Elphin Diocesan Number Book, 1749 [Gen-011]

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Extracts from Elphin Diocesan Numbers Book, 1749. Public Record Office.

Parish of Elphin
Page -Peter Towlan and wife. Occupation, labourer. Two papist children under 14 years and two over 14.
Town of Elphin.
Parish of Elphin, Killnenan.
Page -Michael Towlan and wife, papists. Occupation, servant. Three children and one manservant under 14 years. One child and one woman-servant over 14.
Parish of Elphin, Foxborough.
Page -Thad. Towlan and wife, papists. Occupation, servant. Four children and one manservant under 14 years. One child over 14.
Parish of Roscommon, Ballgalda (?)
Page 109James Tolan, papist, villager. One child under 14 years and one manservant over 14.
Parish of Roscommon, Abbeytown.
Page 112James Toolan, papist, widower. Three children under 14 years.
 Patrick Tolan (?), Protestant, labourer. One child under 14.
Parish of Roscommon, Roscommon.
Page 115Michael Towlan, papist, taylor (sic). No children.
 John(?) Toolan, papist, labourer. Four children under 14 years.
Page 116Michael Toolan, joyner (sic). Four children under 14 years. Two manservants over 14 years.
Parish of Fuerty, Fuerty.
Page 213Daniel Tolan, papist, and wife Margt. Labourer. Three children under 14 years.
Parish of Fuerty, Moylin.
Page 214William Tolan and wife, Ann. Papist, labourer. One child under 14.

Notes: The only parishes searched in full were those of Elphin, Roscommon and Fuerty. There is a Cloonyquin in both Elphin and Fuerty parishes.
The Numbers Book is handwritten in a rather flowery script and it is difficult to decipher, particularly the initial capital letters of surnames.