Callatra
Callatra in Irish “Calataire” meaning a place abounding in hazel according to John O’Donovan is 121.97 acres or 49.36 hectares in size and is in the Electoral division of Drumkeary.
Callatra borders Allygola, Barratoor, Derrygarriff and Tonroe.
What we recorded
- Placenames
- 1 (0 Irish-origin)
- 1 field
- Houses
- 8
By type
Map
Placenames
| Name | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Keating’s Garden | field |
Houses
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| Callanan’s House | |
| Fallon’s House | |
| Whelan’s House | Martin and Thomas Whelan. |
| Connors’ House | |
| Sheanan’s House | Bina Burns, a daughter of the Burns family nearby in Allygola townland, moved here. |
| Comer’s House | |
| Denis Riordan’s House | |
| Tom Connaire’s House |
Population
In the 1841 census there were 76 people and 14 houses and in the 1851 census the population had fallen to 50 people and 9 houses. The landlords of Callatra were the Burkes of Marble Hill.
Land and Household Records
Landholders and heads of household recorded in the Tithe Applotment Books, Griffith’s Valuation, and the 1901, 1911 and 1926 censuses.
Tithe Applotment Books, 1834
Not yet compiled.
Griffith’s Valuation, 1856
Not yet compiled.
1901 census
Not yet compiled.
1911 census
Not yet compiled.
1926 census
- Thomas Connaire
- John Fallon
- Michael Callanan
- Denis Burke
- Maria Comar
- Antony Byrnes
- Winefred Whelan