Armstrong Family from Drum 1855

Hi Robert,

Thank you for your message.

You have obviously done a lot of work on your family history, thank you so much for sharing your information here.

Church of Ireland parish registers for the period up to 1870 are public records. Registers are available for about one third of the parishes, however many were destroyed in the Public Records Office in Dublin in 1922. Most surviving records are still held by the local clergy, although some are in the National Archives of Ireland and others are in the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin. Lists of these surviving registers can also be found at the National Library of Ireland.

The National Archives of Ireland has other useful documents for those searching Church of Ireland records. Among them include A Table of Church of Ireland Parochial Records and Copies by Noel Reid (Naas, 1994) with an Addendum of 2001. This contains a list of all Church of Ireland parish registers which show whether they survive and where they might be held. The names and addresses of the clergy are in the annual Church of Ireland Directory.

For more information go to http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/

 and

http://www.ireland.anglican.org/index.php?do=information&id=63    

In order to find the records in Drum, it may be an idea to write to the parish priest for possible assistance.

Alternatively, you could contact Monaghan Genealogy- a fee may apply. Here are their contact details:

Monaghan Genealogy,

6 Tully,

Monaghan.

Email: theomcmahon@eircom.net

I think Kildrumsherdan may be the correct parish. A good website for information on Irish place names is http://www.logainm.ie/

I hope this is helpful and that you are able to find the records you are looking for.

Please be patient - as our programme has only begun to rollout across the island of Ireland and volunteers in some areas may not yet be organized.

Kind regards,       

Genealogy Support

I happened to have this saved and thought you might like to see it: When Armstrongs of Lisnageer sold the pub. 

Can't help with your Thomas, but as I do have a link to the Armstrong surname in Currin Parish, thought I would add some details here, in case any future research points to a potential link and/or other Armstrong researchers recognise the family group.

My Armstrong is an Eliza Jane Armstrong, Scottish death records place her birth as c 1843, and name her parents as a John Armstrong and Hannah Matthews.

The townland listed on transcript of her 1860 marriage is Carne, Parish of Currin. Although I have found one mention of a Carne schoolhouse in Currin Parish, I have found no Carne townland, so suspect the townland was actually Carnroe and perhaps known locally as Carn/e. Marriage transcript suggests witnesses were a Bessie Moyna and Susan Armstrong.

It seems that the Drum records may be online

http://monaghan.rootsireland.ie/generic.php?filename=sources.tpl

Hello whitelake

Thank you for both of your comments.

I am interested in the "Armstrong's" pub at Lisnageer, Kildrumsherdan Cavan.

My father claimed that his grandfather ran a pub at Liverpool NSW but I can find no NSW records of this.

However when his grandfather George and all of his siblings were baptised in Co Cavan their father, Thomas, stated that he (Thomas) was a "publican", and when he married his second wife, Isabella Corbet of "Carnhollow" (Currin Monaghan?) he stated that he was an "inkeeper". The pub at Lisnageer may well have been run by Thomas. I am working on it. I will certainly look at the Anglo Celt article. His immigration record has his occupation as "farm labourer" such a change was common practice to meet a New South Wales immigration requirement. He actually started a saw milling business.

Once again many thanks.

Hello scotmum

Thanks for your message.

There may be a connection. Eliza Jane was about three years older than my George who was born 30/4/1846. Thomas' parents were John and Ann. It seems that your John and Hannah were in the same age range as my Thomas. Do you known the names of the parents of your John Armstrong? I am investigating the possibility that my John Armstrong was one who married a Ann Lord from Napagh (Co. Longford?)  at Clones Co. Monaghan  on 15/4/1810. This is the only marriage that I have been able to find between a John and Ann in the right period> .

Also my Thomas' second marriage was to Isabella Corbet from "Carnhollow" at Drum C of I.

Thanks again

Hello Robert 46  My Shea/Dancy research has led me to Amelia ARMSTRONG of the Parish of Currin, Townland: Corrackan in the County of Monaghan. She and her husband James DANCY had at least two children, Matthew and Anne. Anne was baptized on 13th. June 1813. I am interested in seeing if Anne married a James SHEA  of nearby Cavan. This James is the brother of my great grandfather, Thomas and both of them came to Canada around 1837. Thank you for your postings. You have stirred up considerable interest in your family.    Clark Shea (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)