Hi,
I am currently looking into my Irish heritage and i'v managed to trace my Great, Great Grandfather back to a place called Camaghy (Enagh, Monaghan). They moved to Castlerea in Roscommon when thier 1st born was 2.
Here is the information i have so far.
Residents of a house 2 in Camaghy (Enagh, Monaghan)
McConnon Philip 26 Male Head of Family Roman Catholic Co Monaghan Coachman D. Servant Read and write Irish and English Married -
McConnon Mary 27 Female Wife Roman Catholic Co Sligo - Read and write Irish and English Married -
McConnon Rose 2 Female Daughter Roman Catholic Co Monagha - Cannot read - - -
McConnon Thomas Male Son Roman Catholic Co Monaghan - Cannot read - - -Burns Rose 18 Female Visitor Roman Catholic Co Monagha Lace Worker Read and write Irish and English Not Married - I would love to find out more about my Great Grandparents and if we have any other relatives. Many thanks,
wellthere
Sunday 7th Apr 2013, 09:58AMMessage Board Replies
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Try searching on theses church records
Births/Baptisms/Marriages/Deaths ? pre1790-1800 ? The reality of finding documentationpertaining to births/baptisms/marriages/deaths in Ireland prior to 1800 ? particularly in rural areas? is that they simply may not exist. Some registers for urban areas pre-dating 1800 may exist ?though often these can be fragmented- as there was an increased need in cities or larger towns todocument the population. Please also note that the Church of Ireland was the official church of thecountry and therefore the bulk of information that does survive for earlier periods is often fromthese registers. ROMAN CATHOLIC: Most Catholic records are held locally - One site which might be of use is -http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/ - where you can ?browse? an overview of availablerecords per county. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for possibleassistance. The next thing you could do is find the counties and places in Ireland your family names are mostprevalent. Look at the website http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/ and perhapssomething will match some other clue you may have found elsewhere? If nothing turnsup ? it is advisable to try different variations of the spellings of the names. If you have a possiblefirst name you could try the Irish Census 1901, 1911 at www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ or the landvaluation record called Griffiths Valuationhttp://askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml
Connaught Ireland
Thursday 18th Apr 2013, 11:49AM -
Hi there, I don't know if there is any association, but a Mary McConnon aged 39 at the time of the 1901 Census, born in County Monaghan was Servant/house keeper for a Thomas Cosgrove aged 78 year. Thomas, retired R.I.C Sergant born in County Fermanagh and is likely to be my Great Great Grandmother's (Mary [nee Cosgrove] Fitzpatrick) brother. Thomas left the bulk of his estate to Mary McConnon who donnated two stained glass windows to Carrickmacross Church, one to Thomas and the other to Thomas' wife, Bridgid Johnston who was from Raferagh near Carrickamcross. Cheers, Bernard
BernFitz
Monday 13th May 2013, 01:43AM