Hi - My name is Laura (Madden) Hernandez. I live in California with my husband and 2 kids. My father Pete Madden took a trip back to Galway in the 1980s and met John Callanan. I have a picture of him, he must be in his 80s or 90s by now. I went to Ireland back in 2006 and went to the area that he had lived and stopped in a pub. They told he he was still living, but we were unable to figure out where his house was or how to call him. My dad would love to talk to him again, and I would love to find any family members that are still in the area.
Thank you for your help!
-Laura
zz_rana
Saturday 4th May 2013, 10:49PMMessage Board Replies
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Hi Laura,
There are Callanan families at both ends of the parish so if you give me a little more info, I'm sure I can help...
S.
sakdolan
Monday 13th May 2013, 09:58AM -
Hi!
I know John Callanan's wife's name is Rita Collins. From what I can tell they live in the parish of Kilconickny. Also the town name Cahernaman is used. I'm not sure it that's a section of Kilconickny or what. Johh has two brothers Martin and Patrick that lived together within a mile of Cahernaman. From what my dad said they didn't have any children.
I guess there is another sibling named Mary Madden or Callanan (maybe) who married Patrick Kiely. They lived several miles southeast of Loughrae in Masonbrook in the parish of Leritrim. I'm not quite sure where that is. They had 4 kids Patrick, Mary Francis, Angela, and Martina all born in the 1960-70s.
My maiden name is Madden and most of my direct relatives immigrated in the US in the early 1900s. These names mentioned above are the only family still left in Ireland.
Thank you so much for any information you have. I attached the only picture of John Callanan that I have.
-Laura
zz_rana
Monday 13th May 2013, 04:37PM -
Hi Laura,
Cahernaman is a novely little townland (280 acres) in eastern Kilconickny (also known as Clostoken) in what is in the modern religious parish of Kilconierin-Clostoken. There were always Callanans living in that area of the parish (Cahernaman and neighbouring townlands). I notice Michael Callanan from Cahernaman had borrowed money as part of the Loan Reproductive Fund (loans made to the 'industrious poor' c. 1840 to buy equipment in the hope that it would make them less dependent on the land). By 1848, he was living in poverty, but was surviving by his trade as a Weaver. By then, the famine had it... and the rest is history!
There was also a hive of Maddens in Cahernaman with James (1835), Patrick (1839) and Dominick (1839) being added to the £10 register of electors. All three survuved the famine and were there at the time of the Griffith Valuation (1855). The next generation (John and his family living with his brother Martion, and Patrick and his family) were there in the 1901 and 1911 census'. There had also been Maddens in neighbouring Cahernamuck but they had gone by the twentith century.
Is there anything else specific that you'd like to know?
Steve.
sakdolan
Wednesday 4th Sep 2013, 02:27PM