Hello from Illinois, USA
Our grandmother was born in Ballinlough and we believe family still reside there. A cousin is travelling over this summer and would like to reconnect with our distant cousin, Anne Moylan. She has brothers, Frank and John. None of us have phone contact information. And, we only have a postal address from 20+ years ago. Any help or suggestions for next steps would be so much appreciated. Thank you for any and all help!
Kathy (O'Meara) Brown
Kathleen O'Meara Brown
Tuesday 19th Mar 2024, 07:06PMMessage Board Replies
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Kathy:
There are over 20 Ballinlough townlands in Ireland. Can you let us know the county and maybe the address you have from 20 years ago. We can't contact living people directly but maybe our volunteers can give you some leads.
Roger McDonnell
Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
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Greetings!
The address we used was:
Anne Moylan
Foxboro
Ballinlough
Co. Roscommon
Thanks for all your help!!!
Kathleen
Kathleen O'Meara Brown
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Hi Kathleen,
Moylan family still reside in Foxboro. As you have the address, maybe it might be worth writing to them.
Caren
Roscar, IrelandXO Volunteer
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Kathleen:
I found this YouTube video which is a tour of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Ballinlough which is the church your grandmother would have attended. It is about six minutes long.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A71q3fEFL50&ab_channel=FearghalO%27Muineach%C3%A1in
I also located a obituary for a Mark Moylan. Likely he was connected to you at some level.
I will keep looking.
Roger
Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
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Kathleen:
I just saw Caren's comment. I would take her advice and write and provide your e-mail address and hopefully you will hear back.
FYI I live in Maryland.
Roger
Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
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Try sending a letter to the old postal address asking for updated contact info. Also, check social media and genealogy sites for leads.
Danny Johziy
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Hello and thank you for all your suggestions. We recently sent a correspondence via the mail but were hoping someone local might know Anne and be able to expedite our reconnect. Have not had any success on social media as we only have the Moylan surname to use - perhaps she has married since we last had any contact.
We will hope that the mail is successful or that someone may know her and put her in touch with us.
Thank you again for all your work on our behalf!
Regards,
Kathleen
Kathleen O'Meara Brown
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Hi Kathy:
your post caught my eye - My Moylan’s likewise ended up in Illinois -Galesburg to be exact. Would love to see if our Moylans are connected.
Erin Hanson
Éirinn go Brách