west family

Peter,

I have a contact in the Maguiresbrige area. I'll see if she can give me any information. It may take a few days.

Peter,

I have spoken to my relative who lives in Maguiresbridge. Her recollection is that there were Wests who farmed in the townlands of Sallyhill & Tattykeeran, near Maguiresbridge. In the late 1960s they moved to Tyrenny, Brookeborough. They might still live there.

In addition there is a dairy farm in Littlemount, Maguiresbridge, occupied by a Robin West. His contact details are on Google:

R West

25 Littlemount Road, Littlemount,

Maguiresbridge, County Fermanagh

BT94 4RU

028 8953 1244

The family church is likely Aghavea Church of Ireland. Photographs of the gravestones in the churchyard are on the Fermanagh Family History Society fb page.

Thank you Elwyn,

I shall follow up when in the area early August

Cheers Peter

Hi Peter

In my plans to visit Ireland next year I came across your post from a few years ago. My grandfather was Harry West who was a cousin of your grandfather Walter. He also enlisted in WWI and visited the family in Brookeborough. His war letters and parts of his diary had been handed down and few years ago I typed them out and had a number of copies printed. In his correspondence back home your grandfather is mentioned quite a number of times. Now I do not have any more hard copies, but there is a copy at the Cohuna historical society. I can see if I can send you an electronic copy if you would like one. My email address is alvinjohnson@bigpond.com. 

I would certainly like to hear of your time in Ireland and if you were able to find out anything interesting. My grandfather ended up marrying one of the West girls (Cicie) and they returned to Australia to live.

Kind regards

Alvin Johnson