Leitrim-Roscommon

Matthew McCartan was born at Cornagher and baptised at Cloone on 3rd May 1852 a son of Matthew McCartan and Catherine McGarty. Matthew senior and Catherine were married on 11th November 1835. Three siblings are recorded in the parish records: Elizabeth on 7th Sept 1836, Matthew on 24th Dec 1840 and ...

As far as I am aware the house numbers in the censuses are purely arbitrary - I refer of course to houses out in the countryside not to houses in streets with actual numbers. I do not believe there are actual maps for the censuses - but I could be wrong :oops: As to the 'cancelled books' these refer...

A response to Jim Hughes enquiry in the surname section John Prior married Ann Fitzpatrick in Cloone on 18th Feb 1866 (year slightly uncertain as no year was given on the page of the parish record). James Prior and Patrick Tiernan were the sponsors No parents were given so it would be worth getting ...

Dan and Mary's first son was named Pat - an indication, although not a certainty, that Dan's father was probably Pat. My personal favourite for Dan's identity is the Dan Maguire who was baptised on 28th April 1826 in Cloone. This would make him 47 when he married Mary Higgins in 1873 - slightly unus...

You are right as regards Gortlettereragh and I reckon that the mariage you found could well be the right one. Although I have not looked at the records for that parish I have found that there were quite a few Cloone folk married in Aughavas and vice versa. I reckon there were plenty marriages in oth...

What makes you think that Daniel son of Thomas is your Daniel? Why would a Daniel from the north of the county end up on land in the South? What makes you think he was born around 1853? He could easily have been quite some years older than his wife - which could explain his death at an early stage. ...

If you have the Griffiths map then look at lots 94 and 95 in the south east corner. Dan at 94a and Pat at 95a.

As I am fairly certain the two men were related that corner is your best bet for the family place. But once you have the name of Daniel's father you will be closer to sorting it out.

I have a copy of a griffiths map and could probably roughly point out your place for you. If I had your email address I could try to email you a copy - although the map is not too easy to read. I reckon Dan's father could have been a Dan or a PAtrick Maguire and they had property in the extreme sout...

The question arises - how sure are you of the identification of your Mary with the Mary in house 31/28 in the censuses? It seems possible that if there was a Carr associated with your grandparents then perhaps it was your Mary who married Andrew Carr in the USA. But certainly the Mary at house 31 ma...

I presume you are talking about Mary Maguire who married Pat Nichol in Cloone on 4th Feb 1918? If so the Cloone parish records lists baptisms for 5 children (including Mary) to Daniel Maguire and Mary Higgins at Sunnaghmore and I assume these are her parents. Daniel died before the census and his wi...

Thanks RT
Unfortunately none of these can, as yet!, be fitted anywhere into my tree.

Jim

Hi Redted

Any sign of a Philip Conlon c1862-5.

Jim

Good work on your family, Ann. But I would suggest that they did not buy the land at Killyfea before the famine. In Griffith's Valuation, 10 years after the famine, they are still shown as tenants. You might find it interesting, if you haven't already done so, to contact the irish Valuation Office t...

Try Jimmy Kilkenny and family at Tooma

Hi John I’m sure I had already sent you this but here it is again just in case. Anthony Kilkenny m Anne Charles c 1860: The marriage does not appear in the Aughavas or Cloone RC parish records. Children seen in Aughavas (St Joseph’s) records Patrick baptised 27th Mar 1861 James 30th Oct 1863 Margare...