Leitrim-Roscommon

Patrick

I have a full set and will be happy to lend you the 1992 issue to copy. At the moment I am in Dubai but will returning to Dublin on February 12th. If you email me about that time, we can make the necessary arrangements - my email address is mtlennon@eircom.net

Best regards

Mike Lennon

Back issues of Roscommon Life may be obtained from Paul Healy at the office of Roscommon People in Abbey Street, Roscommon.

The 2011/2012 issue will be published at the end of May.

Mike Lennon

There is one addition to Patrick's list of newspapers of that period - The Strokestown Democrat was founded by the Morahan family in 1907 and continued publishing until 1948. The Democrat is also remembered as the only newspaper in the region which supported and printed election leaflets for Count P...

Paul As Martin Foley was born in the townland of Curreentorpan in the old civil parish of Tibohine which is now incorporated in the present Catholic parishes of Fairymount and Loughglynn. I would guess Martin was buried in one of the cemeteries close to his townland. I'm not familiar with these ceme...

My guess is that your answer lies with the Connor families that are listed for Clooncah in the 1901 Census. It may be that Bernard was a brother of your Jane as one of his daughters is also named Jane. The parents may be Timothy and Mary who lived next door to Bernard. Today, there is one entry for ...

Mary Lee Cogratulations on your research on Sarah Palin's Sheeran line. From my records on Knockhall sourced from the Dublin Valuation Office, Bridget Sheeran listed in Griffiths had a house and garden (size 1 rod 12 perches). The next entry is in 1876 when Thomas Heavey became the tenant. Presumabl...

Since you appear to live in Dublin, you can check the Tithe Applotment records at either the National Archives in Bishop's Street or the National Library in Kildare Street. They are on microfilm in both places. Further information is available on the web sites of these archives.

Mike

Maggie The present Fuerty church was built in 1957 and dedicated to the Assumption. It replaced an earlier church, St. Kieran's, which was built about 1812. The church is located in the towland of Creemully which adjoins the townland of Castlecoote. I think there is a shop or two in Castlecoote Vill...

William There are full details of Fr. Brennan and the raid on Mantua church on pages 100 and 223 of Kathleen Hegarty Thorne's book about the Roscommon Volunteers 1916-1923 - "They Put The Flag a-Flyin'". The following is my own biographical note on Fr. Brennan: [u]Brennan, Malachy (1877-19...

The evolution of Catholic parish records was influenced by a mix of religion, government policy and economics. The 18th century (1700-1799) was the century of the Penal Laws which tried to suppress the practice of Catholicism. Hence, we had an underground church during most of this period and any wr...

Last week the Irish Family History Foundation launched its new website www.irish-roots.ie From this site you can access birth, marriage and death records up to 1900 for 16 counties, including Roscommon and Leitrim. More counties will be added over the coming months. There is a Free Search facility a...

A sheperd would have looked after sheep while a herd would tend to cattle or a mix of animals.

Mike Lennon

Noel Sean and Peter Leavy are connected with your family. Sean was father of your 2nd cousin, Kieran and Peter was his uncle. Therefore, Sean and Peter were 1st cousins of your father, and their father and your grandfather would have been brothers. From the 1901 Census data on this site, there were ...

The National Archives of Ireland has begun putting the 1911 Census on-line tonight. Dublin City and County is now available at http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ The Archives plan to put the remaining counties on-line from time to time from now to the end of 2008. I have not seen any announcemen...

Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths only started in 1864, except for Protestant marriages which began in 1845. Church records generally date back to the 1830s but vary from parish to parish.

Good luck with your research

Mike