I was back again in the Valuation Office and the General Registry Office. The Field Book, 1838, describes Ballygill, a townland three miles from Ballinasloe: flooded meadows, strong friable brown earth, well circumstanced … cold, clayey arable, good slope and aspect … cut-away bog.
Another find for this scholar-hunter: in 1863, O’Connor Power’s Uncle John valued his Ballygill house and land at £13.0.0. There is a note in red ink in the margin, ‘This should have been published at £8.5.0. But John wished to have a vote.’