto ... 


700 


700 


- 


67 


6 


- ditto ... 


200 


200 


- 


37 


7 




150 


120 


— 


— 


8 


- ditto ... 


1,000 


soo 


. 


130 


9 




2,500 


500 




76 


10 




300 


300 




310 


11 


- ditto ... 


200 


120 


- 


5 


12 


- ditto ... 


500 


200 


- 


7 


13 


- ditto ... 


100 


100 


— 


— 


14 


- ditto ... 


600 


36 0 


— 


— 


15 


- ditto - 


200 


200 


- 


42 


16 


- ditto 


650 


390 


- 


34 


17 


- ditto ... 


1,000 


800 


470 


— 


18 


, - ditto ... 


1,600 


320 




245 


19 


- ditto ... 


200 


160 


— 


— 


20 


- ditto - 


450 


450 




81 


21 




300 


300 


62 


— 


22 




900 


180 


— 


— 


23 


- ditto ... 


500 


300 


- 


9 


24 




1,000 


1,000 


- 


298 


25 


- ditto ... 


750 


750 




120 


26 


- ditto 


1,000 


SOO 




130 


27 


- ditto ... 


200 


200 




23 


28 


- ditto ... 


300 


300 




52 


29 


- ditto - 


1,100 


660 


- 


<34 


30 


- ditto ... 


500 


200 


- 


11 






18,900 


12,090 


588 


1,877 




Clifden ... 


600 


GOO 




29 






1,000 


1,000 


- 


99 




- ditto - 


200 


200 


67 


— 




- ditto ... 


100 


100 


- 


10 


5 


- ditto ... 


300 


ISO 


— 


— 






150 


120 


- 


15 


7 


- ditto ... 


1,500 


1,200 


- 


174 






800 


160 


- 


43 






160 


90 




12 






300 


j 300 


46 


— 






900 


| 900 


90 


- — 


12 


•• ditto ... 


500 


| 200 


24 


— 






0,500 


5,050 


227 


j 382 



SUMMARY. 



Number 

of 

Loans. 


Poor Law Unions. 


Amount • 
of 

Loans. j 


Amount j 
Expended. 


■ Number of 
Acres 
Reclaimed. 


Number of 
j Acres 

j Improved. 


43 

39 

25 

13 

— 30 

' 12 


Galway 

Loughrea - - 1 * 

Mount Beliew - 
PoRTUMNA - 
Tuam - 

Clifden ... 


I £. 

26 210 
19,950 
I 16,090 

i 13,500 

IS, 900 
6,500 


£. 

16,745 

14,835 

9,720 

9,610 

12,090 

5,050 


449 

58S 

227 


1,433 
1,616 
j 1,124 

591 
1 1,877 

382 


162 




| 101,150 


| 68,050 


j 1,816 


| 7,023 



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RETURNS RELATING TO WASTE LANDS (IRELAND). 



COUNTY DONEGAL. 



Number 

of 

Loans. 


Poor Law Unions. 


Amount 

of 

Loans. 


Amount 

Expended. 


Number of 
Acres 
Reclaimed. 


Number of 
Acres 
Improved. 






£. 


£. 






1 


Donegal - 


6,000 


2,450 


- 


646 


2 


- ditto ... 


2,600 


1,100 


89 


— 


3 




7,000 


6,000 


- 


304 




- ditto ... 


5,000 


2,000 


- 


192 


5 


- ditto - 


1,200 


720 


- 


74 


6 


- ditto ... 


100 


100 


- 


11 


7 


- ditto ... 


400 


400 


- 


88 


8 


- ditto ... 


100 


100 


- 


85 


9 


- ditto ... 


1,000 


1,000 


87 


— 


10 


- ditto ... 


250 


250 


- 


79 


11 


- ditto - 


100 


100 


- 


28 


12 


- ditto ... 


1,000 


1,000 




340 


13 


- ditto ... 


2,000 


2,000 


- 


180 


14 


- ditto ... 


200 


120 


- 


24 


15 


- ditto ... 


1,000 


1,000 


- 


103 


16 


- ditto ... 


100 


80 


- 


15 


17 


- ditto ... 


150 


60 


- 


17 


18 


- ditto - 


1,900 


760 




211 


19 


- ditto ... 


300 


200 




36 


20 


- ditto ... 


250 


200 


- 


27 






30,650 


19,640 


176 


2,410 


1 


Dunfanaghy - 


320 


240 


. . 


66 




- ditto ... 


200 


200 






3 


- ditto ... 


300 


280 


- 


49 




- ditto ... 


4,000 


1,500 


932 


— 


5 


- ditto ... 


1,700 


340 


— 


— 


6 


- ditto 


5,200 


5,200 


60 


126 


7 


- ditto ... 


1,175 


1,175 


— 


. — 


8 


- ditto ... 


5,600 


1,500 


- 


37 






18,495 


10,435 


992 


314 


1 


Glenties ... 


2,300 


920 


. 


87 


2 


•• ditto ... 


200 


200 






3 


- ditto ... 


200 


200 










2,700 


1,320 




162 




Inisliowen ... 


400 


400 


. 


140 






300 


300 


- 






- ditto ... 


200 


200 


- 








3,000 


3,000 


- 








300 


180 




— 






500 


400 


- 








1,400 


1,120 










300 


240 


- 








100 


100 


- 


15 






500 


500 










650 


260 


- 








500 


500 


- 


50 






2,000 


2,000 


- 








250 


250 


. - 






- ditto ... 


200 


, 200 


- 






- ditto ... 


300 


60 


* 




17 


- ditto ... 


250 


100 


- 






- ditto ... 


300 


60 


— 






- ditto ... 


100 


100 






20 


- ditto ... 


100 


100 


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11,650 


10,070 


148 


1,113 



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County Donegal— continued. 



Number 




Amount 


Amount 






of 


Poor Law Unions. 


of 


Expended. 






Loans. 




Loans. 


Reclaimed. 


Improved. 






£. 








1 


Letterkenuv - 


1,400 


1,400 


. 


224 


2 


- ditto ... 


1,000 


600 


75 


3 


3 


- ditto ... 


300 


180 


. 


64 


4 


- ditto ... 


100 


40 


. 


4 


5 


- ditto ... 


150 


150 


. 


36 


6 


- ditto ... 


300 


300 


32 


— 


7 


- ditto ... 


150 


150 








8 


- ditto ... 


800 


800 




85 


0 


- ditto 


2,000 3 


2,000 




569 


10 


- ditto ... 


500 


500 




100 


11 


- ditto 


450 


450 


70 





12 


- ditto ... 


200 


200 


45 


— 


13 


- ditto 


1,500 


300 




33 


14 


- ditto ... 


300 


120 


- 


23 


15 


- ditto ... 


400 


400 


— 


— 






9,550 


7,590 


222 


1;146 


1 


Milford .... 


7,000 


4,800 


00 




2 


- ditto ... 


300 


• 180 


16 


28 




- ditto ... 


7,000 


3.000 


142 


— 


4 


- ditto ... 


400 


80 


. 


11 




- ditto ... 


200 


160 


11 


— 


6 


- ditto ... 


200 


80 




9 






15,100 


8,300 


191 


48 


1 


Stranorlar ... 


100 


100 




0- 




- ditto ... 


5,300 


2,500 


- 


239 




- ditto ... 


500 


500 


- 


34 






600 


COO 




123 




- ditto ... 


200 


80 




14 


6 


- ditto ... 


1,500 


1,500 


112 


115 


7 


- ditto ... 


500 


500 


51 


~ 






8,700 


5,780 


163 


552 


g 


U M M A R Y. 










Amount 


Amount 


Number of 


Number of 


of 

Loans. 


Poor Law Unions. 


of 

Loans. 


Expended. 


Acres 

Reclaimed. 


Acres 

Improved. 






£. 


£. 






20 


Donegal .... 


30,650 


19,640 


176 


2,410 


8 


Dunfanaghy 


18,495 


10,435 


992 


314 


3 


Glenties ... 


2,700 


1,320 


- 


162 


20 


Inishowen - 


11,650 


10,070 


143 


1,118 


15 


Letterkensy. 


9,550 


7,590 


222 


1,146 


6 


Milfokd ... 


15,100 


8,300 


191 


48 


7 


Stiunorlar - 


8,700 


5,780 


163 


552 


79 




96,345 


63,135 


1,892 


5,745 



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GENERAL SUMMARY. 



Counties. 


Total 

Number 

of 

Loans. 


Total 

Amount 

of 

Loans. 


Total 

Amount 

Expended. 


Total 

Number of 
Acres 
Reclaimed. 


Total 

Number of 
Acres 
Improved. 






£. 


£. 






MAYO --- - 


80 


114,270 


59,690 1 


2,767 1 


7,395 


GALWAY - 


162 


101,130 


68,050 


1,816 


7,023 


DONEGAL - 


79 


96,845 


63,135 


1,892 j 


5,745 




321 | 


312,265 


190,875 


6,475 1 


20,163 



Note . — Where Loans have been granted upon properties which are in more than one Poor Law Union 
they have been included in the Union in which the largest Expenditure occurred. 

In those cases where no result is shown opposite the amount expended, the improvements consist of the 
construction of fences, farm roads, and main drains, which works do not admit of being brought out in 
acreable quantities. 

No Loans have been “ made to Occupiers not being Proprietors.” 

John W. Penny, 

Officer of Public Works, Dublin, Examiner of Land Improvement. 

14 March 1876. 



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