Ginty Farm, 2011

Photos of the land in Carrowbeg that John Ginty, Mary Ginty McIntyre's father, occupied in the 1850s and later owned.  The house is now owned by the Rowley family and they are unrelated to the Gintys.  In the 1850s there were 13 families living on the parcel of land.

The road in front of the Ginty farm

Driveway to the house where Sally Ruane Gilger lived, great-granddaughter of John Ginty

James Gilger, Sally's son, standing in front of the same property in 2001.

(Ginty)/Ruane/Rowley home in 2011

Fields across the road from the Ginty homesite

Photos: Elaine Beaudoin, August, 2011; Photo of James Gilger courtesy of Sally Gilger.

Mary Ginty McIntyre's Sibling - Patrick

It is believed that John Ginty and Margaret (Peggy) Conway had a fourth child and a son.

Patrick Ginty

On the 1901 Irish Census for the Townland of Carrowbeg, Parish of Killasser in the entry for Edward and Bridget O'Donnell, in addition to their daughter Bridget, is listed a Patrick Ginty.  He is noted as Brother-in-Law. This would make him Bridget (Margaret) Ginty O'Donnell's brother.  It states he cannot read and his age is 40, giving him a birth year of approximately 1861.   It states that he is a farmer's son, not married and born in County Mayo. Further, it is noted that he is an Idiot. The form is signed by Edward O'Donnell.

County Mayo, Swinford, Cuildoo, Carrowbeg Townland, Parish Killasser

In the 1911 Irish Census for the Townland of Carrowbeg, Parish of Killasser in the entry for Edward and Bridget O'Donnell, again their daughter Bridget is listed along with the brother-in-law, Patrick Ginty.  However, this time his age is given as 69 giving him a birth year circa 1842.  This year is probably closer to an actual year.

It is noted in the report from the Mayo North Family History Centre report that the earliest records for Killasser are for the year 1847.  This most likely accounts for no baptismal record for Patrick Ginty.  He is believed to be the oldest of the children of John Ginty and Margaret Conway.

It is interesting that when Thomas J. McIntyre, CM was collecting genealogical information, no mention of the existence of Patrick Ginty was made.

In 2011, at a luncheon with Sally Ruane Gilger, I asked if she knew anything about a Patrick Ginty.  She said she thought he might have been a change-of-life baby for Bridget Ginty O'Donnell (her grandmother) and he possibly had Down's Syndrome.  So, perhaps the age given in the 1901 Irish Census was more accurate and he was born c1861, i.e., the last of the O'Donnell/Ginty children.  But, if so, there should be a baptismal record for him.

John Ginty, Griffith's Valuation, 1855-1857

In an effort to value Ireland's land to secure an unbiased and equitable tax base for the wealthy and poor alike, Richard Griffith completed his monumental undertaking in the mid-1800s to collect specific valuation details to enable grand juries and Poor Law Guardians to set their tax rates. During the plotting of a tenement, the surveyor asked the occupant or the landlord, "What is the rent?" and "How is the tenement held [i.e., by lease, by the year, owned]? and entered these details in his notebook.

The Tenement Valuation in county Mayo began in 1855 and was completed in 1857. In the Civil Parish of Killasser, Townland of Carrowbeg, John Ginty, Mary Ginty's father, is listed as leasing land, a house and office/she from Edward Baxter. Edward Baxter, the owner of the land, lived in Dundee, Scotland and owned a total of 2,151 acres of land situated in County Mayo. John Ginty, for his property, paid an annual valuation of £8.