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My great-grandmother, Katie Farrell, was born and raised in Clonfad (Dalystown/Tyrrellspass area). My grandmother, Marie Gregory Sheridan, and her sister, Leocadie Gregory O'Brien, lived there for five years: 1899-1904.

Katie was one of seven children. She seems to have been close with her brother, John Farrell.

I have been able to trace census records to the mid-1950s. It seems that John's son, Patrick, and his descendants, lived in the same place. Patrick and his wife, Katie Bradley, had four children: John, Bernard, Patrick Joseph, and Elizabeth.

 

I am wondering if any Farrells still live in Dalystown, Tyrrellspass, or anywhere nearby.

 

Susan Phillips

Friday 15th Nov 2024, 03:16PM

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  • Perhaps contact:

    • Farrell Butchers, Main st TYRRELLSPASS Co. Westmeath, (044)9223590
    • Jamie Farrell, proprietor, Jamie’s Costcutter shop and filing station, Tyrrellspass, +353 87 055 3334, jamiesfillingstationsocial@gmail.com

    Patricia

    Friday 15th Nov 2024, 03:31PM

  • Patricia

    Friday 15th Nov 2024, 03:33PM

  • Hi, 

    Your post led me to believe that Katie Farrell was Marie Gregory's mother. But a look at the 1901 census shows that Marie (and her sister) were nieces to the head of household. Katie, 18, was a daughter. So Katie and Marie were cousins.

    https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Westmeath/Clonfad/Clo…

    Patricia

    Friday 15th Nov 2024, 03:47PM

  • Hi Patricia,

    You are correct, Marie and Katie Farrell (18-year-old) were cousins. Marie's mother was Katie Farrell Gregory (1855-1917) -- I should have listed her married last name to avoid confusion over the two Katie Farrells.

    The older Katie married a Frenchman named Gregoire in 1891 and changed her last name from Gregoire to Gregory when she brought the girls back from France to Ireland in 1899 after her husband/their father had died.

    Leocadie and Marie Gregoire became Cadie and Mary Gregory.

    Thank you for the suggestions about where to reach out. I will definitely do that. I appreciate your help.

    Susan

    Susan Phillips

    Saturday 16th Nov 2024, 08:42PM

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