I am looking to connect with any descendants of the Robbins families of the Counties of Westmeath and Offaly. I can trace my Robbins ancestors back to County Galway, but DNA tests appear to indicate that the Robbins Family originated near Clara, County Offaly and branched out from there. I have completed quite a bit of research for all three counties and hope to be able to link my family with those of Offaly and Westmeath. The following is a link to a map I created to show the Robbins families I have identified so far. The map is color-coordinated with blue markers representing Robbins families in Westmeath and Offaly, orange for those in County Galway, and green for autosomal matches in County Galway that I am trying to link with the Robbins families of that county.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?hl=en&mid=1BMtEYnf0zogAen9Ay8--JyO8awScIbvC&ll=-3.81666561775622e-14%2C31.78974864999998&z=1
I have a Y-DNA match with a descendant of Owen Robbins (born before 1783) of Cloonymurrikin, County Westmeath and several autosomal matches with a descendant of Garrett Robbins (born 1755) of Kilmanaghan, County Offaly. I will be visiting Ireland in May and am very interested to pursue the leads that I have found. I have been putting together a list of burial grounds and graveyards to visit and have been able to find a list for County Offaly, including the burial site of Garrett Robbins in Kilmanaghan (https://www.offaly.ie/occ_mini_websites/temp/BurialGrounddatabaseJuly2015.pdf), but haven’t been able to find a listing for those in County Westmeath. Does anyone know of a listing of graveyards for County Westmeath, particularly any graveyards near Clooneymurrikin, County Westmeath? I know a Michael Robbins of Cloonymurrikin died in 1887 and I am trying to find where he was buried, I believe his brother was William Robbins who married Margaret Tracy in the parish of Clara/Horseleap in 1832. Any help or further recommendations with regards to any aspect of family research would be greatly appreciated.
I look forward to hearing from anyone connected to any of these families, and am more than willing to help with any of their research needs.
