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My name is Clare and I live in Pennsylvania USA.   My great grandfather left Ireland in 1904 and eventually settled in Philadelphia.   I was able to locate his family in the 1901 census.

His parents were William and Catherine (nee Burke)  and at the time of the census they lived at 11 Eastwell, Killallaughton, County Galway.  Infromation shows that they worked the land for a landlord and had a modest cottage for their family.   Siblings of my Ggrandfather included Maria, Patrick and Delia.

I am seeking any further information for William or Catherine for marriage date, births and their ancestors.

Saturday 14th Apr 2012, 05:47PM

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  • Hi Clare

    I had done some research previously on Bowes from Eastwell, as I thought there was some connection to my own ancestors Cheevers from Ballymacward. I know there is still Bowes living in the area. I will get in contact with the local parish volunteers and see what genealogy information we can source.

    I will get back to you shortly, hopefully with some information.

     

    Regards

    Paula 

    Ireland Reaching Out HQ

    Sunday 15th Apr 2012, 07:43PM

  • Hi there,

    Could you please post your message on the Killallaghtan parish page here: http://www.irelandxo.com/group/killallaghtan-galway

    There are Roman Catholic church records for the diocese of Cappataggle (Clonfert) (which is where Killallaghtan is situated). These start from 1809 for baptismal, marriage and burial records. You can access these at the National Library of Ireland, Pos. 2431, or the Church of Latter Day Saints ref. no. 1279215, 1279216. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for more assistance.

    There is also a list you might be interested in dated 1806-1810: Catholic householders, Killalaghtan; in the Catholic parish registers of Cappataggle, NLI (National Library of Ireland) Pos. 2431.

    There are estate records which cover the area. The landlord was Barons Clonbrock Dillon. Check the NLI Ms. 19501. These cover the period 1801 to about 1844. This might seem early in date for you, but perhaps your ancestors were still living in the area at this time.

    For 19th century, you could also try checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) or the later Griffth's Valuation (1848-64). Griffith's is freely available here: www.askaboutireland.com or here: www.failteromhat.com Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at.

    Civil registration records are available from the General Register Office (GRO). These start from 1864 however. You can access the website here: http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm

    Please make sure you link anyone else in your family who is interested in their Irish heritage to our site - and indeed anyone else you know of Irish heritage.

    Kind regards,

    Sinead Cooney

    Genealogist (Ireland XO)

     

     

     

     

     

    Tuesday 17th Apr 2012, 01:38PM

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