She spoke both Irish and English but could not read. The sole occupant of house 2 was Catherin (67), a widow who was born in Co. They all shared a 2 roomed, 2 nd class dwelling and they had a stable, 2 cow houses and a calf house. John was a Postman, Patrick and James were milesman ( sic) railway labourers, Peter was a railway porter, Charles was a general labourer and Delia, Thomas and Joseph were scholars. Joseph could read only but all the other members of the family could read and write. All spoke both Irish and English except Joseph, who only spoke English. They shared the house at that time with 8 of those children Mary (27), Patrick (26), James (24), Peter (21), Charles (17), Delia (15), Thomas (11) and Joseph (7).
The head of the first family in Ballinafad was John (59) who had been married to Bridget (50) for 31 years and in that time they had had 11 children of which 10 had survived. The enumerator’s abstract return (form N) shows that there were a total of 66 people living in Ballinafad, 38 male and 28 female. The out-offices and farm-steadings return (form B2) shows that there were a total of 36 out buildings in the townland and they consisted of 10 stables, a coach house, a harness room, 11 cow houses, 3 calf houses, a piggery, 4 fowl houses, a turf house, a workshop, a store, a forge and an electric power house. House 3 had 2 rooms and 4 windows, houses 7 and 8 had 3 rooms and 3 windows, house 5 had 5 rooms and 7 windows and house 6 had 6 rooms and 13 windows. Houses 2, 13, 15 and 17 had 2 rooms and 2 windows, houses 1, 4, 9-12 and 16 had 2 rooms and 3 windows. House 14 had 1 room and 1 window in the front. Houses 56 were 1 st class dwellings, 2, 13-15 and 17 were 3 rd class dwellings and the rest were all 2 nd class dwellings. All the houses were constructed of stone, brick or concrete and houses 3-8 had slate, iron or tiled roofing and the rest had thatch, wood or other perishable material for roofing. All the other houses were listed as being private dwellings. House 3 was the Ballinafad National School and was not occupied. The 1911 census shows that there 17 houses in Ballinafad in 1911. NUI Galway Digital Collections for Ballinafad Old Pension Census (1841-1851) for Ballinafad (no records)
Area: 755.31 acres / 755 acres, 1 rood, 10 perchesīaptism and Marriage records for Roundstone R.C.
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