description from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837

for Civil Registration BMD reference extracts or just to see surnames found in this parish go to

Mountbellew BMD's

Ballynakill (Ballynakilly, Ballynakilty) Civil Parish, Griffiths Primary Valuation Name Index

BALLYNAKILLY, or BALLYNAKILTY, a parish in the barony of KILLIAN, county of GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT, 5¼ miles (W. by S.) from Ballinamore, on the road from Tuam to Ballinasloe; containing with the parish of Aghiart, 1630 inhabitants.

It is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Tuam, and forms part of the union of Moylough; the tithes, including those of Aghiart, amount to £148 10s. 8¼ d.

In the Roman Catholic divisions, it is part of the union or district of Mount-Bellew.

There is a hedge school, in which about 40 boys and 10 girls are taught.

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