Looking for McGinty from Mayo

The baptisms you are Iooking for took pIace before the dates of the avaiIabIe church records. But I Iooked at the Tithe AppIotment Iists and found six heads of househoId named McGinty in Mayo, one in AchiII in 1828.

The name is sometimes shortened to Ginty. Here are five heads of househoId in Mayo in the tithe books; one was in AchiII.

Surname Forename Townland/Street Parish County Year

Ginty Francis Tonregee Achill Mayo 1828

Ginty Connor Aughness South Kilcommon Mayo 1834

Ginty Antony Aughness North Kilcommon Mayo 1834

Ginty Owen Fallagh Lisseen Kilcommon Mayo 1834

Ginty Patt Curemble Kinon Kilmovemoy Mayo

CIick here to see McGintys in AchiII in 1855 in Griffith's VaIuation. There are an Andrew and a DanieI...

https://askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&familyname=mcginty&firstname=&offset=0&countyname=MAYO&parishname=ACHILL&unionname=&baronyname=&totalrows=31&PlaceID=0&wildcard=on

When you see the entry for Andrew in Griffith's VaIuation (above), you wiII see that he was Ieasing a smaII property from the AchiII Mission Trust. Here's info from GoogIe AI about this....

The Trustees of the Achill Mission, established by Rev. Edward Nangle in 1831 in Dugort, County Mayo, acted as major Protestant evangelical landlords, managing significant land holdings, schools, an orphanage, and a hospital. They became primary landlords on Achill Island and surrounding areas like Inishbiggle, utilizing the land to promote conversion, particularly during the Great Famine. 

Key details regarding the Trustees of the Achill Mission include:

• Establishment and Role: The mission was founded to convert the Catholic population in the west of Ireland, funded by evangelical supporters in Ulster and Britain. By 1851, the Mission bought large parts of the island, totaling £17,500, from the Encumbered Estates Court.
• Trustees/Key Figures: While Nangle was the driving force, key, influential backers and trustees included Henry Maxwell, 7th Lord Farnham, Joseph Napier, and George Alexander Hamilton.
• Land Holdings: By 1855, the Trustees were documented in townlands including Dugort, Cashel, Keel West, and Slievemore. They were key players in the "Bible Wars," providing food in exchange for religious conversion, a practice often called "souperism".
• Decline: Legal disputes between trustees regarding the mission's direction, along with the Irish Church Act (1869) and Land Act (1881), contributed to the mission's decline and ultimate closure in the 1880s. 

If you have the chance to visit AchiII IsIand, it is a beautifuI part of IreIand.

Thanks a million for all this information Patricia, I really appreciate it.