I am searching for relatives still living in the Parish of Killoe, possible in or near Drumlish. My ggggrandfather was Michael Laughry who was the son of Peter Laughry and Helen ( Ellen ) Heany. Michael had brothers Francis, Thomas, Peter, and Owen....also a sister named Elizabeth. Michael left Ireland about 1844 and is found in Providence, Rhode Island through immigration and marriage records.
It is known that Elizabeth and Francis also came to Rhode Island. Elizbeth and Michael ultimately settled and raised their families in Wisconsin. According to his tombstone and death records, Michael was born in 1819 in the Parish of Killoe. Both Elizabeth and Francis were older according to their death records. Nothing is known of Peter or Owen. Thomas is said to have been a cabinet maker.
A variation of the name may be Loughry/Loughrey I have seen others as well. In the 1901 Census I find several Loughry families in Drumlish and Greagh, but do not know if they are related.
I have in my possession a blackthorn cane said to have belonged to a relative who was hung near Drumlish after the Battle of Ballinamuck in 1798.
Thanking you in advance, Kathleen.
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Friday 15th Jul 2016, 08:48PM
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Kathleen:
Welcome to ireland Reaching Out!
We have a parish liaison for Killoe parish and I will send an e-mail alerting her to your message. if you have not heard back in five days or so, let me know.
Roger McDonnell
Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
Friday 15th Jul 2016, 10:33PM -
Hi Kathleen,
Ann Loughy married Terence Flynn in Enybegs in 1838 and they had a son, James born August 1839. I don't have her patrents but strongly suggest she was the daughter of one of the Loughy boys. Ann and Terence also had another son, Patrick and all three presumably died in County Longford. James came to the New York City area and married a Mary Jane O'Conmnor in 1873. One of their four sons, Thomas, is my wife's father.
I thought you would be interested in this and am open to further correspondence if you see a connection.
Regards,
Ron Straube
Tewksbury, MA
Maxronan
Monday 29th Aug 2016, 07:07PM -
Hello Ron and thank-you for your reply.
Our family information indicates there was a daughter who stayed in Co Longford after the others had left for America.
It is possible that Ann is that person. Do you have any other information about her, her family, or where she lived ?
Would like to hear from you.
Kathleen
Thursday 8th Sep 2016, 10:17PM -
Hi Kathleen,
Unfortunately, I don't have additional info on Ann. Janes, her son, married Mary Jane O'Connor andf they lived in Manhatten on Tenth Avenue. They had four sons. Mary Jane died in 1888 and the four sons were raised by O'Connor relatives in Jersey City, Nerw Jersey and assumed the name O'Connor rather than Flynn, James' surname. James died in Manhatten in 1906. There are no records or family lore of any contact between James and his four sons after Mary Jane's death. Mary Jane's O'Connor family was from Kilconnell Parish, Galway and arrived in NYC in the eartly 1840's. Both Mary Jane's brother, George, and James worked as butchers in the meat processing industry along Tenth Avenue.
My wife's father, Thiomas Leo O'Connlor was prominent in local politics in Jersey City but died while she was still an infant so there is hardly any family oral history. The other three O'Connor/Flynn brothers whuile remaining in Jersey City the rest of their lives did not provide a history to research.
There is no indication that I can find of James connecting to other family members such as the Loughry's after arriving in NYC.
Regards,
Ron Straube.
Maxronan
Friday 9th Sep 2016, 01:54PM