Michael Keenan born in County Leitrim around 1798

Hi Mary,

A search of subscription sites www.findmypast.ie and www.rootsireland did not show any "Michael Keenan" in County Leitrim in 1795 - 1800.

Tithe records for 1823 - 1837 record "Keenan'" in West County Leitrim 1834. Barony of Drumahaire and Poor Law Union of Manorhamilton and

Barony of Carrigallen/Drumahaire - Poor Law Union of Carrick-on-shannon.

Parishes of Innismagrath and Drumreilly.

You can access those records at www.nationalarchives.ie  Free site.

Best Wishes,

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Hi Mary,

A further check of the record "Philip Keenan" , although transcribed as "Keenan", would appear to be the surname "Kiernan"?

Regards,

Mary,

The attached may be of interest. Mohill is South East of Carrick-on-Shannon.

Regards,

Thank you so much, McCoy! It's a start. I'm pretty sure that Michael was not in the military so I will pursue the first entry. I cannot seem to find them on ships records out of Cork. Would people in Leitrim typically have left from Dublin? 
How do you suggest I proceed ?  
Blessings,

Mary 

Hi McCoy. I tried to post a photo of the tombstone of Michael Keenan in New Brunswick but it will not paste. The spelling is county Laterum which we have interpreted as Leitrim. Might it be something else?  
Mary

Hello Mary & McCoy, I am a volunteer in Louth but my ancestors are from Leitrim, my grandmother is a Carr from Mullaghbrack, Gortlettragh, Cloone area around Mohill, there are a few Carr families there is the Tithes (just learned recently from a Leitrim FB group that the Tithe transpcrips for the parish are mistakenly found in County Clare and I see some Keenan names in Clooney (there name).

I have transcripted all Carr births and marriages from earliest church records, plus later school rolls for the area, have also done DNA and appear to have Keenan cousins around the 4th to 6th cousin range on what appears to be my Carr line, we are unlikely to find a paper record to that time, my site email is stpeters@irelandxo.com if you want to mail me and I will respond and send any records I can.

There are still Carr decendents in the Mohill area but the name is gone I think, lots of daughters. I live in Louth and it is my maternal line. 

My earliest positive Carr is an Edward married in 1857 in Gortlettragh, no parents names so cannot identify further back currently.

Regards

Pat

Hi Mary,

The town of Sligo would be the most likely place to emigrate from. Records will be difficult to find.

I attach photo of gravestone. It is unclear, but it is a record.

Credit: Brian Keenan and Geni

Regards,

Mary,

You ask whether Liatrim/Laterum might be something other than Leitrim. I doubt it. There are only 32 counties in Ireland, so a limited choice. Only 5 begin with the letter L: Leitrim, Limerick, Londonderry, Longford and Louth. Leitrim is clearly the closest to Liatrim/Laterum.

Your ancestors left in the 1830s. There was no regular requirement for passenger lists for emigrants to Canada until the 1850s, so finding out which vessel your family left on will be hard going, if not impossible.

I have attached an advert from the Belfast Commercial Chronicle of 1st November 1828 advertising plots of land in Upper Canada. Also a transcript of a letter from the Emigration Office in Quebec in 1847 which, though 10 years or more after your family left, mentions emigration from the ports of Limerick, Sligo & Londonderry and so may give a sense or flavour of those times. It also tells you the fares they paid. The original document is in PRONI, Belfast.

Hello again. My goodness, I am so grateful for all of the help you have given me. I shall continue my quest and I'm sure to have more questions as I follow up on this information. 
blessings, Mary