Leitrim-Roscommon

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Related Surname Info: Looking for any connections to Edward Lyons, born around 1830 in Roscommon, emigrated to London around 1850. His father was Matthew Lyons and may have lived in Castlerea or Kiltullagh.

Are you looking for particular names of tenants in Castlerea? It's in the parish of Kilkeevin. You will be able to find some of the tenants listed in the Griffiths database on this web site, if you are interested in people who lived there about the 1850s.

Anne Lyons

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Anne Lyons

Thank you for that info, John - I had my Griffiths details from another source, origins.net, and what's interesting is that you've given 16 Lyons names from Kiltullagh instead of their nine. This made me look at the Griffiths info available for Kilkeevin on this site - the Leitrim-Roscommon site- an...

Good evening Beth (but I think it's still the afternoon in Washington). Yes - in fact Carrick is in the neighbouring parish of Kiltullagh, and I think the name given to civil registers for this area is Ballinlough. It's west of the parish of Kilkeevin. It's a bit of Roscommon that sticks out between...

Hi Beth When I was looking through baptisms from the parish registers of Kilkeevin (Castlerea), I noticed the name Whinstone/Wenston cropping up in connections with Lyons baptisms. I was only able to look through from Jan 1827 - Jan 1833 which is too early for you (it takes ages to go through line b...

I've been trying to find out where in Roscommon my great grandfather Edward Lyons came from. He was born circa 1831 and his father was Matthew Lyons. Matthew seems to be a name that was not often used at that time in the area. The name Matthew Lyons occurs twice as a sponsor at baptisms in Kilkeevin...