Galey

Note: The Civil Parish of Galey ceased to be used for census purposes in the mid nineteenth century when District Electoral Divisions (DEDs) were introduced.

The Civil Parish of Galey was split between the DEDs of Ballyconry, Ballyegan, Ennismore, Gunsborough, Listowel Rural and Shroneowen. Ballyconry DED: Ballydonohuetownland
Ballyegan DED: Ballyegan, Dromalught, Kilteean townlands
Ennismore DED: Drommurrin townland
Gunsborough DED: Affoulee, Carhoonaknock East, Carhoonaknock West, Coolard, Coolbeha, Derra West, Garryard, Glouria, Inch East, Inch Moor, Inch West, Knockenagh North, Knockenagh South, Shrone Middle, Shrone West townlands
Listowel Rural DED: Bedford, Derra East, Shrone East townlands
Shronowen DED: Coolkeragh, Drombeg, Pollagh, Tullamoretownlands

The Church of the Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints microfilmed the 1901 and 1911 census.
These have been digitised by the National Archives of Ireland and can be seen online on their genealogy website:

• 1901 Census Ballyconry
• 1901 Census Ballyegan
• 1901 Census Ennismore
• 1901 Census Gunsborough
• 1901 Census Listowel Rural
• 1901 Census Shronowen
• 1911 Census Ballyconry
• 1911 Census Ballyegan
• 1911 Census Ennismore
• 1911 Census Gunsborough
• 1911 Census Listowel Rural
• 1911 Census Shronowen

The old church of Galey (Saint Bartholomew's) was in the townland of Garryard, in the old parish burial ground. Following the reformation this church passed to the Church of Ireland, but was quickly abandoned, and is now a well preserved ruin.
For Church of Ireland purposes Galey was united with Kilnaughten and Aghavallen by 1697. Kilnaughten was seperated from the Union in 1872. In 1878 Galey and Aghavallen were merged with Listowel.

In the Roman Catholic church, by 1704 Galey was united with Lisselton, Killehenny and Kilconly to form the parish (eventually named) Ballybunnion and Ballydonohue. In 1832 the portion south of the Galey River (the townlands of Pollagh, Bedford, Shrone East, Shrone Middle, Shrone West, Derra East, Derra West and Inch Moor) was transferred to the parish of Listowel. In 1960 Ballydonohue was separated from Ballybunnion to form an independent parish. The churches for the two parishes are located at Ballydonohue and Listowel.

The following Church of Ireland registers exist:
Baptisms 1785 - 1871 (Kilnaughtin)
Marriages 1785 - 1845 (Kilnaughtin)
Marriages 1845 - 1872 (Aghavallin)
Burials 1786 - 1873 (Kilnaughtin)
The registers are in local custody.

The following Roman Catholic registers remain:

Ballybunnion and Ballydonohue
Baptisms from Nov. 1, 1831 - Dec. 27, 1880
Marriages from Feb. 7, 1837 - Nov. 21, 1880

Listowel
Baptisms Aug. 3, 1802 - July 10, 1855
Marriages Jan. 8, 1837 - Nov 21, 1880
The registers remain in the custody of the parish priest, although microfilm copies are at the National Archives of Ireland. Written permission from the Bishop of Kerry is required to view these records.

From 1863 Galey was in the Listowel Superintendant Registrar's District, and split between the Registrar's Districts of Ballylongford (Gunsborough, Shroneowen DEDs), Ballybunnion (Ballyegan and Ballyconry DEDs), Ballyhorgan (Ennismore DED) and Listowel (Listowel Rural DED). See the Registration Districts page.

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The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.

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A Location Map of the Parish
A Map showing the Townlands of Galey

You can see maps centred on OSI grid reference Q9674637364 (Lat/Lon: 52.478352, -9.520418), Galey which are provided by:

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• Google Maps
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Copy Galey and paste it along with the county name into the search box at Ordnance Survey Ireland.
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