Tithe Applotment Books

[audbr]

Hi can anybody help?

 I have been looking at the 'Tithe Applotment books' for Galway and I am reading the following things in column 1:

'The half Cartron of Clougbee'
'The bighouse half Cartron'
'Furnish Whole Cartron'

Can somebody please advise what is a 'Cartron' or am I reading it incorrectly

Regards
Brian

[ourgang]

Brian,

Long shot
Cartron could be the Townland name.
In the 1911 census there is a Cartron in Oatfield, Galway

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Oatfield/Cartron/

and in Bracklagh, Galway
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Bracklagh/Cartron/

More Cartron
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?census_year=1911&surname=&exact=&firstname=&county19011911=Galway&county1821=&county1831=&county1841=&county1851=&townland=cartron&ded=&age=&sex=&relationToHead=&religion=&education=&occupation=&marriageStatus=&marriageYears=&childrenBorn=&childrenLiving=&birthplace=&language=&deafdumb=&search=Search&sort=&pageSize=&houseNumber=&familiesNumber=&malesNumber=&femalesNumber=&maleServNumber=&femaleServNumber=&estChurchNumber=&romanCatNumber=&presbNumberDiv=&protNumber=&parish=&barony=&yearsMarried=&causeOfDeath=&yearOfDeath=&familyId=&ageInMonths=&pager.offset=0

[aghadowey]

Are you looking at this Tithe record online? can you post a link to the page (if it's not a subscription site)?

[Sinann]

Seems to be this one
http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/reels/tab//004587459/004587459_00448.pdf

Some sort of measurement
Donell oge O Mullvihill of Derry (recte: Derreen) in Galway county, gentleman, held a half cartron of the four quarters of Ballineclunty in the barony of Longford about 1618. At the same time William boy (‘buidhe’ or ‘yellow’) O Mulvihill of Derrin, gentleman, held another half cartron or a one thirty second portion of Ballineclunty. Two others of the family, who would appear to have been brothers, Donell McShane Imulvihill and Edmund McShane Imulvihill of Derrin, gentlemen, jointly held a half cartron of Ballineclunty.

[luimneach]

If you google "cartron land" you get sites giving explanation of this term.It was a land division of about 30 acres.The term derives from Irish for quarter.

[audbr]

Hi All,
Many thanks for youe explanation a Cartron being an area of land about 30 acres.

Regards
Brian