Ardnanure townland is in Drum Civil Parish and Athlone & Drum Catholic parish.
At Griffith’s Valuation in 1855 all 82 acres of Ardnanure townland were leased jointly by the following:
McManus Eliza
McManus Denis
McManus Edmund
McManus Edward
McManus Eliza
McManus James
McManus Martin
McManus Owen
LDS film 867940 lists the change of occupiers of land in Ardnanure townland from 1855 to c1920.
The Parochial records for Athlone and Drum Catholic parish are available on LDS film as follows:
1789 -1880 (some gaps). Films 989750 & 989754
Some of these records are listed in the LDS British Isles Vital Records Index CD Athlone & Drum (C) 1789-1853: St Peter's 1855-1864, including:
MCMANUS, Eugenius Christening, Gender: Male
Christening Date: 28 Feb 1858 Recorded in: Athlone and Drum, Roscommon,
Collection: St Peter; Roman Catholic,
Father: Thomae MCMANUS Mother: Brigidae KEOGH
Source: LDS Film 989750 Dates: 1855 - 1859
MCMANUS, Maria Christening, Gender: Female
Birth Date: 12 Jun 1859. Recorded in: Athlone and Drum, Roscommon, Collection: St Peter; Roman Catholic
Father: Thomae MCMANUS, Mothr: Brigidae KEOGH
Source: LDS Film 989750
MCMANUS, Jacobus Christening, Gender: Male
Birth Date: 30 Sep 1860, Recorded in: Athlone and Drum, Roscommon,
Collection: St Peter; Roman Catholic
Father: Thomae MCMANUS, Mother: Brigidae KEOGH
Source: LDS Film 989750
MCMANUS, Joannes, Christening, Gender: Male
Birth Date: 6 Jul 1862 Recorded in: Athlone and Drum, Roscommon, Ireland
Collection: St Peter; Roman Catholic
Father: Thomae MCMANUS, Mother: Brigidae KEOGH
Source: LDS Film 989750
William McManus, Father Thomas – Mother Brigid Keogh born 21 Dec 1870 and a sibling are listed in the IGI – see
www.familysearch.org/
Check the LDS film for civil births after 1864. They will show the place born. If you search the LDS birth Index, look for births in Athlone Poor Law Union (AKA Superintendent Registrar's District) and Brideswell Registrar's District.
I am researching the Byrne/Beirne family from Killummod Civil parish (between Elphin and Carrick on Shannon). James Byrne and family arrived in Brisbane in 1863 on the Golden City.
John