McManus Family - Crockadreen, Fermanagh

Glenn,

2 McManus farms in Crockadreen in the tithes in 1833, Patt & Hugh:

http://www.irishgenealogyhub.com/fermanagh/tithe-applotment-books/parish-of-aghalurcher.php

None recorded there in Griffiths Valuation c 1862. So they had presumably died or moved away. Death registration didn’t start in Ireland till 1864 and few RC parishes kept burial records, so tracing folk who died pre 1864 can be challenging.

There’s a number of graveyards in the parish that RC families might have used: Maguiresbridge, Aghalurcher Old, Lisnaskea RC, Tullynageeran & Cooneen RC. Cooneen might be the nearest to Crockadreen, though that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the one they used.

I searched a newspaper archives site for mention of McManus + Crockadreen but did not find any matches. Aghalurcher RC parish doesn’t appear to have any early marriage records. Baptisms start in 1835.

Actually, thats alot of good information to start with, Thank You!!

Cooneen chapel is less than a mile from Crockadreen so I would try it first for gravestones.

Thank you very much, I will do that. You are very helpful!

Glenn

I wonder if this Hugh McManus is connected to Catherine McManus that married Hugh Grenham? 

I am not sure, I would need more information. Very hard to connect people without records or DNA.

Thanks!