Family history Bernard Darragh, born in Ahoghill, township Gloonan

[MKREIJNS]

Thank you for your prompt reply and information. Very kind of you to forward my query to another Darragh researcher!
Michael Kreijns

[aghadowey]

My great grandfather Bernard Darragh, was born in 1860 in the township Gloonan city Ahoghill.
Gloonan is a townland in the civil parish of Ahoghill- see here for map:
https://www.townlands.ie/antrim/toome-upper/ahoghill/gloonan/

In the book with I found on Internet 1864-1879, Bernard leaves the farm an James Delofs takes it over. In the first pages I found a note out of which I understood that Bernard left in 1862.
This is the Valuation Revision Book- the one for Gloonan you mention covers 1865-1879:
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/information-and-services/search-archives-online/valuation-revision-books
In 1867 the tenant Bernard Darragh (6Bb- house only) was changed to James Delap.
The printed version of Griffith's Valuation (1862) shows Bernard Darragh listed in Gloonan. He occupied a house but there is no land or farm mentioned.

Much is online about the 1859 Revival and Catholics, position of the Catholic church, etc. Google finds such information easily. Here's one example:
http://www.pentecostalpioneers.org/1859UlsterRevival.html

[MKREIJNS]

Thank you aghadowey for the information you sent me. Very interesting books.
The Great Ahoghill Revival must have had its effect on the social structure of the town. With neighbours even falling out on religious disagreements.
I am very interested in these effects on the dailylife in Ahoghill and its townlands.
Any book or phd-study on Ahoghill known?

[HughC]

Michael,

As you may have gathered from aghadowey's reply, we don't have "townships" in Ireland, and Ahoghill is certainly no city!  As well as being a rather small parish [gemeente?] it's a village about 6 km west of Ballymena; the townland of Gloonan extends from the centre of the village about 2 km to the south-east.

[MKREIJNS]

Thank you wee Hugh for your reaction. It is good to learn that there are people out there that speak Dutch. Indeed Gemeente is the right word.
So I take it that a Townland Gloonan is a small part of the village Ahoghill.
All townlands together form the parish of Ahoghill. Is this correct?

[scotmum]

To give a better understanding of land division/terminology in Ireland:

http://www.placenamesni.org/landunits.php

[aghadowey]

To answer your PM (Personal Message) so that everyone helping knows what is found-

The Bernard Darragh who died in 1893 (a good candidate for the father of Bernard born 1860) is a labourer-
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1893/06013/4711515.pdf
There's no way to tell occupations for tenants in houses from Griffith's or later valuations so anything possible- farm labourer, etc.

[MKREIJNS]

Unbelieveable how fast you all respond. I hope I do not offend anybody by stating that you seem to react faster than God can read. Thank you!

[Sinann]

To give a better understanding of land division/terminology in Ireland:

http://www.placenamesni.org/landunits.php

I think this site explains a bit better.
https://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Irish-land-divisions.html