My great, great, great grandfather James Monahan was, according to another family member and his mother, from near the townland Magheranearla. He was born about 1846. His family immigrated to America when he was a child and eventually settled in St. Louis Missouri. His mother's name according to n obituary article was named Mary. James settled for good later in Quincy, IL and married a young woman named Christina. They had several children. Their son John was my great great grandfather and he eventually moved to Iowa had a daughter, Nell Monahan who was my great grandmother. She eventually married, lived in Des Moines, Iowa and took her husband's last name, Winterrowd. Basically I'm hoping to confirm that James was from this area and if so who his parents and/or siblings were. My mom is going to be travelling to Ireland in July and I'd love to be able to tell her where they were from and where to visit. It would be even better to find family still near the area. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!.
Thursday 24th Jan 2013, 04:24PM
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Thank you for your message. If you haven't done so already - please fill out the short form - Travelling to Ireland in 2013 on the HOME page of our site.
The townland of Magheranearla is in the civil parish of Tyrenascragh - or more often Tiernascragh parish. http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/asp/fullresult.asp?id=8521
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Thursday 7th Mar 2013, 12:29PM