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The townland was the property of Sir Richard Palmer.
A copy of the 1838 map of Tawnamartola can be seen as well as a map from the Valuation Office. The holdings are not marked out on the map as at the time of valuation all land in the townland was held in common.
At the time of Griffith's Valuation in 1857 there were thirteen households.
| census | population | houses |
| 1841 | 46 | 11 |
| 1851 | 38 | 5 |
| 1861 | 38 | 7 |
| 1871 | 24 | 5 |
| 1881 | 28 | 5 |
| 1891 | 36 | 6 |
| 1901 | 37 | 5 |
| 1911 | 39 | 5 |
| 1901/11 microfilm reel: 147 | ||
In 1901 there were five occupied houses.Brice , Murray, Keane Geraghty and Fergus
and by 1911 there were five households Marley, Geraghty, Murray Keane and Bryce
Information on who lived in which house was obtained from the Valuation Office.
A map of the townland showing the houses was obtained from the Valuation Office but individual houses are not identified as the land was held in common at the time of the mapping in 1860.
The road to Tawnamartola is left at John Nolan's shed on the road to Buckagh off the Newport to Shramore road.
Some genealogy of Tawnamartola from Nancy Etzkorn 
As you continue up the road you will see a house in ruins on the right hand side. This was occupied by the ??? family.
Further up the road you will see a house in ruins on the left hand side. This was occupied by the ??? family.
A bit further up the road on the right hand side can be seen the remains of an old lime kiln.
Just past this a modern bungalow can be seen and to the right of this the old Geraghty home that has been converted into animal housing.
In front of the modern bungalow is the gable end of the old Murray home.
Further on up the road on the left hand side is the new home of Anthony Geraghty. This was built on the site of the old Keane home.
The view from this house is spectacular looking out over Clew Bay.
The old Keane house is also being used for housing sheep.
John Murray had a new house built. When he died this house was left to a niece who lived in England and was married to a man from Roscommon. They came back from England and lived in the house for a few years but now live in Roscommon.
Anthony Geraghty's bought the house and land from John Murray's niece.
The old Murray house has been converted in to cattle housing. The stone outside the house on which John Murray inscribed his daughter's name when she left for America was damaged by a lorry backing in to the yard a few years ago.
Two more views of the old Geraghty house. first and second
Another view of the old Murray home and the newer bungalow .
Another view of Anthony Geraghty's house.
Returning down the hill a road goes off to the right to the old Brice home on the right.
A house can be seen on the left hand side of this road. This was occupied by the ??? family.
Another house can be seen on the right hand side of this road. This was occupied by the ??? family.
More views of the Brice house can be seen.
Within living memory there were three houses ocuupied in Tawnamartola
and Geraghty
Anthony Geraghty is the only inhabitant of the townland now.