Boyle Genealogical Records
Boyle Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births, marriages and deaths registered with the Irish government. Provides the child's name, date of registration, place of registration, mother's maiden name and a reference to order a certificate with further details.
A collection of almost 4 million birth and baptisms records from civil, Catholic and Church of Ireland registers.
Digital images of registers recording the birth and baptism of Catholic families' children. They record around 550,000 births and baptisms, which can be searched by a name index.
An index to evidences provided to the British Civil Service Commission to establish the age of prospective and current civil servants. The index includes date & place of birth and provides a reference to surviving documents.
An index to over 5 million births and baptisms recorded in Ireland. These are predominantly from the 19th century.
Boyle Marriage & Divorce Records
Digital images of documents from civil divorce cases. The cases cover both the cause of the case and the outcome, such as division of property and visitation rights. These records also contain details of illegitimate children. Cases can be searched by a name index.
An index to births, marriages and deaths registered with the Irish government. Provides the child's name, date of registration, place of registration, mother's maiden name and a reference to order a certificate with further details.
Transcripts of more than 850,000 marriage records, including parents' names when listed in the original document.
Digital images of registers recording the marriages of Catholics in Ireland. They record around 150,000 marriages, which can be searched by a name index.
An index to over 210,000 licenses giving permission to marry.
Boyle Death & Burial Records
An index to births, marriages and deaths registered with the Irish government. Provides the child's name, date of registration, place of registration, mother's maiden name and a reference to order a certificate with further details.
Details of crew and passengers who died aboard RMS Titanic. Information given includes date, place & cause of death; gender; age; nationality; profession; and residence.
An index to around 13,000 marriages of the upper class of Ireland recorded in a magazine.
Registers compiled from the logs of ships registered in Britain & her colonies. These records are indexed by named and are connected to original images of the registers. They list the name of the deceased, the date they died, their gender, age, cause of death and the name of the ship they died on.
Transcriptions of over 35,000 death notices of Irish who died in America and other parts of the world.
Boyle Census & Population Lists
An index to several million names in records delineating families and including important personal details, such as religion, occupation and place of birth.
A census listing the names of the head of each household, their addresses, details of occupations, numbers of children, adults and servants, by age and religious denomination. The census covers most of Roscommon and parts of Galway & Sligo.
An index to and digital images of registers recording people eligible to vote. The records list name, residence, qualification to vote, ratable value of property and sometimes a description of their property.
Directories containing over 275,000,000 entries. As well as name, address and phone number, occupations are often recorded. A useful census substitute.
Over 135,000 surviving extracts from the 1841 and 1851 censuses of Ireland.
Newspapers Covering Boyle
A London newspaper that later became The Sun.
Originally founded as a chartist organ, the newspaper became a liberal platform.
Digital images of a newspaper that circulated through Ireland, promoting agriculture, gardening, commerce and manufacturing. It is fully text searchable.
A popular illustrated, liberal newspaper; one of the most popular in Britain.
Digital images of a liberal, unionist newspaper published in Ireland. Pages can be searched by article text.
Boyle Wills & Probate Records
An index to over 100,000 Irish wills.
Transcripts of over 9,000 wills penned by Irish privates and non-commissioned officers during World War I.
A name index connected to images of Ireland's civil probate registers. It lists the name of the deceased, residence, status or occupation, type of probate, date of probate and names of the executors or administrators.
An index to around 365,000 documents relating to the distribution of deceased person's real and personal estate.
An index to almost 78,000 wills that were disputed. The index can lead you to documents that may shed a great deal of genealogical information as disputes often arose between siblings and cousins.
Boyle Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A record of over 600,000 immigrants arriving in the United States; being predominantly those escaping the Irish famine. Records may contain numerous useful details, such as age or year of birth, native county and intended destination.
A list of over 40,000 passengers traveling from North America to the British Isles. Details of passengers may include: occupation, nationality, gender, age, martial status, class, destination, and details of the vessel they sailed on.
Details of over 700 poor Irish settlers in the Newcastle district of Canada. Contains details of the land they occupy, family and live stock.
Registers recording those who by their criminal deeds were sentenced to be transported to Australia. Records include name, date & place of conviction, term of sentence, ship sailed on, departure date and the name of the colony they were to be sent to.
Boyle Military Records
A variety military service, medical, award and general documents detailing WWI army soldiers who claimed a pension for disability. Contains a great deal of biographical and genealogical details, including physical description and disabilities. Digital images, searchable by a name and place index.
A history of the town during WWI, with a list of men and women who served and notes of those who lost their lives.
A list of over 1.3 million British and Commonwealth servicemen who were injured during World War One.
Detailed records of 858,171 Royal Artillery personnel. The records contain genealogical, biographical and military details.
Digital images, searchable by a name index, of 88,096 records detailing biographical, genealogical and service details of the men of the Royal Tank Corps.
Boyle Court & Legal Records
An index to and digital images of registers recording people eligible to vote. The records list name, residence, qualification to vote, ratable value of property and sometimes a description of their property.
An index to millions of names occurring in minor Irish legal records. The index is linked to images of the original registers.
An index to and images to various records, including loan application forms. These may list name, residence, names of relatives, loan particulars and more.
A index to over 3.5 million names occurring in Irish prison registers. Details provide vary, but may include: name, age, place of birth, abode, religion, occupation, education, physical description, next of kin and details of crimes and sentences Contains images of the original registers.
Digital images of thousands of letters and documents detailing the state of Ireland during the famine. The documents can be searched by a name index of over 10,000 people.
Boyle Taxation Records
An assessment of property in Ireland for taxation purposes. Provides descriptions of properties.
Records detailing occupiers of land in pre-famine Ireland. Contains a description of lands and other details. Original images of the records can be searched by name and place.
Lists of occupiers of Irish land and tithes to support the established church; arranged by parish.
A list of people who refused to pay an annual tax to the Anglican church in Scotland.
Boyle Land & Property Records
Records detailing tenancies of over 500,000 Irish people. In some cases details may be provided back to the 18th century.
The name and address of people who owned two or more acres of land in Ireland.
An assessment of property in Ireland for taxation purposes. Provides descriptions of properties.
Essentially an electoral roll, listing those who were eligible to vote, their occupation, residence and entitlement.
Records detailing occupiers of land in pre-famine Ireland. Contains a description of lands and other details. Original images of the records can be searched by name and place.
Boyle Directories & Gazetteers
A directory of the court, parliament, aristocracy, mayors, civil service, military, militia and banks in the British Empire.
A directory containing all manner of facts and descriptions of public and other important institutions. Contains various lists of the nobility, gentry and other Irish citizens. Searchable by an index of over 130,000 people.
A directory of the Church of England, its institutions and ministers.
A directory listing over 345,000 people in Ireland. Also contains details of public institutions, public houses, churches etc. as well as descriptions of settlements.
A directory of the court, parliament, aristocracy, mayors, civil service, military, militia and banks in Ireland. Contains a directory of over 120,000 businesses and residents.
Boyle Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Several thousand transcribed memorials remembering those connected with the nautical occupations.
An index to around 100,000 various births, marriages, deaths, burials, cemeteries, wills, immigration, census extracted from Irish sources.
Boyle Obituaries
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
This database contains extracted genealogical information from the obituaries of the Irish Independent newspaper.
Boyle Histories & Books
Photographs and images of churches in County Roscommon.
A growing database including millions of photographs of the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Ireland catalogued by latitude & longitude and OS grid reference.
A history of the town during WWI, with a list of men and women who served and notes of those who lost their lives.
An indexed collection of 21,000 photographs covering all of Ireland.
A collection of 220,000 professional photos covering most towns and villages in Britain, and parts of Ireland.
Boyle School & Education Records
An index to and images of registers recording 100,000s of Irish schoolchildren. Registers may list name, year of birth, year of registration, age, religion, address, occupation of parent or guardian, name of current and previous school, parish, number of days attendance, class enrolled into, results of exams and date of leaving.
A register of faculty and students educated at Trinity College Dublin. Entries include the individual’s full name, date of entering the college, age of entering, father’s name and address, the degree they received and their graduation date.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Registers recording students who attended a series of non-denominational schools throughout Ireland.
Transcripts of over 27,000 entries from admissions, apprentice, and schoolmaster ledgers of the Royal Military Asylum in Chelsea and Royal Hibernian Military School in Dublin.
Boyle Occupation & Business Records
Profiles of coal and metal mines in Ireland.
This collection gives brief details on the appointment of over 1.4 million people who worked for the Post Office. Includes references to corresponding data in the Postmaster General’s minute books and is a starting point for research in the rich archive of the British Postal Museum.
A database containing names extracted from Kelly's Directory of the Leather Trade. Contains name, occupation and residence.
A book containing details of the medical establishment in Ireland, with a list of over 2,700 medical practitioners in Ireland.
Records relating to merchant seamen of the British Isles. They may record, date and place of birth, address and details of their maritime career.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Boyle
The first edition of an exclusively Irish directory of the landed gentry printed by Burke's. This publication provides heraldic, genealogical and biographical details on Ireland's foremost untitled landowners. Searchable by an index of over 80,000 names.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Genealogies of notable Irish families, with biographical details and notes on Irish clans and surnames.
Boyle Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
The first edition of an exclusively Irish directory of the landed gentry printed by Burke's. This publication provides heraldic, genealogical and biographical details on Ireland's foremost untitled landowners. Searchable by an index of over 80,000 names.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Genealogies of notable Irish families, with biographical details and notes on Irish clans and surnames.
Genealogies of notable Irish families, with biographical details and notes on Irish clans and surnames.
A dictionary of families elevated to the peerage of Great Britain & Ireland. It includes genealogies and biographical details.
Boyle Church Records
A directory listing all the members of the clergy and parishes in Ireland. Also includes details on clergy in the Empire.
Biographical details of around 32,000 Congregationalist ministers in the British Isles and further afield.
A directory listing Anglican parishes and other divisions of the Church or England hierarchy and their various religious officers. The directory covers the UK and Anglican churches throughout the world.
Brief biographical details on all Anglican clergy in Britain & the Episcopal Church in Scotland.
Brief biographical details on all Anglican clergy in Britain & the Episcopal Church in Scotland.
Biographical Directories Covering Boyle
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Detailed biographies of thousands of notable Europeans with details on ancestry.
An index of names connected to over 60,000 biographies of notable British and Irish people from arguably the world's most respected biographical compendium. Gives details on ancestry, careers and personal wealth.
Brief biographical notes on around 10,000 of Britain's foremost nobles, landowners and professionals.
Boyle Maps
Digitalised copies of detailed maps covering around 99% of the country.
289 maps depicting routes through Ireland.
A sprawling website setting out and describing the historical divisions of Britain. Also contains countless maps of various sorts. Covers the UK, Ireland, Isle of Man & has fleeting details of other localities.
County and national maps covering the British Isles, extracted from John Speed's landmark work, Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain.
An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.
Boyle Reference Works
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A growing collection of heraldic and related clip art that can be used to reconstruct a families' arms. Includes packs for British, German, Austrian, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Polish, Portuguese, French, Swiss and Dutch arms. Images are available in a variety of formats including vectors.
A sprawling site that lists British trade unions, histories of some unions and outlines how to locate records relating to trade union ancestors.
A calculator measuring the changing value of the British Pound using two price indices.
Historical Description
BOYLE, a parish and post-town and market-town (corporate), in the barony of BOYLE, county of ROSCOMMON, and province of CONNAUGHT, 19¼ miles (S. S. E.) from Sligo, and 84½ miles (W. N.W.) from Dublin; containing 12,597 inhabitants, of which number, 3433 are in the town. This place had its origin in the foundation of a religious establishment, in 1148, at Grelacdinach, which, after several removals, was finally settled here in 1161, by Maurice O'Dubhay, the third in succession to Peter Mordha, its first abbot, who was promoted to the see of Clonfert, and was drowned in the Shannon in 1171. The abbey, which was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, was founded for brethren of the Cistertian order of St. Bernard, and as a dependency of the great abbey of Mellifont, in the county of Louth. In 1197, Cornelius Mac Dermot, King of Moylurg (which included the greater part, if not the whole, of the barony of Boyle), died here in the habit of the order, and was interred within the precincts of the abbey. The English forces, commanded by the lords-justices Maurice Fitzgerald and Mac William, in 1235, encamped within the walls of the monastery, seized upon every thing belonging to it, and stripped the monks of their habits, to punish them for their en-deavours to assist the King of Connaught. It was pillaged by Rory O'More, in 1315, but continued to flourish till the dissolution, and in 1569 was given by Queen Elizabeth to Patrick Cusacke, of Gerrardstown, in the county of Meath, by whom, or by a lay proprietor who afterwards succeeded him, it was forfeited. In 1589 it was granted to William Usher, on a lease of 21 years, at a rent of £14. 16. 4. per annum; and in 1595 it was besieged by the Earl of Tyrone with an army of 2300 Scottish Highlanders and Irish. In the 2nd, 4th, and 9th years of the reign of James I., inquisitions were made to ascertain its possessions; and in 1603 it was given to Sir John King, ancestor of the present Earl of Kingston and Viscount Lorton, which grant was, about 15 years afterwards, confirmed by another, which conferred also the privilege of holding courts leet and baron.
The town, which is the largest in the northern part of the county, and one of the principal within its limits, is situated on the river Boyle, which flows from Lough Gara into Lough Key, and on the mail coach road to Sligo. It is divided into two parts by the river, towards which the ground slopes precipitously on both sides; the older part extends up the acclivity on the north side, and the more modern portion stretches in a direction parallel with the north-west bank of the river, above the bridge; the most recent and improved part is on the south side of the bridge, ascending the hill and forming a crescent on its summit. The old bridge, an incon-venient structure, which connected these parts of the town, and on which was a statue of William III., has been taken down and replaced by a handsome struc-ture of three arches, 100 feet long and 42 feet wide; the span of the principal arch is 30 feet, and the lightness and beauty of the design add greatly to the appearance of the town; it was erected at an expense of £500, one half of which was paid by the county and the other by Lord Lorton. Another bridge of a single arch, 50 feet in span, was thrown across the river in 1817; and below it there is a third, of five small arches. The old mansion of the Kingston family has been converted into infantry barracks for 12 officers and 260 non-commissioned officers and privates, with stabling for 5 horses and an hospital for 30 invalids. The principal street is on the line of approach from the new bridge to the barracks 5 the houses are built generally of limestone, but sandstone is used in some of the public buildings. On the erection of a new sessions-house, the old building was given up to Lord Lorton, and on the site of it a handsome lecture-room has been built, partly from a bequest by the late Rev. J. Gouldsbury, and partly by his lordship; in the back part of the building are the savings' bank, the charitable loan fund, the infants' school, and the dispensary. This town is the commercial centre of the extensive agricultural district which surrounds it, and carries on a considerable trade with Drumsna and Sligo. A market and fairs were granted to John Bingley and John King in 1604, prior to which date scarcely any notice occurs of the town. The staple articles are corn and butter: of the former very little is sold in the town, the greater part or nearly the whole being sent to Sligo; the butter market is on Monday, when great quantities are sold in firkins for exportation; yarn is also sold in large quantities to the purchasers who attend from the north for that purpose on the principal market day, which is Saturday; the sale of frieze and flannel has of late very much diminished. The market for provisions is held in an enclosure on the north west side of the bridge, formed at the expense of Lord Lorton about the year 1826, and is well supplied, not only with fish from the rivers and lakes, but also with sea-fish in abundance. Fairs are held on March 6th, April 3rd, May 9th and 30th, July 9th and 25th, Aug. 16th, Oct. 1st, and Nov. 25th. The only line of communication is the mail coach road from Dublin to Sligo, and all the trade of the town is conducted by land carriage. Here is a chief station of the constabulary police, for whose accommodation a barrack, with a handsome residence for the chief officer, has been erected near the abbey, at the expense of Lord Lorton.
The borough was incorporated by charter of the 11th of Jas. I. (1613), and a new charter was granted in the 4th of Jas. IL, but as it was never acted on the former is the governing charter. The corporation is styled "the Borough-Master, Free Burgesses, and Commonalty of the Borough of Boyle," and consists of a boroughmaster, twelve other free burgesses, and an indefinite number of commonalty; of which the last-named body is not now recognised in practice. The borough-master is chosen annually from and by the free burgesses, but his duties are very limited, and he exercises little practical power; the free burgesses are also chosen, as vacancies occur, by the members of their own body, and hold office for life, but are removable for misconduct; and the charter empowers the corporation to appoint two Serjeantsat-mace, but at present there is only a town-serjeant.
They have also the power of creating a guild of merchants, of which there is now no trace, and of making by-laws. The borough, of which the limits include the town and a small district immediately surrounding it, returned two members to the Irish parliament, who were elected by the borough-master and free burgesses; and on its disfranchisement at the time of the Union, the £15,000 granted in compensation for the loss of that privilege was paid to Lord Lorton, as executor of his father, the late Earl of Kingston, to whom the borough belonged. The charter granted a court of record to be held every Tuesday, with civil jurisdiction to the amount of five marks, in which the borough-master is judge; but the business done being inconsiderable, it is not usually held oftener than about once in a month. According to practice the jurisdiction is exercised in cases of which the cause of action either arises within the borough, or where it arises without and there are goods of the defendant within the borough: the process is by attachment on oath made by the plaintiff. Quarter sessions are held here every nine months, for the Boyle division of the county, which comprises also the towns of Castlerea and Strokestown, where they are likewise held every nine months; and petty sessions are held by the county magistrates every Monday. A seneschal's court is held in the town, having no jurisdiction within the borough, but over several baronies within the county, extending to the distance of many miles round the town. The new sessions-house, towards the erection of which Lord Lorton contributed £500, is situated on the slope of the hill on the south side of the river fronting the main street, and is built of sandstone. Connected with it is the district bridewell, containing a keeper's house and eight cells upon the improved plan of construction: the entire expense, amounting to £2400, was advanced by government, to be repaid by the county in instalments.
The parish, which is also called Assylin, comprises 10,139 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act.
The lands are chiefly under tillage, and the system of agriculture is improved; there is little woodland, except on the demesnes of the resident gentry; about 1010 acres are bog and waste land. Limestone and freestone are found in abundance, and there are also some quarries of a species of marble; it is said that coal exists on the Curlew mountains, and that there were formerly iron-works on the river. Buckingham House, the superb residence of Viscount Lorton, is beautifully situated about two miles from the town, and on the south-east side of Lough Key: the building is of Grecian Ionic architecture, with a noble portico of six columns, on each side of which the facade is decorated with as many of the same order; on the north is a colonnade of six Ionic columns, and on the east is an entrance through an orangery: the grounds are tastefully laid out, and there are four grand entrance lodges leading into the demesne, which comprises about 2000 statute acres, richly planted. On the northern bank of the river, close to the town, is Frybrook, the seat of H. Fry, Esq.; and near the abbey is Abbey view, now occupied by the agent of Lord Lorton. On the south side of the river is, Tangier, the seat of Capt. Caleb Robertson; and about two miles west of the town is Knockadoo, the handsome residence of Owen Lloyd, Esq. Near Knockadoo is Ballymore, the residence of the Rev. J. Elwood; and about a mile to the east is Mount Erris, the seat of Capt. Duckworth, commanding some fine views of Lough Key and the adjacent mountains. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Elphin, to which the vicarages of Taunagh, Kilmacallane, Drumcollum, Kilross, Aughanagh, Ballynakill, and Ballysumaghan, were episcopally united in ]802, which eight parishes constitute the union of Boyle, in the patronage of the Bishop; the rectory is impropriate in Viscount Lorton. The tithes amount to £313.16.10., of which £166.3. is payable to the impropriator, and the remainder to the vicar; and the tithes for the whole benefice, including the rectorial tithes of four of the above-named parishes, which form the corps of a prebend held by the vicar, to £638. 6. 1½. There are three churches in the union, situated respectively at Boyle, Ballysumaghan, and Kilmacallane: the church at Boyle serves for the town and parish] that at Ballysumaghan serves also for the parishes of Kilross and Ballynakill; and that at Kilmacallane for the parishes of Taunagh and Drumcollum. The church of Boyle, situated near the old park, is a spacious building, for the repair of which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have granted £182; it was erected by aid of a loan of £1000 from the late Board of First Fruits, in 1818. The glebe-house was built by aid of a gift of £100 from the same Board, in 1805. There are two glebes; one in this parish, comprising 20½ acres, and one in Kilmacallane of 18a. 3r. 34p. Arrangements have been made for forming this union into three benefices on its next avoidance. In the R. C. divisions the parish is the head of a union or district, comprising the parishes of Boyle and Kilbrine; there are two chapels in the town; and there are also places of worship for Wesleyan Methodists and Baptists. There are six public schools, of which a large girls' school and an infants' school are supported by Lady Lorton: in these about 350 boys and 330 girls receive instruction; there are also four Sunday schools and ten private schools, in which are 460 boys and 380 girls. A charitable loan society was established in 1824, under the patronage of Lord and Lady Lorton, by which about £90 is weekly distributed to the poor in small loans, to be repaid by instalments with a trifling interest; a dispensary is supported in the customary manner, and another is maintained by Lord Lorton, for the poor on the Rockingham estate and its vicinity.
The ivy-clad remains of the ancient abbey are situated near the river, and not far distant from the new bridge; they consist of vestiges of the conventual buildings, dispersed in the grounds of Capt. Robertson's seat, and of the principal part of the church, of which the nave, choir, and transepts, with the lofty and massive central tower, are in good preservation: the nave, 131 feet long and 25 feet wide, is separated from the aisles by a noble range of massive circular arches, supported partly by circular and clustered columns, with richly ornamented bases and capitals of various designs, between which are enriched corbels, from which sprang the arches of the groined roof; the wall of the south aisle is wanting, and the pillars stand exposed; some of the clerestory windows are partly remaining, though concealed by the thick ivy that crowns the irregular summit of the range; the central tower is supported on four massive columns, 48 feet high, of which the bases, formerly concealed by accumulated earth, have been cleared by Capt. Robertson, and are beautifully ornamented with various sculptured designs; of the arches, three are circular and the fourth pointed; the east window of the choir is of the triple lancet form; and the prevailing style of this once magnificent church is of the later Norman passing into the early English: within the walls is a tomb of the King family. To the north of the town is the low ridge of the Curlew mountains, over which are scattered numerous white cottages; and on which Sir Conyers Clifford, governor of Connaught in the reign of Elizabeth, was intercepted by O'Rourke, one of the petty chieftains of the district, his detachment routed, and himself slain. At Ardcarne, three miles to the east of the town, commence the plains of Boyle, extending ten miles in length and four in breadth, consisting of elevated limestone, with an undulating surface of rich pasture lands notedfor fattening oxen and sheep. About a mile from the town, up the north bank of the river, on a knoll terminating abruptly, are the remains of the old church of Assylin, or Isselyn, which, from the extent of the ruined walls, appears to have been a very spacious building; around it is a large cemetery, which is still used as a place of sepulture by the inhabitants of the town.
Below this spot the river rushes over the rocks with great impetuosity. At a small distance was a ford, formerly called Athdalaragh and now Ardagh, where was anciently an abbey of Canons Regular, which became the seat of a bishoprick, over which St. Comgallan presided in the time of St. Patrick; the abbey existed till 1201. On the right side of the road to Lough Gara is one of the largest cromlechs in Ireland; the table stone, which has a considerable inclination, is 15 feet long and 11 feet wide, and was formerly supported on five upright pillars, of which one has been removed.
Most Common Surnames in Boyle
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Roscommon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brennan | 208 | 1:27 | 18.82% | 4 |
| 2 | McDermott | 114 | 1:49 | 7.73% | 3 |
| 3 | Regan | 104 | 1:54 | 9.93% | 6 |
| 4 | Higgins | 96 | 1:58 | 14.39% | 15 |
| 5 | Conlon | 63 | 1:89 | 17.40% | 40 |
| 6 | Beirne | 59 | 1:95 | 3.66% | 2 |
| 7 | Sheerin | 56 | 1:100 | 88.89% | 334 |
| 8 | Killelea | 54 | 1:104 | 69.23% | 288 |
| 8 | McLoughlin | 54 | 1:104 | 11.20% | 26 |
| 10 | Mullany | 48 | 1:117 | 25.13% | 113 |
| 11 | Cox | 47 | 1:119 | 9.92% | 27 |
| 11 | McDonagh | 47 | 1:119 | 15.41% | 56 |
| 13 | Carty | 42 | 1:134 | 8.24% | 21 |
| 13 | Coleman | 42 | 1:134 | 13.13% | 50 |
| 15 | Casey | 41 | 1:137 | 8.38% | 22 |
| 16 | Feely | 39 | 1:144 | 16.74% | 96 |
| 16 | O'Gara | 39 | 1:144 | 32.23% | 192 |
| 18 | Johnston | 38 | 1:148 | 35.51% | 211 |
| 18 | Walsh | 38 | 1:148 | 12.46% | 56 |
| 20 | Cryan | 37 | 1:152 | 21.89% | 129 |
| 20 | Kelly | 37 | 1:152 | 1.23% | 1 |
| 20 | McManus | 37 | 1:152 | 8.53% | 30 |
| 20 | Monson | 37 | 1:152 | 100.00% | 473 |
| 20 | Spellman | 37 | 1:152 | 46.25% | 279 |
| 25 | Kevil | 35 | 1:160 | 100.00% | 496 |
| 25 | Shannon | 35 | 1:160 | 12.46% | 64 |
| 27 | Corcoran | 34 | 1:165 | 10.90% | 53 |
| 27 | Gallagher | 34 | 1:165 | 8.70% | 34 |
| 27 | Kearns | 34 | 1:165 | 21.66% | 143 |
| 30 | Breheny | 33 | 1:170 | 23.24% | 167 |
| 31 | Bruen | 32 | 1:175 | 20.00% | 140 |
| 31 | Cunningham | 32 | 1:175 | 7.77% | 32 |
| 33 | Carroll | 31 | 1:181 | 9.75% | 52 |
| 33 | Egan | 31 | 1:181 | 3.89% | 13 |
| 33 | McGowan | 31 | 1:181 | 27.68% | 202 |
| 33 | McHugh | 31 | 1:181 | 12.45% | 83 |
| 33 | McKeon | 31 | 1:181 | 13.25% | 95 |
| 38 | Doherty | 29 | 1:193 | 7.67% | 36 |
| 38 | Dwyer | 29 | 1:193 | 25.89% | 202 |
| 38 | Killalea | 29 | 1:193 | 72.50% | 447 |
| 38 | McGarry | 29 | 1:193 | 9.03% | 49 |
| 42 | Lavin | 28 | 1:200 | 5.77% | 25 |
| 42 | Moran | 28 | 1:200 | 2.99% | 10 |
| 44 | Flanagan | 27 | 1:208 | 2.56% | 5 |
| 44 | McGlynn | 27 | 1:208 | 21.09% | 184 |
| 46 | Cregg | 26 | 1:216 | 13.98% | 117 |
| 46 | Nicholson | 26 | 1:216 | 41.27% | 334 |
| 46 | Sheeran | 26 | 1:216 | 39.39% | 323 |
| 49 | Drury | 25 | 1:224 | 10.64% | 93 |
| 50 | Connor | 24 | 1:234 | 2.75% | 12 |
| 50 | Lee | 24 | 1:234 | 17.65% | 176 |
| 50 | McCrann | 24 | 1:234 | 60.00% | 447 |
| 50 | Tivnan | 24 | 1:234 | 80.00% | 552 |
| 54 | Kilmartin | 23 | 1:244 | 25.27% | 244 |
| 54 | McDermotroe | 23 | 1:244 | 95.83% | 640 |
| 54 | Murray | 23 | 1:244 | 2.49% | 11 |
| 54 | Toolan | 23 | 1:244 | 21.90% | 214 |
| 58 | Kennedy | 22 | 1:255 | 7.83% | 64 |
| 58 | McElroy | 22 | 1:255 | 88.00% | 626 |
| 60 | Dowd | 21 | 1:267 | 5.82% | 41 |
| 60 | Healy | 21 | 1:267 | 4.59% | 28 |
| 60 | Mattimoe | 21 | 1:267 | 30.88% | 317 |
| 60 | Scanlon | 21 | 1:267 | 23.86% | 255 |
| 60 | Skeffington | 21 | 1:267 | 39.62% | 371 |
| 65 | Hannon | 20 | 1:281 | 13.61% | 158 |
| 65 | Hopkins | 20 | 1:281 | 11.36% | 123 |
| 65 | Keville | 20 | 1:281 | 100.00% | 707 |
| 65 | Lyons | 20 | 1:281 | 7.38% | 71 |
| 69 | Dyer | 19 | 1:295 | 15.83% | 193 |
| 69 | Kevill | 19 | 1:295 | 95.00% | 707 |
| 69 | Martin | 19 | 1:295 | 6.74% | 63 |
| 69 | Toolin | 19 | 1:295 | 38.00% | 388 |
| 73 | Quinn | 18 | 1:312 | 3.03% | 18 |
| 73 | Reynolds | 18 | 1:312 | 7.41% | 86 |
| 73 | Ryan | 18 | 1:312 | 6.82% | 73 |
| 73 | Sharkey | 18 | 1:312 | 4.04% | 29 |
| 73 | Slane | 18 | 1:312 | 100.00% | 768 |
| 78 | Byrne | 17 | 1:330 | 6.23% | 69 |
| 78 | Queenan | 17 | 1:330 | 42.50% | 447 |
| 80 | Callaghan | 16 | 1:351 | 5.14% | 54 |
| 80 | Devine | 16 | 1:351 | 10.26% | 145 |
| 80 | McGrath | 16 | 1:351 | 6.81% | 93 |
| 80 | McKay | 16 | 1:351 | 84.21% | 740 |
| 80 | Scally | 16 | 1:351 | 6.08% | 74 |
| 80 | Spelman | 16 | 1:351 | 21.62% | 300 |
| 80 | Stewart | 16 | 1:351 | 51.61% | 545 |
| 87 | Boyton | 15 | 1:374 | 93.75% | 819 |
| 87 | Conroy | 15 | 1:374 | 15.79% | 235 |
| 87 | Flaherty | 15 | 1:374 | 25.42% | 346 |
| 87 | Lynch | 15 | 1:374 | 3.55% | 31 |
| 87 | Wynne | 15 | 1:374 | 18.99% | 281 |
| 92 | Battle | 14 | 1:401 | 100.00% | 877 |
| 92 | Connaughton | 14 | 1:401 | 6.73% | 106 |
| 92 | Graham | 14 | 1:401 | 30.43% | 410 |
| 92 | Kane | 14 | 1:401 | 8.64% | 137 |
| 92 | Keaveny | 14 | 1:401 | 11.76% | 196 |
| 92 | McGovern | 14 | 1:401 | 9.59% | 159 |
| 92 | Moraghan | 14 | 1:401 | 50.00% | 587 |
| 92 | Murphy | 14 | 1:401 | 4.38% | 50 |
| 92 | O'Connor | 14 | 1:401 | 7.25% | 111 |
| 101 | Callery | 13 | 1:432 | 13.98% | 241 |
| 101 | Daley | 13 | 1:432 | 35.14% | 473 |
| 101 | Flynn | 13 | 1:432 | 1.25% | 7 |
| 101 | Garland | 13 | 1:432 | 92.86% | 877 |
| 101 | McCormick | 13 | 1:432 | 10.08% | 183 |
| 101 | Neary | 13 | 1:432 | 3.87% | 43 |
| 101 | Rock | 13 | 1:432 | 12.87% | 224 |
| 101 | Watson | 13 | 1:432 | 9.49% | 174 |
| 109 | Devanny | 12 | 1:468 | 34.29% | 496 |
| 109 | Gibbons | 12 | 1:468 | 10.08% | 196 |
| 109 | Gillespie | 12 | 1:468 | 23.53% | 385 |
| 109 | Gordon | 12 | 1:468 | 6.98% | 126 |
| 109 | Henry | 12 | 1:468 | 7.59% | 141 |
| 109 | Hunt | 12 | 1:468 | 4.12% | 60 |
| 109 | Moughan | 12 | 1:468 | 100.00% | 964 |
| 109 | O'Hara | 12 | 1:468 | 7.06% | 128 |
| 117 | Anderson | 11 | 1:510 | 55.00% | 707 |
| 117 | Baker | 11 | 1:510 | 100.00% | 1,012 |
| 117 | Burke | 11 | 1:510 | 2.26% | 24 |
| 117 | Butler | 11 | 1:510 | 6.15% | 121 |
| 117 | Dodd | 11 | 1:510 | 68.75% | 819 |
| 117 | Dolan | 11 | 1:510 | 1.52% | 14 |
| 117 | Gara | 11 | 1:510 | 6.11% | 120 |
| 117 | Gorman | 11 | 1:510 | 16.42% | 321 |
| 117 | Harrington | 11 | 1:510 | 5.70% | 111 |
| 117 | McLaughlin | 11 | 1:510 | 13.41% | 275 |
| 117 | Moore | 11 | 1:510 | 7.97% | 173 |
| 117 | Nangle | 11 | 1:510 | 27.50% | 447 |
| 117 | O'Dowd | 11 | 1:510 | 19.64% | 357 |
| 130 | Ballantine | 10 | 1:561 | 52.63% | 740 |
| 130 | Cahill | 10 | 1:561 | 9.35% | 211 |
| 130 | Christie | 10 | 1:561 | 100.00% | 1,067 |
| 130 | Clarke | 10 | 1:561 | 7.87% | 188 |
| 130 | Crann | 10 | 1:561 | 62.50% | 819 |
| 130 | Daly | 10 | 1:561 | 3.26% | 55 |
| 130 | Durkin | 10 | 1:561 | 29.41% | 513 |
| 130 | Erwin | 10 | 1:561 | 100.00% | 1,067 |
| 130 | Foy | 10 | 1:561 | 100.00% | 1,067 |
| 130 | Goldrick | 10 | 1:561 | 25.00% | 447 |
| 130 | Kenny | 10 | 1:561 | 1.04% | 8 |
| 130 | McDonaugh | 10 | 1:561 | 34.48% | 569 |
| 130 | McDonough | 10 | 1:561 | 37.04% | 598 |
| 130 | Oates | 10 | 1:561 | 6.62% | 154 |
| 130 | Power | 10 | 1:561 | 50.00% | 707 |
| 130 | Redican | 10 | 1:561 | 33.33% | 552 |
| 130 | Smyth | 10 | 1:561 | 6.45% | 146 |
| 130 | Tansey | 10 | 1:561 | 5.62% | 122 |
| 130 | Tivenan | 10 | 1:561 | 100.00% | 1,067 |
| 149 | Armstrong | 9 | 1:623 | 18.75% | 402 |
| 149 | Bagnall | 9 | 1:623 | 100.00% | 1,157 |
| 149 | Chapman | 9 | 1:623 | 26.47% | 513 |
| 149 | Conway | 9 | 1:623 | 10.11% | 252 |
| 149 | Crummy | 9 | 1:623 | 56.25% | 819 |
| 149 | Dempsey | 9 | 1:623 | 9.47% | 235 |
| 149 | Farrell | 9 | 1:623 | 1.41% | 16 |
| 149 | Hughes | 9 | 1:623 | 4.95% | 119 |
| 149 | Lydon | 9 | 1:623 | 81.82% | 1,012 |
| 149 | MacDermot | 9 | 1:623 | 69.23% | 916 |
| 149 | Madden | 9 | 1:623 | 3.75% | 89 |
| 149 | Patterson | 9 | 1:623 | 29.03% | 545 |
| 149 | Slein | 9 | 1:623 | 100.00% | 1,157 |
| 149 | Sloan | 9 | 1:623 | 100.00% | 1,157 |
| 149 | Sparkes | 9 | 1:623 | 100.00% | 1,157 |
| 149 | Turbet | 9 | 1:623 | 100.00% | 1,157 |
| 149 | Tymon | 9 | 1:623 | 24.32% | 473 |
| 166 | Acheson | 8 | 1:701 | 42.11% | 740 |
| 166 | Allen | 8 | 1:701 | 14.29% | 357 |
| 166 | Coen | 8 | 1:701 | 12.50% | 330 |
| 166 | Davitt | 8 | 1:701 | 100.00% | 1,256 |
| 166 | Delaney | 8 | 1:701 | 20.00% | 447 |
| 166 | Doran | 8 | 1:701 | 14.55% | 364 |
| 166 | Downes | 8 | 1:701 | 50.00% | 819 |
| 166 | Duignan | 8 | 1:701 | 2.48% | 47 |
| 166 | Farry | 8 | 1:701 | 44.44% | 768 |
| 166 | Finn | 8 | 1:701 | 3.52% | 98 |
| 166 | Gallaher | 8 | 1:701 | 40.00% | 707 |
| 166 | Gradey | 8 | 1:701 | 100.00% | 1,256 |
| 166 | Gray | 8 | 1:701 | 16.33% | 395 |
| 166 | Hayes | 8 | 1:701 | 61.54% | 916 |
| 166 | Henegan | 8 | 1:701 | 25.00% | 531 |
| 166 | Horan | 8 | 1:701 | 5.48% | 159 |
| 166 | Kearney | 8 | 1:701 | 7.08% | 201 |
| 166 | Keenehan | 8 | 1:701 | 88.89% | 1,157 |
| 166 | Kilkenny | 8 | 1:701 | 14.04% | 353 |
| 166 | Killoran | 8 | 1:701 | 88.89% | 1,157 |
| 166 | King | 8 | 1:701 | 3.24% | 85 |
| 166 | Lenehan | 8 | 1:701 | 5.16% | 146 |
| 166 | Leyland | 8 | 1:701 | 24.24% | 521 |
| 166 | Livingstone | 8 | 1:701 | 88.89% | 1,157 |
| 166 | Mahon | 8 | 1:701 | 2.38% | 43 |
| 166 | McLellan | 8 | 1:701 | 100.00% | 1,256 |
| 166 | Mullanny | 8 | 1:701 | 100.00% | 1,256 |
| 166 | O'Keeffe | 8 | 1:701 | 61.54% | 916 |
| 166 | Rooney | 8 | 1:701 | 13.56% | 346 |
| 166 | Shelbourne | 8 | 1:701 | 100.00% | 1,256 |
| 166 | Stanford | 8 | 1:701 | 88.89% | 1,157 |
| 166 | Taylor | 8 | 1:701 | 9.20% | 258 |
| 166 | Wallace | 8 | 1:701 | 9.20% | 258 |
| 166 | Woods | 8 | 1:701 | 15.38% | 376 |
| 200 | Boyd | 7 | 1:801 | 12.73% | 364 |
| 200 | Craig | 7 | 1:801 | 50.00% | 877 |
| 200 | Davey | 7 | 1:801 | 35.00% | 707 |
| 200 | Dickie | 7 | 1:801 | 100.00% | 1,357 |
| 200 | Finneran | 7 | 1:801 | 2.46% | 61 |
| 200 | Freeman | 7 | 1:801 | 7.45% | 239 |
| 200 | Garside | 7 | 1:801 | 100.00% | 1,357 |
| 200 | Garvey | 7 | 1:801 | 4.27% | 135 |
| 200 | Grady | 7 | 1:801 | 1.96% | 42 |
| 200 | Griffin | 7 | 1:801 | 3.78% | 118 |
| 200 | Heran | 7 | 1:801 | 100.00% | 1,357 |
| 200 | Kielty | 7 | 1:801 | 17.95% | 458 |
| 200 | Killilea | 7 | 1:801 | 87.50% | 1,256 |
| 200 | Layden | 7 | 1:801 | 30.43% | 655 |
| 200 | Leonard | 7 | 1:801 | 4.19% | 132 |
| 200 | Maxwell | 7 | 1:801 | 14.00% | 388 |
| 200 | McDonald | 7 | 1:801 | 43.75% | 819 |
| 200 | McGee | 7 | 1:801 | 50.00% | 877 |
| 200 | McGreevy | 7 | 1:801 | 3.68% | 114 |
| 200 | McGuigan | 7 | 1:801 | 100.00% | 1,357 |
| 200 | Meara | 7 | 1:801 | 70.00% | 1,067 |
| 200 | O'Donnell | 7 | 1:801 | 2.76% | 79 |
| 200 | Owens | 7 | 1:801 | 2.95% | 90 |
| 200 | Pagnam | 7 | 1:801 | 100.00% | 1,357 |
| 200 | Rutledge | 7 | 1:801 | 50.00% | 877 |
| 200 | Shanley | 7 | 1:801 | 6.31% | 205 |
| 200 | Slain | 7 | 1:801 | 100.00% | 1,357 |
| 200 | Supple | 7 | 1:801 | 100.00% | 1,357 |
| 200 | Twnan | 7 | 1:801 | 100.00% | 1,357 |