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My parents will be visiting Ireland for the first time this Sept. My mom's family comes from the Charleville and Colmanswell area.  She is hoping to perhaps connect with a church or cemetery where some of her family may be. She is not aware if anyone from these families is still in the area.  Her local family rundown is the following:

Johanna Sheedy married Thomas Gillane in the Colmanswell area. Their children all born in Colmanswell are Johanna and Maria twins 1826, Michael 1828, Hanora 1830, John 1832, Thomas 1834, Dennis 1836, Patrick 1840, and James 1841. We have found baptismal certs from many of them and the baptisms were done in the Rockhill & Bruree parish.

John Quilty from Foxhall East, Colmanswell born about 1818. He married Maria Gillane from above we believe in Colmanswell area and they emigrated to Cincinnati OH.

David McNaughten married Elizabeth Geary both from Charleville. Their children born in Charleville are Mary 1845, Michael 1846, David 1850, Honora 1852, and Maurice 1855. Michael's baptismal cert is for Feb 1847 in Shandrum parish.  He emigrated to Chicago in April 1868. He married the daughter of John Quilty and Mary Gillane in Chicago.

How would my parents go about looking for the strands of these families in the Charleville and Colmanswell area?  Most of these people married there but we have no records online.

Any help for them would be so much appreciated.

Jeanie Lewis

Chicago

jeanie

Tuesday 30th May 2017, 03:07AM

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  • Hi Jeanie!

    Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

    I saw that you posted in four parishes in the general Charleville area regarding your parents visit later this year. I will alert one of our pareish liasions to the south of this area about your parent's visit and also contact our HQ to see if they have local contacts in the area. We will be back in touch.

    Roger McDonnell

    Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Tuesday 30th May 2017, 04:03PM
  • Thanks so much!  They are really excited to be finally getting to Ireland!  Please let us know of any developments

    With much gratitude

    jeanie

    jeanie

    Wednesday 31st May 2017, 03:55AM
  • Hi

    I am liasion officer for Effin parish.  I have posted your message on the De Valera Museum Facebook Page to know if they can help out with a contact for the Bruree Rockhill query. will respond when I get a reply

     

    Effin

    Monday 24th Jul 2017, 02:21PM
  • thank you so much for posting to FB.  Please let me know....They will be staying in Charleville the evening of Sept 20th.  They arrive in the area in the afternoon of the 20th.  They leave morning of 21st to head to Rathkeale and then onto Dublin.

    Thank you so much and please let me know what you hear!

    Jeanie

    jeanie

    Tuesday 25th Jul 2017, 02:56AM

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