John Gallagher National School Teacher 1858 in Ballylanders-married to Ann McNamara

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Hi Janice,

Just a thought, if it would be worth emailing the Ballylanders National School, email address ballylandersns.ias@eircom.net

There would have to be a record of the Old School principals, many of the schools even if new ones have been built in their place would still have the old roll books in situ,

I can make a phonecall to the school myself tomorrow and see if thats possible, at least then you might know the duration of his stay at the school,

Also, do you know where the burial plots of those families would be? we could do a search of the family names on historicgraves.ie and see does it pull some records. We've done alot of surveying and transcribing of the old graveyards in this part of Limerick so that may yield further information

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Amanda Slattery, Ballyhoura development, Kilfinane

Amanda, thank you so very much for your helpful reply. I can try the email address and hope that someone will answer me. I had obtained my initial information from a helpful person at the county library, but he found a reference only to John Gallagher at Ballylanders. There were no school records there so there was no way of knowing how long John stayed. I have tried searching for his children but cannot find anything. I am thinking that a residence might be provided for the teacher, but when he retired, or if he died, the family would have to move on. I have no idea if they stayed in Ireland or emigrated.

I have a great deal of information on my Houndscourt-Kilcruaig family but cannot figure out where John fits in. It would be great to be able to add his family. The author of the book on Glenrue school obtained his information from a member of the extended Gallagher family, but that person thought John probably went to Australia when he left Glenrue. I had found a  Baptism of a child in Ballylanders so thought he might have gone there and not to Australia. With the help of the person from the county library I learned that he did go to Ballylanders school.

You asked about burial records. Since I don't know where this family moved to (if they did), I have no idea where they would be buried. The Kilcruaig Gallaghers are buried in Mologga graveyard just over the border in Co. Cork. The wording on the stones is illegible at this time, but I do have the information, and there is no mention of John and his family. With other Irish families of mine I have found that many people are buried in the same plot, but only two or three names are on the stone.

I will let you know what I learn by emailing the school. Thank you again. Jan (Janice Kenney Fortado)