Leitrim-Roscommon

County: Roscommon
Civil Parish: Kilronan
Townland: Keadue Town
Related Surname Info: Shopkeepers at Keadue or possibly Ballyfarnon (evidence of a BENISON's Shop in Ballyfarnon)

Thanks for the info, Maureen. I'm still hoping there is someone out there who knows if the Irwin estate papers still exist anywhere. I was in Sydney just over a year ago to meet some of my McWilliam relatives. Love the city, but the people are its best attribute. Everyone I know who has been there r...

I'm back with another query about the history of the Boyle area. A recent estate agent's listing offered Camlin House, near Ballinameen, for sale. Does anyone out there know what family owned that property around the middle of the 19th century? I'm hoping to locate some old estate records if I can i...

Thanks very much Ed. I think I have found the right place; there is a Lakefield in Leitrim, not far from Carrick on Shannon,and it would seem to be the right place (at least it a logical place) for my ggGrandfather's residence at the time of his marriage. To all of those who help others with their m...

I just got my hands on a copy of the register page for my ggGrandparents' marriage. It states that the groom resided at "Lakefield" at the time of the marriage. They were married at Killukin Church near Carrick on Shannon on 21 February 1861. My question to you, oracles of knowledge about ...

WOW!!!! I don't know how to thank you for this information John. You can be certain that the copy of the map I promised you will be delivered with a great big SMILE!!! Sorry for the delay in replying to your post with the marriage record. I had not received any notice that a reply had been posted, e...

Hello Russell :oops: I am sorry I didn't recognize your name! I've been through two computer crashes and two computers since we corresponded so I no longer have our previous emails. I've since learned to print out anything I need to keep! I was so happy to be able to share photos of the ruin that I ...

The Civil Registration of the 1861 marriage of John McWilliams and Phoebe Johnston is included in the LDS British Isles Vital Records CD. Note that Civil registration of Catholic marriages did not commence until 1864. John Hello John Thank you for your input. In the quoted section above you mention...

When I was looking through the website for information about Killukin, which was supposedly the location of my ggGrandparents' marriage, I found TWO places named Killukin. Can anyone out there help me to figure out how I can go about searching for the marriage? I have the date and the alleged locati...

G'day Russell I was in Ireland in 2001 and was staying about a mile and a half from the old church. I took some photos of the ruin and if you are interested it would be my pleasure to send them to you in an email. The ruin is quite striking, since the walls still stand but the roof is gone and when ...

Holy cow! Thanks so much for the info. I had the information from the 1901 census, which is delightfully accessible on this site. However I had never found my great-Grandfather in the LDS records. How wonderful that you did! I knew his year of birth but not his birth date. I actually have made incre...

After many years of searching by my various relatives we have finally located the descendants of my McWILLIAM ancestors who were born in Co. Roscommon and emigrated out to New Zealand in 1863. My ggGrandfather, John Alexander McWILLIAM, was the only one of his family to remain in Ireland. One of the...