What happened to Snakeel in 1841

[neilc78]

Hi all.

Lucky for me my family came from killeshandra, co cavan. The census of 1821 and 1841 exist for killeshandra. One thing puzzles me. The townland on Snakeel is listed in the 1821 census (under kilmore which is the diocese in which killeshandra is) however in 1841 Snakeel is missing from the census. Even today Snakeel exists, and a very picturesque place it is. Would anyone know what happened in 1841?

[athacliath62]

1841 census is not complete for the area, the fragments for Cavan only cover parts of Killeshandra parish (Snakeel is in Kilmore parish) see John Grenham's source list for Cavan

[neilc78]

That might be it. Its confusing as today Kilmore is a diocese but it seems it also functions as a parish. Whats odd is that today Snakeel is most certainly in the Killeshandra parish but maybe in the 1800s it was different. Tough work this research. If its wasnt bad enough peoples names being spelled incorrectly from one census to the next, now they are moving townlands from one parish to another lol.

[athacliath62]

The civil parish may not be the same as the current Catholic parish, Snakeel is in this civil parish on the 1821 census, the 1851 townland list, the 1911 census etc

[Sinann]

The term parish can be very confusing in Ireland, it's worth reading up about land divisions to understand what your looking at.
https://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Irish-land-divisions.html

[Kiltaglassan]

Have a look at the townland of Snakeel in Kilmore civil parish.

https://www.townlands.ie/cavan/loughtee-upper/kilmore/killashandra/snakeel/

KG