Two hundred years ago, in 1824, The Castleisland Act was passed.[1] A map which dates to 1822 inscribed, ‘Plan of the Town and Undivided Lands of Castle Island County Kerry Part of the Seignory of Castleisland Island and Manor of Mount Eagle Loyal 1822’ was evidently produced for this act.[2]
A brief survey of the map reveals some of the names and places associated with the town in those times, many now unknown in the district. At Cragg were Grady and Lovett, and alongside the Charter House at Ballyfereen was Inn Tenement, with more holdings to the east of the town. Across from this was Hayes’s Paddocks which straddled the townlands of Knockananlig, Monevour and Bawnlusker within which was Furze Fields, Dillons, the Mill Estate, and Oliver Tenement facing Briernamallive.
Woods Holdings below Bawnlusker had larger holdings at Cahireens. Other names at Cahireens were Lombard, Reidy, Foster (?), Doolan, Meredith, Maybury, Bastable, Harrold, Hollis and Twiss – above which was Bridge Fields.
At Kealgorm towards Knockanagore were Herbert and Reidy, and to the south of Cahirnanard was ‘The Wood.’ ‘The Paddock’ formed part of Caharagh as did Close, and Parknamountee was close to Ballyfereen.
Knockanahagilshy and Curraghnareihy (Curranereiha on Tithe Applotment records) bordered the map to the west.
A little later in the century, as the voice of the ordinary man gained momentum, the following applied to vote (October 1847 and June 1848):
John Connor of Caharagh, farmer, houses and land at Brohane[3] William Connor otherwise Connors of Farran, farmer, house and land at Brohane John J Casey of Castleisland, shopkeeper, houses and land at Castleisland James Hoare of Castleisland, shopkeeper, leaseholder, lands at Coolnagera Thomas Hoare of Castleisland, shopkeeper, houses and premises at Castleisland Cornelius Houran of Knockardtry, farmer, leaseholder, lands at Knockunahone Terrence O’Donnell of Ballinabouly, farmer, houses and land at Clausaguire
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[1] http://www.odonohoearchive.com/the-castleisland-act-17-june-1824/ [2] A copy of this map is held in the Collection, ref: IE MOD-49-49.4-49.4.1 and can be viewed on a link at note 5 here http://www.odonohoearchive.com/development-of-roads-in-the-castleisland-district/. In this map townland and parish boundaries are delineated in coloured pen by Michael O’Donohoe. [3] In 1889, four men named John and Thomas Fitzgerald (brothers), Cornelius Daly and Thomas Prendeville were charged at the prosecution of District Inspector Rice with assault of a man named Timothy Sugrue of Brohane on 8 September 1889. The assault was the throwing of a stone at Sugrue, and it was said that ‘there is no doubt but that this man was assaulted because he was a witness in the Daly murder case’ (Kerry Evening Post, 21 September 1889). One of the men was jailed for 14 days, with no rule made against the others. A note about the Denis Daly murder is given at this link http://www.odonohoearchive.com/a-community-on-trial-an-overview-of-murder-at-dromulton/
