Leitrim-Roscommon

County: Leitrim Civil Parish: Tullaghan Townland: Castlegal Related Surname Info: Does anyone know as to the reason why the Pye family settled in Redbrae, Leitrim and Kinlough Leitrim? After the English Civil war two brothers from the Pye family bought land under the land settlement lottery. But the...

Hello Ed I am very grateful for your time checking the records.However I now realise that the people you have mentioned are the Pye's from Kinlough, not the Pye's from Redbrae. It does get quite confusing. The Kinlough Pye's are relatives of mine but they are not the line I'm studying. One of them i...

Hi Ed Have been very busy recently what with going to ireland and other stuff going on. I've only just read your message. Wow, thanks a million, this is going to push me forward on my research! I knew about g-g-g-grandmother Ellen being at Redbrae who I presume is James mother. But I didn't know tha...

I know my family were at Redbrae in 1901 as my g-grandfathers details are on the census, his name James. But I don't know his fathers name. James eldest son was James and his second son was called William. Would that indicate that m g-g-grandfather was William? if anyone recognises these names and c...

Were they originally from Carrawnamadoo in Sligo, which is near Ballantrilick, at foot of Benbulben Mountain??

That is interesting my grandmother was a Gilmartin & she had twins!

This family who lives in the district of Castlegal P O in Sligo called Pye are my relatives.