Gallagher, Clones, Monoghan

Hi Irene,

The Gallagher who married Rose Smyth in 1821 was JAMES not John.

Have you looked at the Canadian records--death notices, vital records, headstones, etc., to see if the place of origin in Ireland is mentioned?

Good luck!

Hi Patricia,

Thank you very much to pointed out my mistake.  I've corrected it.  It was really a JAMES Gallagher that I was looking for. Yes, I've looked everywhere and they never mentionned where exactly they were from except the mention of Ireland.

I've uploaded the baptism of my ggggmother Susan Gallagher their last child born in Canada. 

Thank you again

Irene

Hi, Irene.  This is a long shot, but my mother was a Gallagher, although her father grew up in County Mayo, not in Monaghan.  My DNA results are also at MyHeritage, and at that and other sites I've turned up a fair number of Québecois DNA matches which I can't explain, although I've always assumed that they relate to an Irish connection.  The Gallagher surname is found mostly in Donegal and Mayo (and, to a lesser extent, in nearby counties), and it's actually quite rare in Monaghan, so your Gallagher's might well have come from in or near Mayo or Donegal.

You didn't give your surname, so I couldn't look for a match at MyHeritage, but if you want to you can search my name there and see whether there's any match with me.  If there is, that may point to Mayo.

-- Kevin Jewell

Hi Kevin,

My name is Irene Ducharme. I am on Ancestry and My Heritage.
I've checked on Jewell name in my DNA matches but I did not find you so far.

On My Heritage they give me a 43.8% of Irish that's seems a bit high.
On Ancestry it's look more accurate.
43% France
25% of Ireland

Are you under the name Kevin Jewell or Kevin45sfl?

Maybe my ancestors were from Donegal but moved eventually in Monaghan...before moving in Canada.

A lot of Irish came and settled in Quebec mainly in Montreal but also in Quebec city. Maybe you are related to Quebec with another of your ancestors. Where are you living? If we figure out which of your ancestors settled in Quebec I can make some researches for you

Irene

I checked at MyHeritage as well, Irene, and could not find a match for us.  None of my direct ancestors lived in Québec, but I suspect that someone in a collateral line must have gone there, and thus I have some DNA matches there.  Sorry I can't add any more than that.

In case you're interested, in Irish, Gallagher is Ó Gallchobhair (modern Irish spelling Ó Gallchúir), and it means “descendant of the foreign help”, referring to a mercenary warrior brought in from Scotland or elsewhere in Ireland to fight in local wars (known as a gallóglach, or “gallowglass”).  It may also refer to Norse ancestors, since the term "gall" was used for them as well.  That is the root word in the name Galway (Gaillimh in Irish).  Galway town was founded by the Vikings, and a DNA study a few years ago showed a significant percentage of Norse ancestry in Mayo and Galway.