Kilgevrin
Kilgevrin is part of Milltown located in north Galway. It is situated in the civil parish of Liskeevy, barony of Dunmore, County Galway. Kilgevrin is situated in the north end of the parish bounded on the north by the parish of Addergoole and townland of Banagher, on the east by both Banagher and Clashaghanny and on the south and west by the parish of Kilbannon and Tuam.
The Down Survey Map 1641 (pre Cromwell) and the Down Survey Map 1670 (post Cromwell) under the name of ‘Killinleagh’ states that the owner of Kilgevrin was provost of Tuam, a protestant. 146 acres of unprofitable land and 272 acres of profitable land were specified.
O’Donovan’s field names books 1838 provides 3 various spellings of this townland: Kilgevrin, Cill Ghoibhrion and Killegevrin. According to this source, Kilgevrin was the property of W Jas Lynch, Toanlagee, County Galway. It contains 767½ acres stature measure including about 163 acres of bog. There is an ancient fort in the north end of Kilgevrin as well as a triangulation station.
In the census of 1911 there were 32 registered family names living in Kilgevrin.[1] According to the 2011 census, there were 88 people living in 28 homes in Kilgevrin.