Leitrim-Roscommon

Hi Ed Thanks for the information on John Finn. Very thoughtful of you to supply all that info. He has been a real "bug bear" to get any info on and to find. I will take note of your findings. Sorry only replying now as had a chest infection last week and only starting to get back to normal...

Dear Ed. Thank you for your reply. As far as I know My James Finn didn't have any half or step siblings. I've got stuck on this part of the family tree. But will continue to perservere. If my memory serves me right I think we compared our family trees a few years ago and couldn't at the time find a ...

Dear John Thank you so much for your time and information on John Finn. I truely appreciate your message. I believe Tawnaghbeg was and still is in Co. Mayo. I've been to Ballaghaderren on a few occasions studying the family tree etc. Also been to Dublin a few times, gathering family tree "stuff...

My Family of Finns lived in Tawnaghbeg around the early 1820s to the late 1880s I believe ( there could still be family there today). My Grandad James Finn was born there in 1870 approx. His Father was John Finn. Could anyone tell me which church you would have attended those days, for baptisms, mar...

Stuck on a christian name I found on a marriage cert, of a great great great distance relative. It is a christian name of a man "Oth " and his surname is Lynch. He died before 1888 and all the info all came from a marriage cert of his son William Lynch who married Anne Deighnan in 1888, Th...

would love to compare notes on the Finns and O'Donnells.

O'Donnells were from Bockagh Hill. My grandmother Anne and her sister margarate and there was a brother Michael. born around 1860/70's.

Finns came from Cloontia (Tawnabeg) and Bockagh Hill.

Hi Gerald Researching O'Donnells who lived in Bockagh Hill. My GreatGrand mother Anne O'Donnell married a James Finn from Tawnabeg, Cloontia in Feb 1897. Anne's father was Anthony and her mother was a Mary Gallagher. Let me know if this rings any bells. Alot of my Finn ancestors come from around the...

Hi Lizzy good to hear from you

I will email you. This is a fab web site for contacts etc.
Hopefully we can find a connection with the Phillips.

Hi Elizabeth. My family (Grandmother and Great Grand parents) are from Toobracken. In fact I was in the town of Ballaghaderren last summer. They are also called PHILLIPS. My grandmother was Maria Farrell who married a Patrick PHILLIPS date of marriage - february 1881. According to the 1911 census th...