Maumeen Village

Hi,

Thank you for your message.

Maumeen is actually a townland in the civil parish of Ballintober:

http://www.logainm.ie/Viewer.aspx?text=Maumeen&streets=yes

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/townlands/index.cfm?fuseaction=TownlandsInCivil&civilparishid=1738&civilparish=Ballintober&citycounty=Mayo

You can use the land records pertaining to Ireland in the 19th century to see what families were recorded as living in the townland. There are two:

The Tithe Applotment Books (1823-1838):

http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?county=Mayo&parish=Ballintober&townland=Maumeen&search=Search

and the later Griffith?s Valuation (1848-1864):

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doPlaceSearch&Submit.x=59&Submit.y=16&Submit=Submit&freetext=Maumeen&countyname=MAYO&baronyname=&unionname=&parishname=BALLINTOBER

You could try looking at church records for the area. Ballintubber civil parish belongs to the Catholic parish of Burriscarra. To see what Catholic records are available for the area and where copies are held follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Mayo&parish=Burriscarra&churchid=1048

It may be an idea to contact the local studies department of Mayo Co. Library to see what else is available: http://www.mayolibrary.ie/en/LocalStudies/

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