Hollygrove or sometimes Holly Grove is a township of 283 acres in Athleague parish

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

, Killeroran district, Killian barony

Barony (Ireland)

In Ireland, a barony is a historical subdivision of a county. They were created, like the counties, in the centuries after the Norman invasion, and were analogous to the hundreds into which the counties of England were divided. In early use they were also called cantreds...

, Union of Mountbellew, in County Galway

County Galway

County Galway is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the city of Galway. Galway County Council is the local authority for the county. There are several strongly Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county...

, Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

. Hollygrove is adjacent to the township of Coalpits, Ireland. The township is on the border of Roscommon and Galway.

Hollygrove Lake

Hollygrove Lake is a 50 acres (202,343 m²) lake located between Ballygar

Ballygar

Ballygar is a town in County Galway, Ireland. It is 11.7 km from Roscommon town.- Ballygar - A timeline :The name Ballygar, historically Beallagarr, comes from...

 and Athleague, upstream of Rookwood Bridge on the River Suck system. It is within half a kilometre of the main River Suck. The lake is shallow, typically 5 feet (1.5 m) deep with two deeper channels. It is primarily stocked with tench and pike.

Griffiths Primary Valuation

Griffith's valuation

Griffith's valuation

Griffith's Valuation was a survey of Ireland completed in 1868. -Griffith's background:Richard John Griffith started to value land in Scotland, where he spent two years in 1806-1807 valuing terrain through the examination of its soils...

between 1848 and 1864, lists the following people in Hollygrove who leased the land they farmed:

• Patrick Byrne
• John Droody
• James Feeney
• John Gouran
• Luke Hannelly
• John Hogan (1828-1886) who married Winifred Conboy (1827-?)
• Bernard Kelly
• Thomas Kerin
• Hannelly Leonard
• Michael Leonard
• Thomas Moran
• Patrick Reilly
• John Torpy

External links

• Hollygrove guest house
• http://www.logainm.ie/20475.aspx