Departure: 9 Apr 1897 • Londonderry, Northern Ireland for Canada with brother Robert Lawrence
Marriage 2 February 1898 • kerfoot, Manitoba to Henry Edwin Allen
Lived in the North Cypress, Manitoba area until 1906 when the family started their journey across Canada to the final destination Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, BC
County Leitrim, or Liatroim in Irish, is located in the north-western region of Ireland. It is famous for its many beautiful lakes. Carrick-on-Shannon is our county town and we have a population of approximately 31,972. We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.
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Location: Leitrim
Drumlea, Drumreilly Old School House
Location: Leitrim
Drumlea, Drumreilly, Co. Leitrim
Carrickslavan TOWNLAND
Location: Leitrim
Carrickslavan, Leitrim, Co Leitrim
Laheen House
Location: Leitrim
Leitrim, Ireland
Travelling Folk in the 1930s
<p>Between 1937 and 1939, primary school pupils across the Republic of Ireland interviewed the elderly in their neighborhood to collect and record local stories and folklore from the 19th century. "The Schools Collection" as it became known is held by the Dúchas Folklore Collection in UCD and is and has been digitized online at duchas.ie. One of the topics schoolchildren were asked to write about were "Travelling Folk" or An Lucht Siúil. </p> <p>Here is a selection of what "settled" children wrote about travelers in the late 1930s.</p>
1938-01-01 12:00:00
John McGahern's Book 'The Dark' is banned
1965-01-01 12:00:00
Sligo Death Notices From Cholera, Ireland
<p>DEATH NOTICES (from the Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet) during the height of the cholera pandemic in Ireland.</p>
1832-09-13 12:00:00
County Leitrim in the 1830s
<p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837. (The information collected here was submitted by members of the local gentry and clergy of the time).</p>
1837-01-01 12:00:00
Our aim is to connect all people with a link to Mohill (Leitrim). You may live here, have visited here or maybe are tracing ancestors who left long ago. In any case, we’re sure to have lots to share and are delighted to welcome you.
Titanic Memorial Bench
Location: Mohill (Leitrim)
Mohill, Co. Leitrim
Dromod Railway Station Master's House
Location: Mohill (Leitrim)
Dromod Station Master's House, Dromod, County Leitrim
Mohill Workhouse
Location: Mohill (Leitrim)
Hyde Tce, Mohill, Co. Leitrim
Castle Gate, Mohill, Co. Leitrim
Location: Mohill (Leitrim)
Mohill, Co. Leitrim
Rooskey in the 1830s
1837-01-01 12:00:00
Foundation of Mohill GAA Club
1889-01-01 12:00:00