Skahill Names On The Griffiths Valuation Of Ireland 1848-1864

Skahill is a derivative of the Scahill name.

Ireland's Valuation office conducted it's first survey of property ownership in Ireland from 1848 to 1864.

This survey became known as the Griffiths Valuation, after Richard Griffith, who was the director of the office at that time.

The survey was used to determine the amount of tax each person should pay towards the support of the poor within their poor law union. This involved determining the value of all privately held lands and buildings in rural, as well as urban areas, to figure the rate at which each unit of property could be rented year after year.

The resulting survey was arranged by barony and civil parish with an index to the townland's appearing in each volume.

Griffith's Valuation can be used as an excellent census substitute for the years after the Great Famine as censuses prior to 1901 were destroyed.

This record and many others can be found at the Fáilte Romhat web site.

Allan Scahill

Scahill Names On The Griffiths Valuation Of Ireland 1848-1864

Ireland's Valuation office conducted it's first survey of property ownership in Ireland from 1848 to 1864.

This survey became known as the Griffiths Valuation, after Richard Griffith, who was the director of the office at that time.

The survey was used to determine the amount of tax each person should pay towards the support of the poor within their poor law union. This involved determining the value of all privately held lands and buildings in rural, as well as urban areas, to figure the rate at which each unit of property could be rented year after year.

The resulting survey was arranged by barony and civil parish with an index to the townland's appearing in each volume.

Griffith's Valuation can be used as an excellent census substitute for the years after the Great Famine as censuses prior to 1901 were destroyed.

This record and many others can be found at the Fáilte Romhat web site.

Allan Scahill

Scahill Home And Land Owners In Kilgeever Parish, County Mayo

This is a link to Scahill home and land owners in the Griffiths Valuations in the parish of Kilgeever, County Mayo, Ireland. The date of the valuations are 1856 to 1857.

There is only one Scahill on this page.

Example:

Name: John Scahill
Townland: Fallduff
Parish: Kilgeever, County Mayo

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Scahill Home And Land Owners In Clonrush County Clare

This is a link to Scahill home and land owners in the Griffiths Valuations for County Clare, Ireland. The valuations took place in 1855.

Example:

Occupier: Patrick Scahill
Townland: Whitegate
Parish: Clonrush
Union: Scarriff

Other similar names in this valuation are: Scail, Scale and Scales.

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Scahill Home And Land Owners In Kilmeena, County Mayo

This is a link to Scahill home and land owners in the Griffiths Valuations in the parish of Kilmeena, County Mayo, Ireland. The date of the valuations are 1856 to 1857.

There may be more than one Scahill per page.

Example:

Islands in Clew Bay - John Scahill.

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Scahill Home And Land Owners In Kilcroan Civil Parish

This is a link to Scahill home and land owners in the Griffiths Valuations for Kilcroan civil parish, County Galway, Ireland.

The areas that were reviewed are:

• Kilcroan Civil Parish

• Barony of Ballymoe

• Union of Glennamaddy
  

There may be more than one Scahill name per page.

Example:

Occupier: John Scahill
Lessor: Burke, Thomas J., Sir Bart
Townland: Bookalagh

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Scahill Home And Land Owners In County Galway

This is a link to Scahill home and land owners in the Griffiths Valuations for County Galway, Ireland.

The areas that were reviewed are:

• Dunmore Civil Parish
• Baronies of Ballymoe and Dunmore
• Unions of Glennamaddy and Tuam

There may be more than one Scahill name per page.

Example:

Occupier: Michael Scahill
Lessor: Shee, George, Sir Bart
Townland: Gortnagoyne

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Michael Skahill - Home And Land Owner - Griffiths Valuations for Murrisknaboul

Irelands Valuation office conducted its first survey of property ownership in Ireland from 1848 to 1864. This survey became known as "Griffiths Valuation" after Richard Griffith who was the director of the office at that time.

The survey was used to determine the amount of tax each person should pay towards the support of the poor within their poor law union. This involved determining the value of all privately held lands and buildings in rural as well as urban areas to figure the rate at which each unit of property could be rented year after year.

The resulting survey was arranged by barony and civil parish with an index to the townlands appearing in each volume.

Griffith's Valuation can be used as an excellent census substitute for the years after the Great Famine as censuses prior to 1901 were destroyed.

This is a link to Skahill home and land owners in the Griffiths Valuations

Skahill is a derivative of the Scahill name.

Murrisknaboul - Michael Skahill - house and land.

Thanks to Pat Deese at - Deese Genes Have Irish Eyes

Allan Scahill

Parry Skahill - Immigrant - On The Ship Australia In 1858

The following is a link to the Transcribers Guild, for Skahill immigrants who travelled on the ship Australia. The date of this manifest is 5 April 1858.

Skahill is a derivative of the Scahill name.

The ship travelled from Liverpool,
England to New York.

#       Name        Age   Sex  Occupation  Origin

73   Parry Skahill   20    M   Labourer   Ireland

For additional information see the
Transcribers Notes at the bottom of the manifest.

Allan Scahill

Skahill Immigrants - On The SS Nevada In 1873

The following is a link to the Transcribers Guild, for Skahill immigrants who travelled on the ship SS Nevada. The date of this manifest is 5 May 1873.

Skahill is a derivative of the Scahill name.

The ship travelled from Liverpool, England and
Queenstown, Ireland to New York.

#       Name       Age   Sex  Occupation Origin

466  Ellen Skahill  20    F  Spinster Ireland

The manifest shows that she travelled in steerage.

For additional information see the
Transcribers Notes at the bottom of the manifest.

Allan Scahill

Scahill Immigrants - On The Steamer Ship City Of Boston In 1868

The following is a link to the Transcribers Guild, for Scahill immigrants who travelled on the steamer ship City Of Boston. The date of this manifest is 6 May 1868.

The ship travelled from Liverpool, England to New York.

# Name Age Sex Occupation Origin
522 Ann Scahill 24 F Spinster Ireland

She had the United States as her destination, and travelled on the Orlop Deck
during the voyage.

Allan Scahill

Scahill Immigrants - On The Francis P. Sage In 1864

The following is a link to the Transcribers Guild, for Scahill immigrants who travelled on the ship Francis P. Sage. The date of this manifest is 26 May 1864.

The ship travelled from Liverpool, England to New York

#          Name       Age   Sex   Occupation  Origin   

216*  _ Scahill        16      F     Spinster      Ireland

Destination was shown as the United States.

Transcriber's Notes:

*An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original
recorder,not the transcriber, or is used to call your attention
to additional information in the Transcriber's Notes below:

The original recorder abbreviated differently, sometimes by
raising the last letter above the rest (which was indicated by
^ before the raised letter), and sometimes by giving the first few
letters of the word. He was NOT consistent in their use.
He abbreviated some 3-letter words,and wrote out 8-letter words, etc.

216  The original recorder left her forename blank, his straight
line might have indicated another Margaret.

Allan  Scahill

Scahill Immigrants - On The Ship Washington In 1851

The following is a link to the Transcribers Guild, for Scahill immigrants who travelled on the Ship Washington. The date of this manifest is 25 November 1851.

The ship travelled from Liverpool, England to New York

# Name Age Sex

59* Honora ?cahill 26 F

Transcriber's Notes:

The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original
recorder.

The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read,
due to the quality of the original document

Transcriber's Notes below:

#59 - Last name is either O'Cahill or Scahill

Allan Scahill

John Scahill - Immigrant - On The SS John Bright In 1858

The following is a link to the Transcribers Guild, for immigrants who travelled on the SS John Bright. The date of this manifest is 14 August 1858.

The ship travelled from Liverpool, England to New York

# Name Age Sex Occupation Origin

69* John Scahill ?2y M Labourer Ireland

The manifest shows he travelled on the Upper Berth Deck.

Transcriber Wrote:

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information in the transcriber's notes.

69 Surname could be miswritten Cahill; 1st number of Age not clear, could be 22y or 32y.

Allan Scahill

Scahill Immigrants - On The SS France In 1868

The following is a link to the Transcribers Guild, for Scahill immigrants who travelled on the SS France. The date of this manifest is 3 January 1868.

The ship travelled from Liverpool, England via Queenstown, Ireland to New York.

#      Name          Age  Sex   Occupation   Origin   

87  Bridget Scahill  36    F    Labourers    Ireland
88  William Scahill  10    M    Labourers    Ireland
89  John Scahill     10    M    Labourers    Ireland
90  Mary Scahill     8     F    Labourers    Ireland
91  Pat Scahill      6     M    Labourers    Ireland
92  Brian Scahill    3     M    Labourers    Ireland
93  Margt Scahill    Inft  F    Labourers    Ireland

All had the U.S. as their destination, and travelled in
steerage on the ship.

Allan Scahill

Pool Tournament 2007

The Bragging Rights Trophy.

Way back in 1994, four friends got together for the first of many tournaments.

These friends had played each other many times before, but this was the first time a trophy was involved.








The scene. Boston Billiards. The contenders for the 2007 Bragging Rights trophy from left to right: Wayne, Bill, George and Allan.

Bill had been the holder of the trophy for the last couple of years. It has been that long since we all got together for a game.



That's me, Allan. Game face on and sizing up my next shot.











The winner of the 2007 Bragging Rights trophy is George.
Congratulation buddy. You kicked butt.

George is being presented the trophy by Bill.

It is always fun to get together, play pool and shoot the breeze. After all it's the playing that is most important, not the winning... :-)

Allan Scahill

Two Old Friends In Town From Trinidad

We had a visit from a couple of old friends. George and Gail Lamb.

This photograph is of Gail and Gloria.

I worked with George for over 20 years at a petrochemical company. The company's name when we both started was Alberta Gas Chemicals, then it became Novacor Chemicals and finally Methanex.

George is still with Methanex, but is now working for them at their plant in Trinidad. Both Gloria and myself are hoping to visit them in late February early March of this year.

We had a meal and a couple of drinks with them at a local watering hole.


Front Row: Debra and Gloria,
Middle Row: Bill and Gail.
Back Row: George and Allan.

Whenever George is in town, we get together for a pool tournament, and see who has the bragging rites for the next couple of years. Our tournament is going to be played at Boston Billiards on Thursday evening.

Allan Scahill

Austin Scahill - My Great Grandfather - Marriage #2

Austin Scahill was born in 1840, in County Mayo, Ireland.

Marriage number two:

Margaret Currigan - on September 01 1872 in Westport, R.C. Church, County Mayo, Ireland.

Margaret was born in 1841, in Ballyhip, Louisburgh, County Mayo, Ireland.
She was the daughter of Patrick Currigan and Anne Ward. Notes.

Austin and Margaret had the following children:

1 - John Scahill was born on, October 18 1873 in Westport, Parish, County Mayo, Ireland.
He was christened on, October 19 1873 in Westport, Parish, County Mayo, Ireland.
He died on September 15 1898 in Dennistown, County Lanark, Scotland. Notes.

2 - Bridget Scahill was born on January 24 1875 in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland. Notes.

3 - Mary Scahill was born on, December 23 1876 in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland. Notes.

4 - Austin Scahill my grandfather. See previous post.

5 - Margaret Scahill was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Notes.

6 - Patrick Scahill was born in Paisley, County Renfrewshire, Scotland. Notes.

Austin Scahill died on Jun 17 1893 in Paisley, County Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Notes on Austin Scahill.

Allan Scahill

Austin Scahill - My Grandfather

Austin Scahill was born on December 03 1878 in Quay Hill, Westport, County Mayo, Ireland.

He was christened on December 08 1878 in Saint Mary's church, Westport, County Mayo, Ireland.

The following are the siblings of my grandfather. I am still looking for these persons. They may have moved to Paisley, Scotland and from there to the United States.

John Scahill born 18 October 1873 Westport,

Bridget Scahill born 27 January 1875, Westport. Possibly moved to the U.S.

Mary Scahill born 23 December 1876, Westport

A photograph of Austin Scahill with his dog. The dogs name is not yet known.

Austin Scahill died on June 07 1949 in Hope Hospital, Salford, Lancashire, England.

The cause of death was (1) Hypastatic Pneumonia and small lung infection (2) Carcinoma of the stomach. Certified by B. Gill MB.

He was buried on June 11 1949 in Weaste Cemetery, Plot 615N, Class D, Grant # 400S.

Notes on Austin Scahill

Allan Scahill

New Year's Eve 2006

Happy New Year...
We spent the first part of New Years Eve at Peanuts Pub. From left to right are: Gloria, Debra, my niece, Bill, Debra's partner and myself.

Peanuts is a nice little pub, just across the street from where Debra and Bill live.



From Peanuts, we went to Argo's Restaurant for a meal with some friends.

For a meal, both Gloria and myself had Chicken Neptune.


From left to right are: Karen, Val, Harry, Allan, Tom, Willis, Kip, Judy, Viv and Gloria.

The Scahill 2006 Newsletter is now published.

Allan Scahill