The South Isles of Aran (County Galway)

by Oliver J. Burke

Constabulary barracks,		1871	1
"	"	1881	3
Number of constabulary,		1871	6
"	"	1881	18
Coastguard barracks,		1881	6
Quarter Sessions—Galway.
Petty Sessions—Held on the islands.

Roman Catholic churches in Aran	4
Protestant Episcopal church	1
Protestant church accommodation	180
Annual income of parish priest, 1801	£60[30]
""Protestant incumbent	£125[31]
National schools in islands	4
Average attendance, Sept., 1886, to June, 1887	524
Manager, Rev. M. O'Donoghoe, P.P.

Fishing boats on islands, 1st class, 1887	0
""2nd""	34
""3rd""	130
Poor-law valuation	£1576
Rent, 1881	£2067
Average poor rate, last ten years	3s. in the £
Paupers in workhouse	0
Distance of workhouse from islands	>30 miles
Numbers receiving outdoor relief	43
Grand jury works on island, Spring assizes, 1887	0
Grand jury cess""	£34 12s. 2d.
Crown rent (sup., p. 45)	18s. 5½d.
Quit rent (sup., p. 45)	£14 8s. 4d.
Labourer's wages	1s. per diem
""spring and harvest	1s. 6d., with diet

FOOTNOTES:

[30] Vide return made in 1801 by Most Rev. Edward Dillon, D.D., Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam (Lord Castlereagh's Correspondence, vol. iv. p. 126). I can find no subsequent return.

[31] Charles's "Irish Church Directory."

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