McLaughlin / Carlin / McFadden in Ballyboe / Carrygawley

Dear Mel:

Many thanks for your post to the Ireland Reaching Out message board and welcome to the site!

I have forwarded this query to several of our Donegal volunteers who may be able to assist you.  You might give them a week or so to reply.

In the meantime, your ancestor Charles McLaughlin would make a great ancestor profile to the XO Chronicles (tab at the top of the page).  Many of our members have created ancestor profiles for their family research.  These profiles are updated weekly and read widely by all members.  There has been a lot of success stories from members who have been able to share and collaborate with others researching the same families.  If you have any difficulty creating one, please email me at:  jhalloranryan@irelandxo.com.

Thank you for your interest in Ireland Reaching Out and the very best of luck with your research!

Kind regards,

Jane.

Hi Mel, 

I appoligise for the delay, I have been looking throughout this week to see if I could gain some ground and try and find any McLaughlin or Carlin families living within locations in north Donegal that sound similar to these, back in the early to mid 1800's. To be honest, It is extremely difficult due to it being so far back as regards sourcing records etc..

The majority of time the furtist back you can really go in County Donegal is the 1840's and 1850's as this is when Church Records started to be recorded for Roman Catholics, possibly a liitle further with Church of Ireland.

I will continue to look, however the fact that the family followed him in 1841, there is very little chance of finding family, possibly narrowing it down to a location you could visit if ever travelling here might be the best we can offer. Have you ever considered DNA testing, as it is getting very popular with families in Donegal, helping extended families connect back to where they came from.

Kind Regards

Seamus Callaghan

Parish of Clondavaddog, Donegal

Thanks Seamus. May I say, If I was to ever have another son, i was going to call him Seamus. It was not to be.

My mothet has had DNA but not very helpful. Is there any cemeteries for McLaughlin, Carlin, McFarlin in the Ballyboe area?

Sorry, not McFarlin. I meant McFadden.

Cheers Mel

Hi Mel,

I am afraid I am a bit caught for time, but I would like to send these links onto you, I hope they may be of some help to you and please let us know how you get on.

Kind Regards

Seamus 

1834 Tithe Applotment Books – Parish of Leck  

1858 Griffith Valuation  - Parish of Leck 

Location of Ballyboe, Leck (Zoom in and you will see location of Creeve also) 

Irish Gravevards Website – Donegal Link (select graveyards from Letterkenny from Donegal list)  

http://www.irishgraveyards.ie/search_page.php 

Townlands called Ballyboe in Donegal 

https://www.townlands.ie/search/?q=Ballyboe