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I am hoping to find the place where my great-grandparents were buried. They lived in Kilmore where my great-grandfather was a farmer.  They are Martin Glennon (born about 1846, died February 12, 1921 in Mountplunkett and Catherine Higgins Glennon (died October 18, 1935). 

I do not know the location of their house, the RC church they attended (though they were married in Killinvoy RC Chapel in 1878), or the cemetery where they might be. 

My grandmother, Mary Anne (Glennon) Besse emigrated to the United States in 1904, settling in Providence, RI, where she lived all her life, never having the opportunity to return to her birthplace. I was very young while she was alive, but I can vividly remember her telling some stories about her life in Roscommon; however, I was too young to remember many details about her family there. I have included a picture of her Roscommon birthplace and a photo of her right after she came to the states.

Any relevant information would be greatly appreciated!!!

 

Nancy

Monday 4th Sep 2023, 08:17PM

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  • Nancy,

    I found some information RootsIreland. A Martin Glennon was born in 1845 in Knockcroghery Parish (look up on Wikipedia, it discusses the merging of two catholic churches and becoming St. Patricks. On Ancestry, they show baptism at Killinvoy {one of the parishes that merged. Their children baptismal records show they lived in Keelogues or Mt. Plunkett in the parish of Knockcroghery.

    As you mentioned Catherine Higgins Glennon died in Mt. Plunkett. Her father was Bernard and she was born about 1858. Martin and her were both living in Keelogues at the time of their marriage.

    Both the 1901 and 1911 censuses show the family living in Lecarrow, Kilmore, Roscommon. In 1901 house 8 and in 1911 house 3.

     

    Regards- Mary

    MaryTV

    Tuesday 5th Sep 2023, 12:17PM
  • Per the Townland website- Mountplunkett is in the Electoral Division of Lecarrow, in Civil Parish of Killinvoy, in the Barony of Athlone, in the County of Roscommon

    Mountplunkett is on Logainm.ie: Mountplunkett.

     

    Mary

    MaryTV

    Tuesday 5th Sep 2023, 02:48PM

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